Variant Cover Status

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Variant Cover Status

We record the status of the variant cover in its own field.

  1. No Difference: variant with both cover artwork and cover image identical to the base issue.
  2. Only Scan Difference: variant with different cover image, but cover artwork identical to the base issue. The differences in the cover images are typically Prices, trade dress, UPC numbers or lack thereof, distribution marks such as Newsstand or Whitman, or similar changes to items other than the cover artwork.
  3. Artwork Difference: variant with cover artwork different than the base issue. Here, the cover artwork is different, which in addition to its own scan also need its own sequence, as the credits, characters, etc. can be different.


For the first two, the variant issue shows the cover sequence of the base issue. For the third one, the variant shows its own cover sequence, if indexed.

For the first one, the variant issue shows the cover image of the base issue. For the last two, the variant shows its own cover scan, if uploaded.

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