Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Variant covers have an interesting history, ranging from price variants to sketch cover variants and in between, led to various gimmick covers: glow in the dark, chromium, die cut, embossed, holograms, holofoil and more. This episode looks at the history of gimmick covers for comics, looks at the best and worst comic covers and discusses the business side.

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