Marvel celebrates Wolverine’s 50th anniversary next year with a brand-new variant cover series. Aptly titled the Wolverine Wolverine Wolverine variant series, these covers pay homage to iconic covers from Marvel’s past. Beginning January 3, titles like Amazing Spider-Man, Avengers, Doctor Strange, and more will feature the clawed mutant. These covers give artists the opportunity to go wild with their favorite Wolverine costumes and personas. Plus, other characters of the clawed variety may pop up.
Wolverine Celebrates 50th Anniversary
Next year officially marks Wolverine’s 50th anniversary. Throughout different names, outfits, and teams, the popular mutant has graced comics for five decades. No matter if you know him as Weapon X, Logan, an X-Man, or James Howlett, everyone has their favorite Wolverine moment. Now, these new variants will put the Marvel hero in the middle of classic Marvel covers.
Not only is Wolverine’s 50th anniversary honored by these variants, but there is also a new series to celebrate the occasion. The recently announced Wolverine: Madripoor Knights serves as a sequel to one of the mutant’s iconic adventures. From the team of Chris Claremont and Edgar Salazar, the limited series picks up where Uncanny X-Men #268 left off. If that isn’t enough, Marvel is also bringing some special reprints for the celebration.
The First Of Many
These 50th-anniversary variants bring together a slew of talented artists to honor Wolverine. The first 15 artists and issues have been revealed by Marvel, with the remaining to be revealed in the months ahead. These covers feature art from artists like Jim Rugg, Leinil Francis Yu, David Marquez, Kevin Eastman, and more. These variants will grace the covers of Marvel comics throughout January. These include Captain America, Venom, Sensational She-Hulk, X-Men, Superior Spider-Man, and more.
The entire list of January titles included in Wolverine’s 50th anniversary, and the cover artists include:
- Captain America #5 – Jim Rugg
- Doctor Strange #11 – E.J. Su
- Miguel O’Hara – Spider-Man: 2099 #1 – David Yardin
- Venom #29 – Leinil Francis Yu
- Avengers #9 – Pete Woods
- Blade #7 – Ema Lupacchino
- Miles Morales: Spider-Man #15 – Ken Lashley
- Sensational She-Hulk #4 – Dan Jurgens
- Wolverine #41 – Clayton Crain
- Amazing Spider-Man #42 – Alex Saviuk
- Black Panther #8 – Dan Panosian
- Daredevil #5 – David Marquez
- Fantastic Four #16 – Chad Hardin
- X-Men #30 – Ethan Young
- Immortal Thor #6 – Carlos Magno
- Spider-Woman #3 – Corin Howell
- Superior Spider-Man #3 – Betsy Cola
- Punisher #3 – TBA
- Avengers INC. #5 – Todd Nauck
- Dead X-Men #1 – Kevin Eastman
- Incredible Hulk #8 – Dustin Nguyen
- Spider-Boy #3 – David Baldeon
