DC has already declared 2019 the Year of the Villain, and now Marvel’s getting into the act, too. In addition to the upcoming “Acts of Evil!” annuals, the publisher has announced “Bring On the Bad Guys,” a series of villain-centric variant covers that will put the focus on Marvel’s iconic bad guys. The nearly two-dozen variant covers will feature characters like Red Skull, Doctor Doom, Thanos and Killmonger, brought to life by some of Marvel’s biggest artists. The full list of issues featuring “Bring On the Bad Guys” variant covers, the artists behind the covers, and which characters will be featured is as follows:
- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #27 by Woo Cheol Lee – featuring Molten Man
- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #28 by Bengal – featuring Anna Kravenoff
- AVENGERS #23 by Mike McKone – featuring Count Nefaria
- BLACK CAT #3 by Inhyuk Lee – featuring Black Cat
- BLACK PANTHER #15 by Ryan Benjamin – featuring Killmonger
- CAPTAIN AMERICA #13 by Patch Zircher – featuring Red Skull
- CAPTAIN MARVEL #9 by J.G. Jones – featuring Yon-Ragg
- CONAN THE BARBARIAN SPECIAL #1 by TBD
- DAREDEVIL #9 by TBD
- DAREDEVIL #10 by Junggeun Yoon – featuring Elektra
- DOCTOR STRANGE #18 by Martin – featuring Nightmare
- DOCTOR STRANGE #19 by Nordsol – featuring Dormammu
- FANTASTIC FOUR #13 by Gerald Parel – featuring Doom
- FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #10 by TBD
- FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #11 by TBD
- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #8 by TBD
- IMMORTAL HULK #22 by Ryan Brown – featuring Abomination
- LOKI #2 by Declan Shalvey – featuring Loki
- SAVAGE AVENGERS #4 by Zaffino – featuring Kulan Gath
- THANOS #5 by Junggeun Yoon – featuring Thanos
- THOR #16 by TBD
- TONY STARK: IRON MAN #15 by Mark Brooks – featuring Madame Masque
- VENOM #17 by Sunghan Yune – featuring Carnage
Additionally Marvel has provided first looks at a handful of the covers, which you can see below. No word yet on whether these variants will be open-to-order or incentivized. Look for these covers to adorn Marvel books shipping throughout the summer.
