This June, Rob Liefeld returns with an all-new Deadpool saga in Deadpool: Badder Blood! To celebrate the upcoming action-packed limited series, we'll see the iconic Merc with the Mouth pop up throughout Marvel Comics history in new "Homager Variant Covers."
Just as Deadpool: Badder Blood will be an extreme followup to Liefeld's previous Deadpool: Bad Blood series, Marvel's regular Homage Variant Covers are being taken to the next level, and are more "homager" than ever!
Kicking off in May, these five stunning covers will see Liefeld paying tribute to some of his favourite Marvel Covers and artists - with a Deadpool-style twist! Adorning the covers of some of Marvel’s hottest titles, see Wade Wilson steal the spotlight of groundbreaking moments like Wolverine's first solo title, the original Secret Wars, and more.
The collection will take inspiration from the following classic covers:
- Fantastic Four #52 by Jack Kirby
- Secret Wars #7 by Mike Zeck
- Captain America #111 by Jim Steranko
- Daredevil #163 by Frank Miller
- And the collection of the original Wolverine limited series by Frank Miller
"Marvel has a world class library of historic and recognizable comic book covers, and when they asked me to make some Deadpool covers for their Homagers series," Liefeld says, "I jumped at the chance to pay proper tribute to iconic images from Marvel Legends, Jack Kirby, Jim Steranko, Mike Zeck and Frank Miller!"
"These were a blast to create and I’m excited to share how I inserted Deadpool into classic Daredevil, Wolverine, and Fantastic Four covers!"
Deadpool: Badder Blood will see the Merc with the Mouth team up with guest stars like Spider-Man, Wolverine, and Cable against a dangerous new villain. Deadpool's upcoming mission will also raise the stakes of his intense feud with his adversary, Thumper, revealing surprising details about the deadly killer’s origin along the way.
Additionally, it's said we can look forward to being introduced to brand-new Liefeld-created characters including Killville, Arcata, and the mysterious warrior, Shatterstorm.
Check out the variant covers below.