The Press Release:
This June, superstar creator Rob Liefeld returns with an all-new DEADPOOL saga in DEADPOOL: BADDER BLOOD! To celebrate this upcoming action-packed Deadpool limited series, fans can see the iconic character pop up throughout Marvel Comics history in new HOMAGER VARIANT COVERS! Just as DEADPOOL: BADDER BLOOD will be an extreme followup to Liefeld’s previous DEADPOOL: BAD BLOOD series, Marvel’s regular Homage Variant Covers are taken to the next level, more HOMAGER than ever!
Kicking off in May, these five stunning covers will see Liefeld paying tribute to some of his favorite Marvel Covers and artists—with a Deadpool-style twist! Adorning the covers of some of Marvel’s hottest titles, see the “merc with a mouth” steal the spotlight of groundbreaking moments like Wolverine’s first solo title, the original Secret Wars, and more!
The collection will take inspiration from the following classic covers:
* Fantastic Four #52 by Jack Kirby
* Secret Wars #7 by Mike Zeck
* Captain America #111 by Jim Steranko
* Daredevil #163 by Frank Miller
* And the collection of the original Wolverine limited series by Frank Miller
“Marvel has a world class library of historic and recognizable comic book covers, and when they asked me to make some Deadpool covers for their Homagers series, I jumped at the chance to pay proper tribute to iconic images from Marvel Legends, Jack Kirby, Jim Steranko, Mike Zeck and Frank Miller!” Liefeld said. “These were a blast to create and I’m excited to share how I inserted Deadpool into classic Daredevil, Wolverine, and Fantastic Four covers!”
On Sale 5/3:
SPIDER-MAN #8: HOMAGER VARIANT COVER BY ROB LIEFELD
On Sale 5/17:
FANTASTIC FOUR #7: HOMAGER VARIANT COVER BY ROB LIEFELD
On Sale 6/7:
DAREDEVIL #12: HOMAGER VARIANT COVER BY ROB LIEFELD
On Sale 6/14:
CAPTAIN AMERICA: COLD WAR OMEGA #1: HOMAGER VARIANT COVER BY ROB LIEFELD
WOLVERINE #34: HOMAGER VARIANT COVER BY ROB LIEFELD
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PiercingMetal Thoughts: Cool stuff for sure and always great to see Rob Liefeld working on one of his most popular creations in such an interesting fashion. Of course you all know my current stand on the variant covers and it’s essentially to avoid them based on budgeting and preferring to get something else when I have the extra scratch for a second issue of something. I will just enjoy looking at them when they are on the racks and leave the copies to the super diehard collectors. That’s all I have about this one and now its time to shift my geek excitement to the film side instead of the comic book side since “Ant-Man: Quantumania” opens up in theaters everywhere tomorrow. What do you readers think about these issues? Are you going to add some of them to your collection? Chime in down below in the comments section and I will see you next time around. Stay safe out there.
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