variants Archives

Asked at their presentation at the Diamond Retailer Summit at C2E2 if Marvel would eliminate incentive variants, Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski seemed to agree that the practice was myopic and self-destructive (our words, not his), and said that Marvel was "considering" getting rid of it.

This "#WeBelieve in Colorists" campaign is aimed, according to the press release, to "display the high impact of colorists on the artistic medium." High impact here means convincing a bunch of readers to buy 8 different versions of the same comic, of course. A selection of bestselling colorists—Moreno Dinisio, Frank Martin, Matthew Wilson, Owen Gieni, Annalisa[...]

Each features a different color scheme with Daredevil wearing a different costume, though they appear to come from the same source drawing. Stuff pic.twitter.com/Mz0eYTVXHx — JoeQuesada (@JoeQuesada) March 16, 2018 The variants will be available for sale on Kwanchang.com, which revealed details about the variants on its Instagram last week. View this post on Instagram. View this post on Instagram. View this[...]

In a press release, Image Comics has revealed the variant cover to Isola #1. Like the first cover, the variant will also be drawn by series artists Karl Kerschl and Msassyk.

Superstar artist Jock has revealed his Action Comics #1000 retailer exclusive variant cover, available in limited quantities and in several purchasing options from Forbidden Planet.

Lumberjanes, created by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooklyn Allen, and Noelle Stevenson, is reaching 50 issues in May. To celebrate, BOOM! Studios is going to party like only the comic book industry knows how to copy: with variant covers.

We thought artists couldn't move the needle. The virgin variants are billed as "without titles, endorsement quotes, names, logos, or jacket copy, these wraparound covers feature solely the jaw-dropping artwork that fans won't want to miss," and the latest round "showcase Kill or Be Killed artwork by Sean Phillips, Monstress artwork by Yoshi Yoshitani, Rumble artwork by[...]

And DC Co-Publisher Jim Lee's doodles aren't the only artifacts ripe for reappropriation as a retailer incentive variants to artificially spike sales of comics to retailers without actually growing comics' readership The latest ancient art getting the variant treatment, for instance, is a set of Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko drawings gracing the covers of[...]

But all of that is about to change in a big way, because Marvel has figured out the way forward, the solution to all their problems, and a way to revitalize their product line and reinvigorate interest in Marvel Comics: more variant covers. In January, 21 Marvel comics will be graced with Avengers-themed variants to coincide[...]

You've read and enjoyed 19 DC Comics Variants for October You were thrilled by 12 More DC Comics Variants for October The instant Bleeding Cool classic, 22 DC Comics Variants For October, may have even brought a tear to your eye. But the best is yet to come.* (*not an endorsement of quality) We've got one[...]

Image Comics has been slowly revealing all of their Walking Dead variants, which will grace the covers of 30 Image titles in October (and one in November) At yesterday's count, we had seen 23 of them so far Now, we have two more. But not just any two No sir, these are the Youngblood #6 variants[...]

Image Comics has revealed some more of their October Walking Dead variants, which will run across their line of titles in October (and for one day in November) The Walking Dead variants mark the finale of Image's year of variants, originally set to run through January, but wrapped up early by Image in response to[...]

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We'll let you know if we receive a response. UPDATE: Image Comics has provided Bleeding Cool with the following statement: Image began doing monthly themed variants in February to celebrate Image's 25th anniversary The original plan was to do the themed variants every month from February 2017 to January 2018, but over the summer, we began receive[...]

The shop cited Marvel's "insane" ordering requirements that aimed to spike sales by double or triple the usual order numbers just to qualify to order the variants. For the Marvel Legacy event, the rules are not nearly as clear cut (and is constantly changing) At this point we need to order 100%-200% of our previous issue's[...]

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There are too many variants But in this case, at least they sort of serve a purpose. Image Comics and Skybound have stealth-announced "a new, soon-to-be-announced, ongoing Skybound series sure to be a major hit with fans and critics alike upon its launch" by Italian artist Lorenzo De Felici And to get fans ready for this[...]

Frankie’s Comics and The Variant Collective have decided to send all variant covers of Bendis' Defenders #4 to troops through Operation Gratitude.

By eschewing variants, DC made clear that they really are trying to do something different with Dark Matter (like an all-male creative lineup — when's the last time anyone in comics tried that? Oh, yeah, most of the time). In any case, as explained by the scientific Law of Conservation Of Mass Produced Funny Books, matter can[...]

Everybody wins! Bleeding Cool first reported on Marvel's plans back in April, but now Marvel has sent out the rest of the variants in a press release Check them out below: ALL-NEW WOLVERINE #22 (Archangel) AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #30 (Bishop) AVENGERS #9 (Mystique) BLACK PANTHER #16 (Storm) CABLE #3 (Cable) CAPTAIN AMERICA: STEVE ROGERS #19 (Gambit) CHAMPIONS #10 (Cyclops) DAREDEVIL #23 (Domino) DEADPOOL #33 (Deadpool) DEFENDERS #3 (Shadow[...]

In a new variant cover for Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #1, on which he serves as the writer, Chip Zdarsky will teach readers how to draw the

We haven't yet seen Marvel's August 2017 solicitations, which means that, based on the publisher's penchant for relaunches, the generally fragile sales

Martin, in yet another blog post that could have been better spent writing The Winds of Winter. Without further ado, meet Spider-Gwen-Mary-Jane! Spider-Gwen #21 variant by Kevin Wada The Mighty Captain Mar-yJane-vel! The Mighty Captain Marvel #6 variant by Chris Samnee and Matt Wilson And the All-New All-Different MJ-verine! All-New Wolverine #21 variant by David Lopez These lovable mash-up heroes and more[...]

Renew Your Vows cover, these variants will use recycled artwork from Lee's original 1990s X-Men run. "Few artists are as synonymous with the X-Men, and specifically the Blue & Gold era of the X-Men quite like Jim Lee," said Marvel SVP Sales & Marketing David Gabriel of the rival comic book publisher executive in a press release[...]

Last week, Bleeding Cool told you about Jason Latour's "Feminist Agenda" variant cover, paying tribute to the "Ask Me About My Feminist Agenda" variant

The concept this time: corner box variants, pitched as images that could have been used in the corner box that used to be in the top left corner of comic book covers back in the day Joe Jusko will be drawing all of the corner box variants, which will be present on the following titles: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #24 AVENGERS[...]

It's in that spirit that Marvel has created an infographic showing the top ten most ordered "state variants" for U.S Avengers #1 Texas tops the list, beating out New York, which came in at #3, proving once and for all which state has the more devoted comic book fans! My own state, Ohio, was barely even[...]

 Tomorrow is May The Fourth. Star Wars Day. And John Tylor Christopher is launching two of his variant covers that are likely to be in big demand. An

Talking of which, here's his previously mentioned Classic cover for Power Man & Iron Fist #1. And here;s Pat Broderick's for Uncanny Inhumans #5. There is also a line of Civil War cover variants Doctor Strange #7 will have a Civil War variant by Chris Stevens Spider-Man #3 will have a Civil War variant by Mike Perkins There's more Women Of Power announcements too. Guardians[...]

These are the two released covers for the polybags for Batman #50 and Superman #50 from DC Comics in March. Inside will be colour, inked and pencil