Help Request: researching complete lists of published books 1 1

[Arkham]

Hey all,

I’m reaching out for a little advice or guidance… I’m trying to find a definitive source that can tell me all of the variants published for a specific issue/series. I figure this list has to exist somewhere! 

For context, I’ve been collecting all the covers for The Joker (vol 2) raw. But just when I think I have snagged all the variants for the early issues, I stumble across more on eBay. (Like comic-shop sponsored limited run variants).

CLZ data is inaccurate. League of Comic Geeks is incomplete (I’m doing what I can to submit data here)… and I haven’t been able to find a list over at Lunar or DC. 

Does anyone have any tips?

Edited November 26, 2021 by Arkham

[topcat54]

This might help a little if you google this         The Joker (vol 2) covers list with images

Seems to show all the variants and reg covers

[Jesse-Lee]

On 11/26/2021 at 5:13 AM, Arkham said:

Hey all,

I’m reaching out for a little advice or guidance… I’m trying to find a definitive source that can tell me all of the variants published for a specific issue/series. I figure this list has to exist somewhere! 

For context, I’ve been collecting all the covers for The Joker (vol 2) raw. But just when I think I have snagged all the variants for the early issues, I stumble across more on eBay. (Like comic-shop sponsored limited run variants).

CLZ data is inaccurate. League of Comic Geeks is incomplete (I’m doing what I can to submit data here)… and I haven’t been able to find a list over at Lunar or DC. 

Does anyone have any tips?

League of Comic Geeks usually have the covers - not sure if it's 100%, but they list a ton - for example: https://leagueofcomicgeeks.com/comic/7411816/the-joker-1?variant=6691053

[Qalyar]

As best as I know, for #1:

• Guillem March cover (the base comic)
• Frank Quitely cover
• Francisco Martino cover
• Riccardo Federici sketch cover (1:25 incentive)
• Green blank cover
• Mark Brooks Team / Riccardo Federici cover
• Scorpion Comics / Rafael Grassiti cover
• Scorpion Comics / Rafael Grassiti minimal trade dress
• Scorpion Comics / Rafael Grassiti virgin
• Frankie's Comics / Gabriele Dell'Otto cover
• Frankie's Comics / Gabriele Dell'Otto minimal trade dress
• Frankie's Comics / Gabriele Dell'Otto virgin
• 616 / Francesco Mattina cover
• Jolzar / Francesco Mattina minimal trade dress
• Bird City Comics / Jonboy Meyers cover
• Bird City Comics / Jonboy Meyers minimal trade dress
• Comic Mint / John Giang cover
• State of Comics / Neal Adams cover
• Sanctum Sanctorum / Mimi Yoon cover
• Comics Elite / Ryan Brown cover
• Comics Elite / Ryan Brown minimal trade dress
• J. Scott Campbell cover
• J. Scott Campbell minimal trade dress
• J. Scott Campbell virgin
• Dynamic Forces / Ken Haeser cover

[John R]

Have you checked the Grand Comics Database - it seems to show a fair amount of covers - https://www.comics.org/issue/2205579/

[Brock]

You could also look at comicspriceguide.com - they may not be comprehensive, but they currently have 24 covers for #1 listed (for example).

[Arkham]

Thanks all. This is helpful and I appreciate it. @John R- I hadn’t looked at the GCD and that looks to be the most complete list that I’ve seen. I’ll save this to use again in the future. 

I was hoping that people might have some obscure links to publisher’s inventory lists (searchable historically) or some such - so I can self-serve in the future for other titles, but I’m already very happy to have GCD saved as a bookmark. 

[Qalyar]

On 11/30/2021 at 9:09 PM, Arkham said:

Thanks all. This is helpful and I appreciate it. @John R- I hadn’t looked at the GCD and that looks to be the most complete list that I’ve seen. I’ll save this to use again in the future. 

I was hoping that people might have some obscure links to publisher’s inventory lists (searchable historically) or some such - so I can self-serve in the future for other titles, but I’m already very happy to have GCD saved as a bookmark. 

Unfortunately, there are very rarely official cover lists from the publishers. You'd think there would be, but... with rare exceptions, nope.