The Variants Season 1
The Variants is an American web series comedy about four employees who work in comic retail. This scripted comedy has completed 28 episodes comprising three seasons. The Variants aired its first episode August 4, 2009 and wrapped season one in May 2010. Its second season began May 3 of 2011 and completed in February 2012. The Variants completed a successful Kickstarter campaign on May 29, 2012 to fund a season three. A promo teaser was released on August 8, 2012 to Comics Alliance in advance of the new season. Season three launched weekly on September 3, 2012. The show is filmed on location at Zeus Comics in Dallas Texas. While the series is available free on YouTube, Season One of The Variants was compiled on DVD in June 2011.
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The Variants Season 1 Full Episode Guide
Plans are set in motion as Barry and Vlad try to undo Ben's influence, but the outcome reveals bigger consequences.
The staff suspects losing sales to a street vendor while dealing with a loss of power and sanity.
Joe's keeping a secret and the rest of the store is determined to get to the bottom of it.
An upset customer leads to the staff changing job responsibilities.
Joe accidentally sells a comic from a customer's pull box. Now Joe and Keli have to track down another copy at another store while Richard and Barry handle a comic convention solicitor.
The gang hosts a comic book signing for guests Scott Kurtz and Dave Crosland, but they may be too much for the store to handle.
A movie pass giveaway forces the employees in the store overnight.
The crew gets into character in order to increase sales.
In discovering a vintage comic, Joe discovers his co-workers' ignorance in Kurt Russell filmography.
Joe misses out on a limited hardcover and can't recover a copy for himself.