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From foil embossed to glowinthedark, and even a comic book with a real bullet hole shot through the middle. In this video, Josh from Panels to Pixels explores the weird world of gimmick covers.

Special thanks to Mike Sterling for uploading scans of Jab, the comic shot with a real bullet, to his site Progressive Ruin. Read more about the issue here: https://www.progressiveruin.com/2021/...

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0:00 Intro
1:45 The First Gimmick Cover and Holograms
3:39 Foil and DieCut
5:37 Embossed, Chromium, GlowInTheDark
7:26 Whatnot Ad
8:23 Image Comics
10:26 Shot With a Bullet
11:42 22K Gold, Crystals, Velvet and Leather
12:57 Valiant Comics
14:29 Outro