Marvel and ESPN Celebrate the NFL Draft With Reimagined Classic Comic Covers
With many of the nation’s top prospects prepared to find out where their professional football career with begin, Marvel and ESPN celebrate the NFL Draft with reimagined classic comic covers.
A trend that has gone back a few years Marvel has continued their collaboration with the sports media juggernaut, as the comic publisher has crafted some amazing art to celebrate one of the biggest days of the NFL season.
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The first of this brand new 2022 Marvel ESPN collaboration reimagines the iconic Thor #365 cover created by Walt Simonson with Punter prospect Matt Araiza.
The great comic book inspiration is clearly seen, with the special teams player exacting a very similar post to this iconic look for the God of THunder.
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The next cover recreates 2008s Hulk #11 to portray highly touted N.C State offensive line prospect Ikem Ekwonu on a fantastic art piece created by Ed McGuinness.
The cover is amazing in its attention to detail, even including the name in the same font as the original cover with the really cool brick design.
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One of the well-known prospects of the 2022 NFL draft, Michigan defensive end Aidan Hutchison is the centerpiece of this awesome piece created by John Cassaday that is a clear homage to 2002s Captain America #4.
With many experts stating that Hutchinson is one of the best prospects in the entire draft, with his relentless and tireless style of play being perfectly complemented by the Steve Rogers sensibility
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The final entry of this awesome collaboration that sees Marvel and ESPN celebrate the NFL draft, artist Adi Granov recreated 2004s The Invincible Iron-Man #3 with the prospect that many experts view as the best quarterback in the draft, Liberty University athlete, Malik Willis.
The combination of sports and Marvel comics is an awesome idea, that has been implemented over the past couple of years, that combines both the fans of the NFL, ESPN and Marvel.
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