Marvel Unveils "Avengers Art Appreciation" Variants

Variant covers aren't new. We've been seeing them for a while now. What makes a variant worth looking at is when it can stand out from the rest.

Today, Marvel has announced a slew of upcoming variants labeled as "Avengers Art Appreciation." Marvel is answering the question of what the Avengers might have looked like if they "existed throughout the ages." During April, the covers of your favorite series will sport Avengers covers in the styles of the world's greatest artists like Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Monet, and more. These covers will be done by today's artists like Alex Maleev, Michael Kaluta, Gabriele Dell'otto, Greg Horn, Gerald Parel and more.

Check them out below:

AGE OF APOCALPSE #2

Variant Cover by CHRISTIAN NAUCK

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #683

Variant Cover by MIKE DEL MUNDO

AVENGERS #25

Variant Cover by GABRIELE DELL’OTTO

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE #2

Variant Cover by STEPHANIE HANS

DAREDEVIL #11

Variant Cover by STEFFI SCHUTZEE

FANTASTIC FOUR #605

Variant Cover by MICHAEL KALUTA

INCREDIBLE HULK #7

Variant Cover by CHARLES PAUL WILSON III

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #515

Variant Cover by GREG HORN

SECRET AVENGERS #26

Variant Cover by JOE QUINONES

UNCANNY X-FORCE #24

Variant Cover by JULIAN TOTINO

UNCANNY X-MEN #11

Variant Cover by GREG HORN

WINTER SOLDIER #4

Variant Cover by JOHN TYLER CHRISTOPHER

WOLVERINE #304

Variant Cover by Gurihiru

WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #9

Variant Cover by ALEX MALEEV

X-MEN #27

Variant Cover by KHOI PHAM

Who's going to collect them all?

This is love. If there was ever a time I would fight over/ pay extra for variants, that time is now.

wow, just wow!

Definitely some of the more interesting variant covers I've seen in a while. A fun mix of bold, surreal, and even cute covers.

I like the Amazing Spider-Man one.

Oh man, those are all so awesome! I really can't say I've got a favorite out of the lot!

Avengers #25 is the best one! Awesome!

Love the Winter Solider one

MFW Wolverine #304

Michael Kaluta. HUGE fan of his work, excited to see his art here, very impressed. Very interesting assortment of variants-perhaps too many but they are still great to look at.

Very Cool!

where's nick fury ? why isn't he on the cover with the rest of the avengers?

@Mega_spidey01: Prolly left out to avoid confusion and disconsent. For me it would make sense to show off the white Nick Fury but that would not be wise marketing for the movie coming out in May and people would have out cries about Sammy J Nick Fury on 616 Marvel covers.

My favorite is the last one.

Poor Hulk...

These are fantastic! I may have to buy some Variants now...

Does anyone know what 1 out of ## these will be?

whats the appeal?

I really liked all the covers. They all had great art work and they were very creative

This is adorable.

Winnie The Pooh variant is so full of epicness Wolverine 304 and AMS 683 are awesome as well

Wonder if there will be a Hulk as Atlas, standing with the earth on his shoulders? (continuing from the statue cover)

But nice covers.

This is awesome

As much as these look great, I'll never understand why Marvel insists on doing these series of Variant covers with one theme across all the series when they have nothing to do with at least 80% of them.

Sweet art!

Cool.

WOW! These are friggen awesome!

Awesome. Incredible Hulk was lovely.

These are all really awesome covers. I really like the Avengers #25 one and the Secret Avengers one.

That Amazing Spider-Man variant is freakin epic O.O

So can I just mail Marvel my money for these right now, even the comics I don't read I want!

@sesquipedalophobe said:

This is adorable.

Artistic!

Wow these are so amazing! I love the Hulk being stuck in the "werm hole" thing lol.

WOW, pure awesomeness!!

@sesquipedalophobe said:

This is adorable.

These are all amazing but... expensive!

AWESOME!!!!!!

still not paying extra though ;)

very cute :)

these are....AWESoooME

Very nice :)

These are the greatest variants ever. I hope they sell prints.

Ha ha these are great.=)

loving all of them

@The Mighty Monarch: come on. with marvel you know you are going to pay a pretty penny for something which wont sell.

I WANT THEM ALL AS POSTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cool idea, although most of them aren't really as art-historically allusive as I'd like for an "art appreciation" series. The Fantastic Four, Secret Avengers, X-Force, and Winter Soldier ones are the nicest.

diggin the uncanny x force

My eyes hurt from awesome...

Woah! I dig^^

Gorgeous art all around!

Some nice ones, but um, no thank you. I would buy a few as prints though.

The Crhistian Nuack and Mike Kaluta covers are phenomenal! Kaluta totally captured the Little Nemo lines and mood. I thought it was Mucha at first.