Marvel Celebrates the 20th Anniversary of Civil War With New Civil War: Unmasked Series and Variant Covers

Hard arsenic it whitethorn beryllium to believe, it's been 20 years since Marvel Comics kicked disconnected the Civil War crossover. That bid is easy 1 of the biggest Marvel storylines ever, featuring specified bombshell developments arsenic Spider-Man revealing his concealed individuality to the satellite and Iron Man becoming the victorious look of the Superhuman Registration Act. Now, 2 decades later, Marvel is celebrating that milestone by releasing a caller Civil War bid and a question of stunning variant covers showcasing those epic leader vs. leader battles.

Starting successful May, Marvel volition debut a caller five-issue bid called Civil War: Unmasked. Written by Christos Gage (Battleworld), drawn by Edgar Salazar (The Last Wolverine), and colored by archetypal Civil War colorist Morry Hollowell, Unmasked is acceptable during the events of the archetypal crossover and explores antecedently unseen conflicts from the conflict implicit registration.

Check retired the slideshow assemblage beneath to spot screen creation for Civil War: Unmasked #1, on with the galore variant covers Marvel volition beryllium releasing to observe the 20th anniversary:

The Civil War 20th Celebration variant covers volition include:

• The Amazing Spider-Man #28 by Rod Reis (May 6)
• Iron Man #5 by Mike McKone (May 6)
• Storm: Earth's Mightiest Mutant by Lucas Werneck (May 6)
• Captain America #11 by Leinil Yu (May 13)
• The Mortal Thor #10 by Ryan Stegman (May 13)
• Wolverine #20 by Aaron Kuder (May 13)
• The Amazing Spider-Man #29 by Greg Land (May 20)
• The Fantastic Four #11 by Ema Lupacchino (May 20)
• The Punisher #4 by Geoff Shaw (May 20)

“In 2006, I was a rookie comic publication writer erstwhile a abbreviated hold successful the accumulation of the epic Civil War lawsuit constricted bid led to maine being offered the one-shot Iron Man/Captain America: Casualties of War," gage said successful a statement. "It was my archetypal truly high-profile task astatine Marvel, a large hit, and 20 years later, they inactive haven't managed to get escaped of me! So it's a thrill and an grant to revisit that troubled clip with Civil War: Unmasked, successful which I person the privilege of joining with superb creator Edgar Salazar and trend-setting archetypal Civil War colorist Morry Hollowell to uncover never-before-told stories from that milestone event!”

Civil War: Unmasked #1 volition beryllium released connected May 6. You tin preorder a transcript astatine your section comic shop.

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