Marvel Comics & Star Wars To Celebrate Black History Month With New Variant Covers

Marvel Comics and Star Wars once again will be celebrating Black History Month with new variant covers. These covers will be created by an all-star team of artists that include Karen S. Darboe, Ken Lashley, Mateus Manhanini, and Ernanda Souza. These new variants covers will be on sale throughout the month of February at local comic shops near you. You can check out the new covers and the official announcement below.

MARVEL COMICS AND STAR WARS CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH WITH NEW VARIANT COVERS

o celebrate Black History Month, Marvel Comics and Lucasfilm will once again spotlight Black characters of the galaxy far, far away with a new series of variant covers on Star Wars comics releasing in February.

This year’s four stunning covers come from some of Marvel’s most acclaimed cover artists: Karen S. Darboe, Ken Lashley, Mateus Manhanini, and Ernanda Souza. The collection represents a wide range of Star Wars media including recent projects like Star Wars: The Acolyte and Star Wars Outlaws, with some characters making their first-ever comic book appearance. The covers also coincide with the 10^th anniversary of the return of Star Wars storytelling to Marvel Comics.

Here are the characters featured this year:

• Lando Calrissian, the beloved Rebel hero from the Original Trilogy who returned to fight against the First Order in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.
• Mother Aniseya, the leader of a mysterious coven of Force users on the planet Brendok who debuted earlier this year in Star Wars: The Acolyte.
• Osha & Mae, twin sisters with powerful connections to the Force and the stars of Star Wars: The Acolyte, where their conflicting views on the Jedi threatened their bond.
• Vail, a cunning bounty hunter who players met in Star Wars Outlaws, the first-ever open world Star Wars game, available now.

Check out all four covers and preorder them at your local comic shop today! For more information, visit Marvel.com.

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