User blog comment:Tupka217/Rumor roundup/@comment-4026406-20121017163046/@comment-1038387-20121018070738

We're not sure - though the initial response by Chris Jones indicates it may be DC-sanctioned. Still:
 * It may just be they needed the space for the tagline.
 * Icon doesn't appear in the issue, though he's mentioned as being away - "the Cooperative delegation". Maybe it was a miscommunication to begin with? However, in such cases, the cover is rarely corrected.
 * This change doesn't really explain the last minute part of the pull of the show, as comics take months to produce. If he was on the cover, but not in the issue... was he removed from the issue? I'm thinking CJ is not at liberty to discuss that.