Saturday, February 12, 2022

A Field Guide to Legion Cover Variants 2015-2018

The Field Guide to Legion Cover Variants, part 6: 2015-2018
The gallery, presented in chronological publication order along with cover date:

2015

Justice League United #6 - January 2015
Part 2 of the "Infinitus Saga" story arc. The combo pack version was recolored, a higher price, and polybagged, but included a code for a digital download of the issue, with some additional trade dress. The Lego cover was part of a line-wide gimmick that month.

Regular cover
Art by Andrew Robinson
Combo pack cover
Art by Andrew Robinson

Variant cover
Art by Rod Reis

Lego variant cover
Art by computer


Justice League United #7 - February 2015
Part 3 of the "Infinitus Saga" story arc. The combo pack version was recolored, a higher price, and polybagged, but included a code for a digital download of the issue, with some additional trade dress. The Darwyn Cooke cover was part of a line-wide gimmick that month.

Regular cover
Art by Andrew Robinson
Combo pack cover
Art by Andrew Robinson




Variant cover
Art by Rod Reis
Variant cover
Art by Andy Kubert
latest (1200×780) 


Justice League United #8 - March 2015
Part 4 of the "Infinitus Saga" story arc. The Flash 75th Anniversary cover was part of a line-wide gimmick that month.

Regular cover
Art by Andrew Robinson
Variant cover
Art by Rod Reis

Flash 75th Anniversary Variant cover
Art by Karl Kerschl




Justice League United #9 - April 2015
Part 5 of the "Infinitus Saga" story arc. The Harley Quinn variant cover was part of a line-wide gimmick that month.

Regular cover
Art by Andrew Robinson
Variant cover
Art by Matteo Scalera

Harley Quinn variant cover
Art by Mikel Janin




Justice League United #10 - May 2015
Part 6 of the "Infinitus Saga" story arc. The movie poster variant cover was part of a line-wide gimmick that month; this one was an homage to "Mars Attacks".


Regular cover
Art by Andrew Robinson
Variant cover
Art by Dan Hipp

Movie poster variant cover
Art by Marco D'Alfonso




Convergence: Superboy & The Legion #1 - June 2015
This variant is partial panel art from page 9 of Legion of Super-Heroes v3 #11, designed by Chip Kidd. Features the pre-Crisis Legion.

Regular cover
Art by Pia Guerra
Variant cover
Art by Ernie Colon & Larry Mahlstedt





Convergence: Booster Gold #1 - June 2015
This variant is partial panel art by Jason Fabok, designed by Chip Kidd. Features the pre-Crisis Legion.

Regular cover
Art by Dan Jurgens & Danny Miki
Variant cover
Art by Jason Fabok





Superman v3 #40 - June 2015
The scene on the 1/50 Gary Frank cover variant, featuring Superman and the Retroboot version of the Legion vs Validus, does not appear in this issue, and only this cover features the Legion (the regular cover is shown here for example; there are a total of 4 variants and 1 2nd printing).

Regular cover
Art by John Romita Jr & Klaus Janson
Variant cover
Art by Gary Frank


Convergence: Superboy & The Legion #2 - July 2015
This variant is partial panel art from page 9 of Legion of Super-Heroes v3 #11, designed by Chip Kidd. Features the pre-Crisis Legion.

Regular cover
Art by Pia Guerra
Variant cover
Art by Art by Ernie Colon & Larry Mahlstedt


Convergence: Booster Gold #2 - July 2015
This variant is partial panel art by Jason Fabok, designed by Chip Kidd. Features the pre-Crisis Legion.

Regular cover
Art by Dan Jurgens & Danny Miki
Variant cover
Art by Jason Fabok





Convergence: Blue Beetle #2 - July 2015
This variant is partial panel art from Crisis on Infinite Earths, designed by Chip Kidd. Features the Reboot Legion, who only appeared in issue 2.

Regular cover
Art by Brett Blevins
Variant cover
Art by George Perez & Dick Giordano


2017

Legion of Super-Heroes/Bugs Bunny #1 - August 2017
Two variants in equal numbers.

Cover A
Art by Tom Grummett & Karl Kesel
Cover B
Art by Ty Templeton




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