THE MICRONAUTS #11/ WHITMAN VARIANT/ BRONZE AGE MARVEL COMICS 1979 Time Traveler. 1st Full Appearance of The Time Traveler, an Emissary of the Enigma Force, materialized. Marvel Comics 1979 Whitman Variant What a “whitman variant” really means is an early direct market comic not distributed by Marvel and most likely distributed by Western publishing between 1977 and 1979 distinguishable by a diamond. See pics for details and condition. All comics ship in Gemini Mailers.