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FIRST LOOK: Marvel heroes transform into classic horror monsters

July 25th, 2020 by Marc Comments

From Werewolf by Night to Tomb of Dracula, Marvel has a proud history of horror themed comics and this October, these classic terrifying tales will be honored in a series of Horror Variant covers! Prepare to see your favorite Marvel characters like you’ve never seen them before as the X-Men, the Avengers, Spider-Man, and more live out nightmarish fantasies just in time for Halloween. Paying homage to the classic Marvel horror comics of yesterday, the industry’s top artists including Russell Dauterman, Mike Del Mundo, and Leinil Francis Yu, have reimagined Marvel’s heroes in delightfully creepy visions. See what happens when you cross Iron Man with the swamp monster, Man-Thing, or check out Black Widow staking out her prey as a creature of the night—all this and more when these chilling covers hit comic stores this October!

See below for a full list of October’s Horror Variant covers and be on the lookout for more of these devilish cover reveals coming your way!

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 50 SPIDER-MAN VAMPIRE HUNTER HORROR VARIANT COVER by AARON KUDER with colors by JORDIE BELLAIRE

AVENGERS 37 WHERE AVENGERS DWELL HORROR VARIANT COVER by JAVIER RODRÍGUEZ

BLACK WIDOW 2 TOMB OF BLACK WIDOW HORROR VARIANT COVER by JOSHUA “SWAY” SWABY

CAPTAIN AMERICA 24 CAP WOLF HORROR VARIANT COVER by MIRKA ANDOLFO

CAPTAIN MARVEL 22 CAPTAIN MARVEL UNLEASHED HORROR VARIANT COVER by TAURIN CLARKE

IMMORTAL HULK 38 DEL MUNDO LIVING HULK HORROR VARIANT COVER by MIKE DEL MUNDO

IRON MAN 2 IRON MAN-THING HORROR VARIANT COVER by MATTIA DE IULIS

MARAUDERS 13 HELL’S STORM HORROR VARIANT COVER by KHARY RANDOLPH

SPIDER-WOMAN 5 SPIDER-WOMAN BY NIGHT HORROR VARIANT COVER by PATRICK GLEASON

THOR 8 FRANKENSTEIN’S THOR HORROR VARIANT COVER by LEINIL FRANCIS YU with colors by SUNNY GHO

X-MEN 13 LEGION OF X-MONSTERS HORROR VARIANT COVER by RUSSELL COUNTERMAND

Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….