Alex Ross Homages George Pérez In New ‘JLA / Avengers’ Covers

Alex Ross is the boss, and he’ll be providing new covers for the JLA/Avengers and Avengers/JLA facsimile editions being released this summer. Specifically, he’ll provide an homage to the iconic George Pèrez.

Per PR from DC, “The new Ross cover art is part of a two-piece connecting image created exclusively for these new facsimile editions and is an homage to George Pérez’s cover of 1983’s Comics Interview Special Edition #6. Marvel Comics will publish the first half of the piece on JLA/Avengers #3 in July, featuring the Avengers, and DC will publish the other half on Avengers/JLA #4, featuring the Justice League. Together, the two covers connect to form a face-off between the iconic teams.”

If you’ve never read the books before, you can probably predict what to expect. But thanks to writer Kurt Busiek and artist Pèrez, the book is generally considered one of the greatest crossovers of all time.

The new editions will reprint the issues the way they were originally released, with wraparound card stock covers. Check out Ross’s covers, below. JLA/Avengers #3 will hit stores in July with Avengers/JLA #4 following in August.

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