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The David Lopez Darth Maul Variant Cover So Nice, Marvel Used It Twice [UPDATED]
Instead, Marvel appears to have used the same variant cover for two issues of a five-issue mini-series Why this has happened is still no more clear than when we thought it was the other way around. Original Story Below: Lucky collectors looking to purchase the David Lopez variant for Darth Maul #5, in stores tomorrow, might be[...]
Cyborg #14 Review: A Fun Comic With Stunning Art And A Lovable Guest Star
He is still accompanied by Anomaly, Variant, and Exxy. They soon suspect that this is no longer their world, and they are soon attacked by robotic humanoids Cyborg, Variant, and Exxy have to figure out what has happened to them, how they can survive, and who exactly Anomaly's "Muse" is — the person who instructed the[...]
DC Comics Variant Covers In August – From Jim Lee To Frank Cho To Mike Grell
You won't have seen most of them… Dark Nights: Metal #1 variant covers, by Jim Lee and Andy Kubert. With the variant cover by John Romita Jr coming soon. Deathstroke #22 by Shane Davis and Michelle Delecki. Green Arrow #28 by Mike Grell. Green Lanterns #28 by Brandon Peterson. Harley Quinn #25 by Frank Cho. Nightwing #26 by Casey Jones. [...]
DC Comics And Marvel Exclusives – And More – From ComicsPRO 2017…
Thanks to the joy of eBay, and some fast fingered retailers, we can see some of the ComicsPRO retailer exclusive items given away by Marvel and DC Comics – and others… So a Jim Lee sketch version of his Kate Moss Calvin Klein swiped cover to The Wild Storm #1 and a Bawoman Rebirth #1 variant… [...]
IDW's Exclusive Giveaways For ComicsPRO – And Highlander Variant They Will Destroy
At which point, they will destroy the remaining copies of this special variant on stage There can be only one! Here;s what IDW will be giving out to retailers at ComicsPRO Darkness Visible – ComicsPro RE cover (new creator-owned series by Mike Carey and Arvind Ethan David) Diablo House – ashcan (very first creator owned series by[...]
Southern Bastards #16 "Feminist Agenda" Variant To Raise Money For ACLU, SPLC
Variant covers are a symptom of the plague destroying the comics industry, artificially inflating sales numbers and profits without increasing readers or quality of interior content, continuing the decadent trends of 90s-style excess that nearly bankrupted the industry once before, and putting money into the pockets of controversial retailer Dennis Barger Jr through his eBay[...]
Buzz About Skottie Young's Unstoppable Wasp #1 Variant In January
The Unstoppable Wasp is the latest new comic from Marvel to get a Skottie Young variant cover This time, Young steps outside of his comfort zone, and instead of drawing a cartoon baby Wasp on a plain white background, he creates a lush scene that really helps to inform the reader of what's happening inside[...]
The First Of Bill Sienkiewicz's Harley Quinn Variant Covers
Bill Sienkiewicz is going to have a variant cover for every issue of the Rebirthed Harley Quinn.  Well, here's the first. Oh and here's Tim Sale's variant cover for Batman #4 while we're at it…. And Superman #4's variant cover by Kenneth Rocafort.   Bill Sienkiewicz is going to have a variant cover for every issue of the[...]
All The Retailer Exclusive Variant Covers For Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink #1
Here you go folks, all the retailer exclusive variant covers for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Pink #1 – and where you can find them! The Comic Bug Siya Oum AWBC (Fried Pie) Paulina Ganucheau AWBC (Fried Pie Con) Hunter Clark Collector's Paradise Megan Hutchinson Ultimate Comics Janice Chu Newbury Comics Sara Kipin Dimension X Comics Scott Swade Dimension X Comics Scott Swade Super Fly[...]
Marvel Launches 20 Tsum Tsum Variant Covers Through August
It's not enough that they are launching a comic book… now Marvel Tsum Tsum are taking over twenty Marvel titles in August through a new variant cover programme… All-New, All-Different Avengers #13 by Kris Anka All-New Wolverine #11 by Jake Parker Amazing Spider-Man #16 by Chris Samnee Captain America: Steve Rogers #5 by Helen Chen Deadpool #17 by Javier Rodriguez Doctor Strange #11[...]
John Tyler Christopher Credited For Other People's Action Figure Variant Covers
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. 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[...]
Has Anyone Seen Ben Caldwell's Harley Quinn Sketch In A Wonder Woman Black Bag?
This is Ben Caldwell's original art cover sketch for the Harley Quinn black bag variant cover edition, slipped into a random issue of the black bagged Wonder Woman #47. And, it seems, no one has found it yet. Is it sitting in a back issue box unopened? Sitting in a pull list, waiting not to be unopened? Sitting in[...]
Cover Stories: Dark Designs, Fried Pies And Portland Prettiness
Can you read a book by its cover? These people hope so! The new cover for the upcoming novel Captain America: Dark Designs by Stefan Petrucha from Marvel Comics. Here are the retailer exclusive Fried Pie covers for Spider-Man #1 by Khoi Pham… …and Deadpool & The Mercs For Money #1 by Reilly Brown. An exclusive show variant cover for Doctor Who:[...]
Mad Magazine Launches Its First Blank Cover. And Adds A Blank Variant As Well.
Published by DC Comics, it is using the blank sketch cover appeal from that market to create one for its own, for issue 538. Except it is also offering a blank variant cover That appears to be exactly the same Anyone knows how you'll tell the difference? Though after a couple of conventions, the real question will[...]
There Are Original Art Pieces Hiding In Those Harley Quinn Black Bags
That comic, and others from DC this month, shipped with Harley Quinn black bag variant versions Opening each bag reveals whether you got a colour, ink or pencilled version of that cover It's quite fun, most people like it. But someone who really likes it is a customer at Collected Comics of Hirst, Texas They pulled[...]
The First Blank Speech Balloon Cover Variant, For Palmiotti And Conner's Super Zero
Plenty of folk do black sketch variant covers, comics that people can get artists to sketch a new cover for, right on the front. Not much fun for the writers though. Well, writers Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner are looking to fix that, with a variant cover of their new comic for Aftershock, Super Zero #1. Through Jimmy's production company[...]
Marvel To Publish Free Collection Of 14 Of Their Hip-Hop Variant Covers
Amazing Spider-Man #1 artwork by Mike Del Mundo (A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders) Much has been made of Marvel's recent decision to publish a publish of variant covers for their comics featuring Marvel-themed versions of famous hip-hop covers. There have been allegations of appropriation, and of outright theft, but it hasn't stopped them from being popular. Well on[...]
10 Of the 24 Michael Cho Cover Variants For Marvel In February….
As previously teased, in February artist Michael Cho will be creating a series of themed variant covers in his blockprint style. Here are the 24 issues with variants, and examples of ten of them…. A-Force #3 All-New Wolverine #5 All-New, All-Different Avengers #5 Amazing Spider-Man #7 The Astonishing Ant-Man #5 Captain Marvel #2 Daredevil #4 Doctor Strange #5 Guardians of Infinity #3 All-New Hawkeye #4 Howard The Duck #4 Invincible[...]
Harley Quinn's Little Black Polybags
Harley's Little Black Book will be December's DC Comics variant cover theme, featured on 10 DC Comics titles, which will all come in black opaque comic bags. These variant covers will ship in three versions. One features the finished, full-color artwork. The second features just the inked art in black and white. The third features just the pencil artwork, also[...]
29 Cover Stories For Fight Club 2, Dark Knight, Spider-Man, NYCC And Baltimore
The cover to Fight Club 2 #9 by David Mack, as seen in this Scott Allie interview by Hannah Means-Shannon. Ken Haeser's Grumpy Cat #2 variant cover for Dynamic Forces.  A Greg Land variant for Amazing Spider-Man #1 for Dynamic Forces. We have more Dark Knight III retailer exclusive variants…  Books-A-Million – Rafael Albuquerque  Borderlands Comics and Games – Klaus[...]
Cover Stories: Enormous Variant For NYCC Is All Heart…
Here's Larry Docherty of Larry's Comics variant, or "Lariant" (hilariant!) for the new issue of Enormous from 215 Ink, hitting NYCC in… ooh, five weeks time? Already? Blimey…   Here's Larry Docherty of Larry's Comics variant, or "Lariant" (hilariant!) for the new issue of Enormous from 215 Ink, hitting NYCC in… ooh, five weeks time? Already?[...]
How Young Terrorists Got A TATU 'Hip-Hop' Variant Cover
Bret Parks, Ssalefish Comics in Winston Salem, NC writes, I wanted to share with you the details and origin of the Ssalefish Comics exclusive variant for Young Terrorists issue 1 When Black Mask approached us about having our own private variant they mentioned that they wanted homage covers to classic hip hop albums I spent some[...]