Friday FOC Roundup for 8/30/19

Friday FOC Roundup!

Howdy Super Friends! Welcome to your weekly installment of Final Order Cutoff Roundup! Final Order Cutoff (FOC) happens every Monday and is our last chance to adjust our ordering numbers on books before they ship out to us! These titles are all on FOC this Monday, September 2^nd, and most of these books are in shops on 9/25/19. If you would like to guarantee that you get 1 or 10 copies of any of these books, please let us know BEFORE 5PM on Monday, September 2^nd!

If you would like to SUBSCRIBE to any of these titles so that you receive them monthly in your hold slot PLEASE comment SUB and the title. For example, SUB Batman Superman will make sure that you get all the A covers of Batman Superman as they come out. SUB Batman Superman Variants will subscribe you to only the VARIANTS for Batman Superman. SUB Batman Superman ALL will get you both cover A and cover B for Batman Superman.

If you would like to just PULL a copy (or multiple copies) of any of these titles, PLEASE comment PULL and the title. For example, PULL Action Comics #1015 will result in a single copy of Action #1015 showing up in your hold slot. PULL Action Comics #1015 Varaint will result in a single copy of Action #1015 Variant in your hold slot. PULL Action #1015 Variant X 5 will result in 5 copies of the Action #1015 variant ordered for your hold slot!

From Dark Horse and in stores on 9/25 is Ether Disappearance of Violet Bell #1 (of 5). From New York Times-bestselling Mind MGMT creator Matt Kindt and Black Hammer's David Rubín comes the third installment of this fantasy adventure that's Sherlock Holmes meets Dr. Seuss. The Faerie King's daughter is missing, and only portal jumper Boone Dias can track her down. Jumping from one magical crime scene to another, he uncovers a bizarre plot featuring assassin eggs, weird pirates, ice deserts, and more noir absurdities. B Cover by Paul Azaceta!

From DC and in stores on 9/25 is Action Comics #1015! Breakout Wonder Comics hero Naomi makes her Metropolis debut as the teen hero looks to Superman to help her navigate her unexpected new role as a hero in the DC Universe. Hoping to answer the remain questions about her origin, lineage and greater purpose on Earth, Naomi not only gets the attention of the Man of Steel but also Gotham City's Dark Knight Detective, as Batman takes an interest in her quick rise to prominence. Card Stock Variant by Lucio Parillo

Next up from DC is the beautiful Card Stock Variant for Batgirl #39 by Jeff Dekal! After learning about "The Offer" from Killer Moth, Batgirl is on the case to figure out who is behind the rise of the villains in the DC Universe! Meanwhile, the Terrible Trio has gained full control over Oracle and is forcing her to cater to their every whim. But what happens when their puppet decides to cut her strings? Could this be the end of the Terrible Trio?

Batman Who Laughs continues his torment in Batman Superman #2! The Batman Who Laughs' plot is bigger than either the Caped Crusader or the Man of Steel realized. Following a showdown with the devious killer's first sentinel, a jacked-up, Dark Multiverse-infected Shazam!, the pair has to figure out who else has been targeted for similar transformations. Their first two guesses: someone very close to Batman and the one hero that would make failure nearly impossible-Superman himself! Cardstock variant cover by Jerome Opena!

From IDW and in stores on 9/25 is Transformers Galaxies #1 a new ongoing series! Cybertron, a planet of vast beauty and extraordinary cities, wasn't always so perfect. After the War Against the Threefold Spark, Cybertron was decimated, and new bots-the Constructicons-emerged to help rebuild it grander and more amazing than ever before. But where are these bots now? Why have they been erased from Cybertron's history? And what are they planning to do about it? Find out in "Constructicons Rising," Part One!

From Image and in stores on 9/25 is SFSX #1! Notorious kink writer TINA HORN teams up with artist MICHAEL DOWLING (Unfollow, Death Sentence) for SFSX, a social thriller about sex, love, and torture that reads like SEX CRIMINALS in Gilead crossed with Oceans 8-with a SUNSTONE twist! In a draconian America where sexuality is bureaucratized and policed, a group of queer sex workers keep the magic alive in an underground club called the Dirty Mind. Using their unique bondage skills, they resolve to infiltrate the mysterious government Pleasure Center, free their friends, and fight the power!

From Marvel, and in store on 9/25 is Avengers Loki Unleashed #1 (one-shot). Classic AVENGERS writer Roger Stern returns to Earth's Mightiest Heroes for an all-new adventure set during his time on the series - and with INFINITY WAR'S Ron Lim providing the art! The Siege of Avengers Mansion is over, and the Avengers are battered and in disarray! It's the worst time of all for Loki to discover a new source of mystic energies - one that connects to another classic villain and that will have dire consequences for all of reality unless those Avengers who remain standing are able to intercede!

Next up from Marvel and in stores on 9/25 is New Mutants War Children #1 (one shot).Don't miss this momentous event as legendary creators CHRIS CLAREMONT and BILL SIENKIEWICZ reunite with Magik, Wolfsbane, Cannonball, Cypher, Mirage, Karma, and Sunspot to share this never before told story of the New Mutants' past! When Warlock experiences a nightmare, he begins going haywire, and it's up to his friends to save him! But as Warlock grows more frenzied, they should be worrying about being able to save themselves...and doubly so when Magik's inner demon, Darkchylde, threatens to break free! Also, a special guest appearance by none other than Kitty Pryde!

Next up from Marvel is Marvel Spotlight #12 Son of Satan Facsimile Edition! From Hell he came! By day he is Daimon Hellstrom, but by night he is known as the Son of Satan! Trident in hand, striking birthmark on his chest, and with the strength of a hundred men, Daimon is on the trail of his accursed father - and woe betide anyone who stands in his way! Watch in terror as the Son of Satan fights his way through an army of demons as he pursues the ultimate family feud - with the soul of Johnny Blaze, the Ghost Rider, at stake! It's one of the all-time great Marvel comic books, boldly re-presented in its original form, ads and all! Reprinting MARVEL SPOTLIGHT (1971) #12.

Finally from Marvel comes Strikeforce #1! From the dark minds of rising stars Tini Howard and Germán Peralta comes a tale of the underside of the Marvel Universe! A new threat is secretly taking over the planet -- and the more people who know about it, the more powerful the threat becomes. Blade dealt with this threat once before, and hoped to never have to again. He can't bring the Avengers in on this -- not just for their own safety, but for the safety of everyone on Earth. So he must recruit a team of heroes accustomed to darkness -- a strikeforce. Blade, Angela, Spider-Woman, Wiccan, the Winter Soldier, Monica Rambeau and Daimon Hellstrom join forces to fight the fights that no other Marvel team can take on!

From Boom Studios and in stores on 9/25 is Jim Henson’s Dark Crystal Age of Resistance #1! AN OFFICIAL PREQUEL TO THE HIT NETFLIX SERIES!Return to another world, another time, Before the Age of Wonder. The Skesis rein over Thra, but there are distant echoes of rebellion. Gelfling and unlikely heroes emerge to champion what is good and just, but their paths to legend started long ago. Epic tales of adventure, magic, and mystery send us back in time to the Age of Resistance to witness the untold histories that forged these protectors of Thra. Cover B is a connecting cover.

From Vault comics and in stores on 9/25 is The Plot #1. In order to receive... First you must give. When Chase Blaine's estranged brother and sister-in-law are murdered, he becomes guardian to McKenzie and Zach, the niece and nephew he hardly knows. Seeking stability for the children, Chase moves his newly formed family to his ancestral home in Cape Augusta... which overlooks a deep, black bogland teeming with family secrets.

Also from Vault and in stores on 9/25 is Relics of Youth #1! Nat Rodrigues keeps dreaming of an island. Soon, the dreams become waking visions. Alone and concerned, Nat manages to locate other teenagers across the globe who share her intense obsession with the unmapped enclave. And then, the strangest part: Every one of them wakes one morning with a mysterious tattoo. A tattoo only the six of them can see. Now, each of them knows-no matter the obstacles in their way... they must discover this unknown paradise.

From Valiant and in stores on 9/25 is Bloodshot #1! Bloodshot is back with a few new thrilling tricks up his sleeve!No amount of high-octane explosions can keep Bloodshot from completing his new mission.Who is the mysterious BLACK BAR, and what do they want with Bloodshot?

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