Marvel Unveils Classic Homage Variant Covers Recreating Memorable Moments In Comics

You gotta love a nice homage cover. Cool homage covers are like a really good cover song. You can immediately recognize the classic or original source, but the artist will creatively make it stand out as their own.

There have been countless homage covers over the year. The idea isn’t new, but it’s always a welcome one when used to celebrate a classic moment. That’s what Marvel is doing. They’ve announced that some of today’s amazing artists are taking a stab at some really cool comic book covers.

For example, check out John Romita Jr’s version of his father’s classic “Spider-Man No More” cover.

Here is the full list of homage covers:

• AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #17 – Amazing Spider-Man #50
• AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #18 – Amazing Spider-Man #100
• AVENGERS #64 – Avengers #4
• AVENGERS FOREVER #13 – Avengers #57             
• BLACK PANTHER #13 – Fantastic Four #52           
• CAPTAIN AMERICA: SENTINEL OF LIBERTY #8 – Captain America #109             
• CAPTAIN AMERICA: SYMBOL OF TRUTH #9 – Captain America #109              
• CAPTAIN MARVEL #45 – Ms. Marvel #1  
• DAREDEVIL #7 – Daredevil #181
• FANTASTIC FOUR #3 – Fantastic Four #48
• GHOST RIDER #10 – Marvel Spotlight #5
• GOLD GOBLIN #3 – Amazing Spider-Man #39
• HULK #13 – Incredible Hulk #340             
• IMMORTAL X-MEN #10 – Star Wars #1  
• MARAUDERS #10 – Uncanny X-Men #141            
• MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #2 – Spider-Man #1
• MOON KNIGHT #19 – Moon Knight #1
• SCARLET WITCH #1 – West Coast Avengers #62
• MONICA RAMBEAU: PHOTON #2 – Amazing Spider-Man Annual #16
• SPIDER-MAN #4 – Marvel Team-Up #1
• STRANGE #10 – Doctor Strange #169
• ·THOR #31 – Thor #337  
• INVINCBLE IRON MAN #2 – Iron Man #126
• VENOM #15 – Amazing Spider-Man #375
• WOLVERINE #29 – Wolverine #1
• X-FORCE #36 – X-Force #1           
• ·X-MEN #19 – X-Men #94
• ·X-MEN RED #10 – X-Men #137
• SINS OF SINISTER #1 – Strikeforce: Moritori #1

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You can look for this issues throughout January 2023. Let your comic shop know if there are any in particular you’re interested in, or if you just want them all.

Here’s when you can expect them:

On Sale 1/4

• AVENGERS #64 Classic Homage Variant Cover by INHYUK LEE
• CAPTAIN AMERICA: SENTINEL OF LIBERTY #8 Classic Homage Variant Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG
• CAPTAIN MARVEL #45 Classic Homage Variant Cover by CARMEN CARNERO
• DAREDEVIL #7 Classic Homage Variant Cover by FRANK CHO
• FANTASTIC FOUR #3 Classic Homage Variant Cover by PHIL JIMENEZ
• GOLD GOBLIN #3 Classic Homage Variant Cover by J. SCOTT CAMPBELL
• MARAUDERS #10 Classic Homage Variant Cover by JEN BARTEL
• SCARLET WITCH #1 Classic Homage Variant Cover by ADAM HUGHES
• SPIDER-MAN #4 Classic Homage Variant Cover by JOHN CASSADAY
• X-FORCE #36 Classic Homage Variant Cover by ROB LIEFELD
• X-MEN RED #10 Classic Homage Variant Cover by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN

On Sale 1/11

• AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #17 Classic Homage Variant Cover by JOHN ROMITA JR.
• BLACK PANTHER #13 Classic Homage Variant Cover by PACO MEDINA
• CAPTAIN AMERICA: SYMBOL OF TRUTH #9 Classic Homage Variant Cover by ALEX MALEEV
• GHOST RIDER #10 Classic Homage Variant Cover by PHIL NOTO
• MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN #2 Classic Homage Variant Cover by STEPHANIE HANS   
• MONICA RAMBEAU: PHOTON #2 Classic Homage Variant Cover by PEACH MOMOKO
• MOON KNIGHT #19 Classic Homage Variant Cover by DAVID NAKAYAMA
• WOLVERINE #29 Classic Homage Variant Cover by ADI GRANOV

On Sale 1/18

• AVENGERS FOREVER #13 Classic Homage Variant Cover by PEPE LARRAZ
• IMMORTAL X-MEN #10 Classic Homage Variant Cover by LEINIL FRANCIS YU
• INVINCIBLE IRON MAN Classic Homage Variant Cover by ESAD RIBIC
• STRANGE #10 Classic Homage Variant Cover by IBAN COELLO
• VENOM #15 Classic Homage Variant Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

On Sale 1/25

• AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #18 Classic Homage Variant Cover by RYAN STEGMAN

Which ones do you like?