Throughout the month of April, Marvel series like Uncanny X-Men, Avengers, Amazing Spider-Man, and Fantastic Four will have “Avengers Art Appreciation Variants” as their covers to promote the theatrical release of The Avengers in May. These covers depict The Avengers in the style of famous artists like Rodin, Monet, Seurat, Schielle, Rembrandt, Michelangelo, and others, like the Joe Quinones piece above which references Toulouse-Lautrec’s famous lithograph Moulin Rouge: La Goulue. Besides Quinones, other artists contributing covers include Alex Maleev, Michael Kaluta, Gabriele Dell’Otto, Greg Horn, Gerald Parel, Steffi Schutzee, Christian Nauck, Girihiru, Stephanie Hans, Mike Del Mundo, Julian Totino, Khoi Pham, John Tyler Christopher, and Charles Paul Wilson III.
We have a sneak preview of fifteen of these covers starting on the next page. It just got classy up in here.
[Sources: SuperPunch, WIRED, Marvel]
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AGE OF APOCALYPSE #2
Variant Cover by CHRISTIAN NAUCK
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #683
Variant Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO
AVENGERS #25
Variant Cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO
AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #2
Variant Cover by STEPHANIE HANS
DAREDEVIL #11
Variant Cover by STEFFI SCHUTZEE
FANTASTIC FOUR #605
Variant Cover by MICHAEL KALUTA
INCREDIBLE HULK #7
Variant Cover by CHARLES PAUL WILSON III
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #515
Variant Cover by GREG HORN
SECRET AVENGERS #26
Variant Cover by JOE QUINONES
UNCANNY X-FORCE #24
Variant Cover by JULIAN TOTINO TEDESCO
UNCANNY X-MEN #11
Variant Cover by GREG HORN
WINTER SOLDIER #4
Variant Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER
WOLVERINE #304
Variant Cover by GURIHIRU
WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #9
Variant Cover by ALEX MALEEV
X-MEN #27
Variant Cover by KHOI PHAM