Marvel Comics Reveals New FANTASTIC FOUR Homage Variant Covers Ahead Of The Team's MCU Debut Next Summer

Marvel Comics Reveals New FANTASTIC FOUR Homage Variant Covers Ahead Of The Team's MCU Debut Next Summer

Marvel Comics has shared a first look at 22 of 24 Fantastic Four "Homage" variant covers, putting the spotlight on Marvel's First Family in some fun nods to other classic pieces of comic book imagery.

By JoshWilding - Nov 23, 2024 11:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics

2025 will be a huge year for Marvel's First Family as the team makes its long-awaited MCU debut in next July's The Fantastic Four: First Steps. Now, Marvel Comics has announced a new initiative which will see the heroes take over Marvel history in a whopping 24 "Homage" variant covers.

Illustrated by some of today's leading artists, these covers place the Fantastic Four, their beloved supporting cast, and their most legendary villains in recreations of iconic Marvel comic covers.

We see Invisible Woman as the best there is in a Wolverine #1 homage, Mister Fantastic web-swing as Spidey in an Amazing Spider-Man #300 homage, Doctor Doom unleash the power of the Infinity Stones in a nod to The Infinity Gauntlet, and much more.

The original covers will be featured on the back cover of each respective issue, making these a must-have collector's item. 

The new Fantastic Four "Homage" variant covers coincide with a monumental year for the groundbreaking superhero team. In addition to the aforementioned release of Marvel Studios' highly anticipated The Fantastic Four: First Steps movie, a startling storyline erupts in the pages of Ryan North’s acclaimed Fantastic Four comic book run next year.

Marvel's First Family will also play a pivotal role in the upcoming One World Under Doom comic book event. You can read more about that here. 

See 22 of the Fantastic Four "Homage" variant covers below and stay tuned for the final two to be revealed in the coming weeks.

ALLNEWVENOM2024002-Camuncoli-FF-Homage
ASM2022065-Vecchio-FF-Homage
ASM2022066-Diaz-FF-Homage
DD2023017-Davila-FF-Homage
DPOOL2024010-Hardin-FF-Homage
EXCEPTIONALXM2024005-Bradshaw-FF-Homage
FF2022028-Bressan-FF-Homage
HULK2023021-Nauck-FF-Homage
IM2024004-Caselli-FF-Homage
IMMORTALTHOR2023019-Sandoval-FF-Homage
LKWOLV2024002-Jones-FF-Homage
MKNIGHTFISTK2024004-Laiso-FF-Homage
MMSM2022029-Garron-FF-Homage
SCWITCH2024008-To-FF-Homage
SOV2024005-Land-FF-Homage
SPIDERBOY2023015-Mc-Kone-FF-Homage
STORM2024004-Asrar-FF-Homage
SWCAPA2025001-Smith-FF-Homage
UNCX2024009-Lopez-FF-Homage
XFACT2024006-Albuquerque-FF-Homage
XFORCE2024007-Von-Eeden-FF-Homage
XMEN2024010-Bandini-FF-Homage

Set against the vibrant backdrop of a 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic world, Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps introduces Marvel’s First Family—Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic (Pedro Pascal), Sue Storm/Invisible Woman (Vanessa Kirby), Johnny Storm/Human Torch (Joseph Quinn) and Ben Grimm/The Thing (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) as they face their most daunting challenge yet.

Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, they must defend Earth from a ravenous space god called Galactus (Ralph Ineson) and his enigmatic Herald, Silver Surfer (Julia Garner). And if Galactus’ plan to devour the entire planet and everyone on it weren’t bad enough, it suddenly gets very personal.

Paul Walter Hauser, John Malkovich, and Natasha Lyonne have been cast in mystery roles. 

Director Matt Shakman worked with both Avatar: The Way of Water co-writer Josh Friedman and WandaVision's Cam Squires on The Fantastic Four: First Steps' screenplay, with Eric Pearson (Black Widow) later coming on board for a final polish.

The movie is set to be released in theaters on July 25, 2025.

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TheJok3r
TheJok3r - 11/23/2024, 11:15 AM
Unpopular opinion: I liked the 2005 and 2004 F4 movies.
Spike101
Spike101 - 11/23/2024, 2:54 PM
@TheJok3r - same here, much better than some of the garbage being produced now. Leaving the Galactus cloud aside that is…
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 11/23/2024, 4:35 PM
@TheJok3r @Spike101 - Yeah, they're definitely underrated. Most of the cast was . . . fine, but Chris Evans was perfectly cast as Johnny. If they hadn't fumbled the ball so hard with Galactus, making him a cloud and whatnot, all the better.
Gambito
Gambito - 11/23/2024, 9:19 PM
@TheJok3r - it’s not an unpopular opinion if you like the f4 you care for the movies I personally love them , I can’t wait to see a proper cosmic level movie
LordGanja
LordGanja - 11/24/2024, 6:18 AM
@TheJok3r - I rewatched last week & they are woefully underproduced. Cheesy plot, dialogue & stuffed with TV actors. They were passable at best but are now badly dated.
Vigor
Vigor - 11/23/2024, 11:17 AM
I tried to find a favorite but I can't
Ok the sue storm wolverine variant cover one is pretty bad ass
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/23/2024, 11:18 AM
That Iron Man cover with Doom being Thanos.

MCU foreshadowing.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/23/2024, 12:00 PM
@ObserverIO - how is it foreshadowing? Wouldn't be surprised if Doom has an Infinity Gauntlet though
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/23/2024, 1:27 PM
@bkmeijer1 - Just that it's Doom on the cover of Iron Man, both played by RDJ and that he's Thanos, as in the big bad of the Saga.
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 11/23/2024, 4:19 PM
@ObserverIO - oh gotcha, so more of a parallel or reference I guess?

It is a cool cover in that also mirrors the Thanos cover. Two big bads doing the same pose + the Doom/Iron Man duality is a deep cut imo.
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/23/2024, 5:25 PM
@bkmeijer1 - yeah a parallel, much better word for it. Foreshadowing does sound more like an intentional narrative device, so that doesn't really fit.
dragon316
dragon316 - 11/23/2024, 11:30 AM
Marvel doesn’t enough variant covers they need who ever drew namor over exaggerating his muscles there
ObserverIO
ObserverIO - 11/23/2024, 11:31 AM
I like the Star Wars one, but personally I've always seen Johnny as Luke, his sister Sue as Luke's sister Leia, her romantic partner Reed as Leia's romantic partner Han and his monstrous best bud Ben as Han's monstrous best bud Chewy. Artoo and Threepio are HERBIE and Agatha.
marvel72
marvel72 - 11/23/2024, 11:50 AM
All of them variants are pretty decent for a change.
TheManWithoutFear
TheManWithoutFear - 11/23/2024, 12:01 PM
Lots of good ones there. The Wolverine one, the dark phoenix one and the giant size one are my stand outs.
TheManWithoutFear
TheManWithoutFear - 11/23/2024, 12:02 PM
Also I am over the moon these are images and not twitter embeddings.
GirshwinDavies
GirshwinDavies - 11/23/2024, 12:55 PM
The Johnny Storm one looks off
GirshwinDavies
GirshwinDavies - 11/23/2024, 12:55 PM
@GirshwinDavies - it scares me
PartyKiller
PartyKiller - 11/23/2024, 1:59 PM
People who can't draw and have never learned the basics, attempting to pay homage to true artists.

Like when Quentin Tarantino tried to pay homage to car chase movies with Death Proof.

When homages are actually insults.
GeneralZod
GeneralZod - 11/23/2024, 2:34 PM
For the love of Baby Jesus, draw original covers!
Clintthahamster
Clintthahamster - 11/24/2024, 9:30 AM
I genuinely hate seeing Liefeld in the same company as Byrne, Kirby, Cockrum, Romita, Zeck, Chaykin, hell, even Lee and McFarlane. What a hack.

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