Marvel Tribute Iconic Hip-Hop Covers

Variant covers include Captain America as A$AP Rocky and Iron Man as 50 Cent

The first of 50 hip-hop covers planned by Marvel have been revealed. The tributes to legendary albums include Howard the Duck as Ol’ Dirty Bastard, and Squirrel Girl as Tyler the Creator, complete with squirrel pal.

“For years, Marvel Comics and Hip-Hop culture have been engaged in an ongoing dialog,” Marvel Editor-In-Chief Axel Alonso said in a press release. “Beginning this October, we will shine a spotlight on the seamless relationship between those two unique forces.”

UPDATE

Axel Alonso, Marvel’s Editor-in-Chief has contributed three new covers including Nas’ Illmatic featuring Spiderman, The Roots’ Illadelph Halflife with The Avengers and Pete Rock & Cl Smooth’s Mecca and The Soul Brother with a Hawkeye spin. Marvel have also announced that they plan to do 50 covers in the series.

See the results of the collaboration in the gallery below.

  • Avengersartwork by Axel Alonso (The Roots' Illadelph Halflife

  • Hawkeye artwork by Axel Alonso ( Pete Rock & Cl Smooth’s Mecca and The Soul Brother

  • Spidermanartwork by Axel Alonso ( Nas’s Illmatic)

  • Ms. Marvel #1 artwork by Jenny Frison (Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill)

  • Spider-Man/Deadpool #1 artwork by Dave Johnson (Eric B. & Rakim's Paid in Full)

  • Squadron Supreme #1 artwork by Mike Del Mundo (Wu-Tang Clan's Enter the 36 Chambers)

  • Ant-Man #1 artwork by Mark Brooks (The Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready to Die)

  • Invincible Iron Man #1 artwork by Brian Stelfreeze (50 Cent's Get Rich or Die Tryin’)

  • The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1 artwork by Phil Noto (Tyler, the Creator's Wolf)

  • Howard the Duck #1 artwork by Juan Doe (Ol’ Dirty Bastard's Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version)

  • Extraordinary X-Men #1 artwork by Sanford Green (De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising)

  • Amazing Spider-Man #1 artwork by Mike Del Mundo (A Tribe Called Quest's Midnight Marauders)

  • Doctor Strange #1 artwork by Juan Doe (Dr. Dre's The Chronic)

  • Captain America #1 artwork by Mahmud Asrar (A$AP Rocky's Long Live A$AP)

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