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Inside Marvel's 616 Day Doctor Doom Blind Bag (Spoilers)

Inside Marvel's 616 Day Doctor Doom Blind Bag... with masks, Doomquests and facsimile editions... (Spoilers)

Published Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:57:08 -0500

616 Day is on the 16th of June, 2026 fot Marvel Comics, a day for the celebration of the Marvel Universe. Bleeding Cool broke the news out of this year's ComicsPRO, in a presentation by still-in-the-building Marvel SVP David Gabriel, about the 616 Day Blind Bags, telling us, "These are going to have an extremely limited print run. This mystery bag will feature the black-and-white pencil version of Doomquest #1… each of the bags will have a foil Doctor Doom mask, and then we will also have one of three different Doom facsimile stories, which will be a special limited print run and limited selling window for these to test them out."

But then Marvel Comics told retailers, "Due to a stock delay, on-time FOC orders for the 616 DAY MARVEL MYSTERY BAG (SKU: 75960628479573911) will ship in two waves. The first wave will arrive as scheduled and will represent, on average, around 24% of your order. Remaining quantities will be fast-tracked to deliver the week of June 15." Retailers who receive promotional items received a special Thank You Edition of the 616 Day Marvel Mystery Bag containing an exclusive Doomquest #1 Black and White Edition Variant Cover by Bryan Hitch or an original artist sketch cover, as well as one of the facsimile editions, and a Foil Edition of Jack Kirby's Doctor Doom Mask. And Junk Culture Collectors is already selling theirs on eBay, currently asking $30… and giving us a sneak peek, inside and out.

Inside The 616 Doctor Doom Blind Bag (Spoilers) — Junk Culture Collectors on eBay

So that's Doomsquest foil pencil version with a Bryan Hitch cover, as well as, in this bag at least, a facsimile edition of Fantastic Four #258 by John Byrne, with a classic cover.

There's a letter from Dan Buckley as well.

As well as the mask… which is looking a little less foily than originally promised.

: Junk Culture Collectors on eBay

: Junk Culture Collectors on eBay

The 616 parallel universe of reality known as the Marvel Universe, as invented by Dave Thorpe and Alan Moore for Marvel UK' Captain Britain, used in Excalibur over at Marvel USA by Alan Davis and then popularised by the likes of Chris Claremont in X-Men and Dan Slott in Amazing Spider-Man with the Spider-Verse. It was once dismissed with disdain by Marvel editorial figures such as Joe Quesada and Tom Brevoort, but now it's a marketing promotion. This year, that means 616 Day Blind Bags with Doctor Doom on the front.

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616 Day Marvel Mystery Bag Featuring Doctor Doom $14.99
This year, Marvel Comics dedicates 616 Day to its greatest supervillain—DOCTOR DOOM! Doom will take over the celebratory day with 616 DAY MARVEL MYSTERY BAGS, special sealed bags that contain one exclusive black and white edition of Doomquest #1, the upcoming epic by Ryan North and Francesco Mobili, with an exclusive variant cover by Simone Bianchi OR an ultra-rare, hand-drawn, original sketch cover by a surprise artist. A Doctor Doom paper mask featuring artwork by the legendary Jack Kirby! One facsimile edition of a classic Doctor Doom story, either with its original cover OR a variant cover by a modern superstar, below. Some bags contain ULTRA-RARE surprises.