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One of the early incentive variants which were made during the post Heroes Reborn relaunch of the major titles. Each cover featured the character or team logo illuminated as though it was shining like the sun.

Number of Covers: 11

Date: June-July, 2009

As part of Marvel Comics' 70th anniversary, each of these variants celebrated the coolest and most controversial fashion, music and cultural quirks from the previous seven decades.

Number of Covers: 26

Date: April, 2010

A series of covers reimagining Iron Man in many different art styles and historical periods, released a month before Iron Man 2. Styles homaged included Futurism, the Roman Empire, Art Nouveau and Steampunk.

Number of Covers: 10

Date: October, 2010

The Vampire theme was an offering of the some of Marvel's heroes as vampires for the month of October. It coincided with the Curse of the Mutants X-Men storyline. Some variants dobuled as homages to classic Marvel covers, including Amazing Fantasy #15 and Iron Man #128.

Number of Covers: 10

Date: November-December, 2010

Variants penciled by Mark Brooks and Brandon Peterson to celebrate the release of Walt Disney Pictures' Tron: Legacy film, outfitting characters from each title in costumes evoking the 'light suits' from the movie.

Number of Covers: 20

Date: April, 2011

The Thor Goes Hollywood variants were published in April 2011 to coincide with the release of Thor. Each cover is a homage to a big blockbuster movie or the movie's poster. The covers were released either 1:15 or 1:20 ratio.

Number of Covers: 14

Date: May, 2011

In anticipation of the movie X-Men: First Class, these wraparound covers showcase the evolution of the design of some of the most popular X-Men characters.

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Date: February, 2012

Number of Covers: 20

Date: April, 2012

A wave of variant covers featuring the Avengers which homages classic art styles and paintings. The series was released in 2012 to coincide with the release of Marvel's The Avengers.

Number of Covers: 20

Date: April, 2013

A series of covers depicting the different suits worn by Iron Man through the years. They were released on April, in advance to the premiere of Iron Man 3.

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A gallery of covers depicting characters of the Marvel Universe as animals. They were released during the line-wide revamp All-New Marvel NOW!, encompassing most of the titles under said banner.

Number of Covers: 7

Date: October, 2014

Released during National Bullying Prevention Month, this wave of variant covers partnered Marvel with the organization STOMP Out Bullying to help rise money and awareness, depicting Marvel heroes supporting and defending kids victims of bullying.

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A series of covers having classic covers but with all the characters replaced with the Hasbro action figures.

Number of Covers: 20

Date: November, 2014

A wave of variant covers homaging many of Marvel's most iconic covers, with Rocket Raccoon and Groot in the place of the characters in the original version. The variants were released following their rise to popularity through the Guardians of the Galaxy film.

Number of Covers: 8

Date: January, 2015

A series of variants released to promote ESPN’s first ever College Football Playoff. Each cover depicts a different heroes declaring themselves "IN" with each being in the style of a campaign poster.

Number of Covers: 13

Date: February-April, 2015

A variant theme limited to books that tied into the Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: Black Vortex crossover event. Drawn by Andrea Sorrentino, they depicted the title character of each book as empowered by the Black Vortex.

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Number of Covers: 15

Date: June-July, 2015

A series of wraparound variants with an illustration in a miniature size, or rather, "ant-sized", with the same image presented in regular size on the back. They were released in anticipation of Ant-Man.

Number of Covers: 18

Date: June-July, 2015

A wave of variants reimagining Gwen Stacy as different characters from the Marvel Universe, in a similar fashion to the then-recently introduced Spider-Gwen. The most popular of these mash-ups occurred in the variant for Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars #2, merging Gwen with Deadpool into Gwenpool. The concept spawned its own series, Unbelievable Gwenpool.

Number of Covers: 28

Date: October-November, 2015

Covers featuring renditions of many of the monsters created by Jack Kirby.

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Number of Covers: 20

Date: April, 2016

A wave of variants homaging the cover design used for tie-ins of the Civil War event from 2006-2007. It essentially imagined each participant book as if it had tied into that event.

Number of Covers: 22

Date: May, 2016

With the intention to promote the Apocalypse Wars event, this series of variants reimagine the protagonist(s) of each title as a Horseman of Apocalypse.

Number of Covers: 11

Date: June, 2016

Celebrating the original Civil War, each of cover of this series of variants had the protagonist(s) of the comic series reenact an iconic moment from that storyline.

Number of Covers: 20

Date: July-August, 2016

In preparation for the mini-series Death of X, the artist of each of these covers imagine what would the ultimate fate of certain X-Men characters be.

Number of Covers: 20

Date: September-October, 2016

Announced with the purpose to shine the spotlight on Marvel's street-level heroes, this series of covers featured the comic counterparts of characters from Netflix's array of Marvel-based series: Marvel's Daredevil, Marvel's Jessica Jones, Marvel's Luke Cage, and the then-upcoming Marvel's Iron Fist.

Number of Covers: 20

Date: October, 2016

In order to promote the release of the new Champions (Vol. 2) comic series, these variants paired members of the new team with those of the original Champions of Los Angeles.

Number of Covers: 20

Date: November, 2016

A series of variant covers which promoted Marvel NOW! (2016). Divided We Stand was the promotion of the MU in the aftermath of Civil War II. Each cover depicts a group or pair of allies opposing each other.

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A series of variant Covers depicting some of the MUs younger heroes excelling in STEAM fields to help promote STEAM subjects.

Number of Covers: 5

Date: December, 2016 - April, 2017

In anticipation for writer Brian Michael Bendis' departure from Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 4), each of the final five issues of his run had a variant depicting some of his best moments of writing the book.

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A series of variant covers homaging famous X-Men covers but replacing them with Inhumans instead.

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A series of variant covers homaging famous Inhumans covers but replacing them with X-Men instead.

Number of Covers: 5

Date: January-March, 2017

A wave of variant covers made specifically for the main Monsters Unleashed mini-series, depicting classic comic book monsters in the style of movie posters of the same era.

Number of Covers: 5

Date: January-March, 2017

Another set of variants exclusive to Monsters Unleashed, pitching heroes from the Avengers and the Champions against classic monsters.

Number of Covers: 5

Date: January-March, 2017

Another set of variants exclusive to Monsters Unleashed, these covers depict the heroes of the MU armored up. They were used to help promote Marvel Future Fight.

Number of Covers: 4

Date: January-April, 2017

With the introduction of a handful of new monsters in Monsters Unleashed, each was given a wraparound cover showcasing their design.

Number of Covers: 54

Date: January, 2017

A series of covers exclusive to U.S.Avengers #1. Each cover features an Avenger assigned to one of the 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Canada, and the United Kingdom. When combined, the 50 states form the American Flag.

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Date: February-March, 2017

As part of Monsters Unleashed, each of the special .MU tie-in one-shots was given a variant that combined Gwen Stacy with a classic Marvel monster.

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A wave of interconnecting covers each representing in chronological order an era or specific moment of Spider-Man's history, in order to celebrate the character's 50th anniversary.

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Originally introduced for Civil War II, each Character Variant showcases one specific character of a given book that takes part in this theme. Deadpool & the Mercs for Money (Vol. 2) and Astonishing X-Men (Vol. 4) also had Character Variants.

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Date: October, 2016 - June, 2017

A series of covers depicting the protagonist(s) of each book in either their classic costumes or in a classic art style.

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Date: February and May-June, 2017

Two different waves of variants were released under the banner of Corner Box Variants. The first, launched on February, featured cover-sized recreations of some of Marvel's classic corner box artworks by Joe Jusko. Three months later, new Corner Box Variants were made, but instead shone the spotlight on the new corner box artwork used on the X-Men line of books following the ResurrXion revamp.

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Date: March, 2017 (first wave); September, 2017 (second wave)

Two different waves of variants were released under the banner of Venomized Variants. The first, launched on March, depicts the heroes of the MU as they would be if they were combined with the Venom Symbiote. The second, entitled "Venomized Villains", is set to be released on September.

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Date: May-August, 2017 (Second Wave)

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A series of covers made by Marvel in collaboration with Hastings and the collectible company Kidrobot, featuring artwork from Kidrobot's line of Labbit vinyl toys based around Marvel characters.

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