Marvel Celebrates Pixar's 40th Anniversary With Variant Covers, Just The Way Woody Would Have Wanted

It’s the 40th anniversary of Pixar, and to celebrate the event Marvel Comics is releasing a series of Variant covers subbing in the studio’s characters on classic Marvel issues. Or rather “Marvel issues” as these feature some odd choices.

No, you don’t get to see Woody doing “Demon in a Bottle” or Merida swinging across town like in ASM #300. Nor are the Bug’s Life charcters lined up like on X-Men #1. Instead, here’s the rundown of the first eight:

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #34, an homage of Amazing Fantasy (1962) #15 featuring characters from Up
AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON #2, an homage of Avengers (1963) #9 featuring characters from Inside Out
AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON #3, an homage of Hawkeye (2016)#1 featuring characters from Brave
FANTASTIC FOUR #13, an homage of Fantastic Four (1961) #159 featuring characters from The Incredibles
FANTASTIC FOUR #15, an homage of Fantastic Four (1961) #49 featuring characters from A Bug’s Life
FANTASTIC FOUR #16, an homage of Fantastic Four (1961) #39 featuring characters from Toy Story 5
INFERNAL HULK #9, an homage of Incredible Hulk (1962) #1 featuring characters from Ratatouille
IRON MAN #7, an homage of Iron Man (1998) #76 featuring characters from WALL-E

Huh! Okay. I mean, they look nice, but interesting choices. Anyway, check out a few and the full rundown below.

On Sale 7/1

FANTASTIC FOUR #13 PIXAR 40^TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY DAVID BALDEON (The Incredibles) – 75960621122701331

IRON MAN #7 PIXAR 40^TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY TODD NAUCK (Wall-E) – 75960621491400731

On Sale 7/15

AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON #2 PIXAR 40^TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY DAVE BARDIN (Inside Out) – 75960621563800241

INFERNAL HULK #9 PIXAR 40^TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY HUMBERTO RAMOS (Ratatouille) – 75960621361000931

On Sale 8/5

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #34 PIXAR 40^TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY RYAN STEGMAN (Up) – 75960621001503441

FANTASTIC FOUR #15 PIXAR 40^TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY NICOLETTA BALDARI (A Bug’s Life) – 75960621122701541

On Sale 8/19

AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON #3 PIXAR 40^TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO (Brave) – 75960621563800341

DOOMQUEST #4 PIXAR 40^TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY PACO MEDINA (Toy Story 5) – 75960621590400451

On Sale 9/2

AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON #4 PIXAR 40^TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY TBD ARTIST

FANTASTIC FOUR #16 PIXAR 40^TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY TBD ARTIST

THOR #801 PIXAR 40^TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY TBD ARTIST

On Sale 9/16

X-MEN #37 PIXAR 40^TH ANNIVERSARY VARIANT COVER BY TBD ARTIST

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