Marvel Comics Shares Chilling Variant Cover Art Paying Homage To Classic Horror Comics of The Past For Halloween
Marvel Comics is celebrating Halloween this year with a cool line of Horror Variant cover art that pay tribute to their own classic Marvel horror comics from the past. We have a collection of that cover art to share with you today.
The press release explains, “From Werewolf by Night to Tomb of Dracula, Marvel has a proud history of horror themed comics and this October, these classic terrifying tales will be honored in a series of Horror Variant covers! Prepare to see your favorite Marvel characters like you’ve never seen them before as the X-Men, the Avengers, Spider-Man, and more live out nightmarish fantasies just in time for Halloween.”
"See your favorite Marvel characters like you’ve never seen them before as Spider-Man, the Avengers, and Captain America live out nightmarish visions just in time for Halloween … See what happens when you cross Iron Man with the swamp monster, Man-Thing, or check out Black Widow staking out her prey as a creature of the night.”
You now can see these chilling creations by artists Aaron Kuder, Javier Rodríguez, Mirka Andolfo, Russell Dauterman, Mike Del Mundo, and Leinil Francis Yu as they pay homage to the classic Marvel horror comics of yesterday.
These variant covers hit comic stores this October!
Here are the eight titles announced to receive Horror variants, along with the titles of the pieces and the artists behind them.
Amazing Spider-Man #50: Spider-Man Vampire Hunter, by Aaron Kuder and Jordie Bellaire
Avengers #37: Where Avengers Dwell, by Javier Rodríguez
Captain America #24: Cap Wolf, by Mirka Andolfo
Captain Marvel #22: Captain Marvel Unleashed, by Taurin Clarke
Immortal Hulk #38: Living Hulk, by Mike del Mundo
Iron Man #2: Iron Man-Thing, by Mattia de Iulis
Spider-Woman #5: Spider-Woman By Night, by Patrick Gleason
X-Men #13: Legion of X-Monsters, Russell Dauterman