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Fantastic Four reimagined for Captain America 80th anniversary

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To celebrate Captain America's 80th, Marvel is seeing how other Marvel heroes would look as the star-spangled hero

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Marvel Comics is publishing eight Captain America 80th Anniversary variant covers in July 2021 - one for each decade the Star-Spangled Avengers has been around. 

Each of these will reinterpret the star of the variant cover's issue as Captain America - Spider-Woman, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Moon Knight, Black Widow, and more.

Some surprising comic book characters have taken up the mantle of Cap in the past, which we go into with the 10 greatest heroes to wield Captain America's shield.

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Of course, these Captain America 80th Anniversary variant covers are one of several things planned by Marvel for this milestone anniversary. There is also the finale of Ta-Nehisi Coates' Captain America run and the debut of the United States of Captain America limited series.

Here are the eight Captain America 80th Anniversary variant covers planned, along with who is drawing them, when they're coming out, and a link to purchase them.

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If you think those Captain America costumes are eye-opening, check out the most bonkers Captain America costumes ever.

For those looking to buy these, keep in mind variant covers are exclusive to print editions of these books. The digital editions only have the primary cover, with variant covers sometimes included as 'extras' in later collected editions.

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