foil Foil Fever - The Walking Dead - Skybound 1 1

[StephenWA]

The History of #FoilFever:

The Walking Dead (TWD) Foil Fever started back in 2004 with the Image Vol 1 Retailer Incentive Hardcover (shown in the photograph below). These were sent to comic stores to promote the release of TWD Vol 1. We believe they were a limited edition of just 500 (LE500). According to Shawn @bigclutch Kirkman's Facebook page, "These are very rare".

There have also been Chromium comics, such as one of the x20 TWD #100 variants and the Mexican La Mole Comic Con 2019 edition. But these are not officially #FoilFever

Foil Fever 2020:

There was much excitement in August 2020 when Skybound launched its #foilfever hashtag for the new Negan Lives! #1 sequel comic to TWD main series. The comic picked up the Negan story from TWD comic #174, where Negan had left to be alone. Before this, Skybound had produced other comics with #foil TWD logos, and in October 2020 it continued its #foilfever campaigning with issue #1 of The Walking Dead Deluxe (TWDD) coloured reprint series.

This article captures all of the #foilfever comics as a master inventory for TWD and TWDD collectors.

 

TWD Foil pre-2020:

Vol 1 Retailer Incentive Hardcover (2004 book)

#100 Red Foil Edition (July 2012, LE200, of which 160 had been graded by CGC at 15/12/2020)

The Governor Special - Green Foil Edition (produced for Emerald City Comic Con 2013, LE1000, of which 312 had been graded by CGC at 15/12/2020)

 

TWD Foil Negan Lives!:

Silver Foil, First Printing (two per store, c.5000, of which 464 had been graded by CGC at 15/12/2020)

Gold Foil, First printing (one per store, c.2500, of which 417 had been graded by CGC at 15/12/2020)

Red Foil, First Printing (Image and Skybound employees only + a small number in Mystery Boxes, LE500, of which 161 had been graded by CGC at 15/12/2020)

Bronze Foil, Second Printing (one per store, c.2500, of which 195 had been graded by CGC at 15/12/2020)

 

TWDD #1 Foil:

#1 Finch Gold Foil (one per store, c.2500 + 100 CGC 9.8 sold at Skybound Holiday XPo 8 December 2020 = c.2600, of which 214 had been graded by CGC at 15/12/2020). Some of these show a barcode on the rear cover, and some not.

#1 Finch Ruby Red Foil (quantity unknown, but low. 116 had been graded by CGC at 15/12/2020)

#1 Finch Black Foil (Skybound Black Foil Friday on Cyber Monday 30 November 2020, LE200. 286 had been graded by CGC at 15/12/2020 / no "raws")

#1 Second Printing Gold Foil Edition (212 graded by CGC, sold in Skybound's Comic Vault Live (CVL) events). Colour Rick cover

#1 Second Printing Red Foil Edition (240 graded by CGC, also sold in CVL events). Sketch Rick cover

 

Other TWDD Foil:

#2-12 Second Printing Gold Foil Edition (CVL exclusives). Colour covers featuring Glenn (#2), Lori (#3), Carl (#4), Andrea (#5), Shane (#6), Tyreece (#7), Dale (#8), Julie (#9), Hershel (#10), Maggie (#11) and Carol (#12) 

#2-12 Second Printing Red Foil Edition (CVL exclusives). Sketch covers with same characters in the same order as the Gold editions.

#13 Gold Foil Edition (Diamond UK Thank You edition), 10 graded by CGC as at 13/6/2022.

#19 Darboe Variant (CVL exclusive) with Purple (Pink) foil, 282 graded by CGC as at 13/6/2022.

#27 Local Comic Store Day Foil Edition (silver foil)

#27 Johnson variant (ECCC), green cover, foil blood and SFX (also CVL Edition A / 127 in the CGC Registry on 13/6/2022)

#27 Johnson variant (C2E2), blue cover, foil blood and SFX (also CVL Edition B / 237 in the CGC Registry on 13/6/2022)

 

TWD Foreign language editions:

#31 Blue Foil, Italian Edition #31 SaldaPress Variant Edition (each comic uniquely numbered from a limited edition of 6000)

 

Thank you for reading this article. Your comments and additions to the list are welcomed!

 

Edited June 13, 2022 by StephenWA
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[Crops068]

The Finch Gold also had roughly 100 they sold at the last CVL.  So that should bump up to 2600.

I had forgotten about the Governor foil!  Good catch.

Here are all of them I have.

(have a 9.8 on the way)

And cannot leave out the reaction to opening the mystery box to Negan Lives Red Foil....

 

 

 

[Tec-Tac-Toe]

48 minutes ago, Crops068 said:

The Finch Gold also had roughly 100 they sold at the last CVL.  So that should bump up to 2600.

I had forgotten about the Governor foil!  Good catch.

Here are all of them I have.

(have a 9.8 on the way)

And cannot leave out the reaction to opening the mystery box to Negan Lives Red Foil....

 

 

 

Very nice!

[fatlab123]

Nice job !

[Crops068]

Just for visibility, @bigclutch. Your #foilfever has its own thread.

[StephenWA]

15 hours ago, Crops068 said:

The Finch Gold also had roughly 100 they sold at the last CVL.  So that should bump up to 2600

Thank you - revised!