Marvel Comics has revealed a new series of "Timeless Heroes" variant covers from veteran artist Alex Ross for certain titles going on sale this September. Each cover features a portrait of an iconic Marvel hero, painted in Ross' trademark, hyper-realistic style.
At this time, The House of Ideas has offered a look at four different variants for Fantastic Four #24, each of which features a different founding member of Marvel's first family. The publisher has also revealed Ross variants for Fantastic Four: Antithesis #2, Immortal She-Hulk #1, Iron Man #1 and X-Factor #4, featuring the Silver Surfer, She-Hulk, Iron Man and Angel, respectively.
The other books that will feature portrait covers by Ross are Avengers #36, Captain America #23, Empyre Fallout: Fantastic Four #1, Giant-Size X-Men: Storm #1, Immortal Hulk #37 and Strange Academy #3.
Award-winning artist Ross has gained recognition for his detailed depictions of superheroes through such renowned books as Marvel Comics' Marvels and DC Comics' Kingdom Come, with some of his other major DC credits being Justice and The World's Greatest Super-Heroes. Ross still regularly creates new covers for Marvel, many of which are for new titles carrying on the Marvels brand.