" 'I'm Phoenix! 'Those immortal words will take on new life in December when Jason Aaron and Javier Garron's next great Avengers epic, ' Enter the Phoenix, 'begins, "reads the variant's Marvel Deion covers. " To anticipate the Return of the Bearer of Cosmic Chaos, your favorite Marvel characters will be reborn when Phoenix hosts amazing variant covers by some of the best artists in the business this November. "
The ad also appears to include more plot details from 'Enter the Phoenix ', stating " Captain America, Black Panther, and She-Hulk are no longer the heroes you knew as they bond with the Phoenix Force to spread rebirth or destruction across the Marvel Universe. "
" Ultimately, only one will be chosen to wield this terrifying and formidable power when the Phoenix Force chooses a new host. "
Although Jean Gray is the Phoenix's best-known host, many other characters have bonded at least temporarily to the Phoenix Force over the years, including Rachel Summers, Spider-Man, a future version of Wolverine and even a group of five X-Men - Cyclops, Colossus, Magik, Namor and Emma Frost - who collectively shared the power of the Phoenix Force and took on the Avengers.
'Enter the Phoenix' kicks off in December, while these Phoenix variant covers are due out in November.
The range of variants, seen in the gallery below, includes the following covers, along with the characters lieiated:
- Avengers # 38 (Black Panther) - Aaron Kuder and Matthew Wilson
- Captain America # 25 (Captain America) - Salvador Larroca and Frank D 'Armata
- Doctor Doom # 9 (Doctor Doom) - Declan Shalvey
- Immortal Hulk # 40 (She-Hulk) - Taurin Clarke
- Fantastic Four # 26 (Namor) - Kris Anka
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