comics coming to epack

[VinnyH]

Originally Posted by Gallinator

Errr, I got busy and forgot to order Batman 163 Sienkiewicz cover and now I don't see it on CF - did I miss the window? Really pissed at myself if I spent $75 to NOT get the extra book LOL

That hasn’t been released yet. I check often and I think I even heard it was delayed.
Vinny

[finfangfan]

Right… 163 isn’t up for preorder yet and while you can buy 162, the actual cover isn’t showing for that one yet.

EDIT: I looked back in this thread and the first issue of the promotion was announced for preorder way back in January 10th of this year… https://www.blowoutforums.com/showpo...&postcount=419

Hopefully they can fulfill the achievement before 2025 ends.

[JBrooks Breaks]

Batman 162
Final Order Cutoff 10/20/25
Releases 11/12/25

Cover A by Jim Lee


Cover B David Finch Variant


Cover C Gabriele Dell'Otto Connecting Variant


Cover D Esad Ribić Variant
(no image yet)

Cover E Gerald Parel Gotham City Sirens Variant


Cover F Jim Lee Foil Virgin Variant
(same as cover A)

Cover G 1:25 Jae Lee Variant
(no image yet)

Cover H 1:50 Chris Bachalo Variant


Cover I 1:100 Jim Lee Virgin Variant
(same as cover A)

Batman 163
Final Order Cutoff 1/5/26
Releases 1/28/26

Cover A by Jim Lee


Cover L Gary Frank Variant


There are currently 13 open order covers for 163, but most images are unknown for now.

There are three incentives just like 162 with the Jim Lee 1:100 again.

[finfangfan]

Dang… it’s going to be awhile. Thanks for the info!

[JBrooks Breaks]

Originally Posted by finfangfan

Dang… it’s going to be awhile. Thanks for the info!

It's been delayed. Mostly Jim Lee getting behind on interiors but if you believe the rumors they scrapped the "kill Robin again" storyline and had to rewrite/draw the last books again AND they are changing things to retcon the Red Hood comic that was cancelled.

[Gallinator]

Thanks! I feel better now LOL

[finfangfan]

Cover art for issue 162 is posted and this is the best cover so far imho…

[finfangfan]

I just pulled probably my biggest hit ever on CollectForever…

[VinnyH]

Originally Posted by finfangfan

I just pulled probably my biggest hit ever on CollectForever…

Cool, Congrats

[finfangfan]

Collect Forever has a few CGC comics up now… a bit overpriced tho.

[finfangfan]

Blue Falcon and Dynomutt were always goofy cartoon superheroes when I was growing up but I find this “grim and gritty” virgin variant I just hit kind of cool…

[finfangfan]

One of my favorite things about CF is the ratio variant chase. However, DC Comics has recently limited the number of ratio variants which is a bit of a bummer.

https://bleedingcool.com/comics/decl...-their-pocket/

“Because in August, DC Comics had 43 ratio variants, September has 36, October has 6 and November has 6 again. That's a massive drop. DC/Marvel Batman Vs Deadpool, with 21 variant covers, has no ratio variants. I understand that this a reflection of new DC Comics policy, in agreement with Lunar Distribution, to reduce the number of variant covers being made available to the direct market.”

[finfangfan]

The Batman #1 Blind Bags popped up today…

[Chrominator]

Love the art on these two -


Thundarr The Barbarian #1 CVR R INC Francesco Mattina Virgin VAR



Thundarr The Barbarian #1 CVR Q INC Bjorn Barends Virgin VAR

[finfangfan]

Dang… great pulls on the incentives… good stuff!

[finfangfan]

Speaking of cool covers… the Black and White Twilight Zone covers have been cool…

[Chrominator]

Yeah, those^ are neat

[Chrominator]

When will CF get it that words don't matter until there's a cover image

I mean aside from blind bags obv

[finfangfan]

I think the companies themselves are largely responsible for cover images not being ready in time for the initial solicits. There are a few websites that update around the time of final order cutoff so occasionally you can google a cover image that’s not showing on CF.

[finfangfan]

This cover is live in my ePack account now but for some reason isn’t marked for trade. Also, it doesn’t appear to be available for sale on CF anymore while the previous 4 limited 1,000 covers still are up for sale. Did it sell out?