CI #128 - the Miracleman cover that never was

A recent Facebook chat took me down a Miracleman rabbit-hole recently...Suffice it to say the (first) cover below was used in the Diamond Previews catalogue cover BUT Todd McFarlane saw it and threatened to sue Comics International if it was used. So it wasn't used... 

...instead this was the cover that was used - you may recognise it as the cover (by Mick Austin) from Warrior #7 

The issue contains 5 pages all about Miracleman, including Mark Buckingham's original artwork for issue 25 which at that point was unpublished.

Here's the original chat...

Iconic Warrior cover up for sale

Heritage Comics have revealed that they have Mick Austin's iconic cover for Warrior #16 up for sale here

As they say...Alan Moore's "Marvelman" tales were all-new stories inspired by the UK's answer to the original Captain Marvel (when the reprint options on the originals ceased). Mick Austin's cover painting captures the magic and sparkle of this man-with-God-like-powers. When the stories were eventually reprinted here in the US, conflicts with Marvel (not DC) forced the change in the character's name to "Miracleman". This issue mistakenly gave cover credit to Steve Parkhouse, but it is clearly signed by Mick Austin in the lower left of the 12.5" x 17.5" gouache image area. Originally created in illustration board, it has since been "skimmed" off of the board. A bit of production tape in the margins, and some minor foxing in the left marginal edge. In Excellent condition. 

The auction runs 21-23 February and the opening bid is $1100