Fred Slota Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 Starting m campaign to clean up the recording of connecting covers, and right from the start, I find some holes that I think I could use some help identifying. Found 294 issues with "tych" in Notes or Item Description, 1,126 with "connect" (which might or might not be what I'm looking for), totaling 1,415 with overlaps. 1) The first issue in m list is 10th Muse #2/D, 2/F, 2/G, all with the same cover scan, all with identical Item Description of "1 of 4 interconnecting covers (leftmost)", yet 2/F is supposedly Gold Foil and 2/ is supposedly Red Foil. There are no other comics with "of 4 interconnecting". I'm guessing 2/D is the correct 1st; any idea who the other three were? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 2_ Action Comics #1054/B, Item Description "Super-Workout Connecting Card Stock Variant Cover by David Talaski" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 3) The 5-ptych cover conveniently collected in the gatefold cover of Uncanny Inhumans, The (2nd Series) #1/C... ?????, featuring Black Bolt Uncanny Inhumans, The (2nd Sereis) #1/B Uncanny Inhumans, The (2nd Series), #2/A All-New Inhumans #1/B Karnak #1/B 3a) Is the Cover Artist "Jim Cheung" different from "Jimmy Cheung"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 14, 2023 Author Share Posted February 14, 2023 4) Amazing Spider-Man, The #800/P, Item Description "Midtown Comics Connecting Variant Cover by Francesco Mattina". Appears to be 2nd of a diptych, having a split Spider-Man on the left edge. Cover Date 7/1/2018. Might the 1st of diptych be Venom (4th Series) #1/V30, Item Description "Midtown Comics Connecting Virgin Variant Cover by Francesco Mattina & Will Sliney", also with a 7/1/2018 Cover Date? There is no image at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 5) Battle Chasers #4/A and 4/C indicate that there is a connecting 4-ptych across the back covers..., can anyone confirm this with #4/B and 4/D? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven L. Dasinger Posted February 16, 2023 Share Posted February 16, 2023 21 minutes ago, Fred Slota said: Battle Chasers #4/A and 4/C indicate that there is a connecting 4-ptych across the back covers..., can anyone confirm this with #4/B and 4/D? I can sort of confirm it. Read Comic Online has as the last 4 pages what is a 4-part image (2 x 2) that is probably the back covers (but not stated as such). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 16, 2023 Author Share Posted February 16, 2023 Just an note on my progress... I've tagged about 1400 possible connecting issues. Walking through into the middle 'D's, I've documented 433 connecting issues so far, including a number of previously unidentified pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 Marc Ellerby has a connecting cover across a number of Doctor Who titles from Titan in 2017? I found Doctor Who: The Third Doctor #5/E Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor (2nd Series) #10/C Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor Year Three #1/C Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor Year Three #3/C ????? Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor Year 2 #15/C Numerically, you would think Doctor 11 connects to Doctor 12. However, there appears to be a discontinuity between them. Anyone else have an idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 18, 2023 Author Share Posted February 18, 2023 Edge of Spider-Verse (2nd Series) Alan Quah has connecting covers across the 5 issues in three flavors, Regular, Virgin and NYCC Virgin Appears to be a gap of a missing #3/I between 3/H and 3/J for the middle issue of the Virgin cover series. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 19, 2023 Author Share Posted February 19, 2023 So, there's a collage fully visible on Fantastic Four Omnibus #4/A. The top is a wraparound from Fantastic Four (6th Series) #1/B The bottom right is from Fantastic Four (6th Series) # 2/C 1) Any idea where the bottom left might be? If anyone has the Omnibus, does it credit the cover image source? 2) Should this be called a triptych or a 4-ptych? I'm thinking triptych. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 (edited) Fathom (3rd Series) There is a triptych cover across variants of #12-14. Plain logo across 12/C, 13/A, 14/B Gold Foil Logo across 12/D, 13/B, 14/E Blue Foil Logo across ???, 13/C, ??? Signed plain logo across ???, 13/D, 14/C And 14/D is supposedly an unsigned ??? version of 14/F, which is by implication a signed ??? version. The signed versions claim to have been official solicitations. 1) Any info on issues 12 and 14 variants for Blue Foil Logo? 2) Any info on issue 12 variant for signed plain logo? 3) Any clarification of what 14/D and 14/F are, or are they dupes of 14/C and 14/B? Edited February 20, 2023 by Fred Slota Found another variant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 5-ptch across Generations: Banner Hulk & Totally Awesome Hulk #1/E Generations: Phoenix & Jean Grey #1/F Generations: Wolverine & All-New Wolverine #1/G Generations: The Unworthy Thor & The Mighty Thor #1/L Generations: Hawkeye & Hawkeye #1/E virgin cover 5-ptch across Generations: Banner Hulk & Totally Awesome Hulk #1/H Generations: Phoenix & Jean Grey ??? Generations: Wolverine & All-New Wolverine ??? Generations: The Unworthy Thor & The Mighty Thor #1/K Generations: Hawkeye & Hawkeye ??? Any info the missing virgin covers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 John Tyler Christopher looks to have done a 8-ptych across variants of the 2019 Annuals Acts of Evil storyline. There are cover scans for 6, that make an interrupted sequence. The Punisher (12th Series) Anl 1/A Venom (4th Series) Anl 2019/B ??? She Hulk Annual 1/A Ghost Spider Anl 1/A Moon Knight Annual 1/B Wolverine Annual 1/A One is missing a scan, so can't be placed. (The Magnificent Ms. Marvel Anl 1/B) The other either has an incorrect Cover Artist credit (Nic Clein, same as for the main cover) and no scan, or isn't currently entered. (Deadpool (6th Series) Anl 1/A). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 20, 2023 Author Share Posted February 20, 2023 Grim Fairy Tales (Vol. 2) Issue 52 Eric Basaldua has apparently done several sets of wraparound gatefold/triptych covers, but the scans and notes are inconsistent and incomplete. /H, cover scan is of a wraparound gatefold pencil sketch, but the notes also say "2 of 3" /I, cover scan is of a wraparound gatefold Z-rated pencil sketch, but the notes also say "2 of 3" /E and /G are parts 2 and 3 of a triptych /F and /J are parts2 and 3 of a Z-rated triptych 1) I assume /H and /L are wraparound gatefolds, and not "2 of 3" 2) any ideas on parts 1, regular and Z-rated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 First pass, starting in on 'K'. about 830 issues identified, for about 250 connected covers. I've so far managed to find about 140 issues that had no indication of their being part of connected covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 Lion Forge titles, covers by John Cassaday Accell 1/D (6/1/2017) Incidentals 1/C (8/1/2017) Kino 1/C (11/1/2017) Kino claims connecting status in Item Description. The cover sure looks like it should. The other two are in the same style. None connect to each other. Any others I'm missing at the moment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 24, 2023 Author Share Posted February 24, 2023 First pass, starting in on 'T' about 1275 issues identified, for about 390 connected covers, including about 280 issues that had no indication of their being part of connected covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 WWE, there's a 12-ptych by Brent Schoonover across variants of issues 1-12. There's the start of another large -ptych across variants of 13-16, and 17 looks like it fits under 13&14. Brent Schoonoevr has additional variant covers for issues 18-24, but we have no cover scans. Anyone have scans or info on these covers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted February 26, 2023 Author Share Posted February 26, 2023 First pass complete. 1,257 issues identified, 388 connected covers, including 267 that had no indication of their being part of connected covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Slota Posted March 12, 2023 Author Share Posted March 12, 2023 poking, but this will probably fold into my consolidated Ptych report posting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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