March 4, 2026

Ivy is the Mayor of Gotham! This is the final issue of DC KO (though there’s more to come from this plot soon). We got a reprint of the Spider-Man team-up with Invincible from years ago. Starlord and Nova are butting heads. Death Spiral continued! This run of Avengers ended. Dani Moonstar got her first title run! Iceman got a new one-shot. And Maul got a new miniseries that is a prequel to the upcoming Maul animated series.

Leirix did a set of covers for women’s history month. This is one of them.

These are the main and variants for this Poison Ivy issue.

Jessica Fong does such a good job on these main covers for this arc. Pamela looks great at the mayor’s desk. Leirix’s Ivy on the first variant. I guess they just made a vine of Ivy for Pamela’s logo? And Jorge Jiménez did a set of foil covers themed on the characters from the corner box. This Ivy one looks great!

Mirka Andolfo did this variant of Absolute Superman.

Logo and foil corner box variants for Cass’s Batgirl.

Lucas Meyer did such a great job with this variant! Terry’s costume looks amazing.

So much Darkseid on these variants!! I think there were only a couple other variants.

The first one is a foil cover of the main cover but without the acetate cover. This is by Javier Fernández and Alejandro Sánchez. I don’t have much interest in the wrestling variants, but Darkseid is right there. Dan Mora is fantastic. Mike Del Mundo did such fantastic art on this variant of Darkseid sitting inside earth like a throne. It looks like a classic design. Ian Bertram did the next cover with Darkseid looking like a mural. Darkseid baring his teeth at us is done really well by Ben Oliver. Steve Skroce made the Omega Beams look great! I think there are a couple more variants of this that I need to find.

The next Frison cover. A blank variant for the Spidey/Invincible team-up reprint. Gurihiru did a monster variant of Illyana.

Talavera made MJ look amazing! We’ll see how this next variant set goes, but Iban Coello did a great job on this first variant.

The last Dauterman collage variant in this set.

Swaby drew Danielle Moonstar so well on this variant! And I love these Marvel Comics Presents variants! Benjamin Su did great!

Luciano Vecchio did the writing, art and color for this issue and run. Amazing cover!

This first variant is a photo variant, I assume it’s from the show or at least from Rebels. Aka is doing a headshot variant set, this is the first one. The colors look great! Elena Casagrande did a great job on this Women’s History Month variant. The last one is by Panosian.

Matt and Frank look great on this Momoko variant. And these last two variants are the second printings of each of these issues of Rogue and Psylocke Ninja respectively.

Completed Variant Sets 33 — March 1, 2026

Alan Quah did such an amazing job with this design! And as usual, I’m sad that they don’t connect properly. These were all overlapped. But the designs are just so detailed! I love them!

The overlap wasn’t huge, but still frustrating. But they look good like this, mostly.

Taurin Clarke with the Black History Month set. Now, this, I don’t understand. Why on earth are the shades of colors different between issues? How is that not a QC problem? The images were drawn as one image, why would you allow this kind of color difference for mass production? I assume time is the reason and QC didn’t have much or any time.

I think there wasn’t much overlap, but the color difference was far too distracting. But they all look amazing next to each other!

I do enjoy when Doctor Who does photo variants for its comics. It’s a nice way to get some promo photos!

These covers were so wonderful to see! Even though apparently most of these battles don’t happen in the story, but they look so good on these covers! I watched the 80’s/90’s’s TMNT cartoon and then the 2003 one mainly. I’ve watched a bit of some of the other ones and the movies too. I haven’t read any of the classic comics though.

The first issue of this also had a similar team vs team design, but it was the villains of the story on the right, and I just wanted to see the turtle teams. The first cover here is by Dan Schoening and Louie Joyce showing the first live-action turtles vs the most recent Mutant Mayhem turtles. The next variant is by Andy Suriano and Jim Lawson showing turtles from the first comic run vs the Rise of the TMNT’s animated series. The next one is by Dan Schoening, Luis Antonio Delgado, Ken Mitchroney and Heather Breckel showing the 1987 cartoon turtles vs the Saturday morning adventures comic turtles. The final cover is by Ciro Nieli and Luis Antonio Delgado showing the 2003 animated series turtles vs the present day comic turtles.

Love these Inhyuk Lee variants! I thought there were more of these covers but nope, just three.

I kind of wish that the yellow design in the background connected somehow. But they look great!

After this sorting, I added 3 boxes. So we’re at 112!

February 25, 2026

We got a one-shot New DC History special focusing on the Dakota Incident. Hal popped the question? Harley had romantic troubles. DC KO is almost over. Ursula from The Little Mermaid, got a title. The next bunch of mutant titles dropped. Punisher started a new run. The Death Spiral event in Spidey and Venom books got started. And Star Wars Insider celebrated the 10th anniversary of Rogue One. Also, it’s INSANE that the plot of Inglorious X-Force centers around Kamala Khan and she’s on one single variant cover of this run so far. It’s insulting to Ms. Marvel, frankly.

Diego Olortegul did the main cover for this issue, of course I liked it because it was similar to the other NHotDCU covers from a few months ago. And the variant is an homage cover by Yasmine Putri giving tribute to the classic cover of 52 #1 (2006).

Taurin Clarke did John Stewart good!

The next Nakayama variant and Inhyuk Lee variant.

John Giang did an amazing job with this variant!

Doomsday is back on this main cover. And the other is a connecting cover by Guillem March.

Mirka Andolfo did the main cover for this, and it looks great! And so does this variant by Shatoki Shiki.

InHyuk Lee doing another great job on this variant. And the main cover of this Hulk issue is by Nic Klein.

The next Psylocke covers! The main cover by Derrick Chew. The next stunning variant is by Joshua Swaby. InHyuk Lee putting out another variant with that next one. And Rickie Yagawa giving us a nice one at the end.

The next covers for Sorcerer Supreme. The main by Leirix of course. The first variant is by Dauterman. And the last one is the next Red Block variant.

Love this Momoko variant for Wiccan.

This variant is by ACO. And this X-Force variant is by Ian Churchill.

This is a Rogue One decade anniversary variant for Star Wars Insider

February 18, 2026

We met Absolute Poison Ivy! This team of Titans changes next issue. We got the last Doctor Who comic of this run. Daredevil and Jeff hung out. X-Men 25 is the epilogue of the Age of Revelation. Morbius dropped by Jubilee. Laura and Gabby got a new title together. Ultimate Spider-Man ended this run. We got a new title with Deadly Hands of K’un-Lun. And Black Panther got a 60th anniversary special.

A fun Nightwing variant by Dave Johnson! A cute Gurihiru main cover! Phil Noto gave us this Knull variant.

X-Men 25 variants. The next Red Block variant. A great Vecchio variant of Magik. And a fantastic Phoenix variant by Dotemu and Tribute Games.

Delio Diaz did an amazing job with this cover! I thought this was Taurin Clarke art at first.

Skottie Young did this split variant. And JeeHyung Lee did this gorgeous variant of Laura.

I don’t think I have any Joe Jusko covers, but either way, this is a great cover! I actually thought that this was somehow a vertical gatefold cover? The way the preview image was uploaded was very long-looking. And here’s Jonny(!) on this Red Block from Nakayama.

This Bermejo cover is intense and amazing! I’m not sure if any cover has had this moment from Peter’s life, but it’s so well drawn and colored! And the next Red Block.

The next Sai covers. Momoko is the main of course. And I totally forgot that this second cover was a Gurihiru one. And I don’t think I’ve seen a Natacha Bustos in a while.

Dan Jurgens and Brett Breeding doing a great job with Red Hulk!

The final covers I chose for Ultimate Spider-Man. The main cover is by Marco Checchetto and colored by Matt Wilson. The Ultimate Finale variant is by Marcos Martín. And Elizabeth Torque did this photos variant colored by Jim Campbell II.

I thought this was a legacy cover. But it wasn’t. It’s a nice cover by Adam Kubert.

Matheus Manhanini did this fantastic main cover.

Completed Variant Sets 32 — February 15, 2026

It’s one of those odd connecting variants which get release backwards. But these are great! Of course they’re by Peach Momoko. And of course they don’t connect properly. They both misalign and overlap. This could have been a great wraparound for the final issue!

These are the Bat-Gadgets variants from Jorge Jiménes!

I kind of would have loved if all these connected but in a weird way so they looked like a pile of things all next to each other. But these all look so good!

Still no new boxes, so still at 109.

February 11, 2026

Kara’s love-life caused her strife. Clark returned to War World. C.O.R.T. ended. Sirens started a new Black Label title. DC KO continued. Hello Darkness gave us a one-shot. This Ultimate X-Men run ended with issue 24. Moon Knight got a new run and so did Deadpool and Cyclops. And Jar Jar Binks got his first ever comic title!

The next Supergirl variants. First by Elizabeth Torque and colored by Sabine Rich. Next by Amy Reeder. And the last one by Joe Quinones.

These are all such fantastic covers! The main cover (and interior art) is by Babs Tarr. The second is by the wonderful Sozomaika! And the last one is by the amazing Tula Lotay.

Nathan Szerdy did a great job with this Aquaman variant. Aaron Bartling gave us an intense Darksied variant. Stjepan Šejić did this cover for the Witchblade annual. And we got a spin-off one-shot from Hello Darkness.

Such gorgeous covers! The main cover is by Adam Hughes of course. Ivan Talavera did the second one and the third is by Kaare Andrews.

These are the final covers for Ultimate X-Men!

The final main cover.

This is a fantastic main cover for a new run of Moon Knight by Gist.

A couple Deadpool variants. Skottie Young and David Nakayama’s next Red Block variant.

A great variant by Hicham Habchi!

Taurin Clarke giving us Jar Jar on the main cover. Dave Wachter having Jar Jar and Kelleran Beq together in the first variant. And Taurin Clarke gave us an amazing Black History Month connecting variant.

February 4, 2026

We got a Valentine’s special from DC. We got a big multiversal battle in Boss Battle where characters from oter Warner Brothers properties battled DC’s heroes as part of DC KO. Godzilla’s Marvel crossover continued with a new title called Godzilla: Infinity Roar. Gargoyles crossed-over with Darkwing Duck. Supernatural got a Valentine’s Day special. Planet of the Apes crossed-over with The Fantastic Four in a new miniseries. This Avengers run reached its 35th issue. Logan was dealing with Alpha Flight. Storm got a new miniseries. Magik and Colossus got a new miniseries. And we got a treasury edition reprinting of Superman and Spider-Man from 1981.

This fantastic Poison Ivy variant is by a new artist, for me, Chay Ruby. I love the colors and details. The Absolute Superman variant is by InHyuk Lee. Jorge Fornés did this great Batgirl variant.

These are the variants for the Valentine’s Day special.

This one is another of the side-by-side fighter video game variants by Juan Ferreyra.

This is an Andolfo variant of Livewire.

This is a very detailed variant by Yasmine Putri.

The main cover and two of the variants for this crossover issue.

The main cover is just so detailed with so many characters! Thank you Jamal Campbell!

Jeff Spokes gave us this wonderful foil variant!

The blank variant.

Knullified Godzilla! The first by Josemaria Casanovas and the second by Ryan Stegman.

The main cover and two variants. The first a blank of course, and the second is great one by Ivan Bigarella.

This Godzilla main cover is by Jonathan Uribe. The color and detailed scales on him looking amazing! And this homage variant is paying tribute to a classic Planet of the Apes poster, though I’m not sure which one it is. This is by Germán Peralta.

Here’s the next Dauterman connecting cover. And here’s the next Nakayama Red (Hulk) cover!

These Storm covers are amazing.

The main cover is just gorgeous. It’s by R.B. Silva and colored by David Curiel. And the variant is by Dike Ruan. I love the use of white space for Ororo’s hair.

February 2026 Late Issues

Late variants for Capt 6, the new Psylocke issue and the new Iron Man issue.

When I first preordered this, I didn’t know what was on the cover, it just said it was an Agents of SHIELD variant. So, I hoped that it was something to do with the show or some characters or something. I also never checked back on the cover before I came in to buy my issues that week. Though, seeing it in person did have me liking it enough to keep. I love all the detail of the art. It’s by Delio Diaz.

These are the other Psylocke variants that I liked.

The first is a Skottie Young variant, the next foil cover is by Dike Ruan. It looks amazing! There’s a non-foil version of that cover but it’s a 1:25 incentive variant. And the third one is TCG variant by Juan Frigeri.

This foil variant is by Declan Shalvey. I love the look of this!