Who are the GODS? We’ll find out this fall when Jonathan Hickman and Valerio Schiti redefine the cosmic beings in the Marvel pantheon.
Heralding their debut, a new line of variant covers this August will spotlight some of the core cast as they team up with heroes and villains from throughout the Marvel Universe. This past weekend, fans met Wyn in FREE COMIC BOOK DAY: AVENGERS/X-MEN #1, and these new variant covers provide a first look at the likes of Aiko Maki, Dmitri, Cubisk Core, and Mia. From powerful mystics to daring scientists, these are agents of THE POWERS THAT BE and THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS and servants to the very building blocks of creation. They may be new to readers but they’ve been scheming and clashing with each other for eons in the shadows.
The G.O.D.S. VARIANT COVERS will adorn nine issues that each contain a bonus story page written by Hickman that explore just how these characters move throughout the Marvel Universe and how they interact with its iconic inhabitants like the Doctor Strange, the Guardians of the Galaxy, Scarlet Witch, and more. In addition, some of the cast of G.O.D.S. will attend mutantkind’s biggest night and witness the beginning of the FALL OF X in July’s X-MEN: HELLFIRE GALA #1!
Here are the characters spotlighted in the variant covers and bonus pages:
- Wyn, a powerful magic expert who’s operated in secret for thousands of years and is now forced to come out of the shadows.
- Aiko Maki, a high-ranking agent brutally loyal to the ways of science and willing to do anything to keep the building blocks of creation in balance.
- Dmitri the Science Boy, Wyn’s reckless partner who has a secret mission of his own to discover the dark truth of his past.
- Mia the Magic Girl, a young sorcerer struggling to achieve her full potential.
- Cubisk Core, a mysterious being of pure corruption seeking to shatter the existing systems.
And here are the release dates and titles:
On Sale 8/2
- DOCTOR STRANGE #6 G.O.D.S. VARIANT COVER BY EMA LUPACCHINO – 75960620534900641
- FANTASTIC FOUR #10 G.O.D.S. VARIANT COVER BY GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI – 75960620289801031
- MOON KNIGHT #26 G.O.D.S. VARIANT COVER BY SALVADOR LARROCA – 75960620137202631
- SCARLET WITCH #7 G.O.D.S. VARIANT COVER BY LUCAS WERNECK – 75960620235500731
On Sale 8/9
- GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #5 G.O.D.S. VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK – 75960620535600531
On Sale 8/16
- UNCANNY AVENGERS #1 G.O.D.S. VARIANT COVER BY GREG LAND – 75960620597400191
On Sale 8/23
- AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #32 G.O.D.S. VARIANT COVER BY ADAM KUBERT – 75960620200303251
- IMMORTAL THOR #1 G.O.D.S. VARIANT COVER BY BRYAN HITCH – 75960620664300191
- VENOM #24 G.O.D.S. VARIANT COVER BY JAN BAZALDUA – 75960620191402441
