Marvel Comics debuts four new variant covers for Marvel’s Voices: Pride #1, featuring LGBTQ+ characters from Runaways and the X-Men family of comics.
Marvel Comics has revealed a new batch of variant covers for its upcoming Pride Month one-shot Marvel’s Voices: Pride, highlighting LGBTQ+ characters from Runaways, as well as the X-Men family of comics.
First and foremost, founding Runaways members Nico Minoru and Karolina Dean share a kiss on Kris Anka’s Marvel’s Voices: Pride #1 variant. Meanwhile, Russell Dauterman’s variant cover stars founding X-Men member Bobby Drake/Iceman, who currently serves as a member of the Marauders.
Next, Xi’an Coy Manh/Karma — of New Mutants fame — kicks back on Ernanda Souza’s variant. Finally, Jeffrey Veregge’s variant features X-Factor‘s Jean-Paul Beaubier/Northstar, who became Marvel’s very first openly gay character back in 1992’s Alpha Flight #106.
MARVEL’S VOICES: PRIDE #1 (APR210808)
- Written by KIERON GILLEN, ALLAN HEINBERG, ANTHONY OLIVEIRA, STEVE ORLANDO, TINI HOWARD, LEAH WILLIAMS, MARIKO TAMAKI, TERRY BLAS, CRYSTAL FRASIER, VITA AYALA, J.J. KIRBY, LUCIANO VECCHIO & LILAH STURGES
- Art by JAVIER GARRÓN, JIM CHEUNG, KRIS ANKA, JEN HICKMAN, PAULINA GANUCHEAU, JETHRO MORALES, BRITNEY WILLIAMS, J.J. KIRBY, LUCIANO VECCHIO, JAN BAZALDUA, PAULINA GANUCHEAU, DEREK CHARM, CLAUDIA AGUIRRE, JOANNA ESTEP, JACOPO CAMAGNI & SAMANTHA DODGE
- Variant Cover by KRIS ANKA (APR210810)
- Variant Cover by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN with colors by MATTHEW WILSON (APR210811)
- Variant Cover by ERNANDA SOUZA (APR210813)
- Variant Cover by JEFFREY VEREGGE (APR210812)
Set for release on June 23, Marvel’s Voices: Pride #1 is an 88-page anthology from an all-star lineup comic book writers and artists that celebrates the House of Ideas’ LGBTQ+ characters. It serves as the latest entry in the Marvel’s Voices series of one-shots, which aims to feature an array of stories from diverse creators. Previous titles include Marvel’s Voices, Marvel’s Voices: Indigenous Voices and Marvel’s Voices: Legacy. Marvel’s Voices: Identity, which celebrates the publisher’s Asian heroes, is set for release on Aug. 11.
Per an official synopsis for Marvel’s Voices: Pride #1,
MARVEL CELEBRATES LGBTQ+ CHARACTERS & CREATORS WITH A RAINBOW-POWERED SPECIAL!
Marvel Comics is proud to present its first ever queer-centered anthology! Ring in Pride Month with an amazing assembly of writers and artists from all walks of life. Wiccan and Hulkling! Iceman! Mystique and Destiny! Karma! Akihiro! Nico Minoru and Karolina Dean! Celebrate these and so many more legendary characters from across the Marvel archive! New and fan-favorite creators tell their Pride stories – stories of inspiration and empowerment, stories that illustrate “the world outside your window” in full color. Plus, some of Marvel’s biggest LGBTQ+ moments get a special reprinting. Don’t miss an extraordinary new chapter in Marvel history!
Written and illustrated by an all-star cast of creators and featuring a main cover by Luciano Vecchio, Marvel’s Voices: Pride #1 goes on sale June 23 from Marvel Comics.
Source: Marvel Comics
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