January 21, 2026,

A new arc starts in Wonder Woman. There’s a circus story-arc in Nightwing. Grail is keeping the Titans busy. We got a Green Lantern one-shot from DCKO. Sue is missing. We got the second issue of Wiccan. The final issue of Spider-Man 94 arrived. We got an epilogue from Age of Revelation. We got a new X-Force run and a new Rogue run, and a new Psylocke run!!!

The next Nakayama main cover. And we got a David Aja variant!

Grail returns! The main cover (Pete Woods) and the second variant (Derrick Chew) both feature Darksied’s daughter. And the other variant is a great one with Raven and Tera on it by Brad Walker and Marcelo Maiolo.

Speaking of Darksied, there he is on these variants. The first one by Guillem March, and the video game one by Juan Ferreyra.

There are a couple of these landscape video game variants, I got this one specifically for Darksied.

The next TMNT variant with two sets of turtles on it. And the other variant is of Ninjara.

Turtles, Rangers and Usagi on one cover! Fantastic! I always enjoy seeing JTC’s action figure art. Carrie looks amazing on this cover! Clea looks elegant on this Karen S. Darboe variant.

Swaby gave us a great variant of Mystique. I’m always happy to see AoA Sabretooth and Wild Child on a cover. And we got another Disney-Animation style cover from Mark Brooks, this one of AoA Cyclops.

The variants for the final issue! Another JTC one, one by Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding, and the final animation one featuring Scorpion. I will have the animation ones be in the next completed variant covers post, but I won’t have the JTC ones since I put them in different spots and I don’t want to have to search for them all.

Luciano Vecchio gave us a stunning variant of Emma Frost. And Geoff Shaw blew us away with his Cable variant!

I’m happy that David Nakayama is doing the main covers for this run! And we got a fun Gurihiru variant too!

Artgerm. Psylocke. That’s all. And coming off of his 20 issue Streetwear cover set, InHyuk Lee did a double-character cover with Elektra and Psylocke.

January 2026 Late Issues

Another copy of the main cover for Harley’s 200th issue, and the InHyuk Lee variant of that issue. And also I got another copy of the connecting cover for Ultimate X-Men 23.

Also, this isn’t really a late issue, but I did want to get it since I got the homage cover paying tribute to it. That’s Harley’s first issue as the title character! It wasn’t hard to find, nor was it expensive. It’s so great that both covers are drawn and colored by the same couple, 25 years and 3 months apart. Thank you to Terry and Rachel Dodson.

January 14, 2026

Scarface is back in Batman and Robin. Lantern Corps clash in GLC. Wonder Woman got a Black and Gold one-shot 2026 special. The next main issue of DC KO dropped. The final issue of Legacy of Vader arrived. Mutina returns in Uncanny X-Men. We got another Doom event spin-off via Dungeons of Doom. Luna Snow got a new one-shot. Peach Momoko gave us a new title focusing on her character Sai. Knull got his own title. And Avengers got to its 800th issue!!

The next Supergirl covers! The main cover is by Sophie Campbell. Chrissie Zullo-Uminga did the fun first variant. Lucas Meyer did the second variant. The punk rock (4th) one is a fun one by Marguerite Sauvage. And the last one is a Fanyang cover.

Carla Cohen did this amazing Zatanna variant! And Sanford Greene did this Darksied attacking cover.

John Timms did a great job with this Aquaman cover. I really like the way the hair looks. Noto gave us a nice MJ, Peter and Gwen variant. And Nakayama gave us a gorgeous Black Cat cover

The main cover is by Gurihiru of course, the first variant is by Leirix and the next one is by Fanyang!

Momoko did the main cover, as usual. The first variant is by Iban Coello. Stan Sakai did the next variant. There were a couple variants that I still want.

The main cover is of course by Ryan Stegman. The two variants are by Rafael Albuquerque and Iban Coello respectively. there are four more variants that I’m waiting for.

The main cover and one of the variants for this issue. The main cover is of course by Dauterman, it’s part of a connecting cover set while also a wraparound set. It’s weird. And the variant is a fun legacy one by CAFU.

January 7, 2026

I guess I didn’t say it for any of the previous posts, but, Happy New Year!

We have a new villain being promoted in this Batman issue, The Ōjō (previously Lady Death Man). Absolute Batman got a one-shot. Ivy seems to be doing well. A new arc starts in Absolute Superman. The Cheetah and Cheshire miniseries ended with this issue. We got a facsimile edition of an amalgam story featuring Spider-Boy (Peter Parker and Conner Kent (Kon-El)) from the 90’s. Power Rangers got a new miniseries started. Richard Rider’s Nova got a new run. Ultimate X-Men got it’s penultimate issue. Silver Sable pays Logan a visit. Silk and Gwen team up. And this facsimile edition of this comic is from Superman and Spider-Man’s first meeting. Though this is a huge version of the issue. I think it’s larger than a library edition, or if not, then it’s that size.

The next fantastic Ultimate X-Men covers, including a connection variant.

The next Batman variants.

Such a cool new character design! Love the hair and the light swords.

Such a great Swaby variant of Ivy. A great Andolfo variant! I really like this Murakami main cover for Batgirl. Another main cover was the final issue of the Cheshire and Cheetah miniseries by Nicola Scott and Annette Kwok. And the Knightfight main cover by Dan Mora looks so clean!

More great Shredder covers! the art is just gorgeous. Thank you to Michele Bandini and Marco Lesko for the main cover and Dike Ruan for the variant.

Speaking of Shredder, I loved this cover of Godzilla reflecting on Shredder’s helmet. And this is such a great homage cover imitating the legendary Death of Superman cover from Superman #75 (January 93).

The penultimate set of Ultimate X-Men covers! Though I think I was missing one or two variants since they were incentive covers.

I liked this Bermejo cover because it seemed to be paying homage to Punisher’s first issue where he’s aiming at Spidey. Information on the Superman/Spidey comic is above.

December 2025 Late Issues 3

WOW. I don’t think I’ve ever totally forgotten to make posts before. I just got comics today from this week and last week, and I was going to make a post for the two weeks previous, but then realized that I hadn’t made any normal posts of comics that came out in 2026 yet! Good thing no one follows here yet and I don’t have to be embarrassed about it in real-time, haha.

Now to make 20 ish posts! XD

I decided to try two more times with the blind bags and then I also go the blank variant all for Ultimate Endgame 1.

I was again unsuccessful with getting the variant I wanted. After this, I decided to bite the bullet and buy it online for way too much money.

Completed Variant Sets 30 — January 11, 2026

I almost forgot that the Wanda cover was part of this set! These all are amazing covers by InHyuk Lee.

This set was so close to being properly connecting! The third issue was a millimeter ish of overlap with the second issue. And the first issue was overlap plus misaligned with the second. it really is a fantastic design though. I really wish they perfect this printing process or just pivot to wraparounds and gatefold variants.

No added boxes.

December 31, 2025

A nice small week of comics. DC doesn’t release any issues in the last week of the month.

The Bad Batch got a new miniseries. The final issue of Age of Revelation dropped. The first issue of the final story of this version of the Ultimate Universe dropped with Ultimate Endgame. And since Wanda became the Sorcerer Supreme, she got her own run with the title.

Love the legacy shown in this Iron Fist cover. Nick Fury looks scary in that chair thanks to In Hyuk Lee!

I didn’t get the variant I wanted from the blind bags. I guess I’ll have to find it online somewhere. But the one I got are still good. Derrick Chew did a great job on this foil variant. One of the blind bag variants I got was this Scottie Young one. Sanford Greene made that fantastic wraparound variant. Peach Momoko made another amazing variant!

I can’t wait to get tho this issue so I can see all of these character go head-to-head. Such a great wraparound!

Love this! Of course.

The first one is the main cover by Leirix, the variants are by Dauterman, Brooks, Dauterman, Besch, InHyuk Lee, and Pramanik. I think I didn’t get two other variants, one being the winter break variant and the other being the 1:100 incentive variant of Besch’s design. I love these all!!

I can’t remember the last time I got a horizontal poster from Marvel. This is a good one!

I love that Nakayama’s Rogue cover for a poster!

December 24, 2026

Happy Christmas (Eve)! Also Happy New Year!

Bruce visited Hal. Harley had her 200th issue! Absolute Batman and Absolute Wonder Woman continue their collaboration. Ra’s Al Ghul visits Absolute Superman. The final issue of Trinity dropped. DC KO continues! Gargoyles got another winter special. Sweet Paprika got another Black, White and Pink special! Marvel also got a winter special. Spinning out of the Doctor Doom event, we got The Will of Doom. And the new Age of Revelation issues dropped.

200 issues! Love David Nakayama getting able to draw Harley’s original costume. The other variant is an homage variant by Terry and Rachel Dodson paying homage to their main cover to Harley’s first issue of her first ongoing run on October 11, 2000.

Leirix did another great Absolute Wonder Woman variant. A lovely legacy Haining variant. The next Justice League Red for Red Canary.

Adult Static looking good by Dustin Nguyen. And an amazing Rahzzah variant of Batman Beyond!

The Flash! You can see it right? Thank you to Ethan Young.

The next David Aja variant and a fun cover by Jorge Fornés.

This variant is by Taurin Clarke, and looks awesome as always, but I got it for Darksied being in the background. And this is the next Frison variant for Hello Darkness.

This main cover and variant, I got solely for the character Ninjara (the red fox woman). I really like this modern redesign. I’ve never heard of the character before I saw the main cover, but I liked the design.

Unexpected Sabretooth variant! Thank you Scott Hepburn.

I got the first variant as a gift for someone and the second is because I am intrigued by the time period when Luke and Leia trained together as Jedi as seen in the flashback from Episode VIII.

The next Spider-Man 94 variants.

This is a fun variant by Ivan Talavera.

Such a variety for these Will of Doom variants! The first one looks so regal, by blah. The second one is a fantastic wraparound by the iconic J Scott Campbell. And Noto having fun with this Stitch variant.

The next Expatriate covers and variants with Kamala on them. I feel like the second one is referring to something but I’m not sure what.

Cable! Yup, that’s all.

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.