SyFy Wire broke the news yesterday. Dan Greenfield's 13th Dimension shared the story. Archie Comics will team up with DC Comics for Archie Meets Batman '66. The first issue hits comics store shelves July 18. The first issue, written by Jeff Parker and Michael Moreci with art by Dan Parent will have a cover by Mike Allred.

There will also be a variant by Parent.

But wait! There's more! 13th Dimension had an update. There will also be three more variant covers! Another by Francesco Francavilla.

One by Sandy Jarrell with colors by Kelly Fitzpatrick.

And the fifth variant cover by Derek Charm.

As a Batman '66 fan, I'm excited.

I've shared before that I'm not a big fan of variant covers. Here's another example. The cover price most likely will be $3.99. Multiplied by five. You and I would be paying $19.95 for the five covers. That's $19.95 for one issue. An extra $15.96 for the four variant covers. It's a hard choice. Do I just spend $3.99 and go with the Allred cover; or, do I spend the extra and get all the variants. The variants would end up wrapped in plastic. Most likely, I'd end up getting an extra Allred cover ($8), that would go un-bagged, so that I could re-read it over and over. That's what I did with the last few team-ups. I got one copy that I bagged and one to re-read.

That's kinda been my habit. I have my Starman series, which are all bagged; but, I have the Talking With David and the Starman: Times Past issues separate. I did that the short, ten-issue Justice Society of America series, too and Untold Tales of Spider-Man (I just got rid of the bagged issues of Untold Tales of Spider-Man, so now I just have the un-bagged issues.) At the time, Untold Tales was a $ .99 book. Starman ranged from $1.25 to $2.25. Justice Society was $1.25, too.

I'm probably going to break down and see if my local comic book store will order all the covers. If not, then at least I'll have the Allred covers. *Sigh*

What would you do?

Again, Archie Meets Batman '66 releases July 18th. No cover price has been set as yet.