As it celebrates its 80th anniversary at Disney’s D23 Expo, Marvel has announced that it will mark the occasion with a special limited edition variant cover for Marvel Comics #1000 by artist Humberto Ramos, which will be given away to attends of the Marvel 80th Anniversary Panel on August 24th.
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“Marvel Comics #1000 is a chance for 80 great creative teams to do a segment that encapsulates what they love about Marvel, the characters, the tone, the style, the flavor—what Marvel means to them. As a result, it’s a book that has something for just about everybody,” Executive Editor Tom Brevoort told D23.com. “It’s as wide-ranging a project as there’s ever been. No other comic in the history of comic book publishing has had this many creators in a single project.”
“The book ended up as a mystery that segues into a party, and then rotates back to the mystery,” added Al Ewing, the writer behind the main through story of Marvel Comics #1000. “As a reader, you’re slowly lulled into a false sense of security, almost, and then we end by turning over a final card and showing you something big.”
Marvel Comics #1000 will go on sale on August 28th.