MARVEL COMICS CELEBRATES SEVENTY YEARS OF THE MUPPETS THROUGH A SERIES OF VARIANT COMIC BOOK COVERS

To celebrate seventy years of The Muppets, Marvel Comics will be releasing a series of ten variant comic book covers this October, each inspired by one of their classic covers and featuring the likes of Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and the rest of the crew. What now follows is an image gallery showcasing these variant covers, alongside the original covers that inspired them. Please enjoy.

Incredible Hulk #30 (Volume 6): Variant cover illustrated by Chrissie Zullo / The Incredible Hulk #1 (Volume 1): Original cover illustrated by Jack Kirby and dated May 1962

Amazing Spider-Man: Torn #1: Variant cover illustrated by Javier Gárron / Amazing Fantasy #15 (Volume 1): Original cover illustrated by Jack Kirby and dated August 1962

Avengers #31 (Volume 9): Variant cover illustrated by Luciano Vecchio / The Avengers #58 (Volume 1): Original cover illustrated by John Buscema and dated November 1968

Amazing Spider-Man #13 (Volume 7): Variant cover illustrated by Dave Bardin / The Silver Surfer #4 (Volume 1): Original cover illustrated by John Buscema and dated February 1969

Captain America #4 (Volume 14): Variant cover illustrated by Annie Wu / Captain America #111 (Volume 1): Original cover illustrated by Jim Steranko and dated March 1969

Amazing Spider-Man #14 (Volume 7): Variant cover illustrated by Joshua Cassara / Fantastic Four #112 (Volume 1): Original cover illustrated by John Buscema and dated July 1971

Spider-Man & Wolverine #6: Variant cover illustrated by Greg Land / Wolverine #1 (Volume 1): Original cover illustrated by Frank Miller and dated September 1982

Fantastic Four #4 (Volume 8): Variant cover illustrated by Todd Nauck / The Thing #1 (Volume 1): Original cover illustrated by John Byrne and dated July 1983

Venom #250 (Volume 6): Variant cover illustrated by Nick Bradshaw / Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars #8: Original cover illustrated by Mike Zeck and dated December 1984

Battleworld #2: Variant cover illustrated by Paco Medina / The Infinity Gauntlet #1 (Volume 1): Original cover illustrated by George Pérez and dated July 1991

So, what do you think of all that, folks? What do you think of these variant comic book covers from Marvel Comics that celebrate seventy years of The Muppets? Are you glad to see Miss Piggy take on the role of Spider-Man? (🕷) Or are you baffled by The Swedish Chef's rendition of Wolverine? (🦊) Either way, please feel free to leave your thoughts in the comment section below. Or if you prefer, you can click here to check out the official Marvel Comics website.