Comic shops get Dynamite’s first Ben 10 collection three months before anyone else. Ben 10 Vol. 1: Event Arrival lands in comic stores on Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, and does not reach bookstores until Feb. 9, 2027, Bleeding Cool reports.
It is the same retailer-first window Image Comics has made routine for its trades. Dynamite is also giving the comic market its own exclusive paperback cover, separate from the bookstore edition.
What is in Ben 10 Vol. 1: Event Arrival?
- Collects: Ben 10 #1 to #5, plus a full cover gallery
- Writers: Joe Casey and Steven T. Seagle
- Artist and cover: Robert Carey
- Formats: $24.99 hardcover and a 128-page trade paperback for $19.99, rated Teen
- Dates: Nov. 11, 2026 in comic shops; Feb. 9, 2027 in bookstores
Casey’s arc is a modern retelling of the origin from Man of Action, the team that created Ben 10: a meteor brings 10-year-old Ben Tennyson the Omnitrix, and a run of alien foes follows. Seagle then takes the family to a rainy Northwest circus run by the villain Zombozo, who wants Grandpa Max for his next act.
Ben 10 #6 arrives the same day for $4.99, with Casey back on scripts, Carey on art and a bonus poster by Duncan Rouleau.
Dynamite CEO Nick Barrucci told Bleeding Cool the collection “sales came in really strong,” and the company decided to “widen the window and give comic retailers a longer exclusive window to sell these this year and going into next year.” For more from the publisher, see Dynamite’s January 2027 solicitations.
