Black Panther #1 Alex Ross 1:75 Cover Variant

Diamond Code: FEB160737 ; ISBN/UPC: 7-59606-08421-0-00181

In Shops: 2016-04-06 ; SRP: $4.99 ; 40 Pages

Marvel Comics, published date: June 2016.

This is the 1 in 75 Alex Ross Retailer Incentive Cover of Black Panther #1 from the 2016 series.

The 2016 series kicked off with a huge number of variants with 11 first prints (including the Ross variant) available via Diamond; the other 10 editions are shown below:

From left to right, top to bottom they are (barcode suffix and diamond code shown in bold):

• 00111 / FEB160736: Regular Cover
• 00121 / FEB160739: Stelfreeze Hip-Hop Variant
• 00131 / FEB160738: 1:50 Coipel Variant
• 00141 / FEB160743: 1:25 Sook Variant
• 00151 / FEB160742: 1:25 50th Anniversary Variant
• 00161 / FEB160741: 1:20 Design Variant
• 00171 / FEB160746: Blank Variant
• 00191 / FEB160744: Skottie Young Baby Variant
• 00116 / FEB160740: Greene Connecting Variant
• 00118 / FEB160745: 1:10 Disney Infinity 3.0 Variant

As well as the above the issue went into a second and then a third print (both using the regular cover art) and a number of comic shop and other variants were also available and shown below:

From left to right, top to bottom they are (barcode suffix shown in bold):

• 00117: Midtown Exclusive Variant
• 00119: Marvel Collector Corps Variant
• 00120: Fried Pie Variant
• 00122: Newbury Comics Variant
• 00123: JTC Negative Space Variant
• 00124: Bulletproof Variant
• 00125: Gamestop Variant
• 00126: CBLDF Variant
• 00127: Comic Bug Variant
• 00128: Stan Lee Collectibles MEFCC Variant
• No Barcode: AMC Dolby Theater Opening Night 2018 Variant
• No Barcode: Marvel Unlimited Variant (available with annual membership in summer/fall of 2016)

Written by MacArthur Genius and National Book Award winner TA-NEHISI COATES (Between the World and Me) and illustrated by living legend BRIAN STELFREEZE, "A Nation Under Our Feet" is a story about dramatic upheaval in Wakanda and the Black Panther's struggle to do right by his people as their ruler. The indomitable will of Wakanda -- the famed African nation known for its vast wealth, advanced technology and warrior traditions -- has long been reflected in the will of its monarchs, the Black Panthers. But now the current Black Panther, T'Challa, finds that will tested by a superhuman terrorist group called The People that has sparked a violent uprising among the citizens of Wakanda. T'Challa knows the country must change to survive -- the question is, will the Black Panther survive the change?

In mid March 2018, CGC had 90 gradings of the "Ross Variant Cover" recorded with 55 (around 61%) in the highest grade of 9.8 (near mint / mint). CGC also note on their label that this is the "1st comic work of Ta-Nehisi Coates" who was the writer for issue #1.

There are usually quite a few copies of the Ross variant available for sale on comic shop websites and also auction sites such as ebay (realized prices were around the $100 mark for a near mint raw copy in March 2018).