Cosplay is a huge part of fandom these days, and companies are embracing the ridiculous talent and creativity of their fans more than ever. Marvel are getting literal with said support, too: They’ve announced that their September variant cover theme will highlight fan cosplay with some amazing photos.
Throughout September, over 20 of Marvel’s current comic series will get a variant photocover featuring a cosplayer as the titular character, as a tribute to the fans who put a humongous amount of effort into bringing the comic company’s myriad characters to life. It’s a really cool way of highlighting fans in a way that rarely gets to happen inside the pages of a comic book.
Here’s a full list of the credited cosplayers revealed so far, as well as what comic they’ll be appearing on the cover for:
A-Force #1 Cosplay Variant by Jay Justice
All-New Inhumans #1 Cosplay Variant by Yaya Han
Amazing Spider-Man #1 Cosplay Variant by Aaron Rivin
Astonishing Ant-Man #1 Cosplay Variant by SoloRoboto Industries
Avengers #0 Cosplay Variant by Michael Cox
Captain Marvel #1 Cosplay Variant by Judy Stephens
Daredevil #1 Cosplay Variant by Patrick ‘Rick’ Lane
Doctor Strange #1 Cosplay Variant by Allen Lee Hansard
Extraordinary X-Men #1 Cosplay Variant by Amanda Lynne Shafer
Guardians of the Galaxy #1 Cosplay Variant by Contagious Costuming
Invincible Iron Man #1 Cosplay Variant by Dale Oliver
Ms. Marvel #1 Cosplay Variant by Soni Balestier
Nova #1 Cosplay Variant by Cap Santiago
Sam Wilson Captain America #1 Cosplay Variant by Eddie Newsome
Spider-Gwen #1 Cosplay Variant by Kathrine Zan
Spider-Woman #1 Cosplay Variant by Yashuntafun Cosplay
The Mighty Thor #1 Cosplay Variant by Sarah Jean Maefs
The Mighty Thor #2 Cosplay Variant by Kevin Spooner
Uncanny Avengers #1 Cosplay Variant by Miss Kit Quinn
Uncanny Inhumans #1 Cosplay Variant by Kalel Sean
There will be one more cosplay cover, but it’s currently “classified” (presumably as said comic hasn’t been announced yet). Check out a full gallery of the awesome covers below!
[Via CBR]