What Up CHU? Mel V. back with your weekly Variant picks for 7/31/19, a “POCKET BREAKING WEEK.” Before I hop into what I’m feeling I want to invite you guys to check out a new podcast thingy I’m working on called ‘ITS DRUNKEN CHAT SON!!’ It features some of the great spec minds (even Tony Hammock has made several appearances) just chillin, having fun, and talking about what we all love, comics! And it’s a ton of fun so head on over to https://www.youtube.com/user/treazus hit subscribe and enjoy the ride
Like I said its some fantastic books this week ..Starting with
Black Panther Vol 7 #14 Cover B Variant Ryan Brown Carnage-Ized Cover – As we all know by know, I hate doing theme of the month covers, but these Carnage-ized covers have been so darn good, I cant pass them up. This Black Panther would make a great T Shirt. It feels like I have not said that in a long while
Canto #2 Cover B Incentive Morgan Beem Variant Cover – One of the hottest indy books makes its return with issue 2. Hitting good money on eBay already. I’m also hearing rumors of allocations. Good luck in your hunts
Conan The Barbarian Vol 4 #8 Cover B Variant Bill Sienkiewicz Carnage-Ized Cover – This right here, if a store had done a virgin of this, I’d break my “no store variant rule” in a heart beat. This is one fantastic cover and I’m going to put this as a cover of the year candidate. I kinda wish this was a high ratio incentive that didn’t have a store variant. That would have been great as well, but Damn, I love this cover .
GEARS OF WAR POP ONE-SHOT 1 Nico Pena BW Variant – I don’t really understand why this is hitting $20-25 bucks… but it is. It’s a 1:10, I’m not even sure how many stores would qualify for this. This is a weird one… stay tuned
Gutt Ghost Till We Meet Again #1 Secret Variant – Those who know me know I loved the concept of Gutt Ghost since I first saw him in 2016. I cant even describe why.. Its a Ghost with Gutts and it is freakin’ awesome. It already has an insane fan base, a self made toyline, cosplayers, and even a fight with Jason Vorheesee. It was even featured in Heavy Metal Magazine issue 238. Enzo Garza is a great guy and I wish him a lot of luck with the project. As far as the secret variant, this is taking off hot right out the gate. My sources are telling me that only 100 of the 350 copies were shipped to stores and the other 200 were on Scouts website… good luck in the hunts
Killers #1 Cover E Variant Whilce Portacio Cover – While I’d admit I don’t read a lot of Valiant books, this one peeks my interest. I chose this cover because I have been a fan of Portacio since I had all black hair. Now the grays have taken over and I still dig his work
Leave On The Light #1 Cover B – Another one of those indy books that have a great fanbase. Not sure why this one did not sell out as of yet, but I tell ya if you love 80’s horror then you will love this ..especially if you love the movie Shocker
Marvel Comics Presents Vol 3 #7 Cover B Incentive Rahzzah Variant Cover – The Tale of Wolverines Daughter… or is she, stay tuned next on Maury lol.. no matter what happens in this, I love the cover as well as Rahzzah’s work on this one
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES 96 1:10 Variant – Well it seems like Jenika isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, and I missed the boat on her grrrrrrr, this 1:10 is selling at well right now .