Marvel celebrates woman creators and characters March in special and variant covers

art from Women of Marvel #1 variant cover by Lauren A. Brown (Image credit: Marvel Comics)

Marvel Comics will publish the latest celebration of its female characters in March 2022 with the appropriately titled Women of Marvel #1, a new one-shot special written and drawn by female creators.

Women of Marvel #1 cover by Mirka Andolfo (Image credit: Marvel Comics)

A mix of veteran and new creative talent will tell stories that show the "fire, mystery, grace, and joy" that makes them standout characters and, according to Marvel, that makes them phenomenal women.

On sale March 9, Women of Marvel #1 features:

A Squirrel Girl/Black Widow team-up by writer Charlie Jane Anders that explores the complexities of superhero identities.
A Shanna the She-Devil/Silver Sable story by video game scriptwriter Rhianna Pratchett that pits the duo against wild animal poachers.
A "dark" Jessica Jones written by Jordie Bellaire and drawn by Zoe Thorogood about compulsion and redemption.
A Black Cat story by novelist Preeti Chhibber and artists Jen Bartel and Marguerite Sauvage about the greatest failures and latest triumphs of Felicia Hardy - Spider-Man's sometimes friend-sometimes foe.

The special will also feature the Marvel writing debut of artist/writer Mirka Andolfo who also illustrates the cover.

The special will feature four variant covers by women artists - Ernanda Souza, Audrey Mok, Lauren A. Brown, and Ashley Witter.

Women of Marvel #1 will go on sale the day after International Women's Day, observed on March 8 in 2022.

Created as 'Women's Day' in 1909, International Women's Day is meant to celebrate the achievements of women. In some nations around the world, it's even observed as a federal holiday.

Here's a gallery of all four variant covers:

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In addition to the 2022 edition of its Women of Marvel special in March Marvel Comics will also recognize Women's History Month celebration with a series of six variant covers depicting inspirational women in history mashed up with Marvel characters.

Here's the line-up and a look at four of the Women's History Month variant covers.

On sale March 9

Captain Carter #1 (Captain Cartner - British suffragettes) by Sara Pichelli
Eternals #10 (Sersi - Cleopatra) by Rian Gonzales
Thor #23 by Karen Darboe

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Women's History Month 2022 Marvel variants — (Image credit: Marvel Comics)

On sale March 16

X-Men Unlimited: Latitude #1 (Magik - Joan of Arc) by Betsy Cola

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On sale March 23

She-Hulk #3 by Jan Bazaldua

On sale March 30

Immortal X-Men #1 (Emma Frost - Queen Elizabeth I) by Ema Lupacchino

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DC will celebrate the occasion with an entire month of variant covers in March featuring its women characters.

Whether published at Marvel, DC, or elsewhere, these are the best female superheroes of all time.

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