Chad Burdette
Next month, Marvel Comics celebrates Black History Month! In addition to STORM: LIFEDREAM, a special one-shot honoring the legacy of Earth’s Mightiest Mutant, Marvel proudly presents two collections of variant covers: STAR WARS BLACK HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVERS featuring Black Heroes of the galaxy far, far away and BLACK HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVERS spotlighting Marvel superheroes!
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Today, fans can get their first look at the latter program which sees acclaimed artists Chris Allen, Taurin Clarke, Ken Lashley, and Alitha Martinez stunningly depict some of today’s leading Black heroes including popular icons like Black Panther and Captain America along with fan-favorite and all-new characters!
Here are the 8 heroes spotlighted this year and where to find them!
- Black Panther, legendary super hero and King of Wakanda. T’Challa can currently be seen taking charge in Jed MacKay and Farid Karami’s hit run of Avengers.
- Captain America (Sam Wilson), whose latest high-flying adventure kicked off last week in Evan Narcisse, Greg Pak, and Eder Messias’ Sam Wilson: Captain America.
- Frenzy, the former villain who now lends her super strength to the government’s officially sanctioned mutant team in Mark Russell and Robert Quinn’s X-Factor.
- Gold Tiger, a mysterious new Wakandan hero who debuted this week in Steve Foxe and Ivan Fiorelli’s New Champions!
- Power Man, or rather a version of him from the far future! Be there when this future Luke Cage and his awe-inspiring array of powers arrives in the modern Marvel Universe next month in Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Bernard Chang’s Power Man: Timeless!
- Spider-Man (Miles Morales), Brooklyn’s own web-slinger who’s currently enjoying a celebrated run by Cody Ziglar, Luigi Zagaria and more where he’ll soon face off against Deadpool for the first time in the upcoming “Pools of Blood” crossover!
- Storm, Earth’s Mightiest Mutant and one of Marvel’s most groundbreaking super heroes. Celebrating 50 years of storytelling this year, the iconic X-Men leader currently stars in both Avengers and her own solo ongoing series by Murewa Ayodele and Lucas Werneck.
- Temper, one of the X-Men’s most promising students. The young temperature-controlling mutant was recently promoted to the flagship X-Men team, following Cyclops’ leadership in Jed MacKay and Ryan Stegman’s X-Men.
Check out 7 of the covers now:
On Sale February 5, 2025
AVENGERS #23 BLACK HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY ALITHA MARTINEZ – 75960620426702341
POWER MAN: TIMELESS #1 BLACK HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY KEN LASHLEY – 75960621098500121
On Sale February 12, 2025
NEW CHAMPIONS #2 BLACK HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY ALITHA MARTINEZ – 75960621124100221
SAM WILSON: CAPTAIN AMERICA #2 BLACK HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY CHRIS ALLEN – 75960621097800241
X-MEN #11 BLACK HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY CHRIS ALLEN – 75960620920001161
On Sale February 19, 2025
X-FACTOR #7 BLACK HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY KEN LASHLEY – 75960620963700741
STORM #5 BLACK HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY TAURIN CLARKE – 75960621036700541
- MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #30 BLACK HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVER BY TAURIN CLARKE – 75960620483003011
Preorder all 8 BLACK HISTORY MONTH VARIANT COVERS at your local comic shop today and stay tuned for more Marvel Comics news and reviews.
