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Cover Variance: Jae Lee's Archie And Star Trek – And Jimmy Cheung Avengers Variant Do You Have Anyway?

Here are the Dynamic Forces variants from Jae Lee for Archie #1 and Star Trek/Green Lantern…

And now to Avengers #44. Okay, I think this is what happened, so bear with me.

Marvel did one of their "destroy issues" promotions, where retailers were encouraged to overorder Axis #1 and, in exchange, would be offered a copy of the Avengers #44 Final Issue Variant for every two issues of Axis #1 they would rip the cover off.

We announced this back in August. While originally appearing to look like this…

The cover was eventually shown to look like this,

And the other cover was used for the End Of An Era variant, which anyone could just order normally.

Until they both shipped. And retailers realised that they were identical. The same cover had been used for the anyone-can-order version as the have-to-rip-up-comics version.

Or maybe some stores got one and other stores got another. Because the other one is also out there somewhere.

Anyway, Marvel have now apologised to retailers saying

Due to an error between AVENGERS #44 CHEUNG END OF AN ERA VARIANT and the AVENGERS #44 CHEUNG FINAL ISSUE EXCHANGE VARIANT, Marvel will be reprinting and shipping the correct cover copies to all retailers that ordered these variants.

The retailers who participated in the Final Issue variant exchange program will not only be provided the originally qualified for and ordered variant but will also be provided a FREE new additional variant, AVENGERS 44 CHEUNG INKED FINAL ISSUE EXCHANGE PROGRAM VARIANT, in the quantities qualified for under the exchange program.

Marvel apologizes for the inconvenience. All three variants are scheduled to arrive to retailers with their 5/27/15 On Sale product.

Because nothing will confuse this further than a third variant by Jim Cheung…

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