Marvel Comics Variants Celebrating 100 Years Of Disney Showcase The Crossovers Fans Once Dreaded

Marvel Comics Variants Celebrating 100 Years Of Disney Showcase The Crossovers Fans Once Dreaded

There was a time when Disney's acquisition of Marvel Entertainment left fans fretting about what that would mean for the brand, and fun new variants from Marvel Comics reveal that potential nightmare fuel.

By JoshWilding - Jan 10, 2023 05:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics

Not all of you will remember this, but way back in 2009, a lot of fans were genuinely concerned when news broke that Disney had acquired Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion. 

The MCU was still in its infancy, but there was a very real fear that the Marvel Universe's beloved heroes and villains would end up being Disney-fied, with the brand primarily used to increase the popularity of Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, for example!

Those crossovers have never happened (we also didn't get the rumoured Pixar/Marvel movie so many of us hoped for), but you can get an idea of what might have been thanks to some newly revealed variant covers from Marvel Comics. 

The Walt Disney Company will mark its 100th anniversary in 2023, celebrating the incredible storytellers, creators, and fans who, together, spark the magic and wonder of Disney.

Disney100 is a celebration of that journey and will bring new experiences with beloved characters around the globe, and Marvel Comics will be marking the occasion with a special monthly variant cover program featuring Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, and more.

The covers are going to explore Marvel's past, present, and future through the classic "What If" lens with a fantastic reimagining of the publisher's most classic comic book covers.

Below, you can check out Disney's iconic characters immersed in pivotal moments of the Marvel mythos including the earth-shattering Infinity Gauntlet, the debut of the lineup of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes that would define the 2000s in New Avengers #1, and the transformative journey Tony Stark went on in the pages of Invincible Iron Man.

With 12 covers in total, it's said we can look forward to a new Disney100 variant cover hitting stands each month of 2023 at local comic book shops. The first of these variant covers will be found on tomorrow's Amazing Spider-Man #17

Check out Chiara Di Francia, Donald Soffritti, and Claudio Sciarrone's covers below.

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Conquistador
Conquistador - 1/10/2023, 5:48 AM
Haha, I'm certain that I'm going to be enjoying the comments on this article.
Conquistador
Conquistador - 1/10/2023, 5:50 AM
@UniqNo - Spider-Goofy dope ASF though!
OmegaBlack13
OmegaBlack13 - 1/10/2023, 5:54 AM
@UniqNo - Haha, he really does
Fogs
Fogs - 1/10/2023, 8:09 AM
@UniqNo - hahahah I'm cracking up looool
HOTSHOT
HOTSHOT - 1/10/2023, 5:50 AM
I often wonder what it would be like if we lived in an alternate timeline where Disney didn't own Marvel, and the MCU had the rights to all characters from the very beginning.
AzorAhai
AzorAhai - 1/10/2023, 11:00 AM
@HOTSHOT - So... DC situation?
Origame
Origame - 1/10/2023, 5:53 AM
Marvel already beat disney to it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider-Ham
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 1/10/2023, 6:04 AM
This still makes no sense…

IcePyke
IcePyke - 1/10/2023, 6:19 AM
@UnderBelly -
Just like this one

Origame
Origame - 1/10/2023, 6:32 AM
@UnderBelly - ...Pluto was raised by wild animals.
Origame
Origame - 1/10/2023, 6:33 AM
@IcePyke - you see, Donald has a unique mental condition where he both can't wear pants and believes a shirt can cover his junk.
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 1/10/2023, 6:34 AM
@Origame - Lol, but if Disney is suppose to be 'woke' now, surely they see the trauma this can have with Goofy having his cousin as a pet. 😅
Origame
Origame - 1/10/2023, 6:39 AM
@UnderBelly - it's just goofy trying to make do with his cousin's unique situation. Every night he cries while assuring himself "at least Pluto is happy"
UnderBelly
UnderBelly - 1/10/2023, 6:50 AM
@IcePyke - haha
Arthorious
Arthorious - 1/10/2023, 7:36 AM
@UnderBelly - same goes for Pal, Fern, and Binky in Arthur. What’s that all about?
Tasmaniac
Tasmaniac - 1/10/2023, 3:29 PM
@Origame - He’s just shirtcocking it…
Origame
Origame - 1/10/2023, 3:31 PM
@Tasmaniac - only the most well endowed can pull that off.
SuperiorHeckler
SuperiorHeckler - 1/10/2023, 6:11 AM
DISNEY owns MARVEL...
MARVEL is DISNEY'S meat-puppet...
MARVEL is a plaything for DISNEY.

Didn't you get the memo??? 🧐
VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 1/10/2023, 6:38 AM
@SuperiorHeckler -
Conquistador
Conquistador - 1/10/2023, 6:41 AM
@SuperiorHeckler - Not disputing that Marvel have allowed themselves to be 'Disneyfied', but without that power house behind them we wouldn't have gotten the majority of phase 2 and 3 which for the most part was quite good.

But does Disney own Marvel comics? or just Marvel Studios? Honest question.
Urubrodi
Urubrodi - 1/10/2023, 7:03 AM
@UniqNo -
VictorAlonzo
VictorAlonzo - 1/10/2023, 6:41 AM







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Twenty23Three
Twenty23Three - 1/10/2023, 7:04 AM
Some fun variant covers, but I’m sure someone will cry about it for no reason
bkmeijer1
bkmeijer1 - 1/10/2023, 7:08 AM
''we also didn't get the rumoured Pixar/Marvel movie so many of us hoped for''

Never knew there was a rumoured Pixar/Marvel movie, so never knew we hoped for it.

Anyway, I like those covers. For a bit of continuity, I kinda wish they kept the Disney characters with the same Marvel identities on the covers though.
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