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CBR News
06-09-2009, 01:32 PM
Courtesy of Marvel, CBR brings you an exclusive first look at cover artwork from the publisher's 70th Anniversary Decades Variants, featuring Agents of Atlas and Nova!


Full article here (http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21523).
escapegoat
06-09-2009, 01:36 PM
Ummmmm... would somebody please tell the variant cover artist for Agents of Atlas that Saturday Night Fever came out in 1977?

I'm not sure how a movie poster image from the 70's constitutes being used within an 80's/90's themed cover event...
Will.S
06-09-2009, 01:39 PM
The AoA and Nova ones are an improvement compared to the other ones at least since I can actually tell that they're referencing Saturday Night Fever and Dirty Dancing.
CyberHubbs
06-09-2009, 01:42 PM
Ummmmm... would somebody please tell the variant cover artist for Agents of Atlas that Saturday Night Fever came out in 1977?

I'm not sure how a movie poster image from the 70's constitutes being used within an 80's/90's themed cover event...

It says 1970s Variant on the AoA cover. So I guess they're touching upon several decades.
CyberHubbs
06-09-2009, 01:43 PM
The AoA and Nova ones are an improvement compared to the other ones at least since I can actually tell that they're referencing Saturday Night Fever and Dirty Dancing.

How can you not tell what the others are referencing? The only one I have trouble with is the She-Hulk cover.
Dagger
06-09-2009, 01:43 PM
Ummmmm... would somebody please tell the variant cover artist for Agents of Atlas that Saturday Night Fever came out in 1977?

I'm not sure how a movie poster image from the 70's constitutes being used within an 80's/90's themed cover event...

Maybe it's from the sequel to Saturday Night Fever. Sunday morning regrets.
RichmanBri
06-09-2009, 01:44 PM
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Will.S
06-09-2009, 01:53 PM
How can you not tell what the others are referencing? The only one I have trouble with is the She-Hulk cover.
I don't know if its because I don't remember their music videos with great detail or what but outside of the zombie one, the art on the War Machine, X-Men, and She-Hulk covers just didn't identify the material well enough for me.
escapegoat
06-09-2009, 02:09 PM
It says 1970s Variant on the AoA cover. So I guess they're touching upon several decades.

Didn't spot that on the cover at first...good catch.

That said, they're still calling them all 80's and 90's variants... they better fix that soon before they give us an Elvis cover...
CyberHubbs
06-09-2009, 02:18 PM
I don't know if its because I don't remember their music videos with great detail or what but outside of the zombie one, the art on the War Machine, X-Men, and She-Hulk covers just didn't identify the material well enough for me.

War Machine: The girls give it away in a heartbeat with the anarchy symbols on their shirts. I remember the video well, so...

X-Men: Its V(R)ogue!

Zombie cover: It's the Thriller dance, the way they lift their arms like that to the side.

Ah, well. Makes sense to me.
The Black Guardian
06-09-2009, 02:24 PM
They are, in fact, calling them "Decade Variants." The CBR article is just spotlighting the 80s and 90s variants, which the Agents of Atlas issue is not.
escapegoat
06-09-2009, 02:33 PM
Ahhhhhh..... I see now. When they first started showing these variants last week, I had gotten the impression they were only covering the 80's and 90's.

I gotta quit speed-reading these articles. :tongue:
coconutphone
06-09-2009, 02:34 PM
Isnt' Nova a Flashdance reference?

I like them.

Still don't get the She-Hulk one.
CyberHubbs
06-09-2009, 02:38 PM
Is that a coffee cup stain in the top left corner?
Sighphi
06-09-2009, 02:40 PM
So that means Red Hulk issues now will have like 17 variants?
bert
06-09-2009, 03:02 PM
Isnt' Nova a Flashdance reference?

I like them.

Still don't get the She-Hulk one.

best I can tell, is Tina Turner - from the "We Don't Need Antother Hero" video.

but that's just my guess.
bert
06-09-2009, 03:04 PM
Isnt' Nova a Flashdance reference?


Pretty sure it's "Dirty Dancing"

(if it were Flashdance, it absolutely would be the "chair w/ water" scene, as that's the iconic scene from that film).
coconutphone
06-09-2009, 03:56 PM
oooh Tina Turner makes sense...
stubarnes
06-09-2009, 04:03 PM
As I said in the Squirrel Girl: Legitimacy thread, I really wish they would give us Doreen Green in a group Marvel Zombies cover like this.

Besides that, I want to give large gratitude for the Vogue Rogue cover. Madonna NEVER looked that good.

:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
Beast
06-09-2009, 04:14 PM
God.... I hope the Decade Variants arn't going to be super rare.
Has Marvel announced the ratio as of yet? I really need to get that Agents of Atlas one!
Beast
06-09-2009, 05:18 PM
Good news! The Decade Variants are going to be 1:10. So they shouldn't be too expensive.
stubarnes
06-09-2009, 05:24 PM
oooh Tina Turner makes sense...

Unfortunately, upon further review...

It seems to be Cher.

:confused: :confused: :confused:
TROUBLEZ
06-09-2009, 05:35 PM
I was going to buy the X-Men Legacy Rogue cover but I'm not paying more than cover price.
hondobrode
06-09-2009, 06:02 PM
The only one that really grabs me is Amazing Spidey # 599 with Nixon on the cover.
Green Griffin
06-09-2009, 10:06 PM
I think She-Hulk is a rave or clubs because it says DJ on it.
jester1436
06-10-2009, 12:17 AM
Yes, DJ Thulkdra is obviously at a rave.
Stuck-in-the-Burg
06-10-2009, 08:23 AM
Who is the character with the silver body and red gloves on the Marvel Zombies 4 cover? Thanks.
TimberBear
06-10-2009, 08:40 AM
i'd have to agree about the she hulk cover representing a rave...my nephew thought it looked like a gloria estafen album cover, but i havent been able to find it. if it had been revealed with these newer covers it may have made more sense as they seem to be more general representations of decades, with the she hulk cover showing the 90's rave culture, rather than being inspired by music videos...
TimberBear
06-10-2009, 08:42 AM
Who is the character with the silver body and red gloves on the Marvel Zombies 4 cover? Thanks.

think thats crystar, the crystal warrior...which reminds me of the episode of robot chicken where 2 methheads shatter and smoke him up lol
Methalius
06-10-2009, 09:09 AM
Good news! The Decade Variants are going to be 1:10. So they shouldn't be too expensive.

Where did you find that?

I too will be snagging one of those up.
BigMike20X6
06-11-2009, 11:54 AM
think thats crystar, the crystal warrior...which reminds me of the episode of robot chicken where 2 methheads shatter and smoke him up lol


That, to me, makes all the Zombie stuff worth it. I loved Crystar as a kid.
Seeing him as a zombie? Awesome (and a lot moreso than the Morbius zombie... vambie... whatever)