Here's what we'd actually like to put in your hands.

Absolute Bat arrives, Marvel opens the March to Hulk War, Muppets crash the MU, and Image drops Crimes Against Nature #1 plus Hammerfist #1 2nd. Confirmed against League of Comic Geeks, Nyrdcast, Hourglass, Graphic Policy, Comic Crusaders, and Chuck/kaiomics shipping lists for Sept 23.

On the wall right now

Five standouts you can tap straight into the shop — covers link to the product page. (Absolute Batman #24 is the week's story headliner; DC Absolute SKUs were still catching up on the site this morning, so these five are the ones already live.)

Muppets Marvel #1

Gambit Gone #1

Infernal Hulk vs Wolv #1

Any Given Smile #1

Cult-de-Sac #2

On the wall

• Absolute Batman #24 (Scott Snyder / Nick Dragotta; Cover A Dragotta). Absolute Bat / Barbara enters — Batman vs Batman, Scarecrow heat, Absolute Batgirl buzz. Delayed from Sept 9; streets today. $4.99.
• Absolute Wonder Woman #24 (Kelly Thompson / Hayden Sherman) + Absolute Flash #19 (Jeff Lemire / Nick Robles). Same Absolute shelf; fear / fathers / monsters week across Gotham, Gateway, and Central City. $4.99 each.
• Infernal Hulk vs. Wolverine #1 (Phillip Kennedy Johnson / Jonas Scharf; Nic Klein Cover A). March to Hulk War one-shot — Logan vs Father of Horrors. Deep cover ladder. $4.99.
• Muppets Take the Marvel Universe #1 (anthology; Cover A Nick Bradshaw). Muppet Show 50th — Zdarsky, Slott, Starks, PKJ and more. Fun rack book, not a lottery. $6.99.
• Gambit Gone #1 (of 5; Cover A Simone Di Meo). New Gambit mini; Dauterman on the ladder. $4.99.
• Crimes Against Nature #1 (Image; Cover A Mattia Monaco). Hollywood animal trainer + Oscar-nominated gorilla on the run. Oddball story pull. $3.99.
• Hammerfist #1 2nd printing (Rick Remender / Steve Epting new cover). Distro sell-out reprint — reading copy if you missed 1st. $5.99. Last Driver #2 (Sean Murphy) and That Texas Blood: Hell Comes to Allison Ranch #1 (Jacob Phillips) round out the Image shelf.
• Ghost of a Ghost #1 (Mignola / Roberson / Oeming) — Hellboy Universe ongoing. Plus Bad Seeds keepers: Harley Quinn #66; Kingdom of Zod: Superman #42; Star Trek (2026) #1 (Cantwell / Menheere); Escape From New York: Escape From Chicago #1 (Higgins).

If you're only grabbing a few

• Absolute Batman #24 — Absolute Bat / Barbara; the week's DC must.
• Infernal Hulk vs. Wolverine #1 — Hulk War on-ramp; grab A / story first.
• Absolute Wonder Woman #24 / Absolute Flash #19 — keep Absolute continuity tight.
• Gambit Gone #1 — clean mini jump-on.
• Crimes Against Nature #1 — weird Image #1 worth the risk.
• Ghost of a Ghost #1 — Mignolaverse readers.
• Muppets Take Marvel #1 — anthology fun; treat variants as cover-hunter noise.

If there's room: Hammerfist #1 2nd, Last Driver #2, That Texas Blood: Hell Comes… #1, Smile: Any Given Smile #1, Star Trek (2026) #1, Harley Quinn #66, Superman #42, Punisher vs. Spider-Man #3, Do A Powerbomb B&W #3, Wolverine #28.

Collector notes from the counter

Not a buy list. Aftermarket tape from CovrPrice via ComicsHeatingUp (week ending Sept 20) and Bleeding Cool's Sept 22 hot list. Label the signal.

• Absolute Batman #24 Felix Comic Art Dragotta design wrap (ltd 3000) — Bleeding Cool/CovrPrice: high $300 raw NM+ tracked; raw NM FMV cited $134. Exclusive aftermarket, not Cover A rack. Absolute Batgirl debut is the story heat.
• Detective Comics #1113 Jim Lee Building Bad / Rhetoric cover topped a CovrPrice week (high $20 raw NM; FMV ~$10). Last week's Bad Seeds book — aftermarket on the Lee, not today's Absolute wall.
• Lanterns still moving Green Lantern Corps #20 Lindsay (high $28; FMV ~$8), GL #50, Sinestro Corps Special #1. Back-issue dig.
• Book of Boba Fett #1 Ordway 1:25 still on the board (high $72; FMV ~$57 on the Sept 20 list). Spawn '77 #1 Whatnot red retro logo — scarce chase (high $295; FMV ~$244). Cover A stays cover-price.
• Amazing Spider-Man #1000 is not on today's wall — main book Sept 30; ComicsPRO LCSD Skan variant Sept 26. Crowbound #1 2nd print also Sept 30. Don't re-pull last week's Abs Cass / Det #1113 / DNX #1 as "new."

FOC closes Friday at 11:30 pm

Lock these for next Wednesday if they're on your radar. Deep links go to Manage Comics Cover A where we found IDs; full slate: okanagansportscardsandcomics.com/pages/managecomics/foc.

• Batman #14 (Bad Seeds) · Detective Comics #1114 · Nightwing #143 · Poison Ivy #48
• DNX #2 · Queen in Black #5 · Hammerfist #2 · Geiger #25 · Spawn '77 #2
• Absolute Batman #25 · Absolute Wonder Woman #25 · Absolute Flash #20 · Absolute Green Arrow #6 — live on this week's FOC index

Amazing Spider-Man #1000 (main Sept 30; LCSD Skan Sept 26) and Crowbound #1 2nd print (Sept 30) already passed earlier FOC windows — ask us / check the FOC index rather than hunting a dead deep link. Midnight Universe #1s (Spider-Man / FF / X-Men) street Oct 7.

Coming up

• Sat, Sept 26: New West Comic Fest, Sapperton Community Hall, 11am–5pm. $5 door; under 13 free.
• Sat–Sun, Sept 26–27: Vancouver Comic & Toy Show #30, PNE Forum, 11am–5pm. Kids 12 and under free. Same weekend as Local Comic Shop Day / ASM #1000 early Skan variant.
• Wed, Sept 30: Amazing Spider-Man #1000 wide; Crowbound #1 2nd; Hammerfist #2; DNX #2; Queen in Black finale week.
• Oct 7: Marvel Midnight Universe #1s (Midnight Spider-Man / Fantastic Four / X-Men) — only Marvel books that day.