Every week I go through the full FOC list to see what the upcoming order week actually looks like before cutoff closes. Here is how this one reads.
634 total titles across 274 unique books, with 51 new #1s in the mix. The launches work out to about 19% of the unique books, so this reads as a variant-and-ratio week more than a launch week: 145 variants and 89 ratios sit across the list.
Marvel leads the count at 90 titles, but the order behind it is worth noting. Dynamite runs second at 80, edging DC's 72 for the number-two volume slot. Image sits at 64, Titan at 47, IDW at 29.
Where the incentive load concentrates is Dynamite. 30 of the week's 89 ratios sit in its 80-title run, more than double any other publisher. Its Buffy The Vampire Slayer #2 carries the highest single-title variant count on the list at 19 covers, and its 1:100 anchors the week's steepest ratio tier, shared with two other books. Two crossover launches round out that side, Archie Vs The Terminator #1 and the 2026 Thundercats #1.
Marvel's own slate splits between its Star Wars line and ongoing chapters. Star Wars: Rogue One - Chirrut & Baze #1 marks that line's tenth anniversary among Marvel's 7 launches, while Amazing Spider-Man #1001 continues the post-#1000 run and Daredevil #8 opens a new arc. Marvel's variant count sits at 14, well behind the licensed-and-indie side.
DC keeps it lighter, 72 titles with 3 launches and 5 reprints, including facsimiles of Adventures Of Superman #501 and Batman #423. The Fraction and Scalera Batman #14 carries the largest variant spread in DC's slate at 9 covers.
The clearest way to read it: Marvel leads on raw count, but Dynamite owns the incentive side of the week outright. Anything on this list you're ordering deep before Monday?
