Marvel Comics has informed retailers it is cancelling three of its themed variant programs – “Living Vampire,” “Dark Marvel,” and “Sneakers” – which includes 53 covers in total.
The “Living Vampire” variants were originally solicited pre-COVID-19 for a June 2020 release, with the following covers:
– Amazing Spider-Man #47
– Amazing Spider-Man #48
– Avengers #35
– Black Cat #13
– Black Widow #3
– Cable #4
– Champions #3
– Conan the Barbarian #17
– Daredevil #22
– Deadpool #8
– Doctor Doom #9
– Dr. Strange #7
– Fantastic Four #23
– Guardians of the Galaxy #6
– Immortal Hulk #37
– Miles Morales: Spider-Man #19
– New Warriors #3
– Power Pack #3
– Spider-Woman #4
– Thor #7
– Venom #27
– Venom #28
– Wolverine #5
– X-Factor #3
– X-Men #12
The canceled variants part of the “Dark Marvel” themed line were intended to come out in May, and would’ve included:
– Amazing Spider-Man #45
– Amazing Spider-Man #46
– Avengers #34
– Black Cat #12
– Black Widow #2
– Cable #3
– Captain America #22
– Champions #2
– Daredevil #21
– Deadpool #7
– Doctor Doom #8
– Doctor Strange #6
– Fantastic Four #22
– Ghost Rider #8
– Guardians of the Galaxy #5
– Immortal Hulk #35
– Immortal Hulk #36
– Miles Morales: Spider-Man #18
– New Warriors #2
– Power Pack #2
– Spider-Woman #3
– Thor #6
– Venom #26
– Wolverine #4
– X-Factor #2
The announced “Sneakers” variants for June were:
– Shang-Chi #1
– Spider-Woman #4
– Venom #27
The publisher hasn’t disclosed if the completed art will be published elsewhere.