Exclusive: Xemnu, Poker Face, Yeti and More Rampage Through Marvel’s Kirby Monster Covers
Marvel is getting monstrous this October with 26 variant covers featuring some of the finest creation of the true King of Monsters, Jack Kirby. Each cover features a brand new rendition of a classic Kirby monster by one of the finest artists in today's industry, and we have the exclusive reveal on four of the best.
Xemnu the Titan is easily the masterpiece of all Marvel monsters; here he's hypnotically brought to life by Dan Brereton for the cover of Contest of Champions #1. Phil Noto offers a chilling take on Black Panther monster The Yeti for Extraordinary X-Men #2, and Marguerite Sauvage gets cute with a newt on the cover of Spider-Man 2099 #2. James Stokoe rounds out our exclusive selection with his noodle-headed alien gambler Poker Face for the cover of SHIELD #1. Check out the covers below!
Extraordinary X-Men #2 featuring Yeti (from Black Panther #5). Cover by Phil Noto
Spider-Man 2099 #2 featuring The Crawling Creature (from Tales to Astonish #22). Cover by Marguerite Sauvage
S.H.I.E.L.D. #1 featuring Poker Face (from Strange Tales of the Unusual #7). Cover by James Stokoe
You can check out the rest of the Kirby Monster variant covers beloww, including the covers that Marvel released previously, and the covers that debuted this morning at CBR, ComicVine, Newsarama and ComicBook.com.
Via Marvel:
Amazing Spider-Man #2 featuring Infant Terrible (from Fantastic Four #24). Cover by Paolo Rivera
Doctor Strange #1 featuring Awesome Android (from Fantastic Four #15). Cover by Erica Henderson
Guardians of the Galaxy #1 featuring Groot (from Tales to Astonish #13). Cover by Mike Allred
Karnak #1 featuring Rommbu (from Tales to Astonish #19). Cover by Eric Powell
Via CBR:
All-New, All-Different Avengers #0 featuring Devil Dinosaur (from Devil Dinosaur #1). Cover by David Marquez
Captain America: White #3 featuring Jinni Demon (from Thor #137). Cover by Glenn Fabry
All-New Hawkeye #1 featuring Elektro (from Tales of Suspense #13). Cover by Jeff Lemire
Ms. Marvel #19 featuring Wrecker’s Robot (from Fantastic Four #12). Cover by Cliff Chiang
Via ComicVine:
Ant-Man #1 featuring Scarlet Beetle (from Tales to Astonish #39). Cover by Tradd Moore
Civil War #5 featuring Lo-Karr, Bringer of Doom (from Journey Into Mystery #75). Cover by John Cassaday
Groot #5 Quonian (from Fantastic Four #97). Cover by Christian Ward
Uncanny Avengers #1 featuring Mangog (from Thor #154). Cover by Geoff Darrow
Via Newsarama:
A-Force #5 featuring Ulvar (from from Journey Into Mystery #63). Cover by Chris Samnee
House of M #4 featuring Kraa the Unhuman (from Tales of Suspense #18). Cover by Dave Johnson
Howling Commandos of SHIELD #1 featuring Orrgo (from Strange Tales #90). Cover by Michael Del Mundo
Invincible Iron Man #2 featuring Fin Fang Foom (from Strange Tales #89). Cover by Walt Simonson
All-New, All Different Point One #1 featuring Nezarr, the Calculator (from Eternals #7). Cover by Paul Pope
Sam Wilson, Captain America #2 featuring Zetora (from Journey Into Mystery #57). Cover by Tony Moore
Spider-Gwen #1 featuring Hypno-Creature (from Tales of Suspense #23). Cover by Francesco Francavilla
Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 featuring Thorr (from Tales to Astonish #16). Cover by Chris Bachalo
Two covers are yet to be revealed:
- New Avengers #2 featuring The Blip (from Tales to Astonish #15). Cover by Simon Bisley
- Uncanny Inhumans #1 featuring Vandoom’s Monster (from Tales to Astonish #17). Cover by Art Adams
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