Yes, absolutely, doing a single variant is a cool way to help promote your business. Oct 12, 2019 this board is specifically for posting variant covers of comic books. Prevalent with comic books, variant covers refers to a comic printed with multiple covers. Now firmly established in the comic book collecting community, variant comics often change hands for big money. Comic book shop owner talks variant comics duration. The comic book publisher may wish to contact or be involved with your contacting the artists to setup. What was the first virgin comic book variant cover. Harvey acquired the license to the japanese monsterhunter, ultraman, with a creative team of dwayne mcduffie and ernie colon who had recently worked together on damage control for marvel at the time and they named their proposed new line of comics ultracomics. A common subtype of this distribution model includes a limitedrun variant cover that is only available from a specific convention, or from dedicated comic book shops, or even specific comic book shops, if they have enough pull with the publisher. Shop newbury comics exclusive, limited edition variant comics from marvel, dc comics and indie publishers including titles form star wars, batman, spiderman, deadpool. They are surrounded by a space battle between xwings, assemblywings and tie fighters. The complete visual history, the dark knight manual, and the world according to batman, and is a book that.
The purpose of these covers is to encourage fans to acquire multiple copies in order to complete their collection. Idw publishing w michael moreci a arianna florean, derek charm ca derek charm. What comic shop wouldnt want to do a store exclusive. Dec 28, 2018 the 50 best comic book covers of 2018. Mar 03, 2015 marvels wolverine variant cover month tended to straddle a line between covers that featured the star of the normal book with wolverine or just straight up wolverine by himself on the cover, even if it was the variant cover to iron mans book. 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. Find recently released variants from 3050% off in our tfaw variant sale. All the exclusive covers we can get our hands on from other great stores. Issues of the walking dead typically came out monthly and contained. Best comic book cover artist of 2018 jenny frison comics. Marvel comic character, marvel comic books, comic book characters, marvel dc comics, marvel characters, marvel heroes, captain marvel, marvel. For the first time ever, explore the complete visual history of dc comics variant comic book covers in this amazing collection. It may be up to you to contact the artists and tell them about the variant cover that you and the comic book publisher have agreed to work on on. Marvels wolverine variant cover month tended to straddle a line between covers that featured the star of the normal book with wolverine or just straight up wolverine by himself on the cover, even if it was the variant cover to iron mans book.
However, the second you add in that limited virgin cover, well that argument becomes a whole lot tougher to swallow. 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. Each variant cover comes with a free top loader and is packed with additional stiff board and gemini comic book mailer for protected shipping. Sometimes an issue is so popular that the publisher will go back to press for a new printing, or offer a variant cover edition. The complete visual history dives into the stellar world of these limited edition pieces of art. Comic book shop shop variant covers dc comics variant.
As far back as the 1980s, comic book companies have lured collectors with variant covers, limitededition releases of comic books with different covers than the main run. Variant covers are a major problem to the comics industry syfy. Superman was the most successful of them, created by joe shuster and jerry siegel, who had been looking for a home for superman for many years prior to action comics. A variant cover also referred to as a variant edition refers to a comic book issue with multiple different covers produced. But if theres one you really want and its a smaller shop, id just ask them about it and theyll probably give you a better answer than anyone here could. While obiwan kenobi, anakin skywalker, and other jedi knights confront count dooku, two.
Sometimes these are just a different artists version of the cover or contain a different art style. This exciting weekly series explores a time of great upheaval in the galaxythe clone wars. Jun 05, 2018 comic book variant covers collection nwi geek. You need to be careful, however, about what you are picking out. Paste didnt you just post the best comic book covers of december 2018 a few days. See more ideas about comic book covers, comics and comic art. Comic shops using exclusive covers to draw customers. When ordering variant covers, stores are typically given the following. This rare cover variant has luke skywalker, han solo, princess leia, and obiwan kenobi in the forefront with darth vaders helmet looming behind them. See more ideas about comic books, comics and comic covers. The issue was previously solicited as having a variant, but the content. Aug 22, 20 variant covers are a large part of comic book collecting with each cover giving readers something new to collect.
Exclusive and variant comic books online sonnys comics. For a full collection of currently added variant covers go here. Variant covers are a large part of comic book collecting with each cover giving readers something new to collect. Action comics is much more than just the first appearance of the man of steel however, representing the. When ordering variant covers, stores are typically given the.
A variant, simply put, is a book that has the exact same story inside, but the cover is different or just has some unique characteristics to it. Many new comics sell out just after theyre released. To this day, i still make the occasional impulse buy based solely on cover art that grabs my attention. Comic shops using exclusive covers to draw customers local. This greatly changes the dynamic of a books print run making it. This greatly changes the dynamic of a books print run making it nearly. Get the best deals on variant comic when you shop the largest online selection at. Variant covers are the big prizes for diehard comic collectors. The seven wives club oneshot adam hughes variant cover november 11, 2020. For example, a limited convention variant sold at the san diego comic con 2018 will usually show as sdcc 2018 or sdcc 18. The best way to identify a convention variant is by finding the logo and year of the specific convention it was sold at on the front or back cover of the comic book. This book is published by the amazing people over at insight editions, who are responsible for the release of some fantastic books like dc comics supervillains.
When a team seeking a cure for a global pandemic breaches u. See a gallery of 15 variant covers for marvel comics. Variant edition comics refer to those comic books with different unique covers by various artists. In this special oversized first issue, readers will journey into the near future, and an unknown nation that was once the united states of americaa land thats become shrouded in mystery after walling itself off from the rest of the world without explanation over thirty years ago. 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. Jun 22, 2018 a variant, simply put, is a book that has the exact same story inside, but the cover is different or just has some unique characteristics to it. Every week in a new installment of leading questions, the young, lantern jawed publisher of comics bulletin mark stack will ask comanaging editor chase magnett a question he must answer. A particularly controversial type of variant cover is the retailerincentive cover. Get the best deals on variant comic when you shop the largest. Usually my local shop carries a good number of variants. There are some variants where the shop can only get one for every of the regular cover they order and so on, so those i would have to find online if i really wanted one. The first virgin variant, though, was in 1993, as part of harvey comics attempt to get in on the shared comic book universe game.
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