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asked:
Hey Tom, do you remember why two covers were released for Thunderbolts #2 back in 1997? It was before variant covers were common, and at a time where I hear Marvel's budget was pretty low, so it seems weird to me now.

That was part of a program we did for awhile on new series launches, the “Two For #2” program, which was an attempt to get more copies of the #2s into stores and stave off some of the sharp drop-off after the #1s. And like most things, it worked for a while.