Marvel Comics Announces Black History Month Celebration

[Photo: Marvel] Marvel Comics announced on January 9th, 2025, that they will continue the release of their special comic book covers for Black History Month. They are formally called “variant covers”, and they will feature 8 of Marvel’s Black superheroes. Such as Black Panther, Captain America, Spider Man (Miles Morales), and many more. Marvel’s goal is to celebrate Black History and the Black superheroes that have contributed to the Marvel universe. Star Wars is also joining the celebration, planning to release special edition covers featuring their Black characters like Osha & Mae, and Vail. This February will be a big month for Black Marvel and Star Wars fans. All special Marvel Black superhero comics will be available for purchase the first three Wednesdays in February. & Marvel Comics was created in 1939 by Martin Goodman, it was originally known as Timely Comics, and by 1951 it was referred to as Atlas Comics, It did not become known as Marvel Comics until August of 1961, it has created some of the most well-known superheroes in the world like Spider-Man, Iron Man, and the Hulk. During their first 27 years all of their superheroes were white, but that changed in 1966 when...