Marvel hip-hop variant covers acknowledge link between comics and music

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