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Marvel Celebrates Pride Month in a Galaxy Far, Far Away with Star Wars Pride Variant Covers

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In addition to Wiccan & Hulking: Raid of Ultron, this year’s Marvel’s Voices Pride special, and a collection of Pride Variant Covers across Marvel titles this June, Marvel Comics is once again teaming up with Lucasfilm to celebrate Pride Month with all-new Star Wars Pride Variant Covers that honor the diverse LGBTQIA+ community of the galaxy far, far away.

This year’s collection is an epic connecting cover by acclaimed artist Rickie Yagawa that will span three June releases: Star Wars: Rogue One – Jyn Erso #1, Star Wars: Shadow of Maul #4, and Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge – Echoes of the Empire #3. The artwork spotlights 18 characters from across Stars Wars storytelling, including films, television, publishing, and Marvel comics—all brought together to celebrate Pride!

From Jedi Knights and rogues to Rebellion heroes and Imperial leaders, here’s who fans can spot on the cover, from left to right:

  • Vildar Mac
  • Terec and Ceret
  • Mother Aniseya
  • Mother Koril
  • Tey Sirrek
  • Cinta Kaz & Vel Sarth
  • Sabé
  • Doctor Aphra
  •  Just Lucky
  • Ariole Yu
  • Larma D’Acy & Wrobie Tyce
  • Rae Sloane
  • Losha & T’Onga
  •  Sana Starros

Check out the full piece and preoder all three covers at your local comic shop today! 

  • STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE – JYN ERSO #1 THREE-PART CONNECTING PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY RICKIE YAGAWA – 75960621534800121
  • STAR WARS: SHADOW OF MAUL #4 THREE-PART CONNECTING PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY RICKIE YAGAWA – 75960621479200441
  • STAR WARS: GALAXY’S EDGE – ECHOES OF THE EMPIRE #3 THREE-PART CONNECTING PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY RICKIE YAGAWA – 75960621593500341

Marvel’s Pride Variant Covers Return in June. Get a Look at What’s Coming to Shelves

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Marvel’s Pride Variant Covers return in June. This year’s collection consists of five stunning covers of LGBTQIA+ Marvel characters drawn by Luciano Vecchio in his signature character spotlight variant cover style.

Here are the five characters featured this year:

  • Felicia Hardy, A.K.A. BLACK CAT, Marvel’s slyest and most skilled super-thief, currently starring in an acclaimed solo run by G. Willow Wilson and Gleb Melnikov.
  • Akihiro, the lethal mutant warrior and son of Wolverine, now bonded with the Spirit of Vengeance and raising hell in Inglorious X-Force by Tim Seeley and Michael Sta. Maria as HELLVERINE.
  • HELA, the Asgardian goddess of death who—after seizing Knull’s throne and building a fearsome symbiote army—now headlines Queen in Black, this summer’s epic crossover event from Al Ewing and Iban Coello. 
  • Bobby Drake, A.K.A. ICEMAN, founding X-Man and Omega-level mutant, currently using his unmatched experience and power to guide mutantkind in X-Men United by Eve L. Ewing and Tiago Palma.
  • KITTY PRYDE, one of the X-Men’s most dedicated leaders, who also stars in X-Men United as headmistress of Emma Frost’s new Graymatter Lane, the next evolution of mutant education.

Get a look at the covers and don’t miss out when they come to shelves this June!

  • MORTAL THOR #11 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO – 75960621284201161
  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #31 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO – 75960621001503151
  • INGLORIOUS X-FORCE #6 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO – 75960621362700641
  • UNCANNY X-MEN #30 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO – 75960620917003041
  • X-MEN UNITED #4 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO – 75960621443300441

Preview: DC Pride 2025

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DC Pride 2025

(W) Tim Sheridan, Vita Ayala, Josh Trujillo, Sam Maggs, Maya Houston and Jude Ellison S. Doyle (A) Emilio Pilliu, Skylar Patridge, A.L. Kaplan, Vincent Cecil and Others
In Shops: Jun 04, 2025
SRP: $9.99

THE AWARD-WINNG DC PRIDE CELEBRATES ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY WITH AN ALL-NEW SPECIAL IN AN ALL-NEW FORMAT! When a 100-year-old queer speakeasy-turned-bar-turned-restaurant-and-community-space in Gotham announces that it will soon be closing its doors, generations of patrons come to pay their respects–including Alan Scott, the Green Lantern. After all, this is the place where he and his first love, Johnny Ladd, long ago carved their names into the basement wall before it all went to hell…and a love lost is never a love forgotten. But they weren’t the only ones to put their names in the wall over the years, and suddenly queer heroes, villains, and civilians alike from across the DCU–the Question, Midnighter and Apollo, Harley Quinn, Green Lantern Jo Mullein, Bunker, Connor Hawke, and Blue Snowman among them–find them-selves spirited away to a strange alternate dimension that seems to provide everything they could possibly want…but at what cost? In this single, oversized story of interweaving narratives, the vanished will need to come together and look into the very depths of the Starheart itself if they hope to escape that which ensnares them in this triumphant and timely story of community amid chaos!

DC Pride 2025

Preview: DC Pride 2025

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DC Pride 2025

(W) Tim Sheridan, Vita Ayala, Josh Trujillo, Sam Maggs, Maya Houston and Jude Ellison S. Doyle (A) Emilio Pilliu, Skylar Patridge, A.L. Kaplan, Vincent Cecil and Others
In Shops: Jun 04, 2025
SRP: $9.99

THE AWARD-WINNG DC PRIDE CELEBRATES ITS 5TH ANNIVERSARY WITH AN ALL-NEW SPECIAL IN AN ALL-NEW FORMAT! When a 100-year-old queer speakeasy-turned-bar-turned-restaurant-and-community-space in Gotham announces that it will soon be closing its doors, generations of patrons come to pay their respects–including Alan Scott, the Green Lantern. After all, this is the place where he and his first love, Johnny Ladd, long ago carved their names into the basement wall before it all went to hell…and a love lost is never a love forgotten. But they weren’t the only ones to put their names in the wall over the years, and suddenly queer heroes, villains, and civilians alike from across the DCU–the Question, Midnighter and Apollo, Harley Quinn, Green Lantern Jo Mullein, Bunker, Connor Hawke, and Blue Snowman among them–find them-selves spirited away to a strange alternate dimension that seems to provide everything they could possibly want…but at what cost? In this single, oversized story of interweaving narratives, the vanished will need to come together and look into the very depths of the Starheart itself if they hope to escape that which ensnares them in this triumphant and timely story of community amid chaos!

DC Pride 2025

Preview: Monster High Pride 2025

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Monster High Pride 2025

(W) Jacque Aye, Megan Brown (A) Siobhan Keenan, Bowen McCurdy
In Shops: May 28, 2025
SRP: $5.99

Pride Month is upon us once again! As monsters gear up to skelebrate their LGBTQIA+ fiends, I have two defrightfully adorable pieces of gossip about two of Monster High’s favorite couples…First, we all know and love the fiercest and most fashionable ghoulfriends: Clawdeen Wolf and Toralei Stripe, A.K.A. Toradeen. But how did they go from hisses to kisses? It’s simple math, really. Clawculus + a common enemy + forced proximity = the perfect love story. Nothing screams romance quite like math camp.

Monster High Pride 2025

Preview: DC Pride: A Celebration of Rachel Pollack #1

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DC Pride: A Celebration of Rachel Pollack #1

(W) Rachel Pollack, Joe Corallo (A) Scot Eaton, Michael Allred, Rye Hickman
In Shops: Jun 04, 2024
SRP: $9.99

In the 1990s, writer Rachel Pollack did the impossible: she raised the bar for surprise and strangeness in her beloved run following Grant Morrison’s career-making Doom Patrol! This one-shot reprints the debut of the iconic Coagula, DC’s first transgender superhero, from Doom Patrol #70, along with the long-unavailable one-shot Vertigo Visions: The Geek (with superstar artist Michael Allred)! And in a final, original short story, Rachel’s most beloved creation, Kate Godwin, a.k.a. Coagula, returns to the spotlight in tale of triumph over death itself written by Joe Corallo, Rachel’s longtime friend and collaborator, and drawn by Rye Hickman!

DC Pride: A Celebration of Rachel Pollack #1

Celebrate Pride Month in a Galaxy Far, Far Away with Star Wars Pride Variant Covers

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This year, Marvel once again celebrates Pride Month in the Marvel Universe AND in the galaxy far, far away!

Throughout June, Marvel’s acclaimed line of Star Wars comic books will have stunning Pride Variant Covers that spotlight LGBTQIA+ characters. Created by LGBTQIA+ comic book artists including Phil Jimenez, Javier Garrón, Paulina Ganucheau, and Rachael Stott, these covers depict heroes from a range of Star Wars storytelling and feature special trade dress with a rainbow burst and the Star Wars Pride logo. Today, fans can see all four!

Here are the characters featured in this year’s collection:

  • Doctor Aphra, the galaxy’s most daring rogue archaeologist and an original Marvel Comics character who’s headlined two hit solo series and whose monthly title was the recipient of the 2024 GLAAD Award for Outstanding Comic Book!
  • Ruu, a brave Jedi during the High Republic era who debuted in last year’s The High Republic: Tales of Light and Life short story collection.
  • Cair San Tekka & Xylan Graf, a couple who found love despite their family’s never-ending feud in the prose novel The High Republic: Defy the Storm.
  • Sinjir Rath Velus, a former Imperial officer who joined the Rebel Alliance after the Battle of Endor. The character first appeared in Chuck Wendig’s hit Aftermath novel trilogy as one of the first gay Star Wars characters, and this cover marks his first comic book appearance.

Check out all four Star Wars Pride Variant Covers and preorder them at your local comic shop today!

  • STAR WARS #47 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY PHIL JIMENEZ – 75960609600804741
  • STAR WARS: THE HIGH REPUBLIC #8 [PHASE III] PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY PAULINA GANUCHEAU – 75960620708400831
  • STAR WARS: DARTH VADER #47 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY RACHAEL STOTT – 75960609601504731
  • STAR WARS: JANGO FETT #4 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY JAVIER GARRÓN – 75960620883800431

Marvel celebrates its LGBTQIA+ icons with new Pride variant covers

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Later this year, Marvel will kick off Pride Month with its annual Marvel’s Voices: Pride anthology one-shot, titled X-Men: The Wedding Special #1, followed by an all-new series of Pride variant covers. On sale throughout June, this year’s Pride variant covers were drawn by two of the industry’s most promising talents—Betsy Cola and Davi Go. Across eight stunning covers on Marvel’s hottest titles, celebrate LGBTQIA+ heroes from throughout the Marvel Universe, including members of the Avengers, the X-Men, and more. Each piece teams up LGBTQIA+ characters with one of their fellow icons, showcasing both the spirit of Pride Month and exemplifying the importance of strong allyship.  

Here are some of the characters spotlighted on this year’s covers:

  • America Chavez, who delivered justice…like lightning! during Devil’s Reign in Thunderbolts.
  • Angela, who returns later this month in Immortal Thor #11 where she’ll team up with her siblings to rescue another child of Odin!
  • Black Cat, whose team-up series with Mary Jane Watson, Jackpot & Black Cat, is on sale now.
  • Hercules, soon rejoining Earth’s Mightiest Heroes in the upcoming Blood Hunt tie-in issues of Avengers.
  • Hulkling, the “King of Space” who’s made recent appearances throughout the Marvel Universe in Captain Marvel, Loki, and more.
  • Lightning, the most electrifying member of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes who played a pivotal role in 2018’s “No Surrender” event. He’ll be rejoining the team later this year in a yet-to-be announced new Avengers title.
  • Loki, currently sowing chaos and reigniting an eons-old sibling rivalry in Immortal Thor.
  • Northstar, the groundbreaking first openly gay character in Marvel Comics. Fans recently saw Northstar lead a new iteration of Canada’s premier super-team during the Fall of X limited series, Alpha Flight.
  • Rachel Summers, currently playing a pivotal role in Krakoa’s final battle in Rise of the Powers of X. She will star alongside her girlfriend, Betsy Braddock, in the upcoming new run of X-Force.
  • Rūna, a legendary Valkyrie who first appeared in 2021’s King in Black crossover before making appearances in the pages of Thor, Avengers Unlimited, and more.

Check out all eight covers and preorder them at your local comic shop today!

  • X-MEN #35 PRIDE ALLIES VARIANT COVER BY BETSY COLA – 75960609999303541
  • INCREDIBLE HULK #13 PRIDE ALLIES VARIANT COVER BY BETSY COLA – 75960620663601331
  • SCARLET WITCH #1 PRIDE ALLIES VARIANT COVER BY DAVI GO – 75960620828900161
  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #52 PRIDE ALLIES VARIANT COVER BY DAVI GO – 75960620200305241
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA #10 PRIDE ALLIES VARIANT COVER BY BETSY COLA – 75960620740401031
  • IMMORTAL THOR #12 PRIDE ALLIES VARIANT COVER BY DAVI GO – 75960620664301231
  • DAREDEVIL #10 PRIDE ALLIES VARIANT COVER BY DAVI GO – 75960620531801031
  • JACKPOT & BLACK CAT #4 PRIDE ALLIES VARIANT COVER BY BETSY COLA – 75960620833300431

Marvel reveals this year’s Pride Month Variant Covers

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Pride Month is rapidly approaching and Marvel Comics has revealed all of this year’s stunning Pride Variant Covers! We’ve already gotten to see LGBTQIA+ characters from the galaxy far, far away in all-new Star Wars Pride Variant Covers, and now it’s time to see some of Marvel’s most beloved LGBTQIA+ stars in six stunning Pride Variant Covers by two superstar talents, Lucas Werneck and David Talaski!

Celebrating Pride all month long, these variant covers will grace comic stands each week of June with incredible depictions of LGBTQIA+ heroes from all corners of the Marvel Universe including longtime icons, rising stars, fan-favorites, and recent breakout characters. While Werneck captures the joy of Pride Month with characters paying tribute to Ballroom culture and gay nightlife, Talaski showcases the power of Pride Month with character’s strength and resilience on full display in striking portraits.

All six characters featured are currently impacting the Marvel mythos in ongoing series, limited series, upcoming launches, and more! Here’s the lineup of heroes highlight and the comics where you can currently find their stories:

  • Rachel Summers, aka Askani, the daughter of Jean Grey and Scott Summers from an alternate future, longtime Phoenix host, and overall mutant powerhouse, is currently fighting alongside Captain Britain in the pages of Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain!
  •  Aaron Fischer, aka the Captain America of the Railways, debuted in 2021’s United States of Captain America as a protector of fellow runaways, and after recent appearances in Captain America: Sentinel of Liberty, he’ll star in his own upcoming Marvel Unlimited Infinity Comic!
  • Black Cat, Marvel’s greatest thief and one of Spider-Man’s fiercest allies, fans can catch Felicia Hardy clawing her way through villains and committing legendary heists in her latest series, Mary Jane & Black Cat, and in the pages of Amazing Spider-Man!
  • Fang, aka Daken, son of Wolverine, former X-Men villain, and one of mutantkind’s deadliest warriors, has served Krakoa bravely in team books like X-Factor and Marauders and this summer, he’ll be on the frontlines of Fall of X in an all-new Alpha Flight series!
  • Escapade, the breakout mutant hero from last year’s Marvel’s Voices: Pride, is currently learning how to use her one-of-a-kind powers and proving herself amongst the brightest heroes of the X-Men’s next generation in the limited series New Mutants: Lethal Legion!
  • Web-Weaver, the most fabulous hero in the Spider-Verse, slayed the runway and super villains alike in last year’s Edge of Spider-Verse and after recent appearances in Spider-Man and Marvel’s Voices: Spider-Verse, will headline his next solo adventure in this year’s Marvel’s Voices: Pride!

Check with your local comic shop regarding availability and pick up all of this year’s Marvel Pride Varian Covers this June.

  • IMMORTAL X-MEN #12 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY DAVID TALASKI – 75960620004701231
  • X-MEN #23 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY LUCAS WERNECK – 75960609999302361
  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #27 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY LUCAS WERNECK – 75960620200302731
  • CAPTAIN AMERICA: COLD WAR OMEGA #1 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY DAVID TALASKI – 75960620604900141
  • X-MEN RED #12 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY DAVID TALASKI – 75960620212601221
  • AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #28 PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY LUCAS WERNECK – 75960620200302831

Marvel reveals its Pride Month Star Wars Pride Variant Covers

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Marvel has revealed all seven covers that will adorn some of your favorite Star Wars Pride Variant Covers being released this June.

Dedicated to uplifting, honoring, and supporting LGBTQIA+ storytelling, Marvel’s Pride Month Celebration will once again extend to the galaxy far, far away by spotlighting LGBTQIA+ Star Wars character, many of which star in Marvel’s current line of Star Wars comic series. Across seven gorgeous variant covers, fans can see powerful and inspiring artwork of Doctor Aphra, Sana Starros, and more.  Drawn by an incredible lineup of acclaimed LGBTQIA+ talent, these covers bring the spirit of Pride Month to your local comic shop with eye-catching trade dress that features a bright rainbow burst and a special Star Wars progress logo.

Here are the characters featured in this year’s collection:

  • Cinta Kaz & Vel Sartha, the pair of brave rebel operatives, make their leap to comic books for the first time ever after their debut in last year’s original Disney+ series, Andor.
  • Doctor Aphra, the breakout Marvel Comics icon who is currently headlining her second solo series!
  • Domina Tagge, head of the powerful Tagge family with a vicious vendetta against Doctor Aphra that’s currently playing out in the pages of Star Wars: Doctor Aphra.
  •  Just Lucky, a highly-skilled assassin who at times finds himself aligned both with and against Doctor Aphra in Star Wars: Doctor Aphra.
  • Kantam Sy, a young Jedi during the High Republic era and a determined padawan of Jedi Master Yoda.
  • Magna Tolvan, a former high-ranking officer in the Galactic Empire who has since switched sides and found romance with Aphra.
  • Sana Starros, the no-nonsense smuggler has a past with both Han Solo and Doctor Aphra, and is currently starring in her very first solo series, Star Wars: Sana Starros.

Ask your local comic shop regarding availability and collect all seven Star Wars Pride Variant Covers throughout June! 

  • STAR WARS #35 STAR WARS PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY PHIL JIMENEZ – 75960609600803541
  • STAR WARS: YODA #8 STAR WARS PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY JAVIER GARRÓN – 75960620226300831
  • STAR WARS: DARTH VADER #35 STAR WARS PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY LUCIANO VECCHIO – 75960609601503541
  • STAR WARS: SANA STARROS #5 STAR WARS PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY BETSY COLA – 75960620227000521
  • STAR WARS: BOUNTY HUNTERS #35 STAR WARS PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY LUCAS WERNECK – 75960609602203531
  • STAR WARS: THE MANDALORIAN SEASON 2 #1 STAR WARS PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY PAULINA GANUCHEAU – 75960620598100141
  • STAR WARS: DOCTOR APHRA #33 STAR WARS PRIDE VARIANT COVER BY PHIL JIMENEZ – 75960609724103331
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