The First Disney100 Marvel Comic Variant is Here!
The Disney100 Celebration is kicking off this month over at Disneyland, and the company is teasing their it as the biggest celebration in Disney history.
Originally announced at the D23 Expo in September, Disney100 will be a massive cross-company global celebrating the 100 year history of the Walt Disney Company.
While many Disney celebrations have heavily featured the Disney Parks in the past, this celebration will be spreading through the entire company. Not to miss out on the festivities, Marvel comics will be releasing a variant set of “What If?” comics featuring Mickey and friends!
“The variant program in honor of Disney100 will celebrate Marvel’s past, present, and future through the classic What If lens with a fantastic reimagining of Marvel’s most classic comic book covers,” Marvel Comics said in a release. “These first-of-its-kind art pieces will see Disney’s iconic characters immersed in the magic of Marvel storytelling as they pay homage to legendary moments in the Marvel Comics mythos”
Marvel plans to release a Disney100 variant cover every month. Each cover will pay homage to an iconic moment in Marvel history.
Amazing Spider Man (2022) #17
The first Disney100 variant cover was released today with Amazing Spider-Man (2002) #17 hitting shelves.
In celebration of 100 years of Disney Magic, Mickey and Friends have been re-imagined as the original Avengers team! The new variant cover recreates the iconic Avengers #4 comic that featured Captain America’s first appearance with the Avengers!
On the cover, Mickey appears as Captain America, Goofy as Iron Man, and Donald as Thor. Finally, Minnie appears as The Wasp and Pluto as Giant-Man (Hank Pym). Here is a side by side look at the two covers.
In addition to the aforementioned Avengers, you may also notice that Daisy has replaced Namor the Sub-Mariner as the antagonist!
A Fun Year Ahead
If you are a van of these Marvel variant covers, you are in for a great year! Upcoming covers will include Mickey and friends becoming the Fantastic Four, and Goofy as the Incredible Hulk!
Right now however, you can pick up the first variant cover Amazing Spider-Man #17 today! I can’t wait!
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