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Marvel Celebrates 25 Years of Marvels with Veritable Variant Cover Bonanza

Published Fri, 07 Dec 2018 17:00:04 -0600

Face front, true believers! Marvel Comics is celebrating the 25th anniversary of Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross's Marvels in the only way they know how: with a @#$%load of variant covers, baby!

We already knew about Alex Ross's Marvels 25th Anniversary variants launching in January, as well as the February release of Marvels Annotated, which will itself, of course, feature variant covers by Ross and Paolo Rivera. And now Marvel has announced even more "homage" variant covers across the publishing line by artists other than Alex Ross coming in June 2019.

Check out the press release for more details:

Years ago, photojournalist Phil Sheldon reported an unprecedented story spanning the history of the Marvel Universe – from larger-than-life battles in New York City to incredible Super Heroes soaring through the sky – through his own eyes, changing the way the world looked at the Marvel Universe. Lauded as "a classic and watershed moment for the industry" by IGN and "a landmark" by Publisher's Weekly, join us next year to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross' groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed series MARVELS.

MARVELS ANNOTATED:

In February, don't miss the MARVELS ANNOTATED series kicking off with never-before-seen commentary from Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross. Read the original MARVELS series with new covers and insight from the creators themselves.

MARVELS VARIANT COVERS:

Marvel will release exclusive monthly MARVELS 25th anniversary variant covers, painted by the legendary Alex Ross, starting with FANTASTIC FOUR #6 in January, TONY STARK: IRON MAN #9 in February, and THE IMMORTAL HULK #15 in March! Later in June, 20 artists will come together to pay tribute in a MARVELS 25th anniversary homage variant program across Marvel's most popular titles.

MARVELS REMASTERED:

As part of the anniversary, MARVELS has also been remastered and reprinted in a trade paperback for fans to enjoy, on sale now!

MARVELS ANNOTATED #1 (OF 4)
ALEX ROSS & KURT BUSIEK (W) • ALEX ROSS (A/C)
VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY ALEX ROSS
VARIANT COVER BY PAOLO RIVERA

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the series that changed the way we look at super heroes, the landmark MARVELS is back! In the year 1939, young photojournalist Phil Sheldon attends the sensational unveiling of the fiery android Human Torch — little knowing he is witnessing the dawn of the Age of Marvels! Prepare to relive Marvel's Golden Age from a whole new point of view as Phil covers the superhuman sightings of the 1930s and 1940s — from the terror caused by the Human Torch's epic clash with the Sub-Mariner to the patriotism stirred by the debut of Captain America and more! Packed with extras and completely remastered, you don't want to miss this unique look back at the MARVELS phenomenon! Collecting MARVELS #0-1.

MARVELS ANNOTATED #2 (OF 4)
ALEX ROSS & KURT BUSIEK (W) • ALEX ROSS (A/C)
VIRGIN VARIANT COVER BY ALEX ROSS
VARIANT COVER BY PAOLO RIVERA

Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the series that changed the way we look at super heroes, the landmark MARVELS is back — with all-new commentary from comic book masters Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross! Phil Sheldon, photographer for the Daily Bugle, trains his eagle eye on the birth of the Marvels — from Earth's Mightiest Heroes assembling as the Avengers to the wedding of Mister Fantastic and the Invisible Girl. But when the X-Men's public debut brings about a surge of anti-mutant hysteria, the issue hits home for Phil in a very personal way! Packed with extras and completely remastered, you don't want to miss this unique look back at the MARVELS phenomenon! Collecting MARVELS #2.