New comics land Wednesday, September 30 — Marvel's biggest anniversary milestone in years, a mutants-vs-xenomorphs crossover decades in the making, and a Poison Ivy variant that's already this week's most-talked-about cover. Here's what's worth watching.
This Week's Highlights
Amazing Spider-Man #1000 (Marvel)
Marvel's landmark 1000th issue finally arrives after a printer malfunction pushed it back from its original July date. Billed as the biggest issue in Spider-History, the 100-plus-page anniversary special anthologizes a stacked lineup of Spidey's most celebrated creators and includes two never-before-published Steve Ditko covers — plus a second printing already announced ahead of release, a strong signal of retailer demand.
Amazing Spider-Man #1000 Pepe Larraz Main Cover
Shop NowAlien Vs. X-Men #1 (Marvel)
Kieron Gillen sends the X-Men back to Earth carrying something they picked up in deep space — and it isn't a Phoenix egg. The mutants-vs-xenomorphs crossover has been building buzz across the comics press since it was first announced, and this week it finally hits shelves.
Poison Ivy #48 (DC)
G. Willow Wilson's Batman: Bad Seeds tie-in keeps climbing best-of-the-week lists — Comics Heating Up named it their official "Cover of the Week" pick, and collectors are tracking the Hayden Sherman Dark Knight Returns 40th-anniversary card stock variant closely.
The Amazing Venom #1 (Marvel)
Fred Myers — the reformed Boomerang, now going by Comeback — gets his own ongoing after a status quo shift nobody saw coming. Comics Heating Up flagged it as one of its main picks of the week.
The Amazing Venom #1
Shop NowSunder #1 (Mad Cave Studios)
A goat-faced orphan on the run across the far reaches of the galaxy: Mad Cave's newest launch already carries a Key Collector Comics key-issue flag heading into release.
2000 AD Prog #2500 (Rebellion Publishing)
A landmark numbered issue for the Galaxy's Greatest Comic, timed to 2000 AD's 50th anniversary and featuring a new Judge Dredd story from Rob Williams and the anthology's regular creative crew.
Runners-Up to Watch
A handful of additional releases drawing solid attention this week:
Geiger #25 (Image)
Geoff Johns and Gary Frank mark a quarter-century of issues with a new arc, "Radioactive Revolution" — Key Collector Comics has it flagged, with collectors eyeing the McFarlane Toys action-figure variant.
Marvel Mangaverse: Web Of Destiny #1 (Marvel)
The Mangaverse event closes out its latest chapter with Miles Morales, Weapon X, and a cast of familiar faces caught at the center of the apocalypse's final act.
Superman: Kingdom Of Zod Special #1 (DC)
The Kingdom of Zod arc reaches its conclusion in a one-shot written by Joshua Williamson, Mark Waid, Dan Slott, and Sophie Campbell together.
Wonder Woman Annual: Wonder War – The Matriarch #1 (DC)
A direct follow-up to Wonder Woman #34 sends the Matriarch crawling through Hell and back to the land of the living — Key Collector Comics flagged it among this week's key annual specials.
Hillbilly: The Treason Of Twelve-Toe Maggie #1 (Dark Horse)
Eric Powell's backwoods fantasy series returns, with Rondel forced to decide whether to break his magical tie to an old friend turned witch.
Hillbilly: The Treason Of Twelve-Toe Maggie #1 CVR A Eric Powell
Shop NowShift (Dark Horse)
Jonathan Hickman and Mike Del Mundo's premium one-shot carries a $9.99 price point that Key Collector Comics flagged as one to watch this week.
Adventures Of Superman: Book Of El #12 (DC)
Phillip Kennedy Johnson's Book of El epic reaches its finale as Starchild and Red Son reunite with the last surviving heads of the House of El.
Adventures Of Superman: Book Of El #12 CVR A Scott Godlewski
Shop NowBrowse by Publisher
Every new release this week, filtered live by publisher — always current, no giant scroll required:
- Marvel — 28 releases
- Image Comics — 20 releases
- Dynamite — 19 releases
- DC Comics — 9 releases
- Mad Cave Studios — 8 releases
- IDW Publishing — 7 releases
- Dark Horse — 6 releases
- Massive Publishing — 6 releases
- Prana Publishers — 5 releases
- Fantagraphics — 4 releases
- Vault Comics — 4 releases
- BOOM! — 4 releases
- Everything else — Rocketship Entertainment, Hermes Press, Tripwire, Ignition Press, Oni Press, ABLAZE, Viz Media, UDON Entertainment, Titan Comics, HarperCollins, Zenescope Entertainment, Chronicle Books, Rebellion Publishing, Archie Comics, and more
Sources
- Key Collector Comics — New Comics This Week
- Key Collector Comics — Amazing Spider-Man #1000 issue page
- Key Collector Comics — Keys This Week
- Comics Heating Up — Comic Picks of the Week for Delivery 9/30/26
- Bleeding Cool — Amazing Spider-Man #1000 Delayed After Printer Malfunction
- Comic Shop Locator — Amazing Spider-Man #1000 Delay Notice
- Marvel.com — Amazing Spider-Man #1000: The Biggest Issue in Spider-History
- 13th Dimension — Two Never-Published Steve Ditko Variant Covers
- ICv2 — Amazing Spider-Man #1000 Second Printing
- Comics Beat — Alien Vs. X-Men
- League of Comic Geeks — Alien Vs. X-Men Announcement
- Feedbagel — Rebellion's August 2026 Full Solicits Ahead of 2000 AD's 50th Birthday
- Down The Tubes — 2000 AD Clears the Decks for a New Jump-On Prog