With Marvel pleading the next big Avengers story ‘Enter the Phoenix’ this week, the publisher is also celebrating the legacy of the Phoenix Force – the cosmic entity of rebirth and destruction that has a long history with Jean Gray of the X -Men – with a series of variant covers depicting popular Marvel heroes as new hosts of the Phoenix Force.
” I’m Phoenix! ‘Those immortal words will take on new life this December as Jason Aaron and Javier Garron’s next big Avengers epic,’ Enter the Phoenix, ‘begins,’ ‘read Marvel’s description of the variant covers. “To anticipate the return of the cosmic chaos-bringer, your favorite Marvel characters will be born again as Phoenix hosts this November in surprising variant covers by some of the industry’s top artists.”
The announcement seems to contain more details about the plot of ‘Enter the Phoenix’, which states’ Captain America, Black Panther, and She-Hulk are no longer the heroes you knew when they were connected to the Phoenix Force to Spread Rebirth – as Destruction – Through the Marvel Universe. “
“Ultimately, only one will be chosen to provide this terrible and great power when the Phoenix Force chooses a new host.”
Although Jean Gray is the Phoenix’s most famous host, many other characters have at least temporarily bonded with the Phoenix Force over the years, including Rachel Summers, Spider-Man, a future version of Wolverine, and even a group of five X-Men – Cyclops, Colossus, Magik, Namor, and Emma Frost – who collectively shared the power of the Phoenix Force and took over the Avengers.
‘Enter the Phoenix’ kicks off in December, while these covers for Phoenix variant are in November.
The line of variations, shown in the gallery below, includes the following covers, with the notable characters:
- Avengers # 38 (Black Panther) – Aaron Kuder and Matthew Wilson
- Captain America # 25 (Captain America) – Salvador Larroca and Frank D’Armata
- Doctor Doom # 9 (Doctor Doom) – Declan Shalvey
- Immortal Hulk # 40 (She-Hulk) – Taurin Clarke
- Fantastic Four # 26 (Namor) – Kris Anka
