As the Avengers and the X-Men celebrate 60 years of action, Marvel Comics celebrates the corner box with two new variant covers by Mark Brooks.
Gracing the covers of AVENGERS #2, the second issue of Jed MacKay and C.F. Villa’s highly-anticipated new run, and Gerry Duggan and Joshua Cassara’s X-MEN #23, June’s CORNER BOX covers feature some of the biggest icons of both franchises. On AVENGERS #2’s Corner Box Cover, Brooks chose to present a full body depiction of Vision who will make his exciting return to Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in MacKay and Villa’s run. And over on X-MEN #23’s Corner Box Cover, Brooks highlights the famous X-Men team that debuted in 1975’s Giant-Size X-Men #1 and catapulted mutant storytelling to groundbreaking success!
“There are many reasons why I was attracted to comics as a kid and the corner box was a big part of it,” Brooks explained in a press release from Marvel Comics. “I knew what issue number and who I could expect to see in the issue. It was a little preview to tantalize the reader. It was always heads, a full figure, or a micro-scene. No matter what, it enticed me to pick the book up. It’s why I started the #LetMarkCornerbox campaign in earnest on Twitter. It was primarily a joke to express my love for the corner box. It ended up taking on a bit of a life of its own. When C.B. told me that they’d like this to become a reality, I couldn’t pass it up. I’ve penciled well over 100 heads so far. I don’t plan on stopping until Marvel says ‘okay, that’s enough’- LOL!”
X-Men #23 arrives on June 7, and Avengers #2 arrives on June 21, 2023.
