Mark Brooks’ animated-style depictions of Marvel characters took social media by storm over the past year and now, fans will be able to collect them as they’re featured as variant covers on select Marvel comics starting this February.
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A far cry from the superstar artist’s standard super hero style, Brooks created bright-eyed, cartoon-inspired designs for various Marvel heroes and villains. From the Avengers to the X-Men, these beloved pieces will be paired off or grouped together across 26 eye-catching covers and placed on relevant titles. Each Animated-Style Variant Cover will also be available as virgin variant covers.
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In a Marvel press release, Brooks shared:
“Almost a year ago I started drawing my animated Marvel characters as a warm-up every morning just for fun“It became a way for me to loosen up and draw something different from my normal style. I never dreamed that over 200 characters later that they would see the light of day as official Marvel artwork. I have so many more to show and even more that I want to draw. I couldn’t be more thrilled to see them grace the covers of some of my favorite books and hope the audience enjoys collecting them as much as I did creating them!”
Check out February’s ANIMATED STYLE VARIANT COVERS below:
On Sale February 5, 2025
AVENGERS #23 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS – 75960620426702316
PHOENIX #8 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS – 75960620959000821
SCARLET WITCH #9 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS – 75960620828900916
UNCANNY X-MEN #10 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS – 75960620917001021
WOLVERINE #6 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS – 75960620841800621
On Sale February 12, 2025
CABLE: LOVE AND CHROME #2 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
DEADPOOL #11 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
IMMORTAL THOR #20 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
MAGIK #2 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
PSYLOCKE #4 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
X-MEN #11 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
On Sale February 19, 2025
EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN #6 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
INCREDIBLE HULK #22 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
LAURA KINNEY: WOLVERINE #3 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
MYSTIQUE #5 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
NYX #8 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
STORM #5 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
WEAPON X-MEN #1 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
X-FACTOR #7 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
X-FORCE #8 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
On Sale February 26, 2025
CAPTAIN AMERICA & VOLSTAGG #1 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
IRON MAN #5 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
SABRETOOTH: THE DEAD DON’T TALK #3 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
WEST COAST AVENGERS #4 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
X-MEN #12 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
On Sale March 26, 2025
INFINITY WATCH #3 ANIMATED-STYLE VARIANT COVER BY MARK BROOKS
Preorder these covers at your local comic shop today