Chad Burdette
This week Marvel has been releasing variant covers for the new Avengers run just in time for the title’s 60th anniversary, by superstar creators, writer Jed MacKay and Marvel’s Stormbreaker artist C.F. Villa!
All week long, fans have seen the new team lineup in action in exciting cover reveals by some of the industry’s hottest artists including Stuart Immonen, Daniel Acuña, Kael Ngu, Derrick Chew, and John Tyler Christopher!
In MacKay and Villa’s AVENGERS saga, the team will embrace a new divine purpose after being gifted with knowledge of THE TRIBULATION EVENTS, a series of grand-scale disasters that will spark upheaval throughout the known universe. Fans got their first glimpse at MacKay’s overarching AVENGERS plan in last month’s year-ending one-shot, TIMELESS, where readers followed Kang in his hunt for the unobtainable “MISSING MOMENT.” Now, a dangerous game is afoot, and the prize is more significant than anything imaginable… Will the Avengers triumph in the face of the Tribulation Events and learn the connection behind these earth-shattering threats and Kang’s quest? Or will they be reduced to mere pawns in a great scheme beyond their comprehension?
Now check out an all-new Hidden Gem Variant Cover by legendary artist Paul Smith AND get your first glimpse at interior artwork from the debut issue! The breathtaking pages showcase Captain Marvel, Thor, Iron Man, Black Panther, Captain America, Scarlet Witch, and Vision assembling against classic Avengers foe TERMINUS, the first of many epic challenges that await the team in the title’s opening issues.
In an exclusive nterview with Comicbook.com, Mackay said about the upcoming series:
“For me it’s about a question of scale – the bulk of my work has been on the scrappy, weirdo, street-level end where a guy with a mask and some goons is a major problem. With Avengers, we’re looking at not one, but seven people who work at a much larger scale than Black Cat, Taskmaster or Moon Knight do, and in a much bigger and louder way than Doctor Strange and Clea. So, going into Avengers, I’ve been restructuring how I look at a comic book- the stakes are higher, the threats are bigger, and the heroes are Earth’s Mightiest.”
Check out the latest variant cover and interior art now:
Hidden Gem Variant Cover by Paul Smith
AVENGERS #1
- Written by Jed MacKay
- Art by C.F. Villa
- Main Cover by Stuart Immonen
- Hidden Gem Variant Cover by Paul Smith
- Negative Space Variant Cover by John Tyler Christopher
