OLIVIER COIPEL ETERNALS #1 COVER

[MattBrady]

Marvel has provided Newsarama with a first look at Olivier Coipel Variant Limited Edition of next month’s Eternals #1 by Neil Gaiman and John Romita Jr., the first issue of the six issue miniseries.

According to Marvel, retailers may order 10 Coipel Variant Limited Editions per store. Orders must be placed by the Final Order Cut-off (FOC) Date of Thursday, June 1.

Additionally, retailers may order one John Romita, Jr. Variant (APR062023D) for every 25 copies of Eternals #1, and the 1 for 50 Romita Sketch Variant (MAR068226J) for every 50 of the regular cover ordered by the FOC. All editions are slated to ship on June 21.

Marvel has also announced further incentives for retailers ordering issue #1, as well as bundles of 100 Eternals Promotional Bookmarks which will ship to stores at no charge, with more bundles available for purchase.

The solicitation for the first issue reads:

COVER BY: RICK BERRY
WRITER: NEIL GAIMAN
PENCILS: JOHN ROMITA JR.
COLORED BY: MATT HOLLINGSWORTH

THE STORY:
"ID"
You are thousands of years old. You have amazing powers. You have watched civilizations rise and fall-- so why does no one remember any of this? Bestselling Author Neil Gaiman (Marvel: 1602, Anansi Boys, Sandman) is joined by superstar artist John Romita Jr. (Amazing Spider-Man, Wolverine) to bring you the eagerly-awaited event of 2006—ETERNALS!! Ike Harris has dreams of adventures, love affairs and betrayals, but no one involved remembers or believes him. And who is trying to kill him to keep him from talking about it?
48 PGS./Rated T+ ...$3.99

PRICE: 3.99
IN STORES: 2006-06-21

[Frillip]

It's purrrty and all, but the regular edition is sooooo much purrtier. Also, I'm HC-waiting on this one.

[spartanking2]

Looks like Copiel's channeling Travis Charest and Jae Lee. Very nice cover.

[The Bry]

Originally Posted by spartanking2

Looks like Copiel's channeling Travis Charest and Jae Lee. Very nice cover.

I was thinking the same thing, he did good on it though

[Amoebas]

So - if the retailer can order ten copies - without having to order 50 copies of this or that - what price are they paying for them - and what gouge will they throw to the fans?

[sequart]

Not bad. Not great, but not bad.

[350z]

The Copiel cover is very nice. I am not that big of a fan of his work per se, but he has really been doing some nice things lately (the House of M poster he did was nicely drawn--pleasing to look at). The Rick Berry cover, however, is incredible; I think it's the best of the three that I have seen so far. I am glad that his cover is the regular cover and not one of the "variants". But nobody can go wrong with any of the covers: they're all pretty good.

[Geekenweizen]

Copiel's work is awesome! When he is paired with a good inker and colorer, like on House of M, I would argue he is the best in the biz. I won't even hold it against him that he is french.

[FChamberlain]

Originally Posted by Amoebas

So - if the retailer can order ten copies - without having to order 50 copies of this or that - what price are they paying for them - and what gouge will they throw to the fans?

At 1 per every 25, I'm guessing that you will be able to get the Romita Jr. variants for $9.99 to $15.00 a pop. With the 50:1 variant, who knows. It is a guessing game, but unless this series becomes a surprise monster hit, you'll probably be able to grab them for $45.00 or so. Remember, regardless, the prices will fall after 4 to 6 months... or less time than that, even.

[hondadohc89]

Originally Posted by Amoebas

So - if the retailer can order ten copies - without having to order 50 copies of this or that - what price are they paying for them - and what gouge will they throw to the fans?

thats no kidding i like getting the variant covers but the high pricing is keeping me from getting some of them. i cant keep dropping 100$ for the variants (civil war sketch). and i know its retailers that are raising the price but with marvel making 50:1 / 100:1 ratios. marvel knows that no retailer can sell 200+ copies of wolverine origins

[TGerhardt]

Originally Posted by MattBrady

You are thousands of years old. You have amazing powers. You have watched civilizations rise and fall-- so why does no one remember any of this? Ike Harris has dreams of adventures, love affairs and betrayals, but no one involved remembers or believes him. And who is trying to kill him to keep him from talking about it?

You are actually Roger Zelazny's Corwin of Amber...

[Robot H Brian]

Man, that cat just keeps getting better and better.

[aric_dacia]

Originally Posted by TGerhardt

You are actually Roger Zelazny's Corwin of Amber...

I love that! That's exactly what I thought of when I read the solicit.

[Redmond]

Why do people even buy alternate covers, just save the jpg to your hardrive. Who cares?

[rogue_tomato]

Nice cover, but enough with the damn variants!

[mrhelm]

I like that way better than I do the painting to the first issue. The rest of Rick Berry's covers look great, but this one just seems kind of bland.

[BlueThunderArmy]

I like Coipel, but the Berry cover is just so much more interesting.

[jccheung]

Coipel's variant cover looks awesome. I think the colourist deserves some of the credit though. Does anybody know who the colourist is?

[ParisCub]

Originally Posted by TGerhardt

You are actually Roger Zelazny's Corwin of Amber...

No because in that case, everyone but you would remember

[ParisCub]

Originally Posted by jccheung

Coipel's variant cover looks awesome. I think the colourist deserves some of the credit though. Does anybody know who the colourist is?

Looks to me that it could actually be painted by Coipel....

[King Oneiros]

[quote=MattBrady]Marvel has provided Newsarama with a first look at Olivier Coipel Variant Limited Edition of next month’s Eternals #1 by Neil Gaiman and John Romita Jr., the first issue of the six issue miniseries.

Only six issues?

[Nobody]

I miss the way Coipel drew when he was doing Legion Lost. That was some gorgeous art.

[shady878]

Nice cover from Coipel. I like the Romita one better but theyre both great artists.

3 points:

1. Wont be picking this up

2. Give Oliver Coipel a book to draw

3. Agree with Rogue_Tomato with the Variant remark

[Darkling]

Is that Sersi?

[Andre MOP]

Nice cover! But Coipel has a problem, a small one mind you. His man figures often (like with this one) look too large, I mean, too wide, too broad. Especially the faces... in house of M this happenned a lot. Sometimes it´s freaky!

But, as I said before, nice cover!