Transformers #12 Rock Variants

IDW, published date: December 2012.

Coller Ziggy Stardust Cover

Coller Sgt Peppers Cover

These variants were from two different series: The first was a 1:10 variant of Transformers: Robots in Disguise #12 swiping the cover from David Bowie's fifth studio album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars:

THE RETURN! He's back... and CYBERTRON will never be the same. Everything BUMBLEBEE and his AUTOBOTS have built teeters at the edge of collapse - and STARSCREAM has to make the choice his whole life has been leading to.

This issue was written by John Barber, with interior art by Andrew Griffith. Below are the other Diamond editions, Cover A by Andrew Griffith and Cover B by Casey Coller:

The second was a 1:10 variant of Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #12 swiping the cover from the Beatle's 1967 album Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band:

AUTOBOTS VERSUS DECEPTICONS! The crew of the Lost Light confronts a band of rogue DECEPTICONS-with terrible consequences. As an AUTOBOT slips closer to death, a single decision sets in motion a chain of events that might just spell the end for RODIMUS and his band of travelers.

This issue was written by James Roberts, with interior art by Alex Milne. Below are the other Diamond editions, Cover A by Alex Milne and Cover B by Nick Roche:

In late September 2022, for the Coller Ziggy Stardust Cover, the CGC Census recorded four gradings for the "Retailer Incentive Edition" with two in the top grade of 9.6 (near mint plus). At that same time CBCS recorded one grading (in 9.4 / near mint) for the "Casey Coller Retailer Incentive".

At that same time, for the Coller Sgt Pepper's Cover, the CGC Census recorded seven gradings for the "Retailer Incentive Edition" with two in the top grade of 9.8 (near mint / mint). At that same time CBCS recorded zero gradings for the same variant.