More than perhaps any other comic publisher, Marvel Comics felt the highs and lows of the 1990s. The decade got off to a good start with record-breaking sales for Todd McFarlaneâs Spider-Man #1, Rob Liefeldâs X-Force #1, and Jim Leeâs X-Men #1. However, McFarlane, Liefeld, Lee, and four other artists soon left Marvel to form Image Comics. In their absence, Marvel and other publishers over-saturated the comic book market with titles and gimmicks before the inevitable crash left Marvel in bankruptcy.
Twenty years later, Marvel is ready to look back at the â90s with some nostalgia, and the company is releasing twenty four Marvel â92 variant covers in December that will feature the characters as they were in the â90s and bring in some of the artists who actually worked on their respective Marvel titles during that era!
The full list of Marvel â92 variant covers is included below.
- ALL-NEW X-MEN #3 Marvel â92 Variant by Rob Liefeld
- ALL-NEW WOLVERINE #3 Marvel â92 Variant by Tom Raney
- A-FORCE #1 Marvel â92 Variant by J. Scott Campbell
- BLACK KNIGHT #2 Marvel â92 Variant by Steve Epting
- CARNAGE #3 Marvel â92 Variant by Mike Deodato
- DAREDEVIL #1 Marvel â92 Variant by Larry Stroman
- DEADPOOL #3 Marvel â92 Variant by Rob Liefeld
- DOCTOR STRANGE #3 Marvel â92 Variant by Mark Texeira
- DRAX #2 Marvel â92 Variant by Ron Lim
- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #3 Marvel â92 Variant by Larry Stroman
- GUARDIANS OF INFINITY #1 Marvel â92 Variant by Ron Lim
- HERCULES #2 Marvel â92 Variant by Mark Texeira
- MIGHTY THOR #2 Marvel â92 Variant by Ron Frenz
- MS. MARVEL #2 Marvel â92 Variant by J. Scott Campbell
- NEW AVENGERS #4 Marvel â92 Variant by Tom Raney
- NOVA #2 Marvel â92 Variant by Pasqual Ferry
- SCARLET WITCH #1 Marvel â92 Variant by TBD
- SILK #2 Marvel â92 Variant by TBD
- SPIDER-MAN 2099 #4 Marvel â92 Variant by Pasqual Ferry
- TOTALLY AWESOME HULK #1 Marvel â92 Variant by Dale Keown
- UNCANNY AVENGERS #3 Marvel â92 Variant by Whilce Portacio
- UNCANNY INHUMANS #3 Marvel â92 Variant by Whilce Portacio
- WEB WARRIORS #2 Marvel â92 Variant by Mark Bagley
- VISION #2 Marvel â92 Variant by Dale Keown
Six of the â92 variant covers were released with Marvelâs announcement, including Liefeldâs All-New X-Men (with feral, noseless Wolverine, Gambit, and Bishop); Dale Keownâs Peter David-era smart Hulk on Totally Awesome Hulk; Mike Deodatoâs Symbiote reunion on Carnage; Ron Limâs take on the bigger, and much less intelligent Drax the Destroyer from Lim’s Silver Surfer run; the classic Marvel 2099 characters by Pasqual Ferry for Spider-Man 2099; and the return of Thunderstrike by Ron Frenz for The Mighty Thor.
Marvel fans, which â90s variant cover are you most looking forward too? Let us know in the comment section below!