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Swipe File: Original Sin And Bangkok's Top Charoen Optical

Published Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:06:15 -0600

by Rich Johnston

Last updated Mon, 08 Jul 2019 03:22:42 -0500

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These are the variant covers to the upcoming Original Sin Marvel event series running through the summer.

#1 by Steve McNiven, #2 by Agustin Alessio, #3 by Stephanie Hans, #4 by Butch Guice, #5 by Marco Checchetto, #6 by Paul Renaud, #7 by Mike McKone, #8 by Jung-Sik Akn.

On the moon, the dead body of Uatu, The Watcher has been discovered. His home ransacked. Looted of its valuable alien technology. But something far more dangerous was taken. The Watchers eyeball – which has borne witness to every event and every secret in the history of the Marvel Universe now rests in the hands of his killer. Secrets that are about to get out.

Who holds the eye? It could be anyone – even one of the Marvel Universe's greatest heroes. Each cover, gorgeously rendered by some of the top talent in the industry features a different Marvel hero in possession of the Watcher's dangerous and mysterious eye. But which hero (or villain) is behind his murder?

But have we seen it before? Could someone else have the Watcher's Eye? What about Bangkok optician Top Charoen Optical?

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