Marvel’s Stormbreakers Celebrate 50 Years Of ‘What If…?’ With New Variant Covers

by Tony Thornley

One of the greatest explorations of the multiverse turns fifty in 2026. To celebrate the ultimate questions — ‘What If…?’ — Marvel Comics’ Stormbreakers have created a new series of variant covers coming in May.

 The current class of Marvel’s Stormbreakers include 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), and Luciano Vecchio (Uncanny X-Men). These eight artists are a mix of rising stars and superstar veterans, establishing Marvel’s house style and where the company’s visual look is headed.

These eight covers each give a glimpse into a totally new Marvel timelines. Some are great, others look potentially terrifying. They include:

·       What if… Captain Marvel was a Skrull?

·       What if… Daredevil’s accident gave him the Hulk’s powers?

·       What if… Iron Man’s Extremis was a symbiote?

·       What if… Punisher had Magik’s Eldritch Armor?

·       What if… Rogue became the Sorcerer Supreme?

·       What if… Wolverine controlled his adamantium like Colossus?

·       What if… the X-Men were heralds of Galactus?

·       What if… the Spider-Man’s greatest foes, the Sinister Six, were his greatest allies?

Check out all eight covers and watch for your favorites in May form Marvel Comics.