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April 24 2004

Different covers, same issue. An insight into how Marvel wants to cash in on Joss Whedon's Astonishing X-Men.

Simon | X-men | 22:55 CET | 7 comments total | tags:

I had a feeling that this would be the case as soon as DC started slipping back into the bad old ways.

After the retailing nightmare of the first deluge of multiple variant covers during the early to mid ninties you would think that the big gun companies would learn.

Guess not.

Kaine | April 24, 23:08 CET

Am I the only one somewhat disturbed by the fact that all of the options that Marvel has laided out for the Astonishing cover feature Wolverine looking badass in some manner?

I realize he's a popular character, but that's just ridiculous.

TheJoyofZeppo | April 24, 23:57 CET

Well, Marvel is definitely not about to have a cover featuring Wolverine reciting Chaucer in front of a fireplace. I've stopped reading comics for a while now, but I do remember the heydays of yore when it seemed like each issue of MacFarlane's Spiderman would have 3-4 different covers. However, I'll probably give this new X-Men title a quick perusal once it comes out.

splay | April 25, 02:44 CET

I think the idea was that you maybe have a cover or two without Wolverine, splay :) Correct me if I'm wrong, Zeppo. Although, personally, I think Wolverine reciting Chaucer WOULD be badass...

[ edited by zeitgeist on 2004-04-25 01:13 ]

zeitgeist | April 25, 03:13 CET

Definitely. Wolverine + Wife of Bath = Very Cool. Ooh, and the Summoner & the Pardoner...interesting...

marmoset | April 25, 07:09 CET

Chaucer? Chaucer's for ninnies. I want a cover with Wolvering sitting cross-legged, pouring over Moo by Jane Smiley.

Zeitgeist is correct. I was objecting more to the ever-prevalent Logan/whateverthehellhisnameisnow. How about a team shot or something involving Cyclops somehow...

TheJoyofZeppo | April 25, 10:28 CET

Emma Frost cheesecake would probably be a better option than Cyclops. The fanboys love to fantasize about 4 color, hyper-sexualized, anatomically idealized, dominatrix telepaths.

But realistically, there are probably 10,000 people who might be excited by a cover that featured Cyclops looking angry with an index finger on his visor. And financially speaking, the Wolverine cover can easily outsell a Cyclops cover. Wolverine may be an overexposed, pale shadow of what he once was...but there are thousands and thousands of fans who still can't get enough of him.

[ edited by Haborym on 2004-04-25 09:28 ]

[ edited by Haborym on 2004-04-25 22:16 ]

Haborym | April 25, 11:28 CET

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