Variant covers on issues of TV Guide are nothing new, so it’s not really a surprise that they’re doing it again with Heroes. However, this time they’re dipping directly into the nerd pool by having art by Jim Lee, Phil Jimenez, Tim Sale and Michael Turner slapped on the covers. They’re actually pretty nice looking, Sale’s aside, but with the new oversized format, obsessive collectors are likely to have conniptions trying to find and maintain a copy in mint condition. It’s too bad the series is going off the rail this season, or these might have actually been big sellers.

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