The Golf Cover Comic Books referenced on this page are ones that you will need to make your own choice of whether to add them to your collection or not.  There is very little change in some of these covers, none of which changes the "golf" reference in any way.  There are probably many of these in existence.  So, you need to decide if you want to spend anywhere from $2.00 to $??? for a small cover variation.

    In the comic book world, we can find "variant" copies of certain comic books.  There are several examples of these with golf cover comic books.  So, what is a variant comic book and where can I find more information about variants.  The best place to find complete information is in the 40th edition of the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide, starting on page 1010.  The article, in the guide, was written by Jon Martin McClure.  Information that you will find on this page is a summary of what can be found in the Guide.
     A simple definition of a "variant" is  (1) any non-standard edition created for distribution with a unique purpose or  (2) anything reprinted for distribution under the same title with some changes to the cover and/or contents.  In the Guide article, Mr. McClure lists 15 categories of variants with several having sub-types for a total of 36 types of variants.  Golf Cover Comic books fit into several of these categories:

Type 1 Variants are those that have a different cover price.
Type 3b Variants are those that promote a business partner and are usually given away as promotionals or complimentary copies.
Type 6 Variants have a different bar code type logo for Direct Market Distribution or Newsstand Editions.
Type 6a Variants with the US price, the UK price and the Canandian price or a combination of these prices.
Type 7 Variants are published at same time, by the same publishing house, but with a different logo (Gold Key/Whitman).
 

     I have shown some of these on the Examples Pages, such as the Gold Key and Whitman variants (Type 7).  Also the smaller Mickey Mouse Magazines giveaway by various dairies are shown (Type 3b).  On this page, I list all Golf Cover Variants that I know about and will show examples.
 
 

The only difference in these covers is the price.  The first one is priced  $1.35 and the other is $1.50.

Type 1 Variants Archie Story & Game Comis Digest #8 Freak Brothers #9 Marge's Little Lulu  #121 Million Dollar Digest Mag. Richie Rich  #1 (Also has features of Type 6 and Type 6a)

The only difference in these covers is the name of the Dairy Promotional. Ohio Clover Leaf Dairy and Brighton Place Dairy.

Type 3b Variants Mickey Mouse Mag.  V1#9  Brighton Place Mickey Mouse Mag.  V1#9  Ohio Clover Leaf Mickey Mouse Mag.  V1#9  Fairfield Western Maryland There are also at least two "The Adventures of Shoney's Big Boy" variants

The only difference in these covers  is the bar code area.  The first one  says Direct Edition while this is absent  on the other.

Type 6 Variants Archie & Friends  #25 Casper The Friendly Ghost #254 (Also has features of Type 6a) Laugh Digest Magazine  #168 Million Dollar Digest Mag. Richie Rich  #1 (Also has features of Type 1 and Type 6a) Million Dollar Digest Mag. Richie Rich  #9

Type 6a Variants Casper The Friendly Ghost #254 (Also has features of Type 6) Million Dollar Digest Mag. Richie Rich  #1  (Also has features of Type 1 and Type 6)

On Golf Cover Comic Books,  there are many examples of the  Gold Key/Whitman logo variation.

Type 7 Variants Beetle Bailey  #128 Bugs Bunny  #167 / # 170 Chip N Dale  #45 Daisy & Donald  #7 / #14 /  #35 New Terry Toons H & J  #17 / #20 Pink Panther/Inspector  #4 Porky Pig & Bugs Bunny  #40 / #43 / #60 /  #70 Tom & Jerry  #275 Tweety & Sylvester  #87 Walt Disney Comics & Stories  R. Crusoe  #26 Walt Disney Comics & Stories  #594  (not GK/WH) Woody Woodpecker  #157