Cover Swipes Slideshow

By Benjamin Nobel, March 6, 2017

This is a companion slideshow for my post entitled 7 Variants Destined For Future Classic Cover Status, showing example cover swipes that were discussed in the post, in a side-by-side format, with the original (“classic”) at the left of each slide, and the example cover swipe at the right. Being cover-swiped proved to be an excellent “test” as a marker for Spider-Man #1 and Amazing Spider-Man #300 both being on a track of future “Classic Cover” destiny (they were recently denoted as such by PGX), so thinking about other examples of noteworthy comic book covers that have been “swiped” at a later date, can help collectors pencil down a list of future classic cover contenders.  If creators are taking the time to swipe the original, there must be something pretty important about it!

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Action Comics #1; cover swipe: Amazing Spider-Man #306.

Amazing Fantasy #15; cover swipe: Amazing Spider-Man #252.

Amazing Spider-Man #300; cover swipe: Amazing Spider-Man #700.

Amazing Spider-Man #300; cover swipe: Incredible Hulk #344.

Amazing Spider-Man #300; cover swipe: Spawn #227.

Amazing Spider-Man #300; cover swipe: Amazing Spider-Man #301.

Spider-Man #1; cover swipe: Spider-Man #13.

Spider-Man #1; cover swipe: Spawn #8.

Spider-Man #1; cover swipe: G.I. Joe Special #1.

Incredible Hulk #340; cover swipe: Spawn #226.

Incredible Hulk #340; cover swipe: TMNT #22.

Batman #423; cover swipe: Spawn #230.

Batman #423; cover swipe: DC Rebirth Batman #1.

Secret Wars #8; cover swipe: Secret Wars #1 HeroesCon.

Secret Wars #4; cover swipe: Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars #1.

New Mutants #87; cover swipe: Youngblood #5.

Incredible Hulk #377; cover swipe: Fantastic Four #601.

Savage Dragon Limited Series #1; cover swipe: Spawn #220.

Thor #337; cover-swipe: Hulk #42.

X-Men #109; cover-swipe: Alpha Flight #17.

Uncanny X-Men #207; cover-swipe: Wolverine #310.

Amazing Spider-Man #606; cover swipe: Renew Your Vows #4.

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