Today we continue with our 880s events that shaped the 2000s and we are discussing the variant cover.

In fact, we are discussing the birth of the variant

cover variant covers are everywhere that you are collecting them your your retailer is pulling out

his hair trying to figure out how many to order it is the age of the variance and you think

that the variant cover uh became a thing in the 90s and you would be wrong.

It was born in the 80s.

This craze has its roots deep in the 80s.

We're going to walk you through all of the timelines

and find out exactly how we ended up with variance

the way that we did now and we're doing it today on an all new

episode of Rob'servation.

Hey everybody and welcome to another edition of Robeservations. I am your host, Rob Liefeld, and these

are my observations. I have been making comics for just

shy of 40 years, four decades in this business that I love so much. That is my passion, that is my

obsession, making, creating, writing, drawing, producing comic books. And I have been consuming them

for 50 years since I was seven years old pulling them off

of these incredible spinner racks.

Observations exist to celebrate the world of comic books, the world of superheroes, the amazing

creators and the movers and shakers behind the scenes that have created and contributed

to the modern comic book industry.

Today we are continuing our series eight 80s events that shape the 2000s, and we are going to

look at the birth, the modern day birth of the variant comic book. Yes, the variant comic book.

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