October 20, 2026 - The Pull List: New Gods One-Shot, Dynamite's $10 80-Page Giants & D'Orc Heads to Sony -
DC All In Saga: The New Gods #1 Announced
DC's 48-page one-shot arrives January 13, 2027 at $5.99 ($6.99 card stock). Scott Free is now Highfather as the New Gods, refugees on Earth, deal with illegal trade in Fourth World tech. Ram V and Alex Paknadel write, Joan Urgell draws, with a Nimit Malavia main cover and variants by Dustin Nguyen (plus a foil), Kyuyong Eom, Jason Shawn Alexander and Javi Fernández.
Ram V: "it was an opportunity to dive back in, check in on where we left them and what they've been up to"
Our take (opinion): Five-plus variants and a foil on a $5.99 one-shot are classic day-one retailer fodder, and it follows Ram V's 12-issue run.
Catch up on Ram V's run: The New Gods Vol. 1 - $17.99 The New Gods Vol. 2 - $17.99
Reported by Bleeding Cool and The Comics Beat.
Dynamite Launches 80-Page Giants With Vampirella and Red Sonja
Dynamite is starting a new line of oversized 80-page books, $10 each, with Vampirella and Red Sonja first, "in the new year" (no exact on-sale dates given).
Our take (opinion): $10 for 80 pages is a direct price-per-page play against $4-$6 single issues.
Reported by Bleeding Cool.
The Terminator: Valentine's Day Special
A 30-page romantic one-shot by Dan Watters and Pasquale Qualano, due February 2027 (no exact day or price stated). It follows Cyberdyne employee Jill as her boyfriend gets consumed by a satellite launch. Covers by Björn Barends, Francesco Mattina and Stuart Sayger.
Dynamite synopsis: "Can love survive at the genesis of Skynet, before the rise of the machines"
Reported by The Comics Beat.
Liam Sharp Returns to Savage Sword of Conan #18
Titan Comics and Heroic Signatures release an 80-page black-and-white issue January 13, 2027. Sharp writes and inks a sequel to his earlier story, with a Bran Mak Morn tale and a pin-up contest winner.
Liam Sharp (2023, as cited by Bleeding Cool): "I've waited 40 years to draw the barbarian in a strip form."
Reported by Bleeding Cool.
D'Orc Gets a Sony Movie Deal
Sony Pictures acquired a live-action deal for Brett Bean's D'Orc, with Bean writing the adaptation. Per The Comics Beat, the series has drawn strong collector interest since its February debut and issue #1 is in its eighth printing.
Our take (opinion): A confirmed Hollywood catalyst on a 2026 book is the kind of thing collectors chase. Single-source report: The Comics Beat.
Sales & Market Data
These charts are from Oct 16-17, not yesterday.
Top 400 (week Oct 6-13, 600+ stores): Midnight Spider-Man #1, Midnight X-Men #1 and Midnight Fantastic Four #1 took the top three, followed by Batman #14, Absolute Superman #24, Demon #1, Amazing Spider-Man #1000, Jonah Hex and the Shadow of Death #1, Something Is Killing the Children #50 and Absolute Green Lantern #19. Source: Bleeding Cool
Wednesday-to-weekend store chart (published Oct 17, ~120-150 stores): 1 Venom #1, 2 Amazing Spider-Man #1001, 3 Doom All-On-One #1, 4 DNX #3, 5 Teen Titans #2, 6 Doom Patrol #2, 7 Transformers #37, 8 Batman Bad Seeds: Streets of Gotham, 9 Legion of Super-Heroes #2, 10 Infernal Hulk vs. Fantastic Four. Source: Bleeding Cool
Also Today
- ICv2 column: Joshua Williamson on DC's approach: "A lot of this comes down to having books that retailers can sell," he said. ICv2
- ICv2 reports, citing THR, that The Batman Part II is "heading back into production without director Matt Reeves on set." ICv2
- Ben 10 #9: Duncan Rouleau writes and draws a Vilgax spotlight.
- IDW has a Hello Kitty blind box coming in 2027.
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