With the demise of Diamond's website and Previews, the task of knowing what's to come — and what to order, in the various ways we do it — has gotten harder. Would it be useful to have a list of advance solicitations? Here, for example, is Marvel's for December 2025. I can add each publisher to the list as information becomes available, at least the Top 10. (Well, minus the manga, which nobody seems interested in.) Let me know in the comments if this would be useful. (All information subject to change, of course.)
MARVEL COMICS
ON-SALE 12/3/25
AMAZING X-MEN (2025) #3
BINARY (2025) #3
DOCTOR STRANGE (2025) #1
FANTASTIC FOUR (2025) #6
HULK: SMASH EVERYTHING (2025) #1
LAURA KINNEY: SABRETOOTH (2025) #3
LONGSHOTS (2025) #3
MARVEL KNIGHTS: THE WORLD TO COME (2025) #5
MARVEL: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD AND GUTS (2025) #3
MEALS TO ASTONISH (2025) #1
MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN (2022) #4
SPIDER-GIRL (2025) #7
SPIDER-MAN NOIR (2025) #3
SPIDER-MAN: HOMEROOM HEROES (2025) #1
STAR WARS: LEGACY OF VADER (2025) #11
ULTIMATE UNIVERSE: TWO YEARS IN (2025) #1
ULTIMATE X-MEN (2024) #22
VENOM (2025) #252
WICCAN: WITCHES' ROAD (2025) #1
ON-SALE 12/10/25
ALL-NEW SPIDER-GWEN: THE GHOST-SPIDER #5
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #17
INFERNAL HULK #2
IRON & FROST #3
MARVEL KNIGHTS: PUNISHER #3
MARVEL WINTER BREAK SPECIAL #1
NEW AVENGERS #7
NOVA: CENTURION #2
ROGUE STORM #3
SINISTER’S SIX #3
SPIDER-MAN & WOLVERINE #8
SPIRITS OF VIOLENCE #3
STAR WARS: HAN SOLO - HUNT FOR THE FALCON #4
THE END 2099 #1
ULTIMATE BLACK PANTHER #23
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #12
UNBREAKABLE X-MEN #3
ON-SALE 12/17/25
ALIEN VS. CAPTAIN AMERICA #2
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: TORN #3
AVENGERS #33
BATTLEWORLD #4
BLACK CAT #5
BLACK PANTHER: INTERGALACTIC #1
DAREDEVIL/PUNISHER: THE DEVIL’S TRIGGER #2
MARVEL RIVALS: IGNITE - IN COLOR #1
MOON KNIGHT: FIST OF KHONSHU #15
OMEGA KIDS #3
PLANET SHE-HULK #2
RADIOACTIVE SPIDER-MAN #3
STAR WARS: JEDI KNIGHTS #10
STRANGE TALES #3
THE LAST WOLVERINE #3
THOR #5
X-MEN OF APOCALYPSE #2
X-MEN: BOOK OF REVELATION #3
ON-SALE 12/24/25
1776 #2
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #18
CLOAK OR DAGGER #3
EXPATRIATE X-MEN #3
SPIDER-MAN ‘94 #4
STAR WARS #8
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #24
UNDEADPOOL #3
THE WILL OF DOOM #1
X-VENGERS #3
ON-SALE 12/31/25
MARVEL ZOMBIES: RED BAND #4 [POLYBAGGED]
PUNISHER: RED BAND #4 [POLYBAGGED]
PREDATOR KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #5
SORCERER SUPREME #1
STAR WARS: BOBA FETT - BLACK, WHITE & RED #4
THE UNDEAD IRON FIST #4
ULTIMATES #19
X-MEN: AGE OF REVELATION FINALE #1
ON-SALE 01/07/26
ALL-NEW SPIDER-GWEN: THE GHOST-SPIDER #6
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #19
FANTASTIC FOUR #7
MARVEL RIVALS: THE CITIES OF HEAVEN #1
MARVEL/DC: SPIDER-BOY TEAM-UP #1 FACSIMILE EDITION
MARVEL: BLACK, WHITE & BLOOD AND GUTS #4
NEW AVENGERS #8
NOVA: CENTURION #3
SPIDER-MAN NOIR #4
STAR WARS: HAN SOLO - HUNT FOR THE FALCON #5
ULTIMATE X-MEN #23
VENOM #253
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #13
ON-SALE 01/14/26
KNULL #1
ON-SALE 01/21/26
CIVIL WAR #6 FACSIMILE EDITION
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Personally, I'm not so worried about Marvel or DC or Image or any of the the other "biggies." They all have their own individual catalogs, same as they did in the "Diamond" era; that has not changed. The publishers I am worried about are Fantagraphics, Hermes Press, etc.
Here's Fantagraphics for December, which I took from their "Upoming" list on their website. Do you want November? There's a Prince Valiant.
FANTAGRAPHICS
Hermes doesn't seem to list by month or season or anything. I'll keep looking.
Ah! Service above & beyond the call of duty, indeed. Thanks! Let's see...
The Atlas Snafu volume is one I'll have to make sure not to miss. Now that the Carl Barks Library has been completed, the only ongoing Fantagraphics series I'm worried about is their themed "EC" collections. November's Prince Valiant is v30; I've already pre-ordered that one. Hermes has reached out to the owner of my LCS, so I'm waiting to see what happens with that. I hate to ask you to go to all the trouble of searching the websites of various publishers when I could do that myself. I won't (because I'm too lazy), but theoretically I could. Besides, I'm still optimistic about some sort of system to replace Diamond. I suggest that, in the meantime, we all keep the "Coming Collections" thread updated with whatever we find to be of interest.
Using the "Coming Collections" thread is a fine idea.
I'll also note that I have found more information on Hermes Press. The "Dark Shadows" book in October is their last release of 2025. They've announced "Mandrake Vol. 4" and "Johnny Hazard Vol. 13" for 2026, but not when in 2026.
Interesting. I am concerned not only with Hermes in the future, but also Hermes in the past. Hermes just generally ships product at least six months behind the date it was solicited. Here are things I have already pre-ordered (along with the date they were due)...
By that yardstick, only Mandrake v3 is "behind schedule." And don't think it has escaped my notice that two of my "past date" solicits are on your list for 2026 (January or February, I'd estimate, depending on when Mandrake v3 ships). I pre-ordered Mandrake v4 and Johnny Hazard v13 months ago.
When I was ordering PS Artbooks from Westfield, I always had a lot of books on the "coming" list every month. I mean, a LOT. That's because Westfield would list them for order when PS Artbooks did, which seems to be way in advance of actually printing the things. Or maybe just shipping them to the U.S., I don't know. Anyway, they were always "late" and I was always worried that I'd somehow missed them.
I learned to stop worrying and only expect the books to ship from Westfield when I saw them on InStockTrades. Because InStockTrades only lists books IT ACTUALLY HAS. Seeing books there meant they were no longer theoretical, and had been released into the wild. Eventually I wised up and just started ordering PS Artbooks and Hermes Press books from InStockTrades. I check "New Releases" sometime after noon every Tuesday. As soon as I see a Hermes or PS Artbooks offering I order it, and a week later I have it. If, for some reason, I miss a book on InStockTrades (a sell-out, I just didn't see it, whatever) I get it from Bud's Art Books. I have NO books on advance order, and consequently don't have anything to fret about.
Mandrake Vol. 3 just became available on InStockTrades, so -- depending on who you ordered from -- you should see that soon. (As will I!) The latest Phantom Dailies listed is Vol. 33, so Vol. 34 hasn't happened yet. It probably hasn't been printed yet! I imagine it will become available next year, along with your two other books. Maybe. For my part, until I see it on InStockTrades, it does not exist.
Hmm... InStockTrades is a resource I have never availed myself of. I'll have to give it a look.