Monthly DCBS Pull - January 2026

Greetings Barragers,

Getting this one out a bit later than desired but it does take a good amount of time to scrape all the pre-orders in hopes of not missing something. On that note I think I'll start these off with some of my miscellaneous pick ups that took place outside of DCBS. I'll also include any alterations I may have made to my previous month's order.

I have a couple resources I like to check pretty regularly as the month progresses JIC there's any interesting books not on my radar. I do read over the various sites touting comic related BLOGS but I have three mains that I use consistently. Typically Tuesdays are my big review day given once the issues hit the comic shops on Wednesday, it's too late if you weren't first in line... for the hot stuff at least.

Key Collector - "Keys this week" feature
CLZ Database - "Series" AND "NCBD" lookups under the 'add by' button
CovrPrice - "Weekly top 10" AND "Day after Wednesday" reports

So let me try and maintain some semblance of my initial DCBS review and keep the clean up efforts minimal.

I kinda FOMO'd on some Absolute Batman issues, like issues 2 and 3 I didn't pick up because they were weak keys. Typically I don't buy random series just for the read unless it's an already completed short run of something I find interesting. Rariants are my goal and Incentives are always money, IMO, for any issue you're looking to add to your collection. Luckily DCBS re-listed some of the older Abso Batman 1:25's and 1:50s for +-20 dollars so I nabbed them. We won't discuss the ashcan purchase. Lila and Corpses were both late fomo. I settled for a cheap Laila 3rd print cause what eves, but I've had my eye on the corpses ComicXposure cover for a while and with the new hype I nabbed one while I could still get one pretty cheap. Totes wanted the 'Fan Expo Dallas' Chuma Hill one but no luck.

Absolute Batman #2 / Non-Key / 1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024
Absolute Batman #2 / Non-Key / NYCC Ashcan ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024 (Thought this was a full size book Oo)
Absolute Batman #3 / Non-Key / 1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2024
Absolute Batman #12 / Non-Key / 1:25 ⋅ DC ⋅ 2025
Exquisite Corpses #1 / Non-Key / NYCC • ComicXposure ⋅ Image ⋅ 2025
X-Men of Apocalypse #1 / Non-Key / 1:50 ⋅ Marvel ⋅ 2025 (Joe Mad fa life)
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #324 / Non-Key / Comics Elite ⋅ Image ⋅ 2026 (Cedrik Poulat Ex)
Many Deaths of Laila Starr #1 / Non-Key / 3rd Print ⋅ BOOM! ⋅ 2021

That X-men cover is screaming for a signature... cause one day I'll see Joe Mad at a con!! And I previously picked up a Baroness cover that Poulat did that goes pretty good with this Snake Eyes (Moreno). I still think Cedric is an under cover AI user but he's put out some nice covers and come a long way during his risqué rise.

Ok so lets dive right in since these posts are more for reference other than long winded insight:

My must haves will be in RED:

*** DC notable Artist / Covers / Issues:
Absolute Green Lantern #12 Cvr B Guillem March Card Stock Var
Batwoman #1 Cvr G Inc 1:25 Joshua Sway Swaby Card Stock Var
DC K.O. #5 (of 5) Cvr K Inc 1:25 Guillem March Card Stock Var
Deathstroke The Terminator #1 Cvr C Kyuyong Eom Card Stock Var
Deathstroke The Terminator #1 Cvr B Dan Panosian Card Stock Var
Deathstroke The Terminator #1 Cvr E Dan Panosian Foil Var
Emperor Aquaman #15 Cvr G Guillem March Card Stock Var
End of Life #2 Cvr A Gerald Parel (MR)
Green Lantern #33 Cvr B David Nakayama Card Stock Var (#600)
Green Lantern #33 Cvr C David Aja Card Stock Var (#600)
Harley Quinn #60 Cvr B David Nakayama Card Stock Var
Harley Quinn #60 Cvr C Guillem March Card Stock Var
Harley Quinn #60 Cvr E Lesley Leirix Li Womens History Month Card Stock Var
Lobo #1 Cvr G Inc 1:25 Juan Ferreyra Card Stock Var
Nightwing #136 Cvr C Jae Lee Card Stock Var
Poison Ivy #42 Cvr A Jessica Fong
Poison Ivy #42 Cvr B Kyuyong Eom Card Stock Var
Poison Ivy #42 Cvr G Jorge Jimenez Corner Box Spot Foil Var
Sirens Love Hurts #2 (of 4) Cvr C Tula Lotay Connecting Var (MR)
Supergirl #11 Cvr C Jeff Dekal Card Stock Var
Superman #36 Cvr D Taurin Clarke Wraparound Card Stock Var
Superman Unlimited #11 Cvr A Dan Mora
Superman Unlimited #11 Cvr C Rachta Lin Card Stock Var
Wonder Woman #31 Cvr B David Nakayama Card Stock Var
Wonder Woman #31 Cvr C Joshua Middleton Card Stock Var
Wonder Woman #31 Cvr D Mattia De Iulis Card Stock Var

*** DC notable Sets / Themes:

DC Marvel Superman Spider-Man #1 (One Shot) Cvr D Clayton Crain Card Stock Var

DC Marvel Superman Spider-Man #1 (One Shot) Cvr G Gabriele Dell Otto Superman Black & Spider-Man Black Card Stock Var

DC Marvel Superman Spider-Man #1 (One Shot) Cvr I Adam Hughes Supergirl 70S & Spider-Woman 70S Card Stock Var

DC Marvel Superman Spider-Man #1 (One Shot) Cvr N J Scott Campbell Card Stock Var

DC Marvel Superman Spider-Man #1 (One Shot) Cvr Q David Nakayama Kingdom Come Superman & Spider-Man Card Stock Var

DC Marvel Superman Spider-Man #1 (One Shot) Cvr L Arthur Adams Card Stock Var

DC Marvel Superman Spider-Man #1 (One Shot) Cvr V David Talaski Power Girl & Black Cat Card Stock Var

*** MARVEL notable Artist / Covers / Issues:

1776 #5

Alias Red Band #1 [Polybagged] (MR)

Alias Red Band #1 1:100 Jeehyung Lee Virgin Variant [Polybagged] (MR)

Amazing Spider-Man #23 Ivan Talavera Venom Variant [Ds]

Amazing Spider-Man #23 Mike Mckone Doom Homage Variant [Ds]
Amazing Spider-Man #24 Mark Bagley Classified Target Variant [Ds]

Amazing Spider-Man #25 Rose Besch Variant [Ds]

Black Cat #8 Adam Hughes A Cvr

Black Cat #8 1:25 Stephanie Hans Variant

Black Cat #8 Nicoletta Baldari Variant

Captain America #8 1:10 Valerio Schiti Design Variant

Captain America #8 Todd Nauck Iconic Variant

Captain Marvel Dark Past #1 David Nakayama Color Block White Variant. ALSO 1:50

Captain Marvel Dark Past #1 J. Scott Campbell Variant. ALSO. 1:100

Captain Marvel Dark Past #1 1:50 Jim Starlin Bicentennial Calendar Hidden Gem Variant

Captain Marvel Dark Past #1 Joelle Jones 250Th Homage Variant

Daredevil/Punisher The Devils Trigger #5 Peach Momoko Variant

Doctor Strange #4 Stephanie Hans Variant

Fantastic Four First Foes #1 Kaare Andrews Variant

Generation X-23 #2 Maria Wolf X-23 Variant. ALSO. 1:50

Generation X-23 #2 Peach Momoko Variant

Iceman Omega #1

Imperial Guardians #1 Ivan Talavera Cosmic Ghost Rider Variant. ALSO 1:50

Imperial Guardians #1 Netho Diaz Variant

Iron Man #3 Ryan Stegman A Cvr

Iron Man #3 Josemaria Casanovas Modok Variant

Iron Man #3 Skottie Young 4-Part Connecting Variant

Knull #3 1:25 Arthur Adams Variant

Meals To Astonish #1 Peach Momoko Variant

Moonstar #1 Joshua Swaby Variant. ALSO 1:1000

Moonstar #1 1:50 Bob Mccleod Hidden Gem Variant

Moonstar #1 1:25 Joelle Jones Variant

Psylocke Ninja #3 Taurin Clarke Variant

Psylocke Ninja #3 Inhyuk Lee Versus Elektra Variant

Punisher #2 Netease Games Marvel Rivals Variant

Rogue #3. Nakayama A Cvr

Rogue #3 Derrick Chew Rogue Variant. ALSO. 1:50

Sentry #1 Jae Lee Variant

Sorcerer Supreme #4 Alex Maleev Variant

Star Wars Shadow of Maul #1 Dan Panosian Variant. ALSO. 1:100

Star Wars Shadow of Maul #1 1:25 Bjorn Barends Variant

Storm Earths Mightiest Mutant #2 Fanyang Storm Variant

Ultimates #23 Inhyuk Lee Ultimate Special Variant

Wade Wilson Deadpool #2 Michael Walsh Variant

Web of Venom #1 Skottie Young Variant

Web of Venom #1 Tbd Artist Foil Variant

Wolverine #17. Dan Panosian A Cvr

Wolverine #17 1:25 Gabriele Dell'otto Variant

Wonder Man #1 Rose Besch Variant. ALSO. 1:100

X-Men #26 Gurihiru Marvel Monster Variant

X-Men #27 1:25 Gerald Parel Variant

X-Men Annual #1. Ryan Stegman A Cvr

X-Men of Apocalypse #3 Arthur Adams Variant

X-Men of Apocalypse #3 Joe Madureira Variant

X-Men of Apocalypse #3 Mark Brooks Variant

*** MARVEL notable Sets / Themes:

Amazing Spider-Man #22 Mcfarlane Toys Variant
Amazing Spider-Man/Venom Death Spiral #1 Mcfarlane Toys Variant [Ds]

Uncanny X-Men #24 Mcfarlane Toys Variant

*** IMAGE notable Artist / Covers / Issues:

Ghost Pepper #9 Cvr B Alan Quah Var

GI Joe #20 Cvr B Joshua Cassara & Romulo Fajardo Jr Var

Invincible Foil Edition #1 Reprint Cvr B Cory Walker & Dave Mccaig Var

Invincible Foil Edition #1 Reprint Cvr C Ryan Ottley & Nathan Fairbairn Var

Savage Dragon #280 Cvr C Brett Booth & Livesay Var (MR)

Super Creepshow #1 (of 5) Cvr B Carmine Di Giandomenico Var (MR)

Tigress Island #1 (of 5) Cvr B Ephk Var (MR)

Tigress Island #1 (of 5) Cvr C Luana Vecchio Nsfw Polybagged Var (MR)

Tigress Island #1 (of 5) Cvr D Kaladen Var (MR)

Witchblade #19 Cvr B Ed Benes & Gibran Ferdian Var (MR). ALSO. 1:25, 1:50 B&W

Youngblood #5 Cvr D Ale Garza Var (MR)

*** OTHER notable Artist / Covers / Issues:

Baby Garfield #1 A Main (Dressed Garbowska)

Hello Darkness #19 B Variant (Dressed Frison)

Star Wars The High Republic Adventures--Pathfinders #2 (Cvr A) (Jake Bartok)

A Quiet Place Storm Warning #1 Variant C Foil (Johnson) (MR)

Starship Godzilla [Kai-Sei Era] #6 Variant Ri 1:15 (Delpeche Movie Homage Cover)

The Exorcism At Buckingham Palace #1 Variant Ri 1:10 (Del Rey) (MR)

Dead Teenagers #1 (of 5) Cvr C Caitlin Yarsky Var

Rafael Garcia Henchman #1 Cvr C Dan Mendoza Double Cover Nude Bagged Var (MR)

Mega Man X #2 (of 5) Cvr D Inc 1:5 Jeffrey Cruz Var

Street Fighter Masters Karin #1 (One Shot) Cvr D Inc 1:5 Omar Dogan Var

Nectar #1 Cvr G Nsfw Black Bag Suspiria Var

Dead Samurai #6 Cvr A Bill Sienkiewicz (MR)

Disavowed #5 (of 5) Cvr A Siya Oum (MR)

Exploit #1 (of 4) Cvr B Veronica Fish Var

Honor And Curse Eternal #1 (of 12) Cvr C Jaime Infante Var

Horror Comics Leprechauns #1 (One Shot)

Mark Spears Midknight Man #1 (One Shot) Cvr C Mark Spears Face Off Var

Mark Spears Monsters #9 Cvr A Mark Spears We Are All A Little Mad

Mark Spears Monsters #9 Cvr B Mark Spears Lady Dracula Var

Mark Spears Monsters #9 Cvr C Mark Spears Send In The Clowns Var

Ordained #1 (of 3) Third Printing Cvr A Jorge Fornes Var

Ordained #1 (of 3) Third Printing Cvr B 1:20 Arturo Lozzi Bw Var

Pecos Bill & The Guns of Oz #3 Cvr D Marshall Kane Virgin Holofoil Var (MR)

Super Science HC Vol 01 Tula Lotay Limited Edition Previously Solicited Thru Other Distributors

Voyeur #5 Cover B David Baldeón (MR)

TL;DR BONUS SECTION

Best Cover OTM: Sorcerer Supreme #4 Alex Maleev Variant

Best of my FAVS OTM: Youngblood #5 Cvr D Ale Garza Var (MR)

Best Waifu OTM: Supergirl #11 Cvr C Jeff Dekal Card Stock Var / Tigress Island #1 (of 5) Cvr D Kaladen Var (MR)

Sleeper OTM: Ordained #1 (of 3) Third Printing Cvr A Jorge Fornes Var OR Cvr B 1:20 Arturo Lozzi Bw Var

Hopefully you all still have plenty of time to track down anything you saw that interests you. Happy Hunting.

Respectfully,

DD