Lil B, DOOM, GZA Get Marvel Comic Book Covers

Last month, Marvel Comics announced they would pay homage to hip-hop through a series of variant covers inspired by classic and contemporary hip-hop albums. Today, they revealed a handful of covers inspired by Lil B‘s Black Flame, DOOM and Madlib‘s Madvillainy, and GZA‘s Liquid Swords, as Billboard reports.

That’s Thor, above, in the style of Madvillainy; below, Hercules gets the Lil B treatment, while GZA is used for the Contest of Champions. The GZA-inspired cover goes on sale in October, while Lil B and DOOM/Madlib can be had in November.

“The outpouring of love from hip-hop fans, global music-centric websites, as well as musical luminaries like Nas, Run the Jewels, Posdnuos, Questlove, DMC, and Pete Rock speaks volumes about the ongoing cross-cultural dialog that prompted these homage covers,” Marvel EIC Axel Alonso told Billboard. “That dialog will only increase as readers get the full picture of Marvel’s offerings in the coming year, and see what lurks beneath the covers.”

Other artists in Marvel’s series include Lauryn Hill, Wu-Tang Clan, Tyler, the Creator, Eric B and Rakim, and many more.

Watch Lil B do “Like a Martian” at Pitchfork Music Festival:

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