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Last week, Bleeding Cool told you that DC Comics were issuing a 1:5000 original sketch cover by Jim Lee for Dark Knight III #1. Well, Marvel don't want to be undone! And are issuing a 1:4999 variant for the launch of Deadpool #1 by Dave Johnson A "Candy Sketch Variant". Below is the standard cover from ComicBook.com, parodying DC's[...]

Black Mask publisher Matt Pizzolo told Comics Alliance, regarding the Marvel hip-hop variant cover and his own planned retailer exclusive variant covers for the launch of Young Terrorists #1 this week, which he had kept a secret until Marvel announced theirs for October At which point Black Mask's were already at the printers.. The only albums we[...]

It will be given away to retailer attendees to the Summit taking place before Baltimore Comic Con. Action Lab: Trancers #1 with B&W cover by Amanda Conner  01 Second Books: Paul Pope's The Fall of the House of West Advance Copies   Dark Horse Comics: Call of Duty Black Ops 3 Ashcan Comic  Dark Horse Comics: Art of He Man and The[...]

Four Color Grails was a monthly exclusive variant cover subscription box, only containing exclusive variant covers, and at a far lower circulation than, say, Loot Crate And for $27 a month plus shipping, less for a longer subscription, that was very competitively priced against many other retailers prices for such books Indeed, just one could be flipped[...]

First we have a Journey To Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Shattered Empire variant cover by Francesco Francavilla, for Third Eye Comics... And another from Mike Deodato for Comic*Pop Collectibles  And then a smattering of Phil Noto designs for the upcoming Journey To Star Wars: Force Awakens Young Adult Novels   Well now, aren't these pretty?   [...]

Fake polybag BOOK OF DEATH @UltimateComics cover might just be the greatest retailer exclusive ever! http://t.co/eXLtDaZLwk @ValiantComics — Dinesh Shamdasani (@dinesh_s) June 23, 2015 From the twitter of Valiant Comics CEO himself comes validation for the Ultimate Comics retailer variant not-actually-polybagged covers for Valiant Book Of Death. Does that look familiar to you? How about the back? Ultimate Comics owner[...]

Collects Aphrodite IX V1, Aphrodite IX Rebirth V1, Aphrodite IX Rebirth V2, and Aphrodite IX/Cyber Force. $50.00 Tales of Honor: Bred to Kill # 1 Virgin Variant Written by Matt Hawkins and art by Linda Sejic From the best-selling science fiction novels by David Weber comes the first-ever original comic story arc set in the Honorverse! $10 CAPCOM Fighting Tribute-[...]

From Francesco Francavilla reprising his Silver Surfer poster, to Neal Adams revisiting the seventies, Here are almost all of IDW's exclusive retailer variant covers to Star Trek/Green Lantern: The Spectrum War – 23 of them, all exclusive to individual retailers around the world, as well as comic conventions by Boston Con and subscription boxes like Comic[...]

Bleeding Cool learnt today that Image Comics will be announcing that they will no longer offer "retailer exclusive" variant single comics It was a promotional program started by IDW for the launch of their Godzilla comic, then adopted by everyone from Boom to Avatar to Marvel to Titan to DC, where retailers could commission their own exclusive cover[...]

Cameron Stewart's Midtown Comics variant cover to Archie #1… A Secret Wars #1 variant for Space Cadets in Oak Ridge, Texas, for their Comixpalooza event in Austin featuring the cast of Comic Book Men – the cover references the title credits… and here's the sketch behind it. And three Phantom variant covers for upcoming Marvel books, in[...]

A regular feature in the Cover Variance lists for the last few weeks has been retailer exclusives for Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor #1 out next week. We'll run them all below, but what Titan have also done create individual promotional videos for all the participating retailers, featuring their own exclusive cover, such as this one for[...]

We'll get to the conventions exclusives in a minute… But first, Doctor Who: Ninth Doctor #1 American Dream Comics variant cover by Brian Williamson and Luis Guerrero and the Pop Culture Paradise variant cover by Mariano Laclaustra. A couple more Christopher Action Figure variant covers for Secret Wars spinoffs… This is the part-finished Deadpool #250 Phantom Variant available to Phantom-affiliated stores, again[...]

And now, four years later, after broken bones and break out computer games, it returns. Third Eye in Annapolis, Maryland are hosting a big signing with Nate Simpson for the release of Nonplayer #2, and have a Third Eye variant for the release of issue 1, above, out next month. And while we're looking at retailer exclusive variant covers, here's the Doctor[...]

They are holding their last retailer event as a New York publisher tomorrow (let us know if you're going…) So as not to let the door hit them on the way out, Marvel are running special New York themed variant covers in May, showcasing a few of them in the New York Times. Can you see the Hulk? Would[...]

For many, this little bundle of comic books can justify, purely on monetary terms, the cost of travelling to Portland for the ComicsPRO retailer meet. Thanks to this shot from  Happy Harbour Comics, We can see variants of Prometheus, Conan/Red Sonja, The Goon, Bitch Planet, Darth Vader, Silk, Nameless, Bloodshot Reborn, Legenderry titles, Birthright, Orphan Black, Shutter,[...]

This weekend… in Mexico City, La Mole Comic Con presented their exclusive variant covers for various comics including Batman #39, Spider-Gwen #1, Amazing Spider-Man #15, the Mexican version of Amazing Spider-Man #6 (which features a reprint of a J Scott Campbell's classic cover) and Deadpool #42. And look, they really presented them! Which, yes, means a 23rd version[...]

We've been looking at the upcoming Women Of Marvel variant covers lately… but there were a few unclaimed Well, time to claim them all, and correct a few on the way… Avengers #42 Women Of Marvel variant by Elena Casagrande. All New Captain America #5 Women Of Marvel variant by Marguerite Sauvage. Deadpool #43 Women Of Marvel variant by Sara Richard. Ms Marvel #13 Women[...]

We told you that Berkeley Breathed was, sadly, no longer lined up to draw the "Breathed Variant" cover of Star Wars #2 Well, replacing him it seems, is one Sergio Aragonés. Sergio has a proud history drawing Star Wars, offically… …and unofficially. Je Suis Sergio. We told you that Berkeley Breathed was, sadly, no longer lined up to[...]

I did not think I could be more excited for his new massive monster comic Kaijumax from Oni Press. This is how wrong I was. While not representative of the insides, Bryan Lee O'Malley has created a "chibi"-style variant cover for the comic, showing the monstrous cast of the comic in a more adorable fashion… The book comes[...]

Aren't they pretty? Looks like these will all be available to order by retailers at 1:10… IVAR, TIMEWALKER #1 [OCT148442] Valiant Next Variant by Tom Muller & Clayton Henry On sale January 21, 2015 THE VALIANT #2 (of 4) [OCT148443] Valiant Next Variant by Tom Muller & Paolo Rivera On sale January 21, 2015 IMPERIUM #1 [DEC141704] Valiant Next Variant by Tom Muller[...]

ThinkGeek have the sixtieth cover we've been able to identify for the launch of Marvel's Star Wars #1 by Pasqual Ferry. We'll be adding it to the big

An exclusive cover for Mile High Comics... And for Third Eye Comics... Takes us to 57 covers in total. So far. Will we make it to a hundred? Adding to the

So DC Comics have all these movie cover variants based on Warner Bros films for March….   And a swipe file for each and every individual cover would be ridiculous, as it is clear what they are[...]

We'll update as they come in… but with the help of Jedi News, but we have 68 covers identified so far for the Marvel launch of Star Wars #1 though we have been told there are over a hundred. It looks like a common deal for exclusive retailer variant covers was 3000 for the colour version[...]

From Marvel, Hasbro and Diamond, here is a Hasbro Previews Exclusive Variant cover for Star Wars #1, for Toy Fair Created completely from Hasbro Star Wars Black action figures, the variant photo cover depicts Darth Vader during an audience with Emperor Palpatine, flanked by Imperial Stormtroopers with three fan-favorite bounty hunters – IG-88, Boba Fett and[...]

So all these Marvel books are getting Rocket & Groot variant covers… All-New Captain America #1, All-New X-Men #34, Amazing Spider-Man #9, Amazing X-Men #13, Avengers #38, Avengers World #15, Bucky Barnes: The Winter Soldier #2, Captain America & The Mighty Avengers #1, Deadpool #37, Guardians 3000 #2, Guardians of the Galaxy #21, Hulk #8, Legendary Star-Lord #5, New[...]

So, Marvel are going to want to launch Star Wars #1 with a bang. They will want it to be the best selling comic for January- by a long way. And here's one

Here are Midtown Comics' four interconnecting retailer exclusive covers for Death Of Wolverine #1-4, with art by J. Scott Campbell and colours by Ula Mos.

I see that John Layman is joining the creative team of Archer And Armstrong in November with issue #25. Well, as crazily tasteless as Layman is, he'll

In a hilarious (probably) move, Marvel produced a 3D motion cover variant for Deadpool #34, the issue in which we discover some big Original Sin about his life (and not just that he has a daughter). And the let retailers order one for every 52 copies of the normal cover they ordered 52 Geddit? Yes, it's a[...]