Dirty D’s FOC has been good. Not many misses.
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I’m not seeing any DC this week on Lunar… wonder what’s up?
This weeks FOC books were on FOC last week for DC
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I think Marvel and DC make efforts to consolidate multiple FOC weeks into one or two weeks the final 6 weeks of the calendar year. That’s why you see January/February release dates on many Nov/Dec FOC books….
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DIRTY D’s F.O.C. PICKS - 12/14/25
Getting this one out a little late. Later than my usual late. Which is very late.
Busy weekend of x-mas shopping, then shoveling snow, then packing up gifts to send to friends and family. Decorating the house in between all that.
So going to run through this quick so I can send in my pre-orders and get to bed.
Covers
Batman / Superman: World’s Finest #47 (Punk Rock Variant)
You know…we all thought the workout, swimsuit, sweater weather and pumpkin spicy variants were silly too…and some of them hit…You gotta give DC some credit for trying different things. I mean, Spider-Punk is pretty popular, so why not?
At least they’re not putting random Disney mashup characters in homage covers that aren’t even from the same title…Expect more punk rock DC superstars in the coming months…(I think this should be the next event mini-series, like
Superman with a mohawk…how can you not buy that? Dirty D’s Cover of the Week!
Catwoman #83 (Sweater Weather Variant - Tula Lotay)
Speaking of Sweater Weather…Meow!!! Not Lotay’s best work, but I like it.
Nightwing #134 (Sweater Weather Variant)
Aaaaaand speaking of Sweater Weather…Nightwing issues in general seem to be the ones that increase in value (check out his Pumpkin Spicy…the variant, I mean…). So here’s another one that may just slip under the radar…Giving Stupid Sexy Flanders a run for his money…
I don’t think I’ve ever heard “Go To Hell” posed as a question…Is he asking her out on a date to the underworld…?
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 (Dell’Otto Variant)
How many Annual #1’s of ASM are there now? Would prefer is they just listed the year instead of the number. Dell’Otto does draw a great Spider-Man though.
Batman / Superman: World’s Finest #47
Fusion (Batman/Superman mashup) vs. Merger (Joker/Luther mashup). Yeah no real spec here, but it’s a fun cover
DC’s Supergirl Next Door #1 (Lozano Variant)
One shot/anthology of Supergirl looking for love…dating and Valentine’s Day stuff…highlighting this for the cover as it would pair nicely with Summer of Superman Special #1…and she doesn’t look quite as young here.
NOTABLE REPRINTS
Absolute Batman #1 (10th Printing - Cover A)
Cover A is in the stratosphere. Most of the reprints have been pretty quiet. The exception are the ones that are essentially re-using the first print Cover A art (i.e., 6th and 7th printings). So here we have the 10th printing…could it follow the same course? ABM is unpredictable, so don’t count it out.
Absolute Batman Annual #1 - 2nd Print Foil Variant
I’d much prefer the Batmobile B&W in a foil. There are a few regular and foil variants.
Batman #676 Facsimile Edition (Foil Variant)
You can get this book for cover or less in NM. But it is a great Ross cover…so I can see a foil of this looking pretty cool.
Love & Rockets - Facsimile Edition
Punisher #1 - Facsimile Edition (Foil Variant)
Transformers #22 - 2nd Print Cover A (Decepticon)
Transformers #22 - 2nd Print Cover B (Autobot)
I think the Decepticon is Mixmaster…and I don’t know the Autobot other than he’s one of the Aerialbots…don’t have time to verify the names this week! I just like the Jason Howard covers of G1 characters!
GIMMICKS
Exquisite Corpses #9 (Polybag/Trading Card Variant)
Not sure what the cover looks like for this one. Comes with exclusive playing card (as have the previous 8 issues).
PICK OF THE WEEK
Sonic the Hedgehog #84 (1:15 Retailer Incentive)
Sorry the link is to a sold out listing…and I don’t normally highlight incentive ratios, but if you can find this for ratio it is likely worth the $15 invested. Sonic’s incentive ratios typically command an aftermarket premium, but when they debut characters (and the character is on the cover) they tend to do very well.
The new character, Sage, isn’t new to the Sonic Universe, but this is her comics debut from what I can tell. She’s in "shadow on this cover, but featured on Cover A and Cover B (and the Cover C foil variant). So there are other options which have potential just because they’re better covers. And I don’t recall sonic ever having a foil variant…but feel free to fact check me on that.
Anyway…all the above makes this book (and it’s open order variants) the Dirty D Pick-of-the-Week!
Parting Thoughts.
Don’t have none…already past midnight…so I probably should have called this the 12/15 FOC…have a great week!
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FYI…very few books on FOC this week. Nothing worth mentioning, I believe.
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Happy New Year, my CHU friends!
Getting late in the evening, and there wasn’t much to get excited about on FOC this weekend. But here are the books that stood out to me.
A NEW STORY ARC BEGINS AS DIANA CONFRONTS ZATANNA! The Season of the Witch arc begins here! After her exploits in the Area 41 maze, Diana has resolved to not let her personal mission overwhelm the one she was sent to the surface world to fulfill. But a new threat has emerged in Gateway City, and it turns out the best thing to send to kill Wonder Woman is…another witch! Zatanna is here, and Diana’s life will never be the same!
Not sure if Zatanna will cameo in issue 15, but I believe this is her on the cover.
DC/Marvel: Batman/Deadpool #1 (2nd Print - Jimenez/Mora Variant)
First cover of Dead-Bat.
Thirty years ago, we unleashed demons into the world. But humans can adapt to anything, even a demon haunted world. But now, humanity has created something new. A weapon that can kill demons. If she doesn’t kill us first. New ongoing by Justin Jordan. John Bivens and Felipe Sobreiro of Spread
Indy pick of the week.
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We need more Dead-Bat, STAT!
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Zatanna has a 1st unnamed appearance in issue #14
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Oh yeah. Forgot about that.
Well, first cover.
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Just pretend it’s a D
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Jar Jar? Sigh. Thanks Marvel.
Because you demanded it!
When I first heard of the title D’orc, I thought it sounded super dumb. But, seeing the cover and reading the solicit, this one feels like a pretty unique idea. I’m still not sure if it’s a kid-age story or more of a “Beneath the Trees” type kid universe with adult themes (violence). But, I might grab a copy or two of issue 1.
Sounds like a 90’s Image title…
“a magical yet ambitiously violent shield…”
Sounds fun.
That was the artist on the Dungeon Crawler Carl ashcan/kickstarter, so I ordered a couple.