Collect Them All! : DC Offers Neal Adams Variants for February 2016

or just wait for the graphic novel and buy the one book-

11/18/2015 by Torsten Adair 5 Comments

Portrait of the artist as a younger man

Next February, DC Comics will be offering an “open to buy” series of variant covers drawn by Neal Adams! These covers don’t require any order minimums or ratios; retailers can order whatever amount they desire!
I’m no expert on Adams’ catalog, but some of these covers are inspired by his earlier iconic work, such as the “Speedball Speedy” cover for Green Lantern/Green Arrow #85, Superman #233, and Action Comics #400. I managed to identify many of the original covers, but I’ll let our intrepid readers identify the rest!
The Grand Comics Database lists 889 covers by Neal Adams, and I’m certain DC could commission another series based on other covers he drew and designed!
If you click the links below, you’ll be directed to Diamond Previews, where the preliminary pencil sketches can be seen, along with the catalog copy.
[NOTE TO RETAILERS AND COLLECTORS: the order numbers listed below should read “DEC” not “NOV”.]
From the Diamond Previews Retailer Order Form dated December 2015:

NEAL ADAMS VARIANTS
The following titles feature an Open To Buy Variant Edition by Neal Adams which may be ordered in any quantity:

JUSTICE LEAGUE: DARKSEID WAR SPECIAL #1 • NOV150217 [Original]

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #8 • NOV150220 [Original]

AQUAMAN #49 • NOV150222 [Original]

CYBORG #8 • NOV150225 [Original]

DEATHSTROKE #15 • NOV150228 [Are those real people on the cover? I think they look like notable DC staffers, but I don’t want to guess.] (Original)

THE FLASH #49 • NOV150232 [A word balloon! On a DC cover!]

GREEN ARROW #49 • NOV150234 [original]

MARTIAN MANHUNTER #9 • NOV150237 [That’s a lot of pencilling. I suspect this will be inked digitally, otherwise the graphite will prevent the ink from adhering to the board.]

RED HOOD/ARSENAL #9 • NOV150244

STARFIRE #9 • NOV150246 [Original]

TEEN TITANS #17 • NOV150249 [Original]

TITANS HUNT #5 • NOV15251

TELOS #5 • NOV150254 [Original]

WONDER WOMAN #49 • NOV150256 [Original]

BATMAN/SUPERMAN #29 • NOV150261 [Original]

ACTION COMICS #49 • NOV150263

SUPERMAN/WONDER WOMAN #26 • NOV150265 [Original]

SUPERMAN #49 • NOV150268 [Original]

SUPERMAN: LOIS & CLARK #5 • NOV150270 [original]

BATMAN #49 • NOV150272

DETECTIVE COMICS #49 • NOV150281

GRAYSON #17 • NOV150284 [Original]

ROBIN, SON OF BATMAN #9 • NOV150290

WE ARE ROBIN #9 • NOV150292

GREEN LANTERN #49 • NOV150294

SINESTRO #20 • NOV150297 [Original]

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Comments

Evan says:

11/19/2015 at 9:34 am

Yeah the Deathstroke one is real people in the background. I recognized Walt Simonson, Levitz, and Didio.
TurtleLove says:

11/19/2015 at 10:49 am

these are pure comics crack. The Sinestro one in particular. Looks like Sinestro just did 9/11 and is real gleeful about it.
Red Oak Kid says:

11/19/2015 at 4:44 pm

Re; Martian Manhunter #9 Variant.
This image is based on Adams’ cover for Batman 232. The figure in background was reproduced from the pencils by shooting it as a halftone. Only the two figures in the foreground were inked. I suspect the variant cover will be handled the same way. If he wanted to ink the background figure he could lightbox it on vellum.
Jerry Smith says:

11/20/2015 at 10:47 pm

This art is fantastic, but is such a waste. I’d love to see Adams tackle real DC heroes in their real costumes instead of these Nu52 posers. Ugh. Why does Superman have his S-Shield on his chest and his belt? Does he have to look down and remind himself what it looks like? Nu52 costume design is ugly. Adams should have stuck with the good costumes for this project, like Darwyn Cooke did recently. I may have actually bought some of those.
DOC THOMPSON says:

11/21/2015 at 11:18 am

Variants are proof the speculators are still with us,atleast among the braindonners at DC and Marvel