variants Archives

The January is going be a busy month for second prints. We already mentioned the Unfollow #1 and #2 special edition from DC for thr 6th January. Well, on

This is the Yesteryear Comics variant for Invincible Iron Man #4 which features Mary Jane joining the cast. New girlfriend? Biological sister? We wait to

Sex Criminals #11 was sold in two varieties last week. Both bagged, one hid a 1:35 sketch by the creators, Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky, the other, a

Taking on the big boys and their exclusive comics by spending $200,000 on exclusive variant and second prints of the new Star Wars books from Marvel. Well, before the show he had broken even on the Star Wars variants that he had commissioned and bought But then, of course there were all the costs associaed with setting[...]

UPDATE: A few of the pre-order links have been updated... We ran a fair few of these in our 53 exclusive covers for San Diego Comic Con last week - but

Midtown Comics is running variant covers for every issue of Marvel's Secret Wars series, and two others for spinoffs.... First up, Secret Wars #1-8. Each

There's no knocking back Spider-Gwen, she does seem to keep on selling - as these retailers commissioning exclusive variant covers continue to discover.

Jem & The Holograms #1 variant by Agnes Garbowska for ECCC And one by Amanda Conner for Yesteryear Comics. And also from Yesteryear for Invisible

Here's a look at the Harley Quinn #16 triptych of covers featuring The Gang of Harleys, that combines the original standard cover, and the 1:25 variant

We managed to get a bunch of the Women Of Marvel variant cover credits the other week, featuring covers drawn and painted by women who are working for

By Mike Federali On May 16-17 of this year, Tidewater Comicon will be holding it's first ever two day event at the Virginia Beach Convention Center. The

But as well as that, they are also running Star Wars "Welcome Home" variants for a bunch more comics as well, starting in December. And form the info below, it looks as if they will be drawn by Salvador Larroca Marvel have confirmed he'll be drawing the Welcome Home variants for All-New X-Men #35, All-New Captain America[...]

So, yes, a few upcoming Marvel Comics variant covers, including from your favourite, Skottie Young, getting to grips with the new Thor, Goddess of

It's all gone a bit Buzzfeed here, hasn't it? Anyway... Some writers conceal hidden artistic talents. Often for a reason. But, with Bleeding Cool running

But be warned, when Campbell posted a link to the store, it crashed their website! They've fixed it now, and will have copies at the Toy Matrix booth at San Diego Comic Con In colour, black and white and reverse black and white. Think Geek have their variant editions of Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor and Doctor[...]

DC Comics are making a change to the way they make their themed variant covers will be open to order, with no minimum order of another item required.

Step into the blue... all these comics from Marvel are getting second prints, with blue hues to match.

Avengers Undercover #1 Mark Brooks and John Tyler Christopher Variants, Elektra #1 Paolo Rivera Variant, Guardians Of The Galaxy #13 Dale Keown Variant, New Warriors #1 Chris Samnee Animal Variant, Savage Wolverine #16 John Cassaday Variant, Superior Spider-Man #27  Jenny Parks Animal Variant, Thor: God Of Thunder #19 Jenny Parks Animal Variant and a Wolverine #12[...]

Hastings, the largest direct market comic book store chain in the world, has announced a new run of exclusive covers, in a deal with Marvel and Kidrobot.

Courtesy of the Aquaman Shrine twitter feed (giving away a a digital copy on Wednesday to a lucky follower), variant covers by Ivan Reis and Joe Prado to

Coming from London Super Comic Con later this month... I should be making it (possibly with girls in tow) but Bleeding Cool prescence will also be

With the return of Garth Ennis to Crossed with Crossed: Badlands #25, Avatar Press decided to emphasize the return with additional covers. And one very

There is something mesmeric about the retailer specific variant covers when laid out like this... here's the latest batch for Masks #1, out this week,

Bleeding Cool first broke the story that Hasting was to become the USA's largest chain of comic stores, when it gave over a hundred of its stores Diamond

Admittedly, there's not much out there yet, just single issues of A+X, Marvel Now Point One, Red She-Hulk and an Uncanny Avengers, and stack of books bunching into the next couple of weeks. Nevertheless, a private poll of around eighty retailers found that none have encountered an amazing response to the Marvel NOW books, a good[...]

But things have changed, with new variants filling up the charts, often as a result of retailers increasing numbers on the standard comic in order to get them Indeed, this week, the only normal comics getting a close-to-the-wire extra demand without any extenuating circumstances is Last Zombie: Before The After #3 from Antarctic Press And[...]

Some retailers are now doing their own exclusive covers with publishers–and have been very successful in bringing in some most needed extra income as well; to expand, pay off debt or buy more inventory. There isn't a major publisher who doesn't offer variants, and you would have to wonder about a publisher who wasn't doing it.Variant[...]

You saw it here first. Then we get a glimpse at the Joe Quesada variants, with greyscale visuals and placement copy. Then there's a Skottie Young New Avengers cover that seems to show the cast made up of Mr Fantastic, Black Bolt, Iron Man and Black Panther, around half the membership of the Illuminati… And because you[...]

Velocity Comics in Richmond, VA are organising an art auction benefit for Kerry Talbott, a local comic book artist and cartoonist who was diagnosed with

Here are the two customizable retailer covers for Avengers Assemble #1. Retailers who order more copies of the regular version of Avengers Assemble #1