Variant Covers LEGO / Marvel: What about plastic?

The variant covers (Different covers for the same magazine or comic number) are not new, in the USA the technique is commonly used and it is more and more used in France with certain magazines such as Studio Ciné Live or comics published by Panini.

In September 2013, LEGO and Marvel Comics will celebrate the launch of the LEGO Marvel Super Heroes video game with great support from variant covers for select titles with bulk: All-New X-Men # 17, Avengers # 21, Captain America # 12, Daredevil # 31, Fantastic Four # 13, Guardians Of The Galaxy # 7, Marvel Universe # 1, Mighty Avengers # 1 , etc., etc...

While the initiative is laudable and will appeal to American fans, the first thought that came to my mind is that LEGO does a lot of things with the Marvel license, but not necessarily plastic ...

Since the signing of the agreement between the giant of the toy and that of the comic, we must be satisfied with a few minifigs of Spider-Man, Captain America, Iron Man, Wolverine and a few others where the video game will integrate a good hundred characters and where fans of paper comics will also be able to feast on many characters drawn by great illustrators such as Leo Castellani, Christopher Jones and Adam DeKraker.

It is high time that LEGO decided to step up the pace of the release of Marvel minifigs by broadening its sources of inspiration ...

In short, rather than rambling on, I'll let you admire the three examples of variant covers with LEGO sauce among those that will be offered next September.