Variant Cover Help Please

[EvilE981]

I am new to comic books and wanted to ask some questions about variant covers and Google isn't helpful.

Mainly I wanted to know if a website exists where I could see a timeline of releases and varying cover art with statistics of how widely produced the variants were.

I just like to know my options before I spend money.

[Red's got the Blu's]

If you know the particular title(s) with variant covers you are interested in https://www.mycomicshop.com/ should have the info you are looking for. Hope that helps.

[Kinsella5]

Originally Posted by EvilE981

I am new to comic books and wanted to ask some questions about variant covers and Google isn't helpful.

Mainly I wanted to know if a website exists where I could see a timeline of releases and varying cover art with statistics of how widely produced the variants were.

I just like to know my options before I spend money.

What type of comics are you getting into? Marvel? DC? Image? Other publishers? I am sure some people can chime in on some good titles if you need any help. A few titles that just started so you could start from the beginning would be the following:

Oblivion Song (Image Comics/This is a monthly ongoing title from the co-creator of The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman, issue #2 just came out a week ago so you should be able to get the first two issue fairly easily. Image announced there would not be a second printing of the first issue, instead they did a larger first print run).

Isola (Image Comics/This is a monthly ongoing series, issue #1 came out two weeks ago, and has sold out. There was the main cover "A" when it was solicited a few months ago, but then a few weeks after that an order update for stores announced a cover "B" for the first issue which has a smaller print run of the "A" cover. With the first printing of both covers sold out, they are starting to climb in price, especially the "B" cover. There was also a C2E2 convention variant of the first issue and a retailer exclusive C2E2 seminar variant of the first issue. Second printings of #1 hit comic stores yesterday but on Midtown Comics website they have first printings of issue #1 (cover A only) available as well as a signed version for no additional charge by the two creators who did a signing at their store location a week or so ago.

Gideon Falls (Image Comics/A new monthly ongoing series by Jeff Lemire, a very talented writer and all around nice guy. Issue #2 just came out. Lemire also writes Descender, another Image series, which is a great series, but it is up there in number, so you may want to pick up the tradepaperbacks of it if they are out which I believe they are.

If you like super hero titles, DC is getting ready to re-launch Justice League with Scott Snyder writing it, but most of the other books they have done are well past 30+ issues in their Rebirth line. Marvel is getting ready to re-boot a number of their super hero books this summer too.

[rdm5777]

There is an app called "Fresh Comics" that breaks down upcoming releases by the week and usually has all the cover images including variants. It does not breakdown the ratios/rarity though.