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John Tyler Christopher Credited For Other People's Action Figure Variant Covers

John Tyler Christopher wasn't the inventor of a comic book cover that looks like it's an action figure toy, inside its blister pack. Hell, I still have a copy of the first I can remember, Scud The Disoosable Assassin from the nineties, but odds are there are ones before that.

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But last year, the artist John Tyler Christopher created an action figure variant for Star Wars #1. And demand amongst comic fans, toy collectors and Star Wars fans converged to create unprecedented demand.

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Christopher was also targeted for retailer exclusive variant covers –  and he created his own licensed cover with Boba Fett that he sold on-line and at shows.

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And now other publishers are running their own action figure variant covers not by Christopher.

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But Titan Comics have gone a step further, running their own action figure cover variants not by John Tyler Christopher – but giving him credit.

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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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