Comic books January 2026

2nd Edition - 1st printing. Collects Batman: The Long Halloween (1997) #1-13. Written by Jeph Loeb. Art and cover by Tim Sale. A MURDERER IS LOOSE, KILLING ONLY ON HOLIDAYS... As the calendar's days stack up, so do the bodies littering the streets of Gotham. Working with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant James Gordon, Batman races against the calendar to discover who Holiday is before he can claim his next victim. Finally, back in print! The celebrated masterpiece returns to the Absolute format for the first time in nearly a decade! From the Eisner Award-winning team behind Superman for All Seasons comes one of the greatest Batman stories ever told! Featuring interviews, behind-the-scenes extras, and more! Includes tons of extras! Hardcover, 8 1/4-in. x 12 1/2-in., 400 pages, full color. Cover price $100.00.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Collects Akira (1988-1996) #31-38. Story and art by Katsuhiro Otomo. The epic, timeless hit that inspired the legendary anime film and made the word "manga" part of the global vocabulary returns in a new hardcover edition. The AKIRA Hardcover Collection features the original right-to-left manga reading format and Katsuhiro Otomo's original, hand-drawn sound effects in a beautiful, large-sized collectible edition. In Neo-Tokyo, the armed might of Earth is massed against the godlike powers of two psychic titans, the mute child Akira and the deranged youth Tetsuo. While Akira has unintentionally destroyed the city twice before, Tetsuo has ravaged the surface of the Moon for his sheer amusement, and his madness grows as his abilities expand. But he is gradually losing control of the limitless energies that rage within him, mutating Tetsuo into a horror beyond imagination, and as all forces converge for a final confrontation, the fate of the planet lies in the hands of mere mortals...and the mind of a child. Hardcover, 448 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $39.99.

John Romita, Jr. Cover

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects The Amazing Spider-Man (1998-2013 2nd Series) #584-611; The Amazing Spider-Man (1998-2013 2nd Series) Annual #36; Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! (2008) #1 (C story), 3; Spider-Man: The Short Halloween (2009); Spider-Man: A Chemical Romance Digital Comic (2009) 1; Spider-Man: The Root of All Annoyance Digital Comic (2009) 1; Dark Reign Mister Negative (2009) #1-3; The Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Anti-Venom (2009) #1-3; The Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Jackpot (2010) 1-3; The Amazing Spider-Man Family (2008) 6-7 (A stories); Web of Spider-Man (2009) 1 (A story). Written by Marc Guggenheim, Dan Slott, Fred Van Lente, Mark Waid, Joe Kelly, Stan Lee, Zeb Wells, Bob Gale, Jeph Loeb, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, Brian Michael Bendis, Mario Alberta, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, and Fred Van Lente. Art by John Romita, Jr., Barry Kitson, Paulo Siqueira, Dale Eaglesham, Jesse Delperdang, Mike McKone, Phil Jimenez, Paulo Siqueira, Amilton Santos, Marco Checchetto, Stephen Segovia, Marcos Martin, Max Fiumara, Derec Donovan, Mario Alberti, Colleen Doran, Mitch Breitweiser, Klaus Janson, Robert Atkins, Luke Ross, Eric Canete, Patrick Olliffe, Kevin Maguire, Gianluca Gigliotta, Adriana Melo, Karl Kesel, Mark Morales, Andy Lanning, and Victor Olazaba. Cover by John Romita, Jr. The most celebrated era in modern Spider-history continues, featuring a rotating whos-who of top comic book talents! Learn how Harry Osborn came back from the dead — and whos been terrorizing people as Menace! Discover how an adventure from the past will have a profound effect on the future of Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four! And cower in fear as a new Vulture makes his highflying debut! But thats all nothing compared to Norman Osborn ushering in his Dark Reign — and policing the nation with his Dark Avengers, one of whom is Venom! Peter Parker doesnt like that one bit. But whose side is the armored American Son on? And what will it mean for Mister Negative? Spidey will go from one of his greatest enemies to another when Doctor Octopus makes a fateful comeback — like never before! Plus: Mary Jane returns! Jackpot goes solo! And Peter crosses the Black Cats path once more! Hardcover. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 1,240 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $125.00.

J. Scott Campbell Cover

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Collects The Amazing Spider-Man (1998-2013 2nd Series) #584-611; The Amazing Spider-Man (1998-2013 2nd Series) Annual #36; Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! (2008) #1 (C story), 3; Spider-Man: The Short Halloween (2009); Spider-Man: A Chemical Romance Digital Comic (2009) 1; Spider-Man: The Root of All Annoyance Digital Comic (2009) 1; Dark Reign Mister Negative (2009) #1-3; The Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Anti-Venom (2009) #1-3; The Amazing Spider-Man Presents: Jackpot (2010) 1-3; The Amazing Spider-Man Family (2008) 6-7 (A stories); Web of Spider-Man (2009) 1 (A story). Written by Marc Guggenheim, Dan Slott, Fred Van Lente, Mark Waid, Joe Kelly, Stan Lee, Zeb Wells, Bob Gale, Jeph Loeb, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction, Brian Michael Bendis, Mario Alberta, Bill Hader, Seth Meyers, and Fred Van Lente. Art by John Romita, Jr., Barry Kitson, Paulo Siqueira, Dale Eaglesham, Jesse Delperdang, Mike McKone, Phil Jimenez, Paulo Siqueira, Amilton Santos, Marco Checchetto, Stephen Segovia, Marcos Martin, Max Fiumara, Derec Donovan, Mario Alberti, Colleen Doran, Mitch Breitweiser, Klaus Janson, Robert Atkins, Luke Ross, Eric Canete, Patrick Olliffe, Kevin Maguire, Gianluca Gigliotta, Adriana Melo, Karl Kesel, Mark Morales, Andy Lanning, and Victor Olazaba. Cover by J. Scott Campbell. The most celebrated era in modern Spider-history continues, featuring a rotating whos-who of top comic book talents! Learn how Harry Osborn came back from the dead — and whos been terrorizing people as Menace! Discover how an adventure from the past will have a profound effect on the future of Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four! And cower in fear as a new Vulture makes his highflying debut! But thats all nothing compared to Norman Osborn ushering in his Dark Reign — and policing the nation with his Dark Avengers, one of whom is Venom! Peter Parker doesnt like that one bit. But whose side is the armored American Son on? And what will it mean for Mister Negative? Spidey will go from one of his greatest enemies to another when Doctor Octopus makes a fateful comeback — like never before! Plus: Mary Jane returns! Jackpot goes solo! And Peter crosses the Black Cats path once more! Hardcover. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 1,240 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $125.00.