Creator board
Cover illustrators
How we read variant and main covers as commercial illustration sitting in front of a Marvel NFT comic issue.
A cover illustrator on a digital Marvel comic is often a different person from the interior penciller. Our files treat the wrap as a poster that has to survive a thumbnail and a full-screen hold.
We mark whether the figure is cropped at the knee, whether the logo fights the head, and whether the variant is a quiet portrait or a collision of fists. When a listing omits the cover name, the board file stays stamped “credit incomplete” until a credit archive hour can chase it.
Collectors who only chase rarity sometimes skip this work. The board exists to slow them down. Commission a variant cover walkthrough if you want the longer version.