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Guide to All the War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha #1 Variant Covers Featuring Boba Fett
[UPDATE: Looking for the regular #1 variants? Those are different than Alpha #1 and we have a separate guide for those, of which here are many as well.]
The roadmap in advance of the “War of the Bounty Hunters” series is a little confusing. It starts with War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha #1 (May 5), then jumps over to Star Wars #13 (May 12), Bounty Hunters #12 (May 19), Darth Vader #12 (May 26), and Doctor Aphra #10 (May 26) before resuming with War of the Bounty Hunters #1 (June 2) thru #5, all before “The Book of Boba Fett” premiers on Disney+ this December. There are even more spin-off, one-shot “companion” issues: War of the Bounty Hunters – Jabba the Hutt #1, plus more for IG-88, Boushh, and 4-LOM/Zuckuss.
To add to the campaign, there are an incredible amount of official variant covers. To help you know about them all, we not only log them in our massive database of Boba Fett collectibles, but we’ll go through them one by one in this article. (The numbering below is for convenience only and nowhere to be found on the issues themselves; they’re actually in the order we’ve learned of their existence.)
There are also micro variants, where there’s the cover with and without all the text on the front. Those have additional rarities and costs. There are also author autographed variants, which we won’t be segmenting out below. For the sake of a broad overview, these are just the primary variants from each artist/retailer.
Thanks to our friends at Fantha Tracks for contributing to some of our info below.
1. Star Wars: War of the Bounty Hunters Alpha #1 features the regular cover by Steve McNiven, who also illustrated the interior.
2. Action Figure Variant features cover art by John Tyler Christopher.
3. Director’s Cut Variant apparently features some extra pages with bonus sketch content from Steve McNiven.
4. Leinil Francis Yu Variant
5. McNiven Crimson Variant has a subtle variant look by Steve McNiven versus his regular cover.
6. McNiven Black Armor Variant has a bolder variant look by Steve McNiven versus his regular cover.
7. Director’s Cut Sketch Variant likely contains all of what Director’s Cut Variant (see above) adds, but just with the different art on the front.
8. Marco Turini Variant is exclusively available from Limited Edition Comix (U.K., no longer available) and Legacy Comics (U.S.).
9. David Nakayama Variant is exclusively available from Street Level Hero (California), Unknown Comic Books (Texas), Comic Traders (Canada), and Royal Comic Books (New York).
10. InHyuk Lee Variant is exclusively available from Mutant Beaver Comics, Black Flag Comics, KRS Comics, and East Side Comics, at 9am Pacific on Friday, April 16.
11. Sara Pichelli Variant, featuring Fett in his poncho, is sold exclusively at Scorpion Comics.
12. Bernard Chang Variant is available exclusively at Things From Another World starting April 15 at 11am Pacific.
13. Mico Suayan Variant is exclusively available from Street Level Hero (California), Unknown Comic Books (Texas), Comic Traders (Canada), and Royal Comic Books (New York).
14. Jan Duursema Variant is exclusively available from Two Twenty-One Comics and Kowabunga Comics.
15. Giuseppe Camuncoli Variant is exclusively available from Bird City Comics, Jolzar Collectibles, Comics Elite, and The 616 Comics as of Wednesday, April 14th at 6pm Pacific.
16. David Lopez Variant is sold exclusively at Mega Gaming & Comics on eBay.
17. Phil Noto Variant is sold exclusively at State of Comics and The One Stop Shop Comics.
18. Stefano Landini Variant is exclusively available from The Comic Book Dealer (no longer available), Izzy’s Comics, and Major Payne’s Comic Compound.
19. Neal Adams Variant is exclusively available from Antihero Gallery on Friday, April 16 at 2:30pm Pacific.
20. Chris Sprouse Variant is exclusively available from Big Time Collectibles this Friday, April 16 at noon Pacific / 2pm Central.
21. Ken Lashley Variant is exclusively available from Gotham Central Comics starting April 15 at noon Pacific / 3pm Eastern.
22. Will Sliney Variant is exclusively available from Jetpack Comics & Games.
23. Erik M. Gist Variant is exclusively available from IGComicstore starting April 23rd at 10am Central. (They’ll be showing off the cover themselves on April 20, but BFFC got a sneak peek.) Mutant Beaver Comics also is selling copies.
24. Carlo Pagulayan Variant is exclusively available April 17 at 9am Pacific from Devil Dog Comics.
25. Tommy Lee Edwards Variant is exclusively available in trade dress and virgin-plus-trade-dress formats from Ultimate Comics as of April 16.
26. Mike Mayhew Variant is exclusively available from the artist’s website starting April 25 at 11am Pacific. Mutant Beaver Comics also has it for sale.
27. Minkyu Jung Variant is exclusively available from Comic Kingdom in Canada and also shared with Comics Elite in the U.S. as of April 24.
28. Clayton Crain Variant is exclusively available from Black Flag Comics starting Tuesday, April 27 at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern. It sold out quickly, but KRS Comics will have some to sell on Wednesday, April 28 at 9am Pacific / 12pm Eastern.
29. Khoi Pham Variant is exclusively available from Frankie’s Comics starting Wednesday, April 28 at 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern. Golden Apple Comics will also carry it while supplies last.
30. Todd Nauck Variant is exclusively available May 4 from Comic Kingdom in Canada and Comics Elite in the U.S.
31. Ramon F. Bachs Variant was revealed on May 4 and sold as a set (text and textless covers) by ComicBookExclusives.com for $79.99.
32. Paolo Villanelli Variant has a limited edition of 600. Listed as a May 5 release but it went on sale on May 9 at The Comic Mint and Mutant Beaver Comics. There may be other shared retailers, but it’s not clear.
About the Author, Aaron Proctor
Founder and editor of the Boba Fett Fan Club, established in 1996. Aaron curates all of the content for BFFC and also designs/develops the website. He works with a team of volunteers worldwide. When not volunteering here, he's a cinematographer and runs his own production company.
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