Final Order Cut-Off is the last day that shops can guarantee their orders for comics. After Final Order Cut-Off, or FOC, these books will only be available to retailers on Advance Reorder. And that is not guaranteed. So here are the highlights for Monday, 10/28/19’s FOC list.
MARVEL
2099 ALPHA #1 – 2099 returns in full force. Spinning out of Amazing Spiderman and Spiderman 2099.
CAPTAIN MARVEL #12 – Something big happens in the book. Some spoilers have already surfaced. Appears that Captain Marvel kills an avenger and a possible return of an Inhumans for or a new version of one. The regular cover is nice, there is also a Terry Dodson Color Spot Variant for the book which could be sought after.
IMMORTAL HULK #27 – continues the new direction. Hulk faces off agains the Minotaur.
DEADPOOL #1 – New DP series kicks off. Deadpool’s newest mercenary job has him going after the King of Monsters, who has claimed a new kingdom for his monstrous subjects…on Staten Island!
ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #5 – The book has been really good for a Marvel event. Will we see the return of Knull?
ANNIHILATION SCOURGE ALPHA #1 – Marvel’s next event series. Something is stirring in the Negative Zone something that the Marvel Universe isn’t ready for! Will Nova be able to assemble a team powerful enough to tackle this burgeoning threat- or is it already too late to stop its descent upon the galaxy? For the Cosmos’s greatest heroes- ANNIHILATION is only the beginning
DC
HE MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE MULTIVERSE #1 – New Masters of the Universe Mini from DC. The scourge of Anti-Eternia is unleashed on the Multiverse! Blazing a trail across the dimensions- he’s devastating each version of Eternia and stealing its power. Now it’s up to a ragtag team of surviving He-Men to recruit the one man in existence who might save them: Prince Keldor- the man who would be Skeletor! This all-new miniseries features the most iconic eras and beloved takes on the Masters of the Universe
GREEN LANTERN #85 FACSIMILE EDITION – The famous Speedy drug issue gets the Facsimile treatment.
IMAGE and INDY
HEARTBEAT #1 – New series from Boom. Read the first issue, it is for fans of books Like Faithless. There is an FOC Mirka Andolfo variant for the book.
SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN #3 – Great series. There is also an FOC variant for the issue.
MACHINE GIRL #1 – New Series from Red 5 Comics. There is a planet full of exotic interplanetary people. All of them living together in a dangerous multicultural world. And right there in the middle there is Megan! A young human girl fighting her way up on the deadly arena of the Intergalactic Mixed Battling Arts as she searches for her origins and other beings like her while she is obsessed with a mysterious- long forgotten planet: Earth.
MISPLACED #1 – Awesome sounding new book from Source Point Press. From the mind of television graphic designer Chris Callahan comes the first of a 4-issue supernatural mystery miniseries that will leave you questioning the very existence of existence. What if paradise wasn’t as it seemed? A tragic journey to the new worldÉ Two souls separated by deathÉ After a fatal shipwreck- James finds himself dissatisfied with the tedious machinations of eternity in the afterlife. A journey to discover the truth of his wife’s disappearance reveals a terrible secret even Knowledge can’t explain. The Misplaced is a dark supernatural tale of love and desperation that spans several planes of existence.
OLYMPIA #1 – New Image Series. Elon is a latchkey kid who spends his days alone reading comic books-until his favorite superhero- Olympian- comes crashing off the page and into reality! But as he nurses his wounded and delirious hero back to health- he discovers Olympian isn’t the only thing that came through… something evil followed him. A comedic yet heartfelt love letter to the comics medium- OLYMPIA is also a meditation on hope and loss
HEART ATTACK #1 – New Skybound series. Superpowers and teenage romance collide in the newest Skybound original by SHAWN KITTELSEN and ERIC ZAWADZKI! Gene therapy has saved Americans from disease-only to give birth to Variants: people with powers so unique- the government denies their human rights. But a rebellion has begunÉ Charlie North is on the run from the police when he crosses paths with Jill Kearney. Instant attraction becomes mass destruction when they unlock powers neither knew they had. Now- the question isn’t how to use them-but how far they’re willing to go.
This shows Machine Girl #1 from Red 5 but that FOC is still listed in Diamond as 10/4. Where did the revised FOC date of 10/28 come from?
To be honest I don’t think Red5 is on FOC. I’d have to check again.