By Chad Burdette

on May 5, 2025

Marvel Comics’ Pride celebration returns this June with six all-new PRIDE VARIANT COVERS drawn by superstar cover artist Meghan Hetrick!

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For the fifth consecutive year, Marvel’s PRIDE VARIANT COVERS spotlight the LGBTQIA+ community with stunning portraits of LGTQIA+ characters—ranging from iconic heroes to recently introduced breakout stars! The stunning covers can be found on Deadpool #15, Exceptional X-Men #10, Immortal Thor #24, New Champions #6, Runaways #1, and X-Men #17 throughout June.

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Hetrick shared about working on the covers:

“It was an honor to be asked to work on this year’s Pride Variant Covers. Celebrating these characters in vibrant, personal ways felt especially meaningful right now,”

Check out all six covers and the characters featured this year:

On Sale June 4, 2025

X-MEN #17 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY MEGHAN HETRICK – 75960620920001731

· PRODIGY, aka David Alleyne, a breakout character from the X-Men’s Academy X generation. The super-genuis mutant went on to star in titles like Young Avengers, X-Factor, and most recently, NYX by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Francesco Mortarino.

IMMORTAL THOR #24 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY MEGHAN HETRICK – 75960620664302441

· LOKI, the God of Mischief! Over the decades, Loki has evolved from maniacal supervillain into one of Marvel’s most complex protagonists, with their most recent character-redefining journey occurring in the pages of Al Ewing and Jan Bazaldua’s bold Immortal Thor series.

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On Sale June 11, 2025

NEW CHAMPIONS #6 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY MEGHAN HETRICK – 75960621124100621

· KID JUGGERNAUT, aka Justin Jin, who made his unstoppable debut in the Marvel’s Voices Infinity Comic where his family’s secret legacy with the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak was revealed! Now, Kid Juggernaut uses his superhuman strength to be a champion for others in the hit Avengers Academy: Marvel’s Voices Infinity Comic on Marvel Unlimited, written by co-creator Anthony Oliveira.

RUNAWAYS #1 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY MEGHAN HETRICK – 75960621142500131

· NICO MINORU, the young sorceress of Runaways and Midnight Suns fame. Nico and the Runaways return this June in a new One World Under Doom tie-in limited series by Rainbow Rowell and Elena Casagrande–Hetrick’s Pride Variant Cover will be featured on the debut issue!

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EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN #10 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY MEGHAN HETRICK – 75960620921701021

· KITTY PRYDE, beloved X-Man and pillar of the mutant community! Kitty is currently guiding a trio of new mutants in the critically-accalaimed Exceptional X-Men ongoing series by Eve L. Ewing and Carmen Carnero.

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On Sale June 25, 2025

DEADPOOL #15 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY MEGHAN HETRICK – 75960620897501531

· VALENTINE VUONG, the elite assassin who stole Wade Wilson’s heart during Alyssa Wong’s 2023 run of Deadpool, and recently resurfaced in the Merc with a Mouth’s current solo series by Cody Ziglar and Rogê Antônio.

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