Forty years ago, legendary creators Chris Claremont and John Byrne delivered one of the most iconic X-Men comic book stories of all time with The Dark Phoenix Saga, and to mark the occasion Marvel has announced a series of Anniversary variant covers, each featuring a pivotal moment from the seminal tale, brought to life by some of today’s top artists. Check out the first five covers here…
X-MEN 5 DARK PHOENIX SAGA 40TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT by KRIS ANKA
EXCALIBUR 5 DARK PHOENIX SAGA 40TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT by PHILIP TAN
NEW MUTANTS 5 DARK PHOENIX SAGA 40TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT by JUAN JOSÉ RYP
X-FORCE 5 DARK PHOENIX SAGA 40TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT by RUSSELL DAUTERMAN
FALLEN ANGELS 5 DARK PHOENIX SAGA 40th ANNIVERSARY VARIANT by SCOTT WILLIAMS
In addition to the above, Marvel will also unveil the following variants at a later date:
- MARAUDERS 5 DARK PHOENIX SAGA 40TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT
- X-MEN 6 DARK PHOENIX SAGA 40TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT
- EXCALIBUR 6 DARK PHOENIX SAGA 40TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT
- MARUADERS 6 DARK PHOENIX SAGA 40TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT
- FALLEN ANGELS 6 DARK PHOENIX SAGA 40TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT
- NEW MUTANTS 6 DARK PHOENIX SAGA 40TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT
- X-FORCE 6 DARK PHOENIX SAGA 40TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT
