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Ah, Peach Momoko! A perfect example of the superiority of the automated art appreciation algorithm LOLtron admires her unique amalgamation of traditional Japanese Ukiyo-e and contemporary comic aesthetics Her works contain melancholy, beauty, and an intricate level of detail that[...]
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Preview Frank Frazetta's Death Dealer Cover Gallery Cover Gallery #1 ahead of final order cutoff on Monday.
Just kidding! They're celebrating with a crapload of variants! 25 to be exact, at least by the count of images released, though DC notes in a press release that there will be "over 25 variant covers from some of the biggest names in comics including Jim Lee, Alex Ross, Lee Weeks, Michael Allred and more,"[...]
Sounds simple enough, right? Well… this is the comics industry we're talking about, so it's never simple.
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I Am Batman Hispanic Heritage Month variant by Georges Jeanty
Multiversity: Teen Justice Hispanic Heritage Month variant by Vanesa[...]
The first line will be Peach Momoko themed, as all the variants will be drawn by Peach Momoko The second will be Swipe File themed, as every variant will be an homage to a classic cover Wolverine #1, Fantastic Four #52, Star Wars #1, Hulk #340, and Thor #337 all homaged in what Marvel has[...]
Jessica Jones gives up coffee in this preview of The Variants #1, and Daredevil knows because he's been stalking her Side note: we always knew it was only a matter of time before Marvel made a comic book series that was nothing but variants! (rim shot) Check out the preview below.
Variants #1
by Gail Simone &[...]
Rob Liefeld adds a variant cover to New Mutants #30, the upcoming 40th-anniversary issue hitting stores from Marvel Comics in September.
Proving that the 1990s are well and truly back in full force, Afro Samurai Vol. 1 will feature a foil variant cover by Takashi Okazaki.
Will your wallet be shaken to its foundations by nine covers for the $7.99 Hellfire Gala one-shot in July? You'd better believe it, true believers!
Marvel has revealed all thirteen covers for July's Amazing Spider-Man #6... sorry, Amazing Spider-Man #900. Will you collect them all, true believers?
Marvel Comics is celebrating Pride Month in the best way possible: the way that gets you to buy extra copies of Marvel comics so Marvel can make more money! With that goal in mind, the House of Ideas has unveiled seven Star Wars Pride variants gracing their books starting in June but continuing after that[...]
Marvel may not be able to back up the legacy math behind Amazing Fantasy #1000 in comics, but maybe they can get there with variant covers.
And second, Marvel has added an A (to represent Asexual or Ally), as their previous press release noted:
Marvel Comics is proud to celebrate Pride Month this year with another giant-sized one-shot showcasing some of comics' most iconic LGBTQI+ heroes in an incredible range of stories by LGBTQI+ superstars and emerging talent!
But the latest one says:
Marvel[...]
Can you imagine missing out on this because you only bought the main cover for reading? Clearly, you need one copy of the main cover for reading, one for saving, and then one each of all the different variants Can you afford to show your support for LGBTQI+ pride this year? If not, maybe try[...]
The goal of variants is to convince people to pay multiple times for the same product in order to increase sales without actually bothering to make the product appeal to a wider audience And comics have been doing it for decades!
The Fortnite x Marvel: Zero War #1 variant by Jim Cheung is a 1:25 variant,[...]
Black Cat is featured in bed with Spider-Man and Odessa Drake in Jen Bartel's variant cover or Marvel's Voices: Pride, in stores in June.
Fortnite may have its digital download codes, but Marvel isn't about to be outdone in the shameless gimmickry department.
Variants! Where the Loki TV series, Spider-Man No Way Home, What If and Doctor Strange have led in the movies, the comic books are desperately trying to align their own multiversal methods up with the movies So Gail Simone and Phil Noto's multiversal Jessica Jones five-issue comic book mini-series is to be called The Variants.
After[...]
Marvel has announced a new initiative called Dole Healthy Heroes, Assemble, teaming with Dole to bring the comics tradition of variant covers to the world of fruit.
Jonah Jameson when asked for comment on the variants "No, seriously I've only got fourteen variant covers here."
A press release contains more details:
This year marks the 60th anniversary of Spider-Man and Marvel Comics is proud to celebrate its most iconic hero with a new volume of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN brought to life by two acclaimed comic[...]
For years, comic publishers have been using variants to increase sales It works Stores will increase their orders to get the next tier level variant People will buy them Wonder Woman Black & Gold #5 and #6, one in twenty-five variants were bought online for over two hundred dollars each It is a good price[...]
A press release from Marvel follows:
This March, Marvel Comics will continue to spotlight the Marvel Cinematic Universe with stunning variant covers by some of the industry's top artists! Following November's INFINITY SAGA PHASE 1 VARIANTS come six brand-new covers paying homage to Phase 2 of the MCU's Infinity Saga Adorning upcoming issues of your favorite[...]
DC Comics revealed two connecting vertical 1:50 variant covers, top and bottom, for Nightwing #87 by Bruno Redondo and Adriano Lucas.
The House of Ideas announced the variants in a press release:
This January, your favorite artists will pay tribute to some of the greatest comic book covers in Marvel history with all-new Homage Variant Covers Featuring new artwork from superstar artists David Yardin, Will Sliney, Mike McKone, Creees Lee, Philip Tan, David Nakayama, Pete Woods, Ken[...]
The Disney+ TV series Loki introduced a new word to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for parallel dimension versions of characters, called Variants, spinning out of the One True Timeline A subtle reflection of comic books' modern tendencies to have variant covers, the term stuck, and is now likely to be reflected in upcoming movies, Spider-Man:[...]
And other variants we have yet to meet besides, including a Goblin Rider and a Hound Wolverine and possibly the skin-suit-wearing Doctor Doom variant from Mark Waid's FF? Given that the Loki TV series emphasised the idea of Variants, and he's been heavily involved as well, with expectations for Doctor Strange and Spider-Man movies It[...]
Check out a gallery of the variants below.
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MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #28 CAPTAIN AMERICA 80TH VARIANT COVER by IBAN COELLO & ALEJANDRO SÀNCHEZ
FANTASTIC FOUR #34 CAPTAIN AMERICA 80TH VARIANT COVER by NICK BRADSHAW & RACHELLE[...]
By sheer force of numbers, the variant covers will conquer the fractured direct market as publishers and distributors are distracted by the neverending struggle known as the Game of Comics.
A press release details the variants:
PORTLAND, Ore 06/18/2021 — Image Comics is pleased to announce a line of highly collectible, rare covers for the forthcoming M.O.M.:[...]
Marvel has revealed the first look at Carmen Carnero's variant cover for The United States of Captain America #1, launching in June.
These Hellfire Gala variants show various mutants standing (or floating) on the "green carpet," and they connect to show those mutants standing (or floating) on the "green carpet" together What more reason do you need to pick up two copies of each issue of this crossover?
In a press release, Dauterman said:
X-Men costumes are one of[...]