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Comic book industry sales and releases

Overview

The comic book industry continues to see high activity across major publishers, with shifting focus between best-selling titles and new weekly releases.

Retail data from early August 2026 expanded the list of top performers to include ‘Amazing Spider-Man #34’ and ‘Fantastic Four #15’. For the week of August 12, 2026, upcoming releases included various variants of ‘Absolute Batman #23’, ‘Action Comics #1101’, and facsimile editions of ‘Adventure Comics #247’ and ‘Amazing Spider-Man #100’.

New series launches during mid-August featured DC’s ‘Batman & Robin Year One: Dynamic Duos #1’, a 12-issue series by Mark Waid and Chris Samnee, and Marvel’s ‘Miles Morales: Spider-Man #1’. Other notable debuts included Dark Horse’s ‘The Foundry #1’ by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson, Dynamite’s ‘Gargoyles #1’, and Image Comics’ ‘Regicide #1’ and ‘Shaolin Cowboy: Staying Alive #2’.

By the week of August 26, 2026, the industry highlighted the launch of the Batman crossover event, ‘Batman – Bad Seeds – Sunset #1’, written by Matt Fraction and G. Willow Wilson. This storyline features Pamela Isley as the new mayor of Gotham City and involves a conflict with the Bat-Family and Commissioner Vandal Savage. Other releases for this period included ‘Amazing Spider-Man #35’, ‘Black Tower – The Raven Conspiracy #1’, ‘Concrete’, and Archie Comics’ 85th-anniversary celebrations, alongside DC’s ‘Absolute Catwoman’ and ‘Absolute Wonder Woman’ editions.

Moving into late September, the week of September 23, 2026, saw a focus on horror, sci-fi, and action genres. Notable horror titles included Marvel’s ‘Infernal Hulk vs. Wolverine’ one-shot, ‘Universal Monsters: Blood of the Wolfman #4’, and ‘Hellraiser Resurrections: Hell’s Council’. Image Comics contributed ‘King Spawn #59’ and ‘Spawn: The Scorched #55’, while other releases included ‘Exquisite Corpses: Rascal Randy #3’, ‘Shaolin Cowboy: Staying A.I. Live #3’, and ‘Mad Science Division: The Cold Open’.

Entities

Image Comics · Marvel · DC Comics · Batman · Ignition Press

Timeline

  1. 10 days ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources
    Comic book releases for the week of September 23, 2026

    Comic book releases for the week of September 23, 2026, feature new horror and action titles from Marvel, Image, Dark Horse, and other publishers.

  2. about 1 month ago

    [CULTURE] 4 sources
    Comic book releases for the week of August 26, 2026

    Comic book releases for the week of August 26, 2026, feature new DC crossover events like ‘Batman – Bad Seeds’, along with titles from Marvel, Image Comics, and Archie Comics' 85th anniversary.

  3. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources
    Comic book industry highlights new weekly releases

    New comic book releases this week include DC's 'Batman & Robin: Year One', Marvel's 'Miles Morales: Spider-Man', and new titles from Dark Horse, Image, and Dynamite.

  4. about 2 months ago

    [CULTURE] 2 sources
    Comic book industry updates: Best-sellers and new releases

    Comic book industry updates feature best-selling titles like X-Men and Batman, alongside new releases from DC, Marvel, and Image Comics scheduled for August 2026.

Sources

13thdimension.com · acecomics.co.uk · comicbookworld.com · comicbookyeti.com · comicsxf.com · horrorgeeklife.com · lacovacha.mx · smashpages.net · theyogarevolution.co.uk

This summary has been updated 2 times: see revision history