June 3, 2026

I think this issue of Batman starts a new arc. This is the final issue (for now) of the Harley and Ivy title. We got an Elseworld title for Supergirl started. Deadman got a new run. Dream Girls got a 4-issue miniseries started. Power Rangers got a new run started! We got a Princess Bubblegum and Marceline Pride special. Jeff got another special. We got a J. Scott Campbell art collection issue. Amora is messing with Thor again. We got a What If issue focusing on the Uncanny X-Men. The next Rogue One anniversary special focusing on Jyn. X-Men ’97 got another comic prequel for the upcoming season.

This Jiménez cover is amazing! The colors stand out so well!

Noobovich did this first variant so well! And the other intricate one is by Manny Vincent Carbonilla.

Tirso did this cool cover of Cassandra Cain. Spectre looks fantastic on this main cover by Pete Woods.

The main cover is by Rod Reis. And the gorgeous variant is by Taurin Clark.

This intricate main cover is by Martín Morazzo and Chris O’Halloran. It looks so good! The first variant is of course by Frank Cho and Sabine Rich. And the next one is a blank variant.

The main cover, by Brandt & Stein, I got another copy of because of Dreamer of course. The first variant is the first connecting cover of a set by Phil Jimenez and Arif Prianto. The pride variant is by Claire Roe.

This amazing first connecting variant by Miguel Mercado. I think this is a nine or twelve cover set. I’m not sure. And this is a trading card blank variant.

This variant is by Mirka Andolfo.

These variants are by Chan and Jaki King respectively. The Chan cover I like because it’s close to the show’s animation style. And I like the art style of the other variant.

This gorgeous main cover cover is by Lucas Werneck.

The main cover is by David Marquez and Laura Martin. The other is of course a photo variant.

The first variant is an animation variant. The next is a Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding cover. And the last one is by Natacha Bustos.

This is such a fantastic Brooks cover!

Many posters!

I actually can’t remember if I got this poster back when the two issues that were connecting covers of this art came out back in Fall 2023, but if I didn’t, I have one now. This is by Lucas Werneck. the two covers were X-Men 26 (2021) and The Invincible Iron Man 10 (2022).

This is the connecting variant art for all the Dream Girls issues. I’m glad to have this in case the variants don’t end up connecting (which is 99% likely) properly.

The infamous Bilquis Evely cover.

This art is by Joëlle Jones and Trish Mulvihill.

This is the Iban Coello connecting design from this event. Again, good to have a poster of the full image since the covers didn’t connect well enough.

This poster is from the Marguerite Sauvage variant of issue 2.

This is the Alex Ross art from the first issue of this new title.

This is the main cover for the second run of this prequel comic. Also, we’re 15 days away from the next season of X-Men ‘97!

May 27, 2026

We got Batman 163 after 7 MONTHS since 162. This is the Hush 2 finale. We got a new character pop up in Green Lantern named Odyssey. Harley is still heroing. Superboy Prime meets Witchfire and things get hot. Jor-El got an Elseworld minieries telling the tale of what is he landed on earth instead of Kal. I heard about In Your Skin and decided to see what it was like. It’s a horror comic. We got the final issue of Psylocke Ninja. This run of X-Men is on its 30th issue. The final issue of The Ultimates dropped. The first issue of Doomquest dropped. And Wiccan, Hulkling and their family got a one-shot.

Such a great Nakayama variant! The light and details are fantastic!

The next Nakayama variant for Harley. And a nice Derrick Chew variant.

I like the way that Hayden Sherman and Jordie Bellaire drew and colored this cover respectively. I like the skeleton and body alternating between the flames.

These are all great covers! The main cover by Dan Mora is just so good! The lines and colors are so bold. The Lois variant by Scott Forbes is so nice! The next one is by Cian Tormey and Pasquale Ferrara and it reminded me of a painting. And the last one is just for Red Canary being on it, but John Giang did such an amazing job on this.

I love this Szerdy variant of Fire and Ice. I wouldn’t say no to a flipped design. Jamal Campbell does such detailed covers. The ghosts there look wonderful. And it’s been a while since we got a character suit collage cover from Dauterman, this Wonder Man one is fun.

Luciano Vecchio gave us this regal-looking Magneto. And here’s another MTG card variant, this one by Lordigan.

I feel like it’s been a long time since I saw a Mr. Garcin cover, he did well on this Doctor Doom one. And the other variant is an homage cover by Luciano Vecchio paying tribute to the classic cover of Iron Man 149 (1981) by John Romita Jr. and Bob Layton.

This is the main cover, and two variants. I got these because of Viv Vision being on the covers. The main one is a Dauterman of course. The next one is by Javier Garrón and the next is by Betsy Cola. Both covers are fantastic!

May 2026 Late Issues 2

Posting really late mainly because I had to delay when I picked up the comics, then more delays happened.

A main cover and three variants.

I liked this CAFU main cover for Death Spiral Body Count. I like some of these Leirix Vampirella covers. This one looks great. I don’t know how long Mingyi Gan has been doing covers for, but I’ve not seen any before this one (unless I have and I’m forgetting). It’s such a detailed piece of art! And this is the foil logo variant for Absolute Green Arrow.

Completed Variant Set 39 — May 24, 2026

These are the Babs Tarr main covers! They look so great! It’s always nice when an artist is doing the main covers and the interior art. Though, it’s probably super stressful for them.

I wasn’t sure which configuration I liked best, stacked or lined up, so I did both.

I normally do connecting variant sets first but it just made sense to do this after the main cover set. These are by Tula Lotay.

There was slight overlap between all the issues and maybe a little misalignment, but at least they could be arranged as actually connecting for once!

These are the animation variants by Chris Jones. I will have to get the other animation variants from the previous run. I think I only have the variant for the first issue.

These look good together.

And these are of course the David Nakayama main covers for this most recent Rogue miniseries. This also has a second printing of the first issue!

These look so good together! Especially seeing the first and second printings together to spot the slight and obvious differences.

Added only one box, so we’re at 121.

May 20, 2026

We got the final issue of this Sirens run. Black Mask is messing with Selina. I think this is the final issue of the current arc in Wonder Woman. Absolute Green Arrow got a title. The Next Level titles continued. Escape from Skull Island got its final issue. Danielle Moonstar is diving into her past. Rogue also got to its final issue in this run. Spore is coming for Spidey. The road to Avengers Armageddon continued. We got a new Ultimate universe miniseries where new characters were introduced. And Sai got its final issue.

The final main (by Babs Tarr) cover and Lotoy variant for this Sirens miniseries.

Seba Fiumara gave us this creepy Catwoman main cover. And the two variants that I usually get from Cho and Forbes respectively.

I like this creative Titans variant by Ethan Young.

The main cover by Daniel Sampere and Tomeu Morey. The next Nakayama variant. And a fun Sonic crossover Leirix variant.

Gerald Parel gave us this front profile of Absolute Green Arrow. And Lotoy did the second variant. The third is the blank.

The next creative Nightwing cover by Fornés.

Taurin Clarke does a great job with this cover with that amazing reflection on the bars. Karen Darboe did the first variant I got. And the last one is just for Connor being on it. But it’s also a fun variant by Anthony Marques, J. Bone and Dave Stewart.

The next variants for Deathstroke. The first by Brad Walker and Trish Mullvihill the second by Dan Panosian and the third by Howard Porter and Hi-Fi.

A great homage cover by Simon Parr. Of course it’s paying homage to Action Comics 1 from 1938.

The main Leirix cover and a variant by Nogi San.

I love this Moonstar main cover by Germán Peralta. Showing Danielle’s past on the cover. And I love the art of Rickie Yagawa on this FF variant.

We got another MTG variant with card art by InHyuk Lee. Ultimate Wonder Man got a first appearance variant by Stefano Caselli. And he also did the other variant portraying another new character, Sightseeer. I really like her design!

Now, I got another copy of the main cover even though Kamala isn’t on it, her grave stone and thus, her kind of is on it, haha. It’s the closest thing to the main cover of this run to have her on the main cover as has been so far. And the variant does have her head at least.

The final Sai main cover by Momoko and this cute variant by Benjamin Su.

Posters! This first is for the Jor-El Elseworld miniseries.

The next is for a new run or new volume of Galaxy’s story!

This is just for the current Superman event. Though, it’s already been going, so maybe this is a late poster.

May 13, 2026

Young Clark meets some future friends. Black Manta is after Arthur, surprise, surprise. The Manhunter Queen arrives! Kara is having problems with the Black Flame. Babs is off to prison and part of Next Level! We got the penultimate issue of Shadow of Maul. Knull has a new look. MJ and Felicia are hanging out still. Tony, Steve, various X-Men, all having problems. And the Death Spiral event had its epilogue issue. Also, we got a Brand New Day miniseries started which is set back then during that classic Spidey event.

I think this is my first cover by Ariel Diaz. I’m not certain, but I’m relatively sure. It looks amazing!

These are the next GLC variants by Fornés and Gonzales respectively.

Always happy to see Kon-El on a cover! And Kara looks great in the jacket! Thank you Chloe Brailsford. And the Firestorm cover by Rafael De Latorre and Marcelo Maiolo is a nice homage to the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci.

Babs looks fantastic in these Nakayama variants! I wish he were doing the main covers for this run! The foil looks great! And of course I got a blank variant.

The next Frison variant for Hello Darkness.

The next Maul variants from Aka and Gist. I love seeing present day Zeb!

A fantastic InHyuk Lee variant that I got because Maystorm is on there. And I like how Wanda looks on this cover by Josemaria Casanovas.

I got another copy of this Ross main cover because it’s kind of a physical fourth wall break. I mean I know it’s them breaking through a Roxxon billboard, but it’s close enough! And here’s one of the 20 MTG card variant covers. There were a lot this time! Also, that’s an amazing card. The card art is by Zoltan Boros.

This Rogue in the cloak of levitation looks great by Vecchio. And the MTG variant is by Javier Charro.

May 2026 Late Issues

These are the other two variants for SWI’s final issue. The carbonite one is cool since it’s a foil cover.

I didn’t take individual photos of these two last time, so I decided to now. The main cover looks great, though I wish it just showed all the covers alone. And I love seeing Ralph McQuarrie art on the variant.

They all look great together!

Just another copy of the JLI special. And then an homage variant paying tribute to the Akira motorcycle slide from the movie.

May 6, 2026

Bruce and Babs are having trouble. Mayor Ivy has bad press. Spectre drama continues in JSA. The Batman/Static miniseries ended with this issue. Guy Gardner got a one-shot. The Kyoshi Warriors got a miniseries started. Ben 10 got a new title. We got the first Rogue One prequel one-shot to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the movie. A lot is going on in all the X-titles. Invincible Woman is causing havoc in Fantastic Four. Carol is still dealing with issues of her past. We got a Civil War miniseries started set during those events. Miles got a one-shot with collected issues 1-6 from a digital series from last year. Jubilee got a new run started. This issue of Star Wars Insider is the final issue ever! 237 issues (plus special editions). I forgot to take photo of them alone. Though I got two other variants from this issue today, so I’ll just take the photos of them all tomorrow. And those MTG variant covers will be a 20-issue set eventually!

I love the details on this Jorge Molina variant! Mirka Andolfo gave us this Batman and Shadow variant. Katana looks amazing on this John Giang AAPI month variant.

Another Jessica Fong main cover. And a cool Manny Vincent Carbonilla variant where Pam looks suave.

Jeff Dékal gave us this Absolute Superman variant. And here’s the next David Talaski cover.

The main and variant for this issue featuring The Spectre! The main by Diego Olortegui, and the variant by Seba Fiumara.

I love seeing the Batman Beyond Justice League members all on a cover plus new characters that I hadn’t seen on this version of the team yet. Thank you to Carmine Di Giandomenico! The next variant is another great Aja variant. We got a blank variant for the Kyoshi Warriors issue. This new Ben 10 run’s first issue’s variant looks great with all the aliens by Duncan Rouleau.

We got another Ryan Meinerding concept art variant. And I really like this dynamic variant by Bill Sienkiewicz.

Love this Aka variant of Carol. And this What If Gurihiru variant is fun.

Taurin Clarke gave us this Miles main cover. And Jubilee looks amazing by Fanyang!