New comic covers spotlight Super Hero pets of the Marvel Universe
Marvel Super Hero pets get the spotlight in the upcoming series of variant covers from Marvel’s Stormbreakers program.
The new limited series, Marvel Unleashed, features some of the biggest and furriest super pets teaming up to rescue one of their own from Kraven the Hunter. The story stars Lockjaw, Throg the Frog of Thunder, Redwing the Falcon, Chewie the Cat Flerken, Lucky the Pizza Dog, Bats the Ghost Dog, and new ally D-Dog.
Marvel Unleashed #1 arrives on Aug. 23, 2023, from writer Kyle Starks and art by Jesús Hervás with a cover featuring Lockjaw, Lucky the Pizza Dog, Chewie the Cat Flerken, Throg, Redwing, and Bats.
Marvel’s Stormbreakers is a program to spotlight up-and-coming comic artists that launched in 2020. The class of 2023 artists include Elena Casagrande, Nic Klein, Jan Bazaldua, Chris Allen, Martin Coccolo, Lucas Werneck, Federico Vicentini, and C.F. Villa.
Each month, the Stormbreakers artists lend their talents to variant covers of ongoing Marvel comic series. And in August, the theme is Super Hero pets in celebration of the new Marvel Unleashed storyline.
Stormbreakers variant covers coming next month:
Aug. 2, 2023
- Doctor Strange #6 by Nic Klein
- X-Men #25 by C.F. Villa
Aug. 9, 2023
- Captain Marvel: Dark Tempest #2 by Lucas Werneck
Aug. 23, 2023
- Amazing Spider-Man #32 by Jan Bazaldua
- Black Panther #3 by Chris Allen
- Invincible Iron Man #9 by Martín Cóccolo
- Venom #24 by Elena Casagrande
Aug. 30, 2023
- Incredible Hulk #3 by Federico Vicentini
Comic collections, don’t forget about the year-long Disney100 series that reimagines classic Disney characters as Marvel superheroes. Upcoming Disney100 variant covers include Amazing Spider-Man #32 (Aug. 23) and #33 (Sept. 6) featuring Daisy as Spider-Gwen and then Ms. Marvel.
