This post was updated on June 11th to add all the new Skottie Young Baby Variant Covers.
Skottie Young has blown up in the last couple years, both as the writer for the hit Rocket Raccoon series for Marvel that came on the heels of the Guardians of the Galaxy movie, but also for his “baby variants.” This is where he takes your popular Marvel characters and portrays them as devious babies, which are some of the most popular variant covers that we have seen from Marvel. This is not a new concept, and Skottie Young has been doing baby versions for Marvel for years, as well as for other companies, but his “Young Variant Covers” is a new thing that began in 2012 and was initially just for the first issues of a few relaunches. Now there are over seventy of these Young Variant Covers with baby versions of the characters, a collection that continues to grow as Marvel continuously releases new comics regularly. There has not been a complete list of these variants so far, so we compiled from available information the complete list of over seventy Young Variant Covers for Marvel. This list is as of April 24th, 2015, and the number will continue to increase from here. This is especially true with the coming Secret Wars event and the subsequent new comics that will come afterwards.
Right now there are exactly 139 Skottie Young Baby Variant Covers for Marvel. There are a lot of other great “baby” cover work done by Skottie Young however that aren’t a part of this. These include some of the What if? stuff for Marvel, the recent Spawn #250 cover, and the cover for Revival #12.
We did our best to include Secret Wars covers from Marvel’s large event for 2015. There have been a small handful released, but most of them have still yet to have been made public(possibly not finished at all at the time of the first writing).
As part of my own indulgence, I am including photos from my personal collection of these variants, which I am collecting obsessively. So each photo that is of an actual comic is from my personal collection.
One sure fire way to know if it is a Skottie Young cover is that he will sign it on the cover with an SY in a little box. This is different, however, than how he actually signs a physical comic when doing signings.
Skottie Young Baby Variant Covers for Marvel
- The Avengers: Ultron Forever Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Little Marvel #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Secret Wars #1 Skottie Baby Variant Cover
- Armor Wars Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Civil War #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Age of Apocalypse Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Lando #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Marvel 1872 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- X-Men’92 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Age of Ultron vs. Marvel Zombies Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Years of Future Past #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Inhumans: Attilan Rising #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Old Man Logan #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- A-Force #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Giant Size Little Marvel: AvX #2
- Planet Hulk #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Ultimate End #1Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Weird World 1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Bucky Barnes: Winter Soldier #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Infinity #6 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Infinity #5 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Giant-Size Little Marvel: AvX #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Uncanny Avengers #1 (Vol. 2) Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Infinity #3 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Covers
- Planet Hulk #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- A-Force #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Avengers World #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- All-New Hawkeye #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Black Widow #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Fantastic Four #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Young Avengers #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Infinity #4 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Mighty Avengers #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Guardians of the Galaxy #7 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Infinity #2 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Avengers AI #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Fearless Defenders #1 Baby Variant Cover
- Cable and X-Force #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Avengers Arena #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Age of Ultron #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Captain America #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- All-New X-Men #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- All-New X-Factor
- The Superior Spider-Man #32 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- All-New Captain America #1 Skottie Young Variant Cover
- All-New Invaders #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- The Superior Spider-Man #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Spider-Man 2099 #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Spider-Man and the X-Men #1 Skottie Young Variant Cover
- Rocket Racoon #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Red She-Hulk #58 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Spider-Gwen #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Original Sin #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Origin II Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Operation S.I.N. #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Iron Man #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- New Warriors #1 Skottie Young Variant Cover
- Nova #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Iron Fist: The Living Weapon #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Inhumanity #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Indestructible Hulk #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Anti-Man #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Fantastic Four vol. 2 #1 Skottie Young Variant Cover
- Guardians 3000 #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Amazing X-Men #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- The Weapon X Program #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Deadpool #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Death of Wolverine #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Captain Marvel #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- All-New Ghost Rider #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Uncanny Avengers #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Secret Avengers #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Superior Iron Man #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Skottie Young Variant Cover
- Morbius: The Living Vampire #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- The Superior Foes of Spider-Man #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Magneto #1 Skottie Young Variant Cover
- Miracleman #1 (Marvel Reprint) Skottie Young Variant Cover
- Kanan #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Infinity #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Moon Knight #1 Skottie Young Variant Cover
- New Avengers #1 Skottie Young Variant Cover
- S.H.E.I.L.D. #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- The Punisher #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Savage Wolverine #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Silver Surfer #1 Skottie Young Variant Cover
- Silk #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Secret Avengers #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- She-Hulk #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Hulk #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- FF #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- X-Men #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Howard the Duck #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Guardians Team-Up #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Uncanny X-Force #1 Skottie Young Variant Cover
- Thor: God of Thunder Skottie Young Baby Variant
- Thunderbolts #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Avengers vs X-Men: Axis #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Princess Leia #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Darth Vader #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Star Wars #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Spider-Woman #1 Skottie Young Baby Variatn Cover
- Amazing Spider-Man #9 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Amazing Spider-Man #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Daredevil #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Cyclops #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Thanos Rising #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Elektra #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Uncanny X-men #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Wolverine #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- X-Men Legacy #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Angela Asgard’s Assassin #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Thor #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Wolverines #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant
- Marvel Now! Point One Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Legendary Star Lord #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover (SDCC Exclusive Version Displayed)
- Storm #1 Skottie Young Variant Cover
- Captain America and the Mighty Avengers #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Deathlok #1 Skottie Young Variant Cover
- A + X #1
- Guardians of the Galaxy #5 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
- Fantastic Four #1 Skottie Young Baby Variant Cover
You missed Bucky Barnes: the Winter Soldier #1 variant: http://www.comicbookresources.com/imgsrv/imglib/300/0/1/Winter-Soldier-RGB-d4791.jpg
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Just added it! Thanks for the heads up!
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Thanks for the list, but you’ve missed all-new ghost rider
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Can’t believe I missed that one, since its one of the few I own! Added!
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Plus iron patriot
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Thanks for letting us know of the absence, added!
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Awesome List dude. But you missed a couple of the older more rare Skottie Young Covers. Such as:
Marvel Now What#1? (pretty rare) — Avengers vs X-men Round 1 Midtown exclusive (this is super rare) —— Amazing Spiderman #9 Reprint (with Stan Lee on cover) (pretty rare).
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Thanks for writing this list..I have all but 3 of them, but there were 2 on here I didn’t know about. It’s not easy to keep track of these especially when you live in a small town like me where we don’t get many variant covers. I think you may also have missed a few that haven’t been mentioned yet.
-The Logan Legacy #1
http://www.midtowncomics.com/store/dp.asp?PRID=Death+Of+Wolverine+Logan+_1389695
-Avengers #1
http://www.midtowncomics.com/store/dp.asp?PRID=Avengers+Vol+5+%231+Variant_1244092
-Road to Oz #1
http://www.midtowncomics.com/store/dp.asp?PRID=Road+To+Oz+%231+Variant+Sko_1229473
-Squadron Sinister #1
http://www.midtowncomics.com/store/dp.asp?PRID=Squadron+Sinister+%231+Cove_1428407
..And this last one is debatable..
-Giant-Size Little Marvel AvX #1 Cover C Incentive Skottie Young Ant-Sized Variant
http://www.midtowncomics.com/store/dp.asp?PRID=Giant-Size+Little+Marvel+_1454332
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