WHAT’S ON THE SHELF, OCTOBER 21ST – THE BIG 2

The Big 2 are coming in heavy for October 21, fam. DC and Marvel have new issues, variants, collections and plenty of books competing for space on that pull list.

What’s on the Shelf is built from distributor order forms and shipping-date information, giving fans an early look at what may be landing at their local comic shops. Not every shop orders every title, variant or edition, so check directly with your retailer if you are hunting a specific release.

PLEASE NOTE: This October 21, 2026 list is a one-week advance preview. Shipping information can change, and not every title will arrive in every store. “AR” means Ask Your Retailer for the price.

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PUBLISHER, TITLE, ISSUE NUMBER, PRICE IN U.S. DOLLARS

DC COMICS

Absolute Flash #20 (Cover A Nick Robles), $4.99

Absolute Flash #20 (Cover B Derrick Chew Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Absolute Flash #20 (Cover C Marcio Takara Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Absolute Flash #20 (Cover D Ryan Benjamin Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Absolute Green Arrow #6 (Of 12)(Cover A Rafael Albuquerque), $4.99

Absolute Green Arrow #6 (Of 12)(Cover B Gerald Parel Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Absolute Green Arrow #6 (Of 12)(Cover C InHyuk Lee Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Absolute Green Arrow #6 (Of 12)(Cover D Lesley Leirix Li Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Absolute Green Arrow #6 (Of 12)(Cover E Nimit Malavia Card Stock Variant), AR

Action Comics #1103 (Cover A Chris Brunner), $4.99

Action Comics #1103 (Cover B Ryan Sook Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Action Comics #1103 (Cover C Don Aguillo Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Action Comics #1103 (Cover D Ariel Olivetti Kingdom Come 30th Anniversary Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Action Comics #1103 (Cover E Ryan Sook Foil Variant), $7.99

Action Comics #1103 (Cover F Dave Wilkins Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Batman #14 (Cover I Dan Quintana Halloween Glow-In-The-Dark Card Stock Variant)(Batman Bad Seeds), $7.99

Batman By Darwyn Cooke The Absolute Edition HC, $100.00

Batman/Superman World’s Finest #56 (Cover A Dan Mora), $3.99

Batman/Superman World’s Finest #56 (Cover B Ben Harvey Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Batman/Superman World’s Finest #56 (Cover C Adrian Gutierrez Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Batman/Superman World’s Finest #56 (Cover D David Nakayama Kingdom Come 30th Anniversary Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Batwoman #8 (Cover A DaNi)(Batman Bad Seeds), $3.99

Batwoman #8 (Cover B Stjepan Sejic Card Stock Variant)(Batman Bad Seeds), $4.99

Batwoman #8 (Cover C Javi Fernandez Card Stock Variant)(Batman Bad Seeds), $4.99

Batwoman #8 (Cover D David Nakayama Bad Seeds Spot Foil Variant)(Batman Bad Seeds), $6.99

Catwoman #92 (Cover A Sebastian Fiumara)(Batman Bad Seeds), $3.99

Catwoman #92 (Cover B Marcio Takara Card Stock Variant)(Batman Bad Seeds), $4.99

Catwoman #92 (Cover C Charlie Adlard Card Stock Variant)(Batman Bad Seeds), $4.99

Catwoman #92 (Cover D Chloe Brailsford Card Stock Variant)(Batman Bad Seeds), $4.99

Catwoman #92 (Cover E David Nakayama Bad Seeds Spot Foil Variant)(Batman Bad Seeds), $6.99

Dark Knights Of Steel II #4 (Of 12)(Cover A Yasmine Putri), $4.99

Dark Knights Of Steel II #4 (Of 12)(Cover B Travis Moore Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Dark Knights Of Steel II #4 (Of 12)(Cover C Gerald Parel Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Dark Knights Of Steel II #4 (Of 12)(Cover D Lucio Parrillo Card Stock Variant), $5.99

DC Finest Doom Patrol The End Sanctifies The Means TP, $39.99

Deathstroke The Terminator #8 (Cover A Carmine Di Giandomenico), $3.99

Deathstroke The Terminator #8 (Cover B David Nakayama Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Deathstroke The Terminator #8 (Cover C Sebastian Fiumara Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Detective Comics #1114 (Cover A Mikel Janin)(Batman Bad Seeds), $4.99

Detective Comics #1114 (Cover B Dan Mora Card Stock Variant)(Batman Bad Seeds), $5.99

Detective Comics #1114 (Cover C Marguerite Sauvage Card Stock Variant)(Batman Bad Seeds), $5.99

Detective Comics #1114 (Cover D David Nakayama Bad Seeds Spot Foil Variant)(Batman Bad Seeds), $7.99

Detective Comics #1114 (Cover E Bjorn Barends Clayface Movie Card Stock Variant)(Batman Bad Seeds), $5.99

Detective Comics #298 Facsimile Edition (Cover A Sheldon Moldoff), $3.99

Detective Comics #298 Facsimile Edition (Cover B Blank Sketch Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Detective Comics #298 Facsimile Edition (Cover C Sheldon Moldoff Foil Variant), $6.99

Emperor Aquaman #22 (Cover A John Timms), $3.99

Emperor Aquaman #22 (Cover B Carla Cohen Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Emperor Aquaman #22 (Cover C Lucio Parrillo Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Fury Of Firestorm #7 (Of 15)(Cover A Rafael de Latorre), $3.99

Fury Of Firestorm #7 (Of 15)(Cover B Nimit Malavia Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Fury Of Firestorm #7 (Of 15)(Cover C Martin Simmonds Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Lobo #8 (Cover A Jorge Corona), $3.99

Lobo #8 (Cover B Derrick Chew Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Lobo #8 (Cover C Scott Godlewski Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Lobo #8 (Cover D Alitha Martinez Card Stock Variant), $4.99

New Titans #38 (2nd Printing Cover A Taurin Clarke), $4.99

New Titans #38 (2nd Printing Cover B Chris Samnee Card Stock Variant), $4.99

New Titans #40 (Cover A Taurin Clarke), $3.99

New Titans #40 (Cover B Babs Tarr Card Stock Variant), $4.99

New Titans #40 (Cover C Hicham Habchi Card Stock Variant), $4.99

Nightwing #143 (Cover A Jorge Fornes)(Batman Bad Seeds), $4.99

Nightwing #143 (Cover B Riley Rossmo Card Stock Variant)(Batman Bad Seeds), $5.99

Nightwing #143 (Cover C Sebastian Fiumara Card Stock Variant)(Batman Bad Seeds), $5.99

Nightwing #143 (Cover D David Nakayama Bad Seeds Spot Foil Variant)(Batman Bad Seeds), $7.99

Nightwing #143 (Cover E Rafael Albuquerque Clayface Movie Card Stock Variant)(Batman Bad Seeds), $5.99

Spectre By John Ostrander And Tom Mandrake Omnibus Volume 2 HC, $125.00

Superman Unlimited #18 (Cover A Lucas Meyer), $4.99

Superman Unlimited #18 (Cover B Marcial Tolendano Vargas Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Superman Unlimited #18 (Cover C Rafael Perez Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Superman Unlimited #18 (Cover D Gerald Parel Kingdom Come 30th Anniversary Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Wonder Woman #38 (Cover A Daniel Sampere), $4.99

Wonder Woman #38 (Cover B David Nakayama Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Wonder Woman #38 (Cover C Ariel Diaz Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Wonder Woman #38 (Cover D Karen S. Darboe Card Stock Variant), $5.99

Wonder Woman #38 (Cover E Jenny Frison Kingdom Come 30th Anniversary Card Stock Variant), $5.99

DC COMICS/BLACK LABEL

Swamp Thing By Rick Veitch Volume 3 Time Upon A Once TP, $39.99

DC COMICS/VERTIGO

American Vampire Volume 3 TP, $29.99

Bleeding Hearts Volume 1 Out-Break TP, $17.99

End Of Life #9 (Cover A Gerald Parel), $3.99

End Of Life #9 (Cover B Ethan Young Card Stock Variant), $4.99

MARVEL COMICS

Amazing Spider-Man Halloween Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Mike Hawthorne), $4.99

Amazing Spider-Man Halloween Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Paco Medina), $4.99

Amazing Spider-Man Halloween Special #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Todd Nauck), $4.99

Avengers Armageddon #5 (Of 5)(Cover A Dike Ruan), $4.99

Avengers Armageddon #5 (Of 5)(Cover B Leonel Castellani Marvel Studios Avengers Doomsday Variant), $4.99

Avengers Armageddon #5 (Of 5)(Cover C John Romita Jr.), $4.99

Avengers Armageddon #5 (Of 5)(Cover D Mark Bagley), AR

Blade Epic Collection Volume 1 His Name Is Blade TP, $54.99

Captain America #15 (2nd Printing Cover A Skan)(Armageddon), $4.99

DoomQuest #5 (Of 10)(Cover A Alex Ross), $4.99

DoomQuest #5 (Of 10)(Cover B Luciano Vecchio Homage Variant), $4.99

DoomQuest #5 (Of 10)(Cover C Phil Noto Muppets Variant), $4.99

DoomQuest #5 (Of 10)(Cover D Benjamin Su), $4.99

DoomQuest #5 (Of 10)(Cover E Mark Chiarello), $4.99

DoomQuest #5 (Of 10)(Cover F ACO), AR

Ghost Rider Epic Collection Volume 4 To Slay A Demon TP, $49.99

Infernal Hulk #1 (Halloween Trick-Or-Read 2026 Edition), AR

Inglorious X-Force #10 (Cover A R.B. Silva), $4.99

Inglorious X-Force #10 (Cover B Ivan Fiorell), $4.99

Iron Man Racing Towards Doom #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Phil Noto), $4.99

Jeff The Land Shark Superstar #4 (Of 5)(Cover A Gurihiru), $4.99

Jeff The Land Shark Superstar #4 (Of 5)(Cover B Jhony Caballero), $4.99

Marc Spector Moon Knight #9 (Cover A Jose Luis Soares), $4.99

Marc Spector Moon Knight #9 (Cover B Maria Wolf), $4.99

Marc Spector Moon Knight #9 (Cover C Ario Anindito), AR

Marvel Zombies War Zone #2 (Of 5)(Cover A Tony Parker), $4.99

Marvel Zombies War Zone #2 (Of 5)(Cover B Scott Hepburn), $4.99

Marvel Zombies War Zone #2 (Of 5)(Cover C Junggeun Yoon), AR

Miles Morales Spider-Man #3 (Cover A Simone Di Meo), $4.99

Miles Morales Spider-Man #3 (Cover B Michael Cho), $4.99

Miles Morales Spider-Man #3 (Cover C Jorge Fornes), $4.99

Miles Morales Spider-Man #3 (Cover D Chris Campana), AR

Mortal Thor Volume 2 Come At The King TP, $17.99

Psylocke Ninja Rise From The Fall TP, $17.99

Punisher Showdowns Black Widow #1 (One Shot)(Cover A Greg Land), $5.99

Punisher Showdowns Black Widow #1 (One Shot)(Cover B Mark Bagley), $5.99

Punisher Showdowns Black Widow #1 (One Shot)(Cover C Joe Jusko), AR

Spidey And His Amazing Friends #1 (Halloween Trick-Or-Read 2026 Edition), AR

Star Wars The Fall Of Kylo Ren #3 (Of 5)(Cover A Phil Noto), $4.99

Star Wars The Fall Of Kylo Ren #3 (Of 5)(Cover B Mico Suayan), $4.99

Star Wars The Fall Of Kylo Ren #3 (Of 5)(Cover C Dave Dorman), AR

Ultimate Fantastic Four #21 Facsimile Edition (Cover A Greg Land), $4.99

Uncanny X-Men #37 (Cover A Juan Frigeri), $4.99

Uncanny X-Men #37 (Cover B Rose Besch), $4.99

Uncanny X-Men #37 (Cover C Jonboy Meyers), AR

Venom Epic Collection Volume 8 Shadows Of The Past TP, $49.99

X-Men Age Of Krakoa By Kieron Gillen Omnibus HC (Cover A Leinil Francis Yu Book Market Variant), $100.00

X-Men Age Of Krakoa By Kieron Gillen Omnibus HC (Cover B Mark Brooks Direct Market Variant), $100.00

X-Men Outback #5 (Of 5)(Cover A Russell Dauterman), $4.99

X-Men Outback #5 (Of 5)(Cover B Chris Allen), $4.99

X-Men United #8 (Of 10)(Cover A Stefano Caselli), $4.99

X-Men United #8 (Of 10)(Cover B Juan Frigeri Art Style Variant), $4.99

X-Men United #8 (Of 10)(Cover C Junggeun Yoon), $4.99

X-Men United #8 (Of 10)(Cover D Stephen Segovia), AR