Marvel Universe To Get 'TRON: Legacy' Treatment With Variant Covers
When Disney purchased Marvel everyone thought of the ways the Mouse would incorporate and promote Marvel characters but few thought of the flip side. One of the first examples is yet another piece of TRON: Legacy marketing (and there has been a lot). Several of Marvel's most popular comic book characters – Spider-Man, Iron Man, Wolverine, etc – are set to be "TRON-ified" on variant covers of upcoming issues. After the break, we've got all the covers as well as which issues you need to buy and their release dates.
Here is a gallery of all the covers:
And here's a short list of the issues they are on:
• AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #651 TRON Variant, featuring Spider-Man
• AVENGERS #7 TRON Variant. featuring Spider-Woman
• AVENGERS ACADEMY #7 TRON Variant, featuring Quicksilver
• CAPTAIN AMERICA #612 TRON Variant, featuring Captain America
• INCREDIBLE HULKS #618 TRON Variant, featuring Ghost Rider
• INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #33 TRON Variant, featuring Iron Man
• NEW AVENGERS #7 TRON Variant, featuring Ms. Marvel
• SECRET AVENGERS #7 TRON Variant, featuring Moon Knight
• THOR #617 TRON Variant, featuring Thor
• WOLVERINE #4 TRON Variant, featuring Wolverine
Finally here's the detailed list, including artists and release dates:
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #651 TRON VARIANT (OCT100568)
Written by DAN SLOTT
Pencils & Cover by HUMBERTO RAMOS
Back-up Story pencils by STEFANO CASELLI
Tron Variant by MARK BROOKS
Rated A ...$3.99
FOC-11/19/10, On-Sale-12/15/10
AVENGERS #7 TRON VARIANT (SEP100583)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils and Cover by MIKE DEODATO JR.
Blank Cover Variant Also Available
Gatefold Variant Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Variant Cover by ED McGUINNESS
Tron Variant Cover by BRANDON PETERSON
Rated A ...$3.99
FOC-10/22/10, On-Sale-11/17/10
AVENGERS ACADEMY #7 TRON VARIANT (OCT100576)
Written by CHRISTOS GAGE
Pencils & Cover by MIKE McKONE
Variant Cover by ED McGUINNESS
Tron Variant by BRANDON PETERSON
Rated A ...$2.99
FOC-11/19/10, On-Sale-12/15/10
CAPTAIN AMERICA #612 TRON VARIANT (SEP100612)
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by BUTCH GUICE
Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC
Tron Variant Cover by MARK BROOKS
Rated T+ ...$3.99
FOC-10/29/10, On-Sale-11/24/10
INCREDIBLE HULKS #618 TRON VARIANT (OCT100603)
Written by GREG PAK
Penciled by PAUL PELLETIER
Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN
Tron Variant by MARK BROOKS
Rated T+ ...$3.99
FOC-11/11/10, On-Sale-12/8/10
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #33 TRON VARIANT (OCT100613)
Written by MATT FRACTION
Art & Cover by SALVADOR LARROCA
Tron Variant by BRANDON PETERSON
Rated A ...$3.99
FOC-11/26/10, On-Sale-12/22/10
NEW AVENGERS #7 TRON VARIANT (OCT100573)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Pencils & Cover by STUART IMMONEN
Tron Variant by MARK BROOKS
Rated A ...$3.99
FOC-10/22/10, On-Sale-11/17/10
SECRET AVENGERS #7 TRON VARIANT (SEP100585)
Written by ED BRUBAKER
Penciled by MIKE DEODATO JR.
Cover by MIKE DEODATO JR.
Tron Variant Cover by MARK BROOKS
Rated T+ ...$3.99
FOC-10/29/10, On-Sale-11/24/10
THOR #617 TRON VARIANT (SEP100641)
Written by MATT FRACTION
Pencils & Cover by PASQUAL FERRY
Tron Variant by BRANDON PETERSON
Rated T+ ...$3.99
On-Sale-11/10/10
WOLVERINE #4 TRON VARIANT (OCT100649)
Written by JASON AARON
Penciled by RENATO GUEDES
Cover by JAE LEE
Tron Variant by BRANDON PETERSON
Parental Advisory ...$3.99
FOC-11/11/10, On-Sale-12/1/10
This reminds me of the days of old where comics like X-Men #1 had like 10 variant covers and I collected all of them under the illusion that they'd be worth anything. Will you try and collect all of these?
For more information on all of these issues, check out the official Marvel website.