Marvel pays tribute to itself in new series of classic cover homages
gamesradar.comIn 2021 and 2022 homage variant covers were all the rage, and for the second January in a row (opens in new tab), Marvel Comics will begin the new year paying homage to its own iconic covers with "Classic Homage" variants, 25 brand new covers by contemporary artists paying tribute to covers of the past, "injecting them with a modern twist or simply paying tribute to their influential impact by depicting it in their own art style."
The publisher even sneaks in a homage to some classic non-Marvel Universe covers, like Star Wars and Strikeforce: Morituri #1.
Check out a gallery of 18 of the 25 covers Marvel is showing off this week, along with a full list of the homage covers and the covers that inspired them, followed by an on-sale schedule of the covers and the artist that drew them.
A couple of the original covers are part of Newsarama's list of the best superhero origin stories of all time.
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