There should be a rule that what's on the cover should be related to the contents of the book, not some random set of characters just because they're having an anniversary. (I really like that West Coast Avengers covers, but Spider-Man isn't on it, and are they even in the book?)
Maybe it could be called something like 'false advertising' or something.
~ Le Messor
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~ Erica Jong
My comment wasn't about variants in general (though I don't like those), but about variants that have nothing to do with the actual contents of the book.
I think Marrina was never an official member of the Avengers - which would be why she isn't on that cover.
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~ Anonymous
Oh, I totally got what your point was, I just meant that I disagree.
I like having company-wide theme variants, even if it doesn't reflect the inside.
But that that should be the only variant that month/issue.
Well, it's all cleared up now, my improper reading aside.
We can safely ignore the Marrina-issue variant, then! ('Ignore' here means either skip the issue if you don't read the series, or pick it up if you do.)
One thing I'll give Marvel with all these variants: at least, unlike IDW, they don't advertise each variant cover inside every single issue they print. That's always bugged me about them.
Originally Posted by Phil
However, Avengers #675
I've just realised that all this renumbering has at least one advantage:
I've been saying for a while that if I wanted to start reading The Avengers right now, I honestly wouldn't know what book to pick up.
Now I would.
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