The costume reminds me of the 2010 pilot...
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This cover feels like something Rucka would address in his first run by having Diana pick up the magazine and say, “I want to teach them world peace, but all they want to learn is my diet and makeup routine…”
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I mean I'm sure there's some standards like no nudity etc, but for a retailer exclusive cover a retailer is committing to buying 3000+ copies of an issue which gets them the ability to commission an artist to create an exclusive cover for their store:
Bleeding Cool: CoverWatch: Retailer Exclusive Covers Options from Marvel & DC Comics
To get an exclusive retailer cover from Marvel or DC, shops, shows or creators have to order a minimum of 3000 copies, with subsequent variants of the variant at 1500 and 1000. They pay the full wholesale price, plus the artist's cost – unless they are representing the artist themselves. These can be sold for premium prices or used for promotional purposes as they often have the name of the store somewhere. They have also been very handy for publishers looking to bump the numbers on a title, adding tens of thousands of orders to a comic book just by making this option available. An increase in availability from Marvel dulled the "specialness" of these covers, and DC Comics has been increasing the number of issues they make available for this as well.
I feel this collection should have had Byrne and Luke era entries. Kinda weird it didn't. Especially over inclusion of some other later eras. But a very handsome volume