Marvel Comics Unveil Hip-Hop Inspired Covers

...and they're pretty cool!

Grimes recently stepped in to design a cover for Image title The Wicked + The Divine, and it seems that the music/comic crossover is showing no signs of slowing down.

Marvel Comics is set to pay homage to classic hip-hop artwork on a series of publications this month, with more than 50 special variant covers planned.

As Buzzfeed point out, the first batch are online and – y'know what? – they're pretty cool. Check out the Spiderman x Deadpool crossover (Eric B and Rakim's 'Paid In Full') and Extraordinary X-Men (De La Soul's '3 Feet High & Rising') up top.

"For years, Marvel Comics and hip-hop culture have been engaged in an ongoing dialogue,” Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso said in a press release. "Beginning this October, we will shine a spotlight on the seamless relationship between those two unique forces."

Watch out for these on shelves soon.

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