Doctor Doom goes on a DoomQuest in a new Marvel maxi-series. DSTLRY has hit pause on its titles. Batman #1 and Superman #1 have sold for $13 million.
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Doctor Doom goes on a DoomQuest.
DSTLRY hits pause on titles to regroup.
Batman and Superman sell for $13 million.
This is Comic Book Club News for February 10, 2026.
Doctor Doom Goes On DoomQuest In New Maxi-Series:
Doctor Doom is dead, dude! So how does everyone’s favorite masked-face monarch end up anchoring his own new 10-part comic book series from Marvel? Easy: it doesn’t take place in continuity.
Or rather, it does, just not when he’s dead. Instead, writer Ryan North and artist Francesco Mobili will create a “standalone, evergreen story” that finds Doom battling Reed Richards over who gets to rewrite history.
In the series, Reed Richards decides to “optimize” history by going back in time and erase any decisions that caused war or conflict. Doom doesn’t like the idea of Reed changing history in his image, so he aims to do the same — first.
You can check out a preview of the series in the Armageddon/X-Men #1 Comics Giveaway Day book. Meanwhile, Doomquest #1 hits stores on May 27, 2026.
DSTLRY Hits Pause On Titles To Regroup:
DSTLRY, the premium publisher known for their slick printing and somewhat confusing digital strategy, has hit pause on all upcoming titles.
As first reported by The Beat, to be clear, DSTLRY is not shutting down — at least, not yet. In a statement, the publisher explained that issues including the Diamond bankruptcy, and a transition to distribution to Penguin Random House created “release gaps and added complexity to how and when books reach shelves.”
Because of this, DSTLRY is taking a “short pause in publishing” to “make sure these books land with the impact they deserve.”
At least six titles have been impacted by this pause, including third issues of James Tynion IV and Elsa Charretier’s City Beneath Her Feet and Chip Zdarsky and Rachael Stott’s White House Robot Romance. When DSTLRY will unpause, and begin releasing these books? TBD.
Batman #1 and Superman #1 Sell For $13 Million:
Highly graded copies of Batman #1 from 1940 and Superman #1 from 1939 have sold for a cool $13 million in a package deal.
Per ICv2, the CGC graded 9.4 copy of Batman #1 sold for $6 million, far surpassing the $2.2 million it went for at auction in 2021. Superman #1 was graded 8.5, and sold for $7 million, after going for $5.3 million in 2022, at the time becoming the most expensive comic book ever.
While the new owner was not announced, the deal was made by joint agreement between Heritage Consignment Direct and SemperFi Comics.
This year has already been a wild one for comic book sales, as a near pristine copy of Action Comics #1 previously owned by Nicolas Cage and sold at auction last November for $9.12 million went to a private buyer in January for $15 million. Will something else beat it this year? The way things are going: yeah, probably.
For Comic Book Club News, I’m Alex Zalben. And I love news items like that last one because earlier today I bought the cheaper milk at the supermarket because I was worried we were going over our food budget for the week. Same sort of thing!
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