1984 - Unpublished New Mutants cover

1984 - Unpublished New Mutants cover by Bob Layton and Jack Abel

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=1080108&GSub=146368

1989 - Anatomy of a cover - Avengers: West Coast #50

1980 - Unpublished cover to Daredevil #164

Grabbed from the Daredevil: Marked For Death Trade Paperback.

1980 - Unpublished Daredevil cover - Daredevil: Child's Play

Originally slated for Daredevil #167, but the issue's content was rejected by the Comics Code Authority. The story would later be published in Daredevil

1989 - Anatomy of a cover - Iron Man #250

Here's an unpublished version of the cover for Iron Man #250:

http://www.comicartfans.com/forsaledetails.asp?artid=364120&did=4

1988 - Anatomy of a cover - Iron Man #230

(http://www.boblayton.com/Archive/December%2007/mikemissivedec07.htm)

Grabbed from http://www.boblayton.com/Art%20Gallery/artgallery_page1.htm

"This was my original submission for the cover to the last issue of the Armor Wars (#230) and with Iron Man in the Silver Centurion armor. As fate would have it, Marvel rejected the layout, citing it as being too graphic. The paste-ups are new.  Everything else is as you would have seen it at the end of the Armor Wars."

And here's the published version:

1985 - Unused Longshot #1 covers

Here are a few unpublished versions of Longshot #1 by Art Adams. All three of them are interesting as their backgrounds are so busy compared to issue #4. I can't help but wonder if Adams was running behind on his art chores because of having to redraw it at least three times!

(http://www.twomorrows.com/comicbookartist/articles/17adams.html)

And here's the published cover:

1988 - Excalibur Special Edition Alternate Cover

Here's the published cover:

And here's the alternative version. The only difference I see is the "The Sword Is Drawn" lettering. Also, the credits are in a different colour. And the inking in the alternate version seems darker.

1984 - Phoenix: The Untold Story - The Dark Phoenix Tapes

These pages were taken from the backup feature in the Phoenix: The Untold Story one-shot from 1984.

1984 - Alpha Flight #16 unpublished cover

(http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=807979&GSub=90930)

Here's the original art for the issue #16:

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece.asp?Piece=90772&GSub=5668

Let's play the unpublished cover game! (Round 5)

Guess the title and number of the original issues for which these following unpublished covers were meant for.

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Let's play the unpublished cover game! (Round 2)

A no-prize to readers who can correctly guess the actual issues these unpublished covers were intended for?

Let's play the unpublished cover game!

A no-prize to folks who can guess the actual issues these unpublished covers were intended for?