I was in the TriBeCa Barnes and Noble last night and spotted Justice League #26 on the shelf. I was surprised that I missed it being released on Wednesday, and figured I’d buy it off Comixology when I returned home. But when I arrived home, I saw that the most recent issue available on Comixology was #25.

Justice League #26 isn’t supposed to go on sale until this Tuesday, December 24 aka Christmas Eve. Comic book stores received their shipment of it, along with other comics, with last week’s books, and are embargoed from selling it until this Tuesday.

Apparently, Barnes and Noble missed that memo, as it is not only the TriBeCa Barnes and Noble at 97 Warren St that is selling it, but also the Barnes and Noble at 106 Court St in Brooklyn.

One of these things does not belong here: Justice League #26, on the rack early at the Court St. Barnes and Noble in Brooklyn

I couldn’t resist the appeal of reading a comic before its official release. Justice League #26 is a great comic, showing the origins of most of the Crime Syndicate. We get origins for Power Ring, Deathstorm, Johnny Quick and Atomica, a look into the mind of The Grid, more in the mystery about the Crime Syndicate’s hooded captive, and a new mystery involving Superwoman.  Ivan Reis’s art is gorgeous, as usual, though whoever inked the pages with the Outsider seems to given the Outsider a shave, as his mustache was nowhere to be found.

If you’d like to read Justice League #26 before it’s official release date on Tuesday, you head to your local B&N!