Marvel is pleased to present your first look at Marvel Chief Creative Officer, Joe Quesada’s jaw dropping variant covers to the biggest Marvel NOW! launches of the season! Featuring the world’s most popular Super Heroes brought to life by one of the industry’s most legendary, no fan can miss out on these stunning covers!

This Fall, the Marvel Universe heads in an exciting all-new direction, as the industry’s top creators join the top Super Heroes– Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, Hulk, Spider-Man, Wolverine and more– to deliver all-new ongoing series, each beginning with issue #1! Marvel NOW! is the culmination of Marvel ReEvolution, the groundbreaking new initiative to evolve the comic book experience through innovation.

So what are you waiting for? Head on over to your local comic shop and reserve one of these exclusive variants today!

For more on Marvel NOW!, please visit www.marvel.com and join the conversation on Twitter with hashtag #MarvelNOW.


THOR: GOD OF THUNDER #1 (SEP120562)

THOR: GOD OF THUNDER #1 QUESADA VARIANT (SEP120563)

THOR: GOD OF THUNDER #1 QUESADA SKETCH VARIANT (SEP120566)

Written by JASON AARON

Art & Cover by ESAD RIBIC

Variant Covers by JOE QUESADA

FOC – 10/22/12, ON-SALE – 11/14/12

FANTASTIC FOUR #1 (SEP120586)

FANTASTIC FOUR #1 QUESADA VARIANT (SEP120588)

FANTASTIC FOUR #1 QUESADA SKETCH VARIANT (SEP120589)

Written by MATT FRACTION

Art & Cover by MARK BAGLEY

Variant Covers by JOE QUESADA

FOC – 10/22/12, ON-SALE – 11/14/12

IRON MAN #1 (SEP120550)

IRON MAN #1 QUESADA VARIANT (SEP120551)

IRON MAN #1 QUESADA SKETCH VARIANT (SEP120554)

Written by KIERON GILLEN

Art & Cover by GREG LAND

Variant Covers by JOE QUESADA

FOC – 10/15/12, ON-SALE – 11/7/12

ALL-NEW X-MEN #1 (SEP120542)

ALL-NEW X-MEN #1 QUESADA VARIANT (SEP120543)

ALL-NEW X-MEN #1 QUESADA SKETCH VARIANT (SEP120544)

Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS

Art & Cover by STUART IMMONEN

Variant Covers by JOE QUESADA

FOC – 10/8/12, ON-SALE – 11/14/12

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Throughout the ages, the gods of the Marvel Universe have been vanishing, their mortal worshippers left in chaos. NOW! the Mighty Thor follows a trail of blood that threatens to consume his past, present and future selves. The only hope for these ravaged worlds lies with the God of Thunder unraveling the gruesome mystery of the God Butcher!

THOR: GOD OF THUNDER #1

JASON AARON (W) • ESAD RIBIC (A&C)

Variant Cover by JOE QUESADA

Baby Variant Cover by SKOTTIE YOUNG

Artist Variant Cover by DANIEL ACUNA

Sketch Variant by JOE QUESADA

Design Variant by ESAD RIBIC

Blank Cover Variant Also Available

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

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MARVEL NOW! Beginning in October 2012, Marvel starts a bold new chapter in its history, with Marvel NOW!, a publishing initiative extending into 2013 that will touch every major Marvel character from the Avengers to the X-Men to Spider-Man to the...

MARVEL NOW!

Beginning in October 2012, Marvel starts a bold new chapter in its history, with Marvel NOW!, a publishing initiative extending into 2013 that will touch every major Marvel character from the Avengers to the X-Men to Spider-Man to the Fantastic Four and beyond.

Marvel.com spoke with Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada, Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso and Senior VP – Executive Editor Tom Brevoort to get all the details on what to expect from Marvel NOW!

Marvel.com: In your words, what is Marvel NOW!?

Axel Alonso: Marvel NOW! is the next chapter in the ongoing saga of the Marvel Universe. From October through February, we’ll provide at least one great reason for readers—old, lapsed or new—to go into a comic store each week: a new issue #1, featuring an exciting new creative team and driving concept, that’s an easy entry-point into the Marvel Universe. Each and every one of these launches is built to last.

Tom Brevoort: Marvel NOW! is a coordinated creative refresh across our entire publishing line, a unique moment in which the creative reins on virtually all of our quintessential series are being passed from one person to another. As a result, there’ll be both the excitement and uncertainty of seeing a new creative partnership handle characters and series that have been in other hands consistently for many years. And at the same time, this is the perfect instance for readers both new and lapsed to dip their toes back into the Marvel pool, in that all of these creators are going to be beginning their story-cycles during this time, so it’s about a clean a point of entry as there’s ever likely to be.

Joe Quesada: Marvel NOW! is the next step in Marvel story evolution and character evolution. It’s not a reboot. It is a universe-shifting catch-all, which really just tells fans that if you enjoyed Avengers vs. X-Men, get ready for what the outcome is because there’s some major, major changes coming to the Marvel Universe. A lot of changes to the character status quos, alter egos, costumes, creator shifts, design shifts, the way that we do our covers, digital shifts and the way we start delivering our books. We’re continuing with our evolution push as we start to embrace more and more of the digital world and its technology; the sky’s the limit with Infinite Comics, AR, and all sorts of things. As the technology changes we’re going to change with it and our fans are going to eventually tell us what it is that they really love out of all those things that we’re playing with. But it’s a big shift because it’s not just story and character. There’s also the way we tell our stories and the way we deliver our stories that are starting to change as well.

For the full interview, head over to Marvel.com.

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