"Variant" vs "Exclusive" ?

[jcjames]

 

What's the difference (if any) between a "variant" and a "retailer exclusive"?

 

I see some variants that say "variant" by the publisher and are simply different cover-artists, while other books that also say "variant" by the publisher but seem to be "exclusive" to one particular seller, with the seller's logo on it also.

 

Is there a difference? Or is it six-of-one/half-dozen-of-another?

 

 

[Brock]

All exclusives are variants, but not all variants are exclusives.

 

I'll be here all week...

 

 

[krighton]

One can be hotter than the other

[Lonzilla]

Exclusive doesn't always mean elusive

[jcjames]

All exclusives are variants, but not all variants are exclusives.

 

I'll be here all week...

 

Does CGC note the difference?

 

 

[krighton]

Variant could mean 1st print or 5th print

[Gunnz]

All exclusives are variants, but not all variants are exclusives.

 

I'll be here all week...

 

Does CGC note the difference?

 

 

Yes CGC differentiates, and I collect both.

[GeeksAreMyPeeps]

What's the difference (if any) between a "variant" and a "retailer exclusive"?

 

I see some variants that say "variant" by the publisher and are simply different cover-artists, while other books that also say "variant" by the publisher but seem to be "exclusive" to one particular seller, with the seller's logo on it also.

 

Is there a difference? Or is it six-of-one/half-dozen-of-another?

 

In short, a non-variant is the standard cover for any issue.

 

Variants can be any number of things. Generally it just means there is different cover art, but that might apply to covers that a retailer can order any amount of, covers that a retailer can order at restricted ratios of the total number of issues they order, reprints with a new cover, or covers that are exclusive to a particular retailer.

[valiantman]

What's the difference (if any) between a "variant" and a "retailer exclusive"?

 

I see some variants that say "variant" by the publisher and are simply different cover-artists, while other books that also say "variant" by the publisher but seem to be "exclusive" to one particular seller, with the seller's logo on it also.

 

Is there a difference? Or is it six-of-one/half-dozen-of-another?

 

In short, a non-variant is the standard cover for any issue.

 

Variants can be any number of things. Generally it just means there is different cover art, but that might apply to covers that a retailer can order any amount of, covers that a retailer can order at restricted ratios of the total number of issues they order, reprints with a new cover, or covers that are exclusive to a particular retailer.

 

+1

 

Variant = any "variation" in cover from the standard/normal/regular cover

 

Exclusive = a variant that has "rules" about how to get it (limited to a particular ordering ratio, or a particular comic shop, or a particular convention, etc.)