Marvel Pays Tribute to Kanye West, Jay Z & Vic Mensa in Latest Hip-Hop Variant Covers

Featuring Captain Marvel and Elektra.

Marvel Comics continues to make its presence known in the hip-hop world with frequent adaptations of famous hip-hop covers. This week, the comic book brand has partnered with artists to create three new covers featuring Kanye West, Jay Z and Vic Mensa.

In this new collection, Kanye West’s The Life Of Pablo gets turned into a Mighty Captain Marvel cover, created by Jenny Frison. Jay Z’s American Gangster cover gets an Elektra update, created by Keron Grant. Finally, Vic Mensa’s There’s A Lot Going On gets turned into a Bullseye cover, with a nice little touch of changing the title to “There’s A Lot Being Thrown,” created by Tim Bradstreet.

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