Marvel Comics Reveal Soccer Variant Covers

With the 2026 FIFA World Cup almost upon us, Marvel Comics is getting into the spirit with some special variant covers. 

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Now these are coming from some of this year’s class of Marvel’s Stormbreakers artists. Now, these covers feature some fan-favorite Marvel characters having fun and playing soccer (or Football, as it’s called in Europe), or, in the case of Deadpool, arguing with the referee. The included artists are:

• Alessandro Cappuccio (Ultimate Wolverine) 
• Netho Diaz (X-Men) 
• Simone Di Meo (X-Men Of Apocalypse)
• Juan Frigeri (Ultimates) 
• Gurihiru (Jeff The Land Shark) 
• Jonas Scharf (Ultimate Endgame) 
• Geoff Shaw (Wade Wilson: Deadpool) 
• Luciano Vecchio (Uncanny X-Men)

These covers will be released throughout June and early July. You can see the list of covers and when they release below:

• June 3rd:
  • Amazing Spider-Man #30 Variant Cover By Netho Diaz 
  • Iron Man #6 Variant Cover By Simone Di Meo 
  • Uncanny X-Men #29 Variant Cover By Jonas Scharf 
  • Wade Wilson: Deadpool #5 Variant Cover By Gurihiru
• June 10th:
  • X-Men #31 Variant Cover By Juan Frigeri
• June 17th:
  • X-Men United #4 Variant Cover By Alessandro Cappuccio
• June 24th:
  • Venom #259 Variant Cover By Lucciano Vecchio
• July 8th:
  • Daredevil #4 Variant Cover By Geoff Shaw