If you collected comics during the 80s and 90s you might remember some really cheesy comic-music crossovers like the embarrassing Nightcat.
But comics have certainly inspired music quite a bit, particularly the genre of hip-hop where songs often make various kinds of references to comic book characters (“Homie I’ll be nicer to women when the Aquaman drowns and the Human Torch starts swimming” -Eminem, ‘Cold Wind Blows’).
To acknowledge this connection, but in a non-cheesy way, Marvel will be releasing a set of variant covers in October that parody classic hip-hop album covers. Some of these are quite cool. Have fun spotting all the references!
The complete list of Marvel hip-hop variant covers to be released in October is as follows:
- Amazing Spider-Man #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Mike Del Mundo
- Angela: Queen of Hel #1 – HIP-HOP Variant by Annie Wu
- The Astonishing Ant-Man #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Mark Brooks
- Contest of Champions #1 – HIP-HOP Variant by Denys Cowan
- Doctor Strange #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Juan Doe
- Extraordinary X-Men #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Sanford Greene
- Guardians of the Galaxy #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Shawn Crystal
- Invincible Iron Man #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Brian Stelfreeze
- The Mighty Thor #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Mike Deodato
- Sam Wilson, Captain America #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Mahmud Asrar
- Spider-Gwen #1 – HIP-HOP Variant by Humberto Ramos
- The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Phil Noto
- Uncanny Inhumans #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Damian Scott
- Uncanny Avengers #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Jason Pearson
And look for these additional HIP-HOP Variants coming later this fall:
- All-New All-Different Avengers #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Jim Cheung
- All-New Wolverine #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Keron Grant
- Carnage #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Ariel Olivetti
- Howard the Duck #1- HIP-HOP Variant Juan Doe
- Ms. Marvel #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Jenny Frisson
- Old Man Logan #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Tim Bradstreet
- Spider-Man #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Adi Granov
- Spider-Man/Deadpool #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Dave Johnson
- Squadron Supreme #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Mike Del Mundo
- Star-Lord #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Tradd Moore
- The Totally Awesome Hulk #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Mahmud Asrar
- Web Warriors #1- HIP-HOP Variant by Damian Scott