With Halloween now about a month and a half away, Marvel Comics has revealed a collection of spooky variant covers inspired by classic horror film serial posters, which are slated to ship with certain titles going on sale from the New York-based publisher this October.
The titles getting horror variants (and the artists providing said variants) include Amazing Spider-Man #50 (Aaron Kuder with colors by Jordie Bellaire), Avengers #37 (Javier Rodríguez), Captain America #24 (Mirka Andolfo), Captain Marvel #22 (Taurin Clarke), Immortal Hulk #38 (Mike del Mundo), Iron Man #2 (Mattia De Iulis), Spider-Woman #5 (Patrick Gleason) and X-Men #13 (Russell Dauterman).
These covers place Marvel's superheroes in various retro-style horror scenarios. Kuder and Bellaire's Amazing Spider-Man cover imagines the wall-crawler as a vampire hunter (watch out, Morbius), Dauterman's X-Men variant depicts Marvel's most famous mutants as members of the undead, Gleason's Spider-Woman variant sees Jessica Drew channel Werewolf by Night and, speaking of werewolves, Andolfo's Captain America variant resurrects Steve Rogers' old "Capwolf" persona as he gnaws on the arm of a certain Armored Avenger. The covers also include alternate titles for the comics, such as Avengers becoming "Where Avengers Dwell" and Immortal Hulk becoming "The Living Hulk."
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #50 SPIDER-MAN VAMPIRE HUNTER HORROR VARIANT COVER by AARON KUDER with colors by JORDIE BELLAIRE (AUG200639)
AVENGERS #37 WHERE AVENGERS DWELL HORROR VARIANT COVER by JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ (AUG200696)
CAPTAIN AMERICA #24 CAP WOLF HORROR VARIANT COVER by MIRKA ANDOLFO (AUG200699)
CAPTAIN MARVEL #22 CAPTAIN MARVEL UNLEASHED HORROR VARIANT COVER by TAURIN CLARKE (AUG200703)
IMMORTAL HULK #38 DEL MUNDO LIVING HULK HORROR VARIANT COVER by MIKE DEL MUNDO (AUG200692)
IRON MAN #2 IRON MAN-THING HORROR VARIANT COVER by MATTIA DE IULIS (AUG200670)
SPIDER-WOMAN #5 SPIDER-WOMAN BY NIGHT HORROR VARIANT COVER by PATRICK GLEASON (AUG200657)
X-MEN #13 LEGION OF X-MONSTERS HORROR VARIANT COVER by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN (AUG200629)
Retailers will be able to order Marvel's horror variant starting this Monday, Sept. 21.