Check Out Marvel Comics Versions Of Classic Hip-Hop Album Covers

By: Peter Helman  
 

Earlier this year, a few Marvel Comics issues worked Run The Jewels’ fist-and-gun logo into their covers. Now, Marvel is diving even deeper into the world of hip-hop with a series of over 50 variant covers inspired by various classic and contemporary rap albums. “For years, Marvel Comics and hip-hop culture have been engaged in an ongoing dialogue,” Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso said in press release. “Beginning this October, we will shine a spotlight on the seamless relationship between those two unique forces.” The series pays tribute to artists like the Wu-Tang Clan, Notorious B.I.G., A Tribe Called Quest, A$AP Rocky, and more, and you can check out the first batch in the gallery above via Uproxx and BuzzFeed. (Apparently all of the comics are issue #1 because Marvel is rebooting their universe in a new Secret Wars crossover. Yeah, comic books, man.)

                      

Credit: Mark Brooks

The Astonishing Ant-Man #1                                                       (The Notorious B.I.G.'s Ready To Die)

                 Credit:Mahmud Asrar

 Captain America #1                                                                         (A$AP Rocky's Long.Live.A$AP)

                  Credit:Brian Stelfreeze

Invincible Iron Man #1                                                                     (50 Cent's Get Rich Or Die Tryin')

 

Credit:Jenny Frison

Ms. Marvel #1                                                                             (Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill)

 

Credit: Phil Noto

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1                                                (Tyler The Creator's Wolf)

 

 Credit: Sanford Green

Extraordinary X-Men #1                                                                (De La Soul's 3 Feet High And Rising)

                   Credit: Juan Doe

 Dr. Strange #1                                                                                   (Dr. Dre's The Chronic)

               Credit: Juan Doe

 Howard The Duck #1                                                                      (Ol' Dirty Bastard's Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version)

 

              Credit: Mike Del Mundo

Squadron Supreme #1                                                                    (Wu Tang Clan's Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers))

 

 

                   Credit: Dave Johnson

Spider-Man/Deadpool #1                                                                (Eric B. & Rakim's Paid In Full)

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