The Spider-Man villains are known to be an eclectic lot, from Doctor Octopus to Kraven the Hunter, from the Chameleon to Green Goblin. Many of Spider-Man's best-known villains will be spotlighted in a month-long celebration with 20 variant covers across the Marvel Comics line in June.
The Spider-Man villains variant theme month arrives concurrently to the weekly five-part Amazing Spider-Man storyline 'The Chameleon Conspiracy' and one month ahead of a civil war between Spidey's deadliest foes with Sinister War. In that Amazing Spider-Man spin-off limited series, Doctor Octopus' Sinister Six will wage war against the Vulture and his Savage Six.
But before we get ahead of ourselves, it's June and Marvel Comics has revealed the complete line-up of Spider-Man villains variant covers, including which issues they'll be attached to and who'll be drawing each cover. The line-up is a mixture of iconic characters and creators like Rhino and Declan Shalvey (Immortal Hulk #47) and newer characters and creators like the all-new Electro and Davi Go (Black Widow #8).
Here's a week-by-week rundown of each issue, along with a link on ordering a copy for yourself:
Wednesday, June 2 Spider-Man Villains variant covers
- Amazing Spider-Man #67 by Javier Garron
- Black Cat #7 by Terry Dodson
- Immortal Hulk #47 (opens in new tab) by Declan Shalvey
Wednesday, June 9 Spider-Man Villains variant covers
- Amazing Spider-Man #68 (opens in new tab) by Leinil Francis Yu
- Iron Man #9 (opens in new tab) by Dan Panosian
- X-Men #21 (opens in new tab) by Ema Lupacchino
Wednesday, June 16 Spider-Man Villains variant covers
- Captain America #30 (opens in new tab) by Taurin Clarke
- Miles Morales: Spider-Man #27 (opens in new tab) by Rose Besch
- The Mighty Valkyries #3 (opens in new tab) by Rian Gonzales
- Fantastic Four #33 (opens in new tab) by Dike Ruan
Wednesday, June 23 Spider-Man Villains variant covers
- Amazing Spider-Man #69 (opens in new tab) by Gerald Parel
- Captain Marvel #29 (opens in new tab) by David Lafuente
- Guardians of the Galaxy #15 (opens in new tab) by Carlos Pacheco
- Silk #4 (opens in new tab) by Betsy Cola
- Thor #15 (opens in new tab) by Tony S. Daniel
- Wolverine #13 (opens in new tab) by Ryan Benjamin
Wednesday, June 30 Spider-Man Villains variant covers
- Black Widow #8 (opens in new tab) by Davi Go
- Giant-Size Amazing Spider-Man: Chameleon Conspiracy #1 (opens in new tab) by Ryan Stegman
- Shang-Chi #2 (opens in new tab) by Natacha Bustos
- Daredevil #31 (opens in new tab) by Greg Land
A reminder: variant covers are only available with the print editions of these comic books. That being said, sometimes the covers are reprinted later in digital and print collections.
Here's our ranking of the greatest Spider-Man villains.
