Marvel Comics Spotlights Kitty Pryde, Loki, Prodigy, And More On New Pride Month Variant Covers

Marvel Comics Spotlights Kitty Pryde, Loki, Prodigy, And More On New Pride Month Variant Covers

Marvel Comics has shared six "Pride Variant Covers" featuring LGBTQIA+ characters Kitty Pryde, Kid Juggernaut, Loki, Nico Minoru, Prodigy, and Valentine Vuong. They're all illustrated by Meghan Hetrick...

By JoshWilding - May 03, 2025 04:05 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics' annual Pride celebration will return this June with six all-new "Pride Variant Covers" illustrated by acclaimed cover artist, Meghan Hetrick.

For the fifth consecutive year, these covers spotlight the LGBTQIA+ community with stunning portraits of LGTQIA+ characters—ranging from iconic heroes to recently introduced breakout stars. These eye-catching covers can be found on Deadpool #15, Exceptional X-Men #10, Immortal Thor #24, New Champions #6, Runaways #1, and X-Men #17.

These are the characters who will be taking centre stage across each of the must-have covers:

  • Kitty Pryde, beloved X-Man and pillar of the mutant community! Kitty is currently guiding a trio of new mutants in the critically acclaimed Exceptional X-Men ongoing series by Eve L. Ewing and Carmen Carnero.
  • Kid Juggernaut, aka Justin Jin, who made his unstoppable debut in the Marvel's Voices Infinity Comic where his family’s secret legacy with the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak was revealed! Now, Kid Juggernaut uses his superhuman strength to be a champion for others in the hit Avengers Academy: Marvel’s Voices Infinity Comic on Marvel Unlimited, written by co-creator Anthony Oliveira.
  • Loki, the God of Mischief! Over the decades, Loki has evolved from maniacal supervillain into one of Marvel's most complex protagonists, with their most recent character-redefining journey occurring in the pages of Al Ewing and Jan Bazaldua’s bold Immortal Thor series.
  • Nico Minoru, the young sorceress of Runaways and Midnight Suns fame. Nico and the Runaways return this June in a new One World Under Doom tie-in limited series by Rainbow Rowell and Elena Casagrande--Hetrick’s Pride Variant Cover will be featured on the debut issue!
  • Prodigy, aka David Alleyne, a breakout character from the X-Men’s Academy X generation. The super-genuis mutant went on to star in titles like Young Avengers, X-Factor, and most recently, NYX by Collin Kelly, Jackson Lanzing, and Francesco Mortarino.
  • Valentine Vuong, the elite assassin who stole Wade Wilson’s heart during Alyssa Wong’s 2023 run of Deadpool, and recently resurfaced in the Merc with a Mouth’s current solo series by Cody Ziglar and Rogê Antônio.

"It was an honor to be asked to work on this year's Pride Variant Covers," Hetrick shared today. "Celebrating these characters in vibrant, personal ways felt especially meaningful right now."

Check out all six Pride covers below and stay tuned for more on Marvel Comics' LGBTQIA+ celebrations as we have it.

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On Sale 6/4

X-MEN #17 Pride Variant Cover By Meghan Hetrick
IMMORTAL THOR #24 Pride Variant Cover By Meghan Hetrick

On Sale 6/11

NEW CHAMPIONS #6 Pride Variant Cover By Meghan Hetrick
RUNAWAYS #1 Pride Variant Cover By Meghan Hetrick
EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN #10 Pride Variant Cover By Meghan Hetrick

On Sale 6/25

DEADPOOL #15 Pride Variant Cover By Meghan Hetrick

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GirshwinDavies
GirshwinDavies - 5/3/2025, 4:36 AM
Milligan's Cream
Beer85
Beer85 - 5/3/2025, 4:42 AM
The art is not really bad but the covers are really boring. I dont think the person drawing them gets what cool covers in a visual medium is supposed to look like. Nothing in those covers makes you want to buy them.
SuperiorHeckler
SuperiorHeckler - 5/3/2025, 7:54 AM
@Beer85 - I think that's the point and it's probably very intentional on MARVEL's part. The vast majority of theses annual virtue-signaling comics don't sell and "maybe" not being too obvious with the cover designs and colors might move a few more copies. 🫤
asherman93
asherman93 - 5/3/2025, 6:19 AM
Okay, 2/3 of these make sense, but I have no clue who Kid Juggernaut and the last Deadpool LI are.
...if anything, shouldn't Wade himself be on here?
dragon316
dragon316 - 5/3/2025, 8:43 AM
@asherman93 - kid juggernaught is digital comic character finally made his debut to physical comics deadpool have no idea all I get from it deadpool on cover of wolverine but deadpool is no where to be seen in comic that’s all I got not first time marvel and dc have done this that’s my guess on deadpool kid juggernaught kinda intersting he’s kid hero version of juggernaught not evil seem more of little kids comic looking at it
SuperiorHeckler
SuperiorHeckler - 5/3/2025, 8:06 AM
Since we are on the subject-matter; I'm surprised that Josh and Company ignored the recent comments of the MCU's Reed Richards; Pedro "Fu@k-U-I'm-Not-Shaving-My-Machismo-Stache" Pascal voicing outrage towards J.K. Rowling simply due to her personal views concerning biological-reality. 🤨
Batmangina
Batmangina - 5/3/2025, 8:20 AM
KID TUGGERNUT for the WIN!!
NGFB
NGFB - 5/3/2025, 9:41 AM
Yay gay!
TheDpool
TheDpool - 5/3/2025, 1:55 PM
Is Kitty gay now too? Lol just keep spreading it out Marvel.

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