Image Comics Holiday Blind Bags Guarantee 1:25 or Rarer Variant, With Signed Surprises Possible
Image Comics is digging into its variant-cover archives for a new holiday collectible, with 2026 Image Comics Holiday Blind Bags arriving at comic shops just before Christmas. Each $25 blind bag will contain one randomly selected ratio variant that is guaranteed to be at least a 1:25 incentive cover. Some bags could contain substantially scarcer variants reaching the 1:100 incentive level, while Image Comics says a lucky few collectors may also find a signed copy or an exclusive surprise inside.
That makes the December release less like a conventional mystery comic and more like a grab bag of previously difficult-to-obtain incentive covers. Retailer incentive variants are normally tied to qualifying orders for the original issue, but Image is bringing examples pulled from its archives back into circulation through the blind-bag format.
The potential selection stretches across dozens of Image Comics titles, including Spawn, Witchblade, The Darkness, The Department of Truth, Radiant Black, I Hate Fairyland, Geiger, W0rldtr33, Head Lopper, Skinbreaker, Lost Fantasy, Invincible Universe: Battle Beast, Invincible Universe: Capes, Ghost Pepper, Exquisite Corpses, Bug Wars, Blood & Thunder, Corpse Knight and Death Fight Forever.
Other series named by Image include Badrock, Chachu, Chainkata, Crimes Against Nature, Crowbound, Death Vigil, D’orc, Fireborn, Final Boss, Hammerfist, Inferno Girl Red, Karman Blade, Luther Strode, M1: Monster Racing League, Odin, Omen Bound, Red Roots, Royals and White Sky.
The publisher is not providing a checklist identifying which specific covers are included or their distribution within the blind bags. Instead, the incentive variant inside each package is selected at random from Image’s archives, leaving both the title and rarity unknown until the bag is opened.
The promotion comes as Image Comics continues experimenting with collector-focused releases beyond conventional cover choices. The publisher recently announced that December’s Creature Corps launch will include TCG-style character cards and a holofoil chase, using randomized cards inside polybagged booster bundles.
The 2026 Image Comics Holiday Blind Bag carries UPC 70985305003200111 and will retail for $25 when it arrives at comic book shops on Wednesday, December 23.