That time I rolled my eyes at a guy collecting variant covers... then I bought one

I was at a comic shop in Portland last month, and there was this dude arguing with the owner about a variant cover for some Batman issue I'd never even heard of. I'm standing there thinking, 'It's just a different picture on the front, who cares?' But then the owner pulled out this foil cover for a book I actually liked, Spider-Verse #5 or something. It had this shiny red and black design that looked way cooler in person than online. I ended up buying it for $12 just to see what the fuss was about. Now I'm kinda paranoid I'll start wanting more of them... has anyone else gotten pulled into that trap by just one cover?

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lilys815d ago

That "arguing with the owner about a variant cover" thing really got my attention. I was at a flea market last summer and saw two guys have this whole debate over a Deadpool variant that had a typo on the spine. I thought it was the dumbest thing ever until I found a copy of Immortal Hulk with a glow-in-the-dark cover at a garage sale for two bucks. Now I have three glow-in-the-dark covers sitting on my shelf and I keep checking ebay for more.

wendy_garcia165d ago

Three glow in the dark covers in one summer is pretty solid luck honestly. I got my first one by accident and now I check every dusty bin at thrift stores for them too.