I used to buy every variant cover like a fool

Last year I dropped $150 on 5 different covers of one Batman issue thinking they'd be worth something. Now I just grab the standard cover and spend the extra cash on actual good trade paperbacks. Anyone else stop chasing variants once they realized it's just FOMO marketing?

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janab821mo ago

Oh man, the variant trap got me too. Spent way too much on a Batman/Spawn cover that's just sitting in a box now. It's wild how fast that FOMO fades once you realize it's all just marketing hype.

joelp811mo ago

Solidarity brother, I feel that. Picked up a blank sketch cover variant of something a year ago thinking itd be this big investment piece and now its just taking up space in a longbox next to an old Spider-Man book I bought for no reason. The FOMO is real but once you step back you realize its just them printing more of the same book with a different picture on front and charging double. At least we learned our lesson before dropping real cash on one of those foil hologram covers or whatever they push out next.