A Field Guide to Legion Cover Variants, 2020

The Field Guide to Legion Cover Variants, part 8: 2020

1958-2005, 2006-2007, 2008-2009, 2010-2011, 2012-2014, 2015-2018, 2019, 2020, 2021-2022

Unused covers, Second printings 

The gallery, presented in chronological publication order along with cover date:

Legion of Super-Heroes (volume 8) #1 - January 2020
Issue 1 had four variants sold in the stores 11/6/19, three different covers plus a blank sketch cover (which was the standard Superboy cover inside). Another variant was sold at Local Comic Shop Day on 11/23/19, this is the whole Millennium artwork by Hitch all on one cover. Finally, the standard Sook cover was used as the cover to the September 2019 DC Previews magazine insert.

LSH volume 8 #1 Standard cover Art by Ryan Sook	LSH volume 8 #1 Sook cardstock variant Art by Ryan Sook
LSH volume 8 #1 Cheung cardstock variant Art by Jim Cheung and Romulo Fajardo Jr	LSH volume 8 #1 Blank sketch variant Art by N/A (Sook Superboy cover inside)
LSH volume 8 #1 Local Comic Shop Day variant Art by Bryan Hitch	DC Previews #17 Based on the standard cover Art by Ryan Sook

Legion of Super-Heroes (volume 8) #2 - February 2020
Issue 2 had two variants sold in the stores on 12/18/19.

LSH volume 8 #2 Standard cover Art by Ryan Sook	LSH volume 8 #2 Cheung cardstock variant Art by Jim Cheung

Legion of Super-Heroes(volume 8) #3 - March 2020

Issue 3 had two variants in stores 1/15/20.

LSH volume 8 #3 Standard cover Art by Ryan Sook	LSH volume 8 #3 Cheung cardstock variant Art by Jim Cheung

Legion of Super-Heroes (volume 8) #4 - April 2020
Issue 4 had two variants on 2/19/20 (originally scheduled for 2/4 but delayed by two weeks).

LSH volume 8 #4 Standard cover Art by Ryan Sook and Travis Moore	LSH volume 8 #4 Cardstock variant Art by Alex Garner

Legion of Super-Heroes (volume 8) #5 - May 2020
Issue 5 had two variants on 3/25/20. This was on sale the week that the industry shut down due to the coronavirus.

LSH volume 8 #5 Standard cover Art by Ryan Sook and Travis Moore	LSH volume 8 #5 Cardstock variant Art by Alex Garner

From Beyond the Unknown Giant #1 - May 2020
The one on the left came out as a Walmart exclusive on 2/14/20, while the one on the right with the new cover came out in comic shops on 3/25/20 - the week that the industry shut down due to the coronavirus. The interiors are the same. "From Beyond the Unknown" was a 1969-73 science-fiction reprint book from DC; this Giant issue has three new stories and three reprints. The Legion story is from continuity that likely occurred between LSH v2 Annual #1 and #290, right before the Great Darkness (see this post for more details).

From Beyond the Unknown Giant #1 Walmart cover Art by Jose Luis Garcia-Lopez (reprinted from DC Comics Presents #2)	From Beyond the Unknown Giant #1 Direct Sales cover Art by Kenneth Rocafort (new art)

Legion of Super-Heroes (volume 8) #6 - August 2020
Issue 6 had two variants on 6/9/20. This was the first issue back after the industry shut down in March due to the coronavirus. Interestingly, speculators decided that this issue has the potential to be the next hot book due to the character of Gold Lantern, who is spotlighted on the cover (pay no attention to the fact that he actually debuted in LSH: Millennium #2). Interest in this book was so high that it sold out within 3 days of going on sale, prompting DC to go back to print on this one (released July 7) as well as add a new variant cover to issue 7.

LSH volume 8 #6 Standard cover Art by Ryan Sook and Travis Moore	LSH volume 8 #6 Second printing Art by Ryan Sook and Travis Moore
LSH volume 8 #6 Cardstock variant Art by Alex Garner

Legion of Super-Heroes (volume 8) #7 - September 2020
Issue 7 had two variants on 7/28/20. Speculators decided that issue #6 was hot due to the character of Gold Lantern, who was spotlighted on the cover. Interest in this book was so high that it sold out within 3 days of going on sale and sold on ebay for $15-20 each, prompting DC to add a new variant cover to issue 7 (rather than going back to print on issue 6). The cover artwork is from Sook based on his original character designs, with a gold background, and was offered at 1:25.

LSH volume 8 #7 Standard cover Art by Ryan Sook	LSH volume 8 #7 Cardstock variant Art by Alex Garner
LSH volume 8 #7 Cardstock 1:25 variant cover Art by Ryan Sook

Legion of Super-Heroes (volume 8) #8 - October 2020

Issue 8 had two variants in August.

LSH volume 8 #8 Standard cover Art by Ryan Sook	LSH volume 8 #8 Cardstock variant Art by Dustin Nguyen

Flash #758 - October 2020
Issue 758 had two variants in August. The Tornado Twins appear; they are described as "the corrupted Tornado Twins—his children from the future!" 

Flash #758 Standard cover Art by Rafa Sandoval	Flash #758 Cardstock variant without trade dress Art by Inhyuk Lee

Legion of Super-Heroes (volume 8) #9 - November 2020

Issue 9 had two variants in September.

LSH volume 8 #9 Standard cover Art by Ryan Sook	LSH volume 8 #9 Cardstock variant Art by Dustin Nguyen

Legion of Super-Heroes (volume 8) #10 - December 2020

Issue 10 had two variants in October.

LSH volume 8 #10Standard cover Art by Ryan Sook	LSH volume 8 #10 Cardstock variant Art by Dustin Nguyen