Marvel bringing its hiphop variant covers to actual vinyl. Allan revealed the news in a press release, marking an. I really want to see the flash cover based on north by northwest that. Here are the single issues with the highest number of variant.
See more ideas about comic book covers, comics and marvel. Marvels various variant cover initiatives have always tended to give artists a chance to exercise their creativity, and in may the comic book publisher has commissioned a range of marvel dark variants. Check out the covers for the joker 80th anniversary comic. Apr 24, 2018 featuring an astounding collection of covers featuring dc comics remarkable characters, including batman, superman, wonder woman, green lantern, aquaman, cyborg, the flash, and more, dc comics variant covers.
Each variant cover comes with a free top loader and is packed with additional stiff board and gemini comic book mailer for protected shipping. The team consists of several marvel universe characters and was created by stan lee and artist jack kirby, among others. As the year comes to an end, i think its a good time to reflect on my favorite variant covers of the year that helped comics stand out. Oct 19, 2019 explore thecomicotakus board variant comic book covers, followed by. My local comic book store has a section for varients and the newest ones are usually off to the side. Spawn books dont say variant anywhere on the cover.
Bleeding cool is your independent source for news about comic books, film, tv, games, collectibles, and more. This greatly changes the dynamic of a books print run making it nearly. For harley quinn, i order more of the variant cover than the regular cover. When buying variant covers, keep these tips in mind. These variants are going to look awesome in your collection. While two of them show off a familiar looking version of buffy, and a third focuses on the hellmoth under sunnydale high school, the fourth variant by royal dunlap features a decidedly different looking slayer. Sell my comic books presents the 100 most valuable variant covers. New series of cool marvel comics cosplay variant covers. Bleeding cool is your independent source for news about comic books, film, tv, games. Marvel and dc did this variant cover extravaganza back in the 1990s, and it flooded the market with too many gimmick covers. Variant cover for buffy comic might be teasing another slayer. Jun 22, 2018 these are variants that a comic book shop or other places that sell comics commission an artist to do a work on.
This included a number of variant covers for comic books lined to the wonder. The book will arrive in comic book stores this august. Apr 24, 2017 with over 100 action figure variant covers available spread across the various star wars comic series, i thought it would be a good idea to create a checklist. Weve previously shared a couple of covers created by miller including superman and one for batman.
Comic book shop variant covers marvel comics variant covers. The first comic book marketed with a variant cover was the 1986 first issue of the man of steel, which featured two different covers by writerartist john byrne. In comic books, a variant cover sometimes variant edition refers to an issue of a comic book printed with multiple covers, each with unique cover art. Back in may, it was revealed marvel comics would be helping hype the upcoming video game marvel vs. Some of those characters include fan favorites such as starlord, silk, gwenpool, the punisher, scarlet witch, dazzler, miles morales spiderman, squirrel g. See more ideas about variant covers, comic books, comics.
Wonder woman 1984 variant covers postponed by dc comics. This is one of those spawn variants that only a true spawn collector would recognize as a incredibly rare variant. Love them or hate them, variant covers are a big part of the comic book industry. Nov 30, 2016 though somehow, over the course of the next year, i did manage to obtain all of the covers.
Jun 05, 2018 comic book variant covers collection nwi geeks. Variant covers are the big prizes for diehard comic collectors. Shirahama bleeding cool news and rumors superman comic books, comic. Featuring thousands of products at wholesale pricing with no need for a special wholesale account. Watch creative worlds collide like never before in the ultimate fusion of hiphop and the house of ideas. Not doing so could result in buying a cover you dont love and it just wasting space in your comic book boxes. Variant covers are a major problem to the comics industry syfy wire. All the exclusive covers we can get our hands on from other great stores. Depending on who you talk to these covers can be seen as a positive or a negative to the comic book industry, with many arguments on both sides of the fence. Star wars action figure variant covers checklist marvel. Oct 22, 2018 marvel has been killing it with their hiphop variants of comic book covers for a few years, and now theyre bringing them to reallife lps.
The avengers are a team of marvel comics superheroes. Today on variant, we lay out the comic book origin of the antimonitor, one of the mot powerful beings in the dc universe and the central villain in the cws crisis on infinite earths crossover. As other comic speculators have written, the comic book industry is bordering on that now. I hope this will be a good point of reference for all existing and new collectors of these fantastic variant covers. To this day, i still make the occasional impulse buy based solely on cover art that grabs my attention. Comic book shop variant covers dc comics variant covers. Marvels dark variant covers give a tantalizing glimpse of the xmens rachel grey and polaris as supervillains. Xmen variant cover unveils marvels darkest redesigns. Exclusive and variant comic books online sonnys comics. The worlds of comics and hiphop are colliding as urban legends, the urban catalog platform of universal music enterprises ume, and marvel comics collaborate for an ongoing exclusive album series that will feature variant covers for select collectors editions of some of the record labels most legendary hiphop releases. After my last column about variant covers some people have asked why. Comic shops using exclusive covers to draw customers local. See four moviethemed variant dc comics covers film. Infinite with a series of variant comic book covers set to be released in august.
Comic store in your future so why do i order variant. When ordering variant covers, stores are typically given the. Its going to be a huge summer for bombshells fans the popular line of dc collectibles statues will expand in exciting new ways with another amazing month of variant comic covers, two brand new statues and most intriguing of alla new digital first comic book series. It is fully searchable and includes data on creator credits, story details, or other publication details for comic books worldwide. Oct 15, 2018 these aquaman moviethemed comic book variant covers are definitely wallpaper worthy. Variant covers are a large part of comic book collecting with each cover giving readers something new to collect. In an elitist world where andy warhol could paint a can of soup and be hailed a genius, those responsible for some of the greatest art ever seen. Such comic book stores as ssalefish comics in winstonsalem and acme comics in greensboro order variant covers of some special issues often the first issue of a new title that are. Chip kidd creates variant cover for all 40 convergence titles. Earths mightiest heroes, as they were called by marvel, originally consisted of wasp, thor. The gcd is building the most comprehensive comics database. Uk online comic shop the best place to buy comic variant covers. And this variant s art blends in perfectly with all surrounding issues.
Dc comics has released some more great variant cover art for frank millers upcoming series dark knight iii. See more ideas about comic book covers, comics and comic art. Maybe collectors are just beginning to realize how awesome this cover depiction of the. As the studio continues to promote the movie, some cool variant comic book covers have now been revealed. We do have customers that buy both covers of the various dc issues. Rod lamberti of rodman comics writes weekly for bleeding cool.
Please consult your local comic book store for more information regarding the decade variant covers. Ive bought plenty of comics just for the cover art, and im fine with that. Whoa whoa whoa, paste didnt you just post the best comic book covers of december 2018 a few days ago. When an issue has two or more covers, the extra covers are called variant covers. Carol and johns comic book shop exclusive variant cover.
These four covers are just a handful of the titles that will get variant moviethemed covers in march. Artist john tyler christopher has done such a great job on all of. The complete visual history is the perfect gift for casual fans and comic book aficionados alike. Yes, we did, incredulous hypothetical reader, and now were closing out the year with a. These aquaman moviethemed comic book variant covers are. Its going to be a big summer for dc comics bombshells fans. Bleeding cool news and rumors comics, movies, tv, games. Comic artist simon bisley burst onto the scene with the painted fantasy series slaine. Frank cho is popular and his variant covers for harley quinn outsell the regular cover. See more ideas about comic book covers, comic books art and marvel comics.
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