NEWS – BOOM! Studios Reveals Exclusive Variants for Bestselling Series This Local Comic Shop Day 2022

In previous years, BOOM! Studios partnered with Local Comic Shop Day for exclusive covers and sets.

Below you’ll find their press release for their Local Comic Shop Day offerings for 2022, including a long time request from fans of Power Rangers. The MMPR / TMNT II #1 Ashcan LCSD Exclusive Variant completes the set of New York Comic Con 2019 “Slice Edition” covers by artist Simone Di Meo.

Below is the complete press release from BOOM! Studios.


BOOM! Studios Reveals Exclusive Variants for Bestselling Series This Local Comic Shop Day 2022
Discover the Limited Edition Items Available Exclusively at Local Comic Shops on Wednesday, Nov 23, 2022

LOS ANGELES, CA (October 13, 2022) – BOOM! Studios revealed today four highly collectible exclusive variant covers for several of their bestselling and upcoming must-read series, available on LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY 2022, taking place on Wednesday, November 23, 2022 only at participating comics retailers. To find your participating local comic shop, visit localcomicshopday.com.

These four stunning variant covers feature highly-anticipated art from superstar illustrators, including:

  • Behold, Behemoth #1 LCSD Exclusive Gatefold Variant by artist Vincenzo Riccardi

  • Grim #1 LCSD Exclusive Variant (Foil) by series artist Flaviano

  • MMPR / TMNT II #1 Ashcan LCSD Exclusive Variant by artist Simone Di Meo

  • Once Upon a Time at the End of the World #1 LCSD Exclusive Variant by artist Naomi Franquiz

LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY is an annual event that began in 2014, conceived and implemented by ComicsPRO, the only trade organization dedicated to the progress of direct market comic book retailers, to call attention to locally owned independent comic book specialty stores, celebrating their unique and vital role as the primary fire-starters of pop culture. Pop Culture begins in your Local Comic Shop!

BOOM! Studios is home to critically acclaimed original series, including BRZRKR by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney; Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera; Once & Future by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora; We Only Find Them When They’re Dead by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo; Eve by Victor LaValle and Jo Mi-Gyeong; The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade; Basilisk by Cullen Bunn and Jonas Scharf; Grim by Stephanie Phillips and Flaviano; Briar by Christopher Cantwell and Germán García; Stuff of Nightmares by R.L. Stine and A.L. Kaplan; and the upcoming The Approach by Jeremy Haun, Jason A. Hurley, and Jesus Hervas, Specs by David M. Booher and Chris Shehan, Know Your Station by Sarah Gailey and Liana Kangas; Damn Them All by Simon Spurrier and Charlie Adlard; A Vicious Circle by Mattson Tomlin and Lee Bermejo; and Once Upon a Time at the End of the World by Jason Aaron, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Leila del Duca, and Nick Dragotta. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties, including Dune: Waters of Kanly from Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Francesco Mortarino; Mighty Morphin Power Rangers from Melissa Flores and Simona Di Gianfelice; and Magic from Jed McKay and Ig Guara.

For continuing news on LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY visit localcomicshopday.com and for more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

For more on Power Rangers, please visit www.powerrangers.com and follow Power Rangers on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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NEWS – BOOM! Studios Announces Exclusive Foil Variant Covers for Local Comic Shop Day 2020

BOOM! Studios Announces Exclusive Foil Variant Covers for Local Comic Shop Day 2020

Limited Edition items are available exclusively through participating comic book shops on Wednesday, November 25, 2020

LOS ANGELES, CA (October 23, 2020) – BOOM! Studios today unveiled the five exclusive full foil variant covers available on LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY 2020, taking place on Wednesday, November 25 at participating comics retailers. To find your participating local comic shop, visit localcomicshopday.com.

These five instantly collectible covers feature full foil treatments of the below hotly-anticipated issues from superstar artists:

  • Mighty Morphin #1 by Goñi Montes (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
  • Power Rangers #1 by Peach Momoko (Spider-Man)
  • Dune: House Atreides #2 by artist JG Jones (Wanted)
  • Lumberjanes #75 by artist and series co-writer Kat Leyh (Snapdragon)
  • Something is Killing the Children #1, a very special reprint of the first issue of the Eisner-nominated phenomenon, by series artist Werther Dell’Edera (Briggs Land) with colors by Giovanna Niro (The Crow: Memento Mori).

LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY is an annual event that began in 2014, conceived and implemented by ComicsPRO, the only trade organization dedicated to the progress of direct market comic book retailers, to call attention to locally owned independent comic book specialty stores, celebrating their unique and vital role as the primary fire-starters of pop culture. Pop Culture begins in your Local Comic Shop!

For continuing news on LOCAL COMIC SHOP DAY visit localcomicshopday.com and for more from BOOM! Studios, stay tuned to boom-studios.com and follow @boomstudios on Twitter.

For more on Power Rangers, please visit www.powerrangers.com and follow Power Rangers on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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