In November of 1982, Marvel Comics released Marvel Graphic Novel #5, which featured writer Chris Claremont and artist Brent Anderson's now-iconic X-Men story God Loves, Man Kills. To celebrate 50 years of Claremont's contributions to Marvel, the House of Ideas has enlisted Eisner Award-winning artist Marcos Martin to create a series of variant covers for the Dawn of X lineup paying tribute to the writer's seminal '80s mutant tale.
Slated to hit comic shops this March, Martin's variants recreate key moments from Claremont's God Loves, Man Kills -- which follows William Stryker, a televangelist who uses fundamentalist rhetoric to rally the public against mutants, with deadly results. The comic marked the first-ever team up between the X-Men and Magneto, as well as served as the inspiration for the 2003 film X2: X-Men United.
Martin has created Claremont-inspired variant covers for Marauders #9, X-Men #8, New Mutants #9, X-Force #8, Excalibur #9 and Wolverine #2, all of which can be viewed below.
Marauders #9 by Gerry Duggan and Stefano Caselli goes on sale March 4, 2020 from Marvel Comics. X-Men #8 by Jonathan Hickman and R.B Silva and New Mutants #9 by Hickman and Flaviano follow suit on March 11. X-Force #9 by Ben Percy and Joshua Cassara and Excalibur #9 by Tini Howard and Marcus To come next on March 18. Finally, Wolverine #2 by Percy and Adam Kubert arrives March 25.