December 2025 Late Issues 2

It’s been a busy couple weeks! Hence late posting.

Fall of X omnibus with David Nakayama’s variant cover that I’ve been pushing taking home from my box. A late variant from Galactic. And just a couple variants and another copy of Jedi Knights 10.

The cover was on the big issues of the run, but I had to get this cover with the omnibus.

The slightly NSFW Lotay variant.

These were the two variants I got from the blind bags. Nice covers by Ben Bishop, but booo!! Haha, I still want that Nakayama variant! Curse the 1/250 choice they made for his variants.

Another Vecchio Marvel Comics Presents variant. And a great Jedi Council (plus Obi-Wan) cover for the final variant by Madibek Musabekov and colored by Jesus Aburtov.

Completed Variant Sets 29 — December 23, 2025

I finally bought the issue 1 variant from this set! These all look so great together! Issue 1 (MMPR) variant is by Juni Ba. Issue 2 (Zeo) variant is by Chuma Hill. Issue 3 (Turbo) variant is by Danny Earls. Issue 4 (In Space) variant is by Matt Taylor. Issue 5 (Lost Galaxy) variant is by Stefano Simeone. Issue 6 (Lightspeed Rescue) variant is by Nimit Malavia. Issue 7 (Time Force) variant is by Li Cree. Issue 8 (Wild Force) variant is by Colm Griffin. Issue 9 (Ninja Storm) variant is by Crystal Kung. Issue 10 (Dino Thunder) variant is by Jorge Corona. Issue 11 (S.P.D.) variant is by Karen S. Darboe. And, finally issue 12 (Mystic Force) variant is by Simon’s Di Gianfelice.

I really wish that these covers had continued for the last 4 issues of this run. It’s such a weird move to just stop. But, I think Mystic Force was either the last season before production moved to New Zealand or the first or something like that. But it was nice to see these variants each month or so.

I love these variants so much! Taurin Clarke outdid himself with these. Every time one arrived I just kept staring at the cover.

I think when I display these, I’ll have them in this configuration. Though, if they do more of these covers for another run of this title, I have to witch things up. I do wish we’d gotten a Mace cover though. But I really love these covers. The details of the faces are just fantastic. And the colors are brilliant, the slightly different shades of green of the green blades is perfect.

No added boxes this time.

December 17, 2025

We got the next issue of Planet She-Hulk. A lot is going on in Avengers. Thor is having serpent problems. We got the penultimate issue of Battleworld. The final issue of Jedi Knights dropped. Black Panther got a new run started set in space. I think this is the last issue of this arc in Wonder Woman. The Joker/Lex fusion continued in World’s Finest. Guy Gardner pops into Superman Unlimited. DCKO’s next rounds arrive with Cyborg vs Swamp Thing and then Harley vs Zatanna.

The next Endeavour issue.

A Knullified Moon Knight variant by Barends.

A Knullified Vision and a Stitch homage variant.

The next fantastic Alex Ross Thor cover.

The variants of the final issue of Jedi Knights!

I love the Japanese aesthetic of these covers. I couldn’t help but get them. And the Hetrick one (the main cover) is just amazing.

The next Nakayama and Homare variants. I like that this Nakayama cover is different that his usual ones. And this is the last Homare variant for Wonder Woman. Though, I missed one of the variants, so the Homare variants weren’t included in the next blog post.

I love this cover of Lana and Krypto by Szerdy.

So many variants by artists I love! Jamal Campbell gave us a fun cover where Zatanna and Harley are breaking out of trading cards to fight. Mirka Andolfo did the next fun variant. Frank Cho and Sabine Rich gave us a classic cover of their usual design aesthetic. And David Nakayama gave us a fun cover.

December 10, 2025

We got introduced to Absolute Joker in Absolute Batman. The younger Green Lanterns take the stage in Green Lantern Corps. DCKO continued with Aquaman vs Hawkman and then Diana vs Lobo. After 4 months since the previous issue, we got the final issue of Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories – Codebreaker. The next, and close to final, issues from the Ultimate universe dropped. Flash Thompson and Cindy Moon popped in to Ghost-Spider’s title. Peter had boat-loads of fun in space. The Age of Revelation continued. And we got the beginning of The End: 2099. A nice short week of comics.

Taurin Clarke did a fantastic job with this cover of Damian and Bruce! I love this use of shadows.

The next Supergirl covers.

Elizabeth Torque drew Diana and Lobo so well! And Sabine Rich colored them brilliantly! Almost like a wrestling poster. And love this Vampirella cover by Leirix.

Jessica Fong illustrated Elspeth gorgeously on this variant cover. The variant is by Magali Villeneuve, I got this because of Erebos being on the cover.

So, blind bags are annoying. Let me say it again, blind bags are annoying. They are even more so when the possibilities in the bags are stupidly chosen. For example, I got two blind bags to hope to get the Nakayama variant. And the two covers I got were just the normal C and D covers. There are variants that are only in the blind bags, and there are incentive covers which seemingly aren’t in the bags, and then they frustratingly added the normal variants. Personally, I don’t think normal variants that you can get without the blind bag being inside the blind bag is just stupid and insulting to the customers.

The D cover is a nice variant by Clayton Crain. And cover C is a fun holiday variant by Jared Callum.

We got a Gist variant for Han and Chewie. Meghan Hetrick gave us a great Ghost-Spider variant. Kendrick Lim did this fantastic cover with Fantasma and Robbie Reyes’ Ghost Rider.

Completed Variant Sets 28 — December 16, 2025

Since the last CVS post, I got the missing issue I needed for those next 5 Phoenix covers! So here’s the next issues after those! Thank you Lucas Werneck!

I love how the fire looks on these, but I very much love the new costume! These are just amazing!

Only one new box this time. So, we’re at 109! Though, since I was so delayed, the next week of new comics is already here, so hopefully I will be on time for the next posts. And perhaps I’ll have to add more boxes next Sunday.

Happy Holidays!

December 3, 2025

Again, very late posting, see the previous post to see why.

There are a couple NSFW covers in this post.

Bruce is having a robotic problem. This is the final issue for this run of Birds of Prey. The Spectre shows up in JSA. This is the penultimate issue for Cheetah and Cheshire’s heist. DCKO continues. The next Doctor Who issue drops. The penultimate issue for this run of Miles Morales: Spider-Man arrived. A new Spider-Man emerges in Venom 252. Age of Revelation continues. We got a Ultimate Universe: Two Years In one-shot. Doctor Strange started a new run! And Wiccan got his first solo title!

Posters are also below!

Another David Aja variant and the next bat-gadget variant.

Reiko Murakami did a great job on this Batgirl variant! Love this Superman Rahzzah variant! I got another copy of this Knightfight cover for the Richard’s Batman. Derrick Chew does another great Vampirella cover.

NSFW warning again.

The main cover is by Carla Cohen. The second one is by Yasmine. The (NSFW) third one is by BRÄO. All fantastic covers!

Bengal did a great job with this clone wars variant. I always like design variants. I don’t play the Marvel Rivals game, but I liked this design. This next one is a nice homage cover for this Venom Spider-Man look. And here’s another Apocalypse cover.

The next Ultimate X-Men covers, the main one and both variants.

This is the treatment I wanted for the 450th issue! Love these covers for this new Doctor Strange run!

The main cover is by Alex Horley, I like the colors and shading. The second variant is an incentive cover by Geoff Shaw. Third is of course Taurin Clarke. Fan Yang did this amazing Angela variant! Mateus Manhanini did a great Knullified variant. I still am waiting on another variant to show up for these.

Love all these covers too!! Wonderful artists and amazing designs!

The main cover is by Lucas Werneck of course. The second one is a Villalobos variant. Dauterman gave us that third amazing variant. And Luciano Vecchio did a brilliant job on this last one!!

Posters! I didn’t get this comic, but the cover is fun.

Nice to have this cover as a poster!

Happy for a Momoko poster!

November 26, 2025

Oliver is on a warpath and Kyle is in the way. Harley is on a trip. Lois and Bruce are working together. This is the penultimate issue of this Trinity run. DC gave us a Christmas special. The next main issue of DCKO dropped as-well-as various tie-ins. The next issue of Supernatural arrived. Daredevil and Punisher got a miniseries. Hulk got a new run titles Infernal Hulk where his body is taken over. The next Age of Revelation X-titles dropped. And DSTLRY gave us a new title, Galactic.

A great main cover by Amilcar Pinna.

A fun graffiti variant by Vasco Georgiev.

The next variants for Harley. Nakayama and Rahzzah covers. There is so much detail in the Rahzzah cover! I mean normally they’re very detailed. But still!

This Green Arrow cover resembles another recent Green Arrow variant. I love this fun Death in the Family homage Trinity variant. It’s Darksied graffiti but it’s still his face, haha. I liked the creative JLA cover. Shredderrrr! Happy to see a Gist cover.

The next street-verse variant. I’m not sure what the “From the Chaos” theme is, but I really liked this character design.

A fantastic homage cover!

Love this Chew variant! Another Street-verse variant.

This is the new Venom version of Spider-Man? I think? Looks cool though.

Such fantastic covers! The Alex Ross cover is so detailed. I love it! We have another Mirka Andolfo variant! Enchantress looks good. That street-verse variant is great!

Street verse and a foil cover!

The next covers with Kamala on them.

Always happy for a Cable cover.

The variants for Galactic.

A slightly NSFW variant by the ever-amazing Tula Lotay.

I love this homage cover!

November 2025 Late Issues

VERY LATE with these next posts. It was a crazy week last week. I had to move the day I normally get comics to four days after and that delay delayed taking photos and thus, making these posts.

May’s DWM issue. A Marvel Zombies reprint in 3D (came with the classic glasses). A Direct Market variant for the TMNT/Naruto crossover by David Nakayama. The connecting variant of the Robin volume of Kami Garcia and Gabriel Picolo’s Titans journey. I always forget that there are two variants for each of those books. And then five late variants, one I chose to wait to buy, and the next volume of Ultimate X-Men.

Happy to have this Kelleran Beq variant! Of course I had to get this variant with Galactus on it. Dani Moonstar looks amazing in this Villalobos variant. Wanda looks amazing as the new Sorcerer Supreme. And the AoA X-Men look great on this Paco Medina and Jesus Aburtov cover.

Zootopia 2 (early screening November 25, 2025)

That was fantastic! Also, I saw this in RealD 3D

I really had fun watching this. It felt a lot like the first movie emotionally.

The returning characters were of course wonderful to see again. Even though some of the secondary character from the first movie only had a few lines each. But even so, they were enjoyable. The leads were as fantastic as they were in the first movie. I loved seeing how there was still more to learn about them than we knew. I would like a possible third movie to focus slightly more on Nick rather than Judy. The first movie was really about Judy’s Journey and this movie was more of a balance between the two.

The new characters were enjoyable too! A couple were a bit one-note, but there was a lot going on, so we didn’t have a lot of time to focus on more of their background development. I would like to see them maybe in more shorts in the future though. And going to various new places was exciting! I loved seeing more of the environments. There were some things that I hadn’t thought about this world till this movie.

The music was as lovely and well-done as the first one. The visuals were really good. And the 3D looked pretty good!

The character development for Judy and Nick were very well done.

I certainly hope for more from this world. I love the characters and history on these movies. A very fun and emotional ride indeed!

Mid-credit scene: Not really, but like most animated movies, the mid-credits are continuing scenes with the characters.

End-credit scene: Yes, a joke and a little hint at what could come next.