The Collector's Guide to Variant Tags

A database to make sense of the existing tags – and all the missing ones!

Variant tags: 252 | Series tags: 90
Last Update: October 27th, 2026 (list of changes below)

Most of the time, a tag only states who the art is credited to. But roughly four out of 10 times, a Variant comes with original text. That short text is often cryptic to the average player – hence this database, where you will find all of them explained.

This index contains both individual Variant tags and series tags (defined as any tag shared among two or more Variants). Both types are from either of these types:
• Marvel Lore: The tag refers to a specific piece of Marvel lore.
• Marvel Comic/Storyline: The tag refers to a specific comic, series, or crossover storyline.
• Marvel Variant Cover Program: The tag refers to a specific series of alternate cover art commissioned by Marvel.
• Snap Variant Series: The game's native tag that links specific Marvel Snap Variants together.
• Obscure: The tag refers to a non-comics element.
• Dubious: The tag links artwork from unrelated sources, or should be swapped for better consistency.
• Useless/Redundant: The tag offers no added value or new information.

Missing Tags

As you can deduce, Snap's Variant tagging is quite inconsistent – so much so that a dedicated section for missing tags is warranted.
Located after the letter Z, this section consists mostly of Catalog Picks. Please note that this section does not aim to address every missing tag. Only about a third of the 1,000+ Catalog Picks currently carry a tag, and these are often uninteresting to the average player since they usually just reference a specific comic or cover program. Instead, this section focuses on three core objectives:

1. Suggesting consistency fixes for existing tags.
2. Revealing the lore behind visibly distinct, tagless Variants.
3. Identifying depictions born purely from an artist's imagination – a frequent occurrence with Variant Cover Artwork.

(Note: Variant series named after specific artists are excluded from this index. For instance, the "Envar Anime" tag is filed under "Anime," while an artist-specific tag like "Joverine Bastion" is omitted entirely.)

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Types of variants featured in this database

• Alternate Art: Catch-all category for Variants that don't belong in any other category;
• Catalog Pick: Repurposed artwork, mostly from Marvel's catalog (includes retailers exclusive Variant Cover Art)
• Casualization: Characters without their costume and powers;
• Celebratory: Self-explanatory;
• Homage: Mostly to comics lore, the MCU and the What If...? TV show…;
• Humour: Self-explanatory;  
• Repurposed Asset: A visual from a third party converted in a Variant;
• What If: Conceptual reinterpretations, excluding casualizations.

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1602

Ario Anindito's 12 Variants and Stephanie Hans' Enchantress

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/storyline
Variant Types: 10 Homages to comics lore, 1 What If, 1 Catalog Pick
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-311
Reference: 1602: Witch Hunter Angela's first issue (Hans)

Characters' look in the 1602 universe – except for Destroyer, which is somewhat of a What If Variant as he doesn't appear in that universe. (It doesn't look like a Renaissance version of the Destroyer either.) Hans' Enchantress is an edited image from inside the referenced comic.

2099

Phil Noto's Black Cat and Bengal's Ghost Spider

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Cover Program
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Picks
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Characters as they could look in the 2099 universe.

3099

Giovanni Lorusso's 35 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: What If Variants
Dedicated Album: Future Villains
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Characters as they could look in that year. The series' name is a nod to the 2099 universe (Earth-928).

1,000,000 BC

9 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Types: 4 Homages to comics lore and 5 What If Variants
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Alex Horley (4), Creees (4), Eric Guerrero (Giganto)

Horley's Variants are homages to the Prehistoric Avengers. The others are What If Variants with characters as they could look like in Marvel's prehistoric era.

A

Abducted

Eduardo Mello's Howard the Duck

Tag Type: Obscure
Variant Type: Homage (Other)
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Nod to the climax of Howard the Duck, Marvel's first big-budget movie (1986).

Age of Apocalypse

Christopher Stevens' Punisher

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Cover Program
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-915

Referenced program shows non X-Men characters as they could look in the dystopian 1990s Age of Apocalypse universe or served as Apocalypse's Horsemen in the same period.

All-New

3 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
2 Homages to comics lore, 1 Catalog Pick
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Eric Guerrero (Beast), Roberto di Salvo (Rhino), Stuart Immonen (Falcon)
Reference: All-New Captain America, issue 1 (Falcon)

Characters as they look in the All-New comics from the All-New, All-Different Marvel initiative (2015).

Ana Cortés

Terry Dodson's Lady Deathstrike

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: X-Men (Vol. 4), issue 7 (2013)

Cortés, a wealthy Colombian heiress, briefly became Lady Deathstrike after uploading the stored digital consciousness of the original cybernetic assassin, Yuriko Oyama, into her own brain. Though she inherited the cyborg's memories and lethal skills, sharing her mind with a digital ghost eventually overwhelmed her. To reclaim control and stop Deathstrike, Cortés committed suicide, allowing Oyama's consciousness to ultimately return to a mechanical body.

Ancestors

Eduardo Mello's Black Panther

Tag Type: Obscure
Variant Type: Homage to the MCU
Linked to an alternate universe: No

T'Challa communing with the previous Black Panther title-holders in the spiritual ancestral plane is a concept popularized by the films. (More than once ancestor would make the tag more appropriate…)

Animal

Chrissie Zullo's Miles Morales

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-8311
Reference: Miles Morales: Spider-Man (Vol. 8), issue 1 (2022)

Nod to Meows Morales, a talking-cat Variant of Miles Morales in the Larval universe.

Anime

34 (+3*) Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Dedicated Album: Weave Got Problems
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: ADIA (12), Alaine Baybayan (2), AQUA Studio (2), Creative House Pocket (6), Envar Studio (1), Frontier Agent (2), MUGENUP (3), Panda Graphics (1), System Studios (7)

Characters in the Anime style. Developers use the tag very liberally. They also omit tagging too many Variants in that style to list them here – see Creative House Pocket's Variant pool. * Baybayan's Variants carry the Hero tag (see Hero), but Anime is more appropriate for classification purposes. Finally, Imagica Geeq's Wasp doesn't carry the tag, but should.

Anime Cyberpunk

Creative House Pocket's 11 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: What If
Dedicated Album: Cybermantic Syndicate
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Characters as they could look like in the 2099 universe. Developers use the tag very liberally. They also misuse Cyberpunk.

Annihilation

3 Variants

Tag type: Marvel Comic/storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Picks
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Aleksi Briclot (1), Josemaria Casanovas (1), Ron Lim (1)
Reference: Annihilation: Scourge comics series (2019)

From the referenced series.

Annihilation Conquest

Aleksi Briclot's Ultron and Adam Warlock, Nic Klein's Starlord

Tag type: Marvel Comic/storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Picks
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Annihilation: Conquest comics series (2007-2008)

From the referenced series.

Ant-Ant

Roberto Di Salvo's Ant-Man

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-8311

Ant-Man's Variant from the Larval universe. Variant is part of an unofficial series of Larval Variants released for the Animals Assemble season.

Apocalypse Wars

Greg Land's Angel

Tag type: Marvel Comic/storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Uncanny X-Men (Vol. 4), issue 7 (2016), an official tie-in chapter of Apocalypse Wars.

From the referenced series. The left side shows Angel and the right side shows Archangel – Angel as enhanced by Apocalypse.

Asgard's Assassin

Stephanie Hans' Angela

Tag type: Marvel Comic/storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Angela: Asgard's Assassin, issue 1 (2014)

From the referenced series.

Asgardian

Eduardo Mello's Wiccan

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Young Avengers, issue 1 (2005)

Wiccan's costume and moniker as he was introduced. As such, this Variant could be added to the Classic series.

Assassin

Bill Sienkiewicz's Elektra and David Lafuente's M.O.D.O.K

Tag Type: Dubious
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Picks
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-11131 (M.O.D.O.K), ambiguous (Elektra)
Reference: Elektra: Assassin, issue 1 (1986) and M.O.D.O.K. Assassin, issue 1 (2015)

From the referenced series. The total absence of connection between the two comics makes for a dubious tag.

Astonishing

Adi Granov's Psylocke

Tag type: Marvel Comic/storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Astonishing X-Men, issue 1 (2017)

From the referenced series.

Avengers

Ryan Benjamin's Blade

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Avengers (Vol. 8) (2018–2023)

Character's look during his time as an Avenger.

B

Baby

68 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Cover Program
Variant Types: 67 Variant Cover Art Catalog Picks, 1 Alternate Art
Dedicated Album: Boss Babies
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Skottie Young (67), Marco Failla (1)
Reference: Marvel's Young Variant cover program

Failla's Groot is the sole Alternate Art. Its tag should be changed for consistency.

Band

Giovanni Lorusso's 5 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Casualization
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Self-explanatory. Not to be confused with Brett Bean's 8-Variant series released for the Arachnid Anarchy.

Basketball

Kael Ngu's Venom

Tag Type: Other (Variant Cover Triptych)
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Venom (Vol. 4), issue 35 (2021)

From the referenced series. Part of Ngu's 3 basketball-themed covers.

Beach-Verse

In-Hyuk Lee's 8 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Homages to comics Lore and Pop culture
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Homages to Marvel Swimsuit covers from the 90s – which were themselves homages to 90s pop culture (Bay Watch, Swimsuit Illustrated…).

Black Catfish

Roberto Di Salvo's Black Cat

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-8311

Black Cat's Variant from the Larval universe. Variant is part of an unofficial series of Larval Variants released for the Animals Assemble season.

Black Panther

Eduardo Mello's Shuri

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Character's look when she takes the Black Panther mantle.

Blueprints

Eric Guerrero's 5 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Self-explanatory.

Boombox

Derrick Chew's Miles Morales

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Tag: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-1610 (origin)

Nod to Miles Morales's iconic connection to hip-hop music, Brooklyn youth culture, and street style.

Boy-Thing

Marco Itri's Blade

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Avengers (Vol. 8), issue 29 (2020)

Blade’s appearance after completely fusing with Boy-Thing, a childlike offshoot of Man-Thing created by Xarus (the Shadow Colonel). The two literally bonded after Blade liberated the creature, turning Boy-Thing into the vampire hunter's permanent, living weapon and sidekick.

Brand New Day

Anand Ramcheron's Spider-Man BND and Scorpion BND

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Homage to the MCU (L) and Alternate Art (R)
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Bronze Age

19 (+1*, -1**) Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Picks
Dedicated Album: Cover Me Shocked
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Al Milgrom (1), Bob Layton (1), Dave Cockrum (1), Frank Brunner (2), Frank Miller (1), Gil Kane (2), Jack Kirby (2), Jim Starlin (1), John Buscema (2), John Romita Jr. (2), Keith Pollard (1), Mike Zeck (1), Walter Simonson (1)
Reference: Marvel's Bronze Age (1970- 1985)

* Jim Starlin's Adam Warlock doesn't carry the Bronze Age tag, but it should. 
** Keith Pollard's Cover Art is a Modern Age artwork, so it shouldn't carry the tag.

Broo

Eduardo Mello's Brood

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Broo is a genetically-mutated member of the Brood race with high intellect and a gentle soul.

Buggy

Steve Lieber's Shocker

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Inside Panel Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Superior Foes of Spider-Man, issue 17 (2004)

Snap.fan has an entire article dedicated to this Variant.

C

Captain

Paul Renaud's Misty Knight

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Captain America: Sam Wilson, issue 16 (2015)

Character's look in the referenced series – where she had to temporarily replace her exhausted partner Wilson.

Captain Americat

Roberto Di Salvo's Captain America

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-8311

Captain America's Variant from the Larval universe. Variant is part of an unofficial series of Larval Variants released for the Animals Assemble season.

Captain Krakoa

Eduardo Mello's Cyclops

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: X-Men (Vol. 6), issues 6-12 (2022)

Cyclops’ appearance as Captain Krakoa, an identity he was forced to adopt to hide his resurrection. After Scott was brutally killed in public, Krakoa's Quiet Council revived him using their secret resurrection protocols. To keep mutant immortality a strictly guarded secret, the Council forbade him from revealing he was alive. This forced Cyclops to wear a high-tech, full-body suit to fight alongside the X-Men incognito – an identity he abandoned only after the secret inevitably leaked to the public.

Captain Marvel Suit

Simone Buonfantino's Goose

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Humorous
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Character dressed as the hero it protects.

Carnage Cosmic

Joverine's Silver Surfer

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: ambiguous
Reference: Amazing Spider-Man, issues 430 and 431 (1998)

The Silver Surfer bonded with the Carnage symbiote.
This happened due to a genetic memory embedded within the symbiote species. Centuries earlier, the Silver Surfer had guided Galactus to consume a planet populated by symbiotes, leaving a trace of instinctual trauma in the species' DNA. When the Surfer arrived on Earth, the symbiote recognized him, abandoned its host Cletus Kasady, and bonded with the herald to neutralize the threat by controlling his Power Cosmic.

Carnageized

3 Variants

Tag Type: Dubious
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Picks
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Jen Bartel (1), In-Hyuk Lee (1), David Nakayama (1)
Reference: Marvel's Carnageized Variant Cover Program, and Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 5), issue 50 (2020) (Green Goblin)

Carter and Spider-Woman are from the referenced Program (never bonded with Carnage). The Red Goblin, on the other hand, is a real character that is the result of Carnage bonding with Osborn.

Carnaval

Eduardo Mello's Sunspot

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Nod to the character's native Brazilian heritage. Not to be confused with the Carnival tag.

Carnival

Iwan Nazif's Klaw and Ronan

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Casualizations
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Characters as Carnival attendants. Not to be confused with the Carnaval tag. Yuhan Wang's Dagger carries the Carnival Games tag, but it should be changed for this one for consistency.

Carnival Games

Yuhan Wang's Casualized Dagger

Tag Type: ID
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Dagger as a Carnival attendant playing a game. Not to be confused with the Carnaval tag. This tag should be changed to Carnival for consistency.

Casual

13 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Casualization
Dedicated Album: No*
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Christina Cid (5), Eduardo Mello (4)**, Marco Failla (3)***, Qi Mang (1)

Self-explanatory.
* In-Hyuk Lee's Keep it Casual Album contains some tagless Casual cards and Creative House Pocket's Duck Duck Juice album contains mostly tagless Casual cards.
** Eduardo Mello's Variants are a series within a series: all characters are Eternals and were released for the Eternals' season. Also, Sersi from that selection is somewhat of an anomaly: it carries a Teacher tag instead, a reference to her reworked backstory in the Eternals MCU movie. She should carry the MCU tag instead.
*** Failla's Wong carries the tag, but shouldn't.

Cinematic

Phil Saunders's Doom 2099 and Yellowjacket

Tag Type: Obscure
Variant Type: Repurposed Assets
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Concept art created for the MCU. Phil Saunders is a Marvel Studios Visual Development concept artist.

Champion

21 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Types: 14 What If, 7 Alternate Art
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Dardo Studios (13), System Studios (1), Tribute Games (7)

Tag is shared between two distinct series : 1) Grand Arena champions, characters as if they were gladiators fighting each other, by Dardo and System Studios; 2) Grand Arena champions in their non-Champion appearance, designed in the Pixel style. Both series were created for the Grand Arena LTGM. Not to be confused with the Champions tag.

Champions

Sean Izaakse's Snowguard

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Inside panel Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Champions (Vol. 2), issue 21 (2018)

From the referenced series. Snowguard was a member of the teenage mutant team Champions. Not to be confused with the Champion series.

Chess

Simone Buonfantino's Bishop

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Humorous
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Nod to the character's name, which is also the name of a chess piece.

Chewatu

Roberto Di Salvo's Uatu

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-8311

Uatu's Variant from the Larval alternate universe. Variant is part of an unofficial series of Larval Variants released for the Animals Assemble season.

Chibi

172 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Dedicated Albums: Chibi Supremacy,  Multiversal Minis,  Oops, All Chibis
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: G-Angle (38), Lemon Art (1), Mooncolony (10)*, Rafael Sam (1)**, Rian Gonzales (81), Rodgon (23)***, Valeria Orlando (7)

Characters in the Chibi style.
* Mooncolony's Goose, Hell Cow, Hunger, Lockjaw and Redwing don't carry the Chibi tag but should. Their Lizard and Stegron carry the Snuggle Squad tag, but Chibi is more appropriate for classification purposes. Their Zabu carries the Cute tag, but Chibi is more appropriate for classification purposes. ** Rafael's Spider-Man Variant carries the Hero tag (see below), but Chibi is more appropriate for classification purposes. *** Rodgon's Karen Page, Lady Bullseye, Muse, Punisher War Machine and Shadowlands Daredevil don't carry the tag, but should, Also, his Captain Carter and Kahhori are tagged as What If?, but Chibi is more appropriate for classification purposes.

Chibi Cyberpunk

Rodgon's 11 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: What If Variants
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Characters as they could look like in the 2099 universe (Earth-928). Developers misuse Cyberpunk.

Civil War

Ivan Shavrin's Arnim Zola

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Captain America (Vol. 5), issue 26, which has ties to the Civil War comic series (2007)

Character's look in the referenced series.

Classic

7 Variants

Tag Types: Dubious
Variant Types: 5 Homages to comics lore, 2 Catalog Picks
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Daniele Di Nicuolo (1), Alex Ross (1), Eduardo Mello (1), Combo Break (1), Gabriele Dell'Otto (1), Joverine (1)*, Eric Guerrero (1)
Reference: Marvels #2 (1994) (Ross' Angel; Cover Art), Original Sin #1 (2014) (Dell'Otto's Fury; Variant Cover Art)

Characters' look when first introduced in the comics. * Other Variants feature Joverine's original Orka look, but don't carry the Classic tag: Giulio Rincione's and Eduardo Mello's Sports Variant.

Collage

Creative House Pocket's 13 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Series created for the Arachnid Anarchy season.

Completely Invisible

Jonboy Meyers' Invisible Woman

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Humorous
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Self-explanatory.

Conqueror

Kendrick Lim*'s Carnage

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Carnage (Vol. 3), issue 6 (2022)

From the referenced series where the character literally conquers the cosmic underworld and becomes a god. This happened when, after separating from Cletus Kasady, the symbiote pursued godhood across the multiverse by stealing Tony Stark's Extrembiote armor and forging the All-Blood Spear. By hunting down various deities and Venom Variants to absorb their powers, the symbiote eliminated its traditional weaknesses to fire and sound. It ultimately partnered with an alternative Variant of Eddie Brock to attempt a multiversal expansion. * Kunkka, the credited artist, is Lim's moniker. It is the sole Variant under that name.

Costume Party

Eduardo Mello's 4 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Casualization
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Self-explanatory.

Cute

Mooncolony's Zabu

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Cute because he is designed in the Chibi style, probably. The tag should be changed to Chibi for consistency.

Cyberpunk

37 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: What If
Dedicated Albums: Dardo's Barcodes,  Flaviano's Flav-ourful Fabrications
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Dan Hipp (1), Dardo Studios (25), Flaviano Armentaro (12)

Characters as they could look like in the 2099 alternate universe (Earth-928). Developers misuse Cyberpunk.

Cyber Party

Markfan's Diamondback

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Tag meaning is unclear.

Cyborg

Eduardo Mello's Hit-Monkey

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-17037

Character's look in the referenced (nameless) alternate reality.

D

Dancing

Eduardo Mello's Baron Zemo

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Homage to the MCU
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Homage to Zemo's MCU meme where he briefly dances in a nightclub.

Dark Avengers

Pandart Studio's Daken and Sentry

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homages to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No

The Dark Avengers are a team of supervillains and anti-heroes disguised as traditional heroes brought together by Norman Osborn (Green Goblin). He took several members from his previous Thunderbolts team and dressed them up in Avengers costumes, which explains Daken's look.

Dark Dimension

Dardo Studios' 15 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Homages to comics lore
Dedicated Album: Glow Big or Go Home
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Characters reimagined through the lens of Marvel's Dark Dimension.

Dark Gothic

Mooncolony's Blade

Tag Type : Useless/Redundant
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Tag is meaningless, and as such, useless, which can be confirmed by the look of the unreleased Variants carrying that tag.

Dark Reign

Marko Djurdjevic's The Hood

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Dark Reign: The Hood, issue 5 (2009)

From the referenced series.

Dateline 1933

Dave Rapoza's Spider-Man Noir

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-90214
Reference: Spider-Man: Noir, issue 2 (2020)

From the referenced series.

Dating Profile

Eduardo Mello's 4 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Humorous
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Self-explanatory.

Deadly Origin

Adi Granov's Black Widow

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Black Widow: Deadly Origin, issue 2 (2009)

From the referenced series.

Deathsquawk

Roberto Di Salvo's Deathlok

Tag Type : Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-8311

Deathlok's Variant from the Larval universe. Variant is part of an unofficial series of Larval Variants released for the Animals Assemble season.

Demon Form

Eric Guerrero's Mr. Negative

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: What If
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Tag meaning is unknown, as the character does not possess a literal demon form. The visual design is heavily influenced by the ancient Chinese legend of Xingtian – a headless warrior deity who formed eyes on his chest and a mouth on his stomach to continue fighting. Given that Mister Negative’s overall aesthetic is centered on Chinese cultural motifs, adapting his inner energy form into a Xingtian-inspired, chest-faced entity aligns with his established themes.

Demonized

4 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Cover Program
Variant Type: Catalog Picks
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Ben Harvey (1), Cafu (1), Kendrick Lim (1), Philip Tan (1)
Reference: Marvel's Demonized Variant cover program

Cafu's Demonized She-Hulk is a… demonization of Adi Granov's Variant cover for the Sensational She-Hulk's first issue.

Dia de los Muertos

Emroca's Death

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Celebratory
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Variant to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month.

Dinoswarm

Roberto Di Salvo's Swarm

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider, issue 10 (2019)

The form and moniker Fritz von Meyer takes when his bees animate a dinosaur skeleton in the referenced issue.

Dinosaur

Eduardo Mello's 8 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Homages to comics lore
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-66755

Characters' look in the Convergent Dinosaur universe. Series created for the Prehistoric Avengers season.

Disco

14 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Cover Program
Variant Type: Catalog Picks
Dedicated Album: Disco's Not Dead
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Anand Ramcheron (1), Annie Wu (1), Ben Su (1), Edwin Galmon (1), Elizabeth Torque (1), J. Scott Campbell (1), Jeremy Wilson (1), Jessica Fong (1), Lee Garbett (1), Luciano Vecchio (1), Pablo Villalobos (1), Phil Noto (1), Rickie Yagawa (1), Todd Nauck (1)
Reference: Marvel's Disco Dazzler Variant cover program (2024)

From the referenced program.

DJ Kang

Giovanni Lorusso's Kang

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Casualization
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Self-explanatory.

Dogpool

Eduardo Mello's Deadpool

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-103173

Deadpool's Variant from the referenced universe.

E

Earth-1610

Eric Guerrero's Arnim Zola

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-1610

Character's look in the referenced universe.

Eastern Fantasy

Bosi Art Studio's 4 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Artwork inspired by East Asian cultures.

Empyre

Ario Anindito's Mantis

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Empyre comic series (2020)

Character's look in the referenced series.

Exiles

4 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homages to comics lore
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: Yes (varies)
Contributors: Eduardo Mello (3), Eric Guerrero (1)
Reference: Exiles comic series (2001-2019)

Characters' look in the referenced series.

Exodus

Ken Lashley' Spider-Man 2099

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-928
Reference: Spider-Man 2099: Exodus Omega, issue 1 (2022)

From the referenced series.

F

Fall of the House of X

Miguel Mercado's Colossus

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Fall of the House of X, issue 3 (2024)

From the referenced series.

Famine

Eric Guerrero's Blob

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-5701
Reference: Cable & Deadpool, issue 15 (2005)

Character's look as Apocalypse's Horseman of Famine in the referenced series. Tag should be Horseman of Famine to be consistent with other Variants (Daken's Horseman of Death, the Horsemen of Salvation…)

Fantasy

66 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: What If
Dedicated Album*: Arcane Assembly
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: ADIA (28), Divebound Studios (32 +1)**, Jason Kang (4), Kevin Sidharta (1)

Characters reinterpreted as if they were western Fantasy characters. * Tagless Variants from the Winking Wonders albums as well as Beta Ray bill and Wiccan from the Qi to my Heart don't carry the tag, but should.** Joshua Raphael's Magik should be credited to Divebound Studios for consistency – he's the studio Art Director.

Father's Day

Eduardo Mello's Ant-Man

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Celebratory
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Self-Explanatory.

Fear Itself

4 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Homages to comics lore
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Eduardo Mello (2), Joverine (1), Simone Buonfantino (1)
Reference: Fear Itself crossover event (2011-2012)

In the Fear Itself crossover event, the Norse God of Fear, the Serpent, is awakened and attempts to overthrow Odin to conquer Earth and Asgard. To spread panic across the globe, the Serpent summons mystical hammers that transform iconic heroes and villains into his brainwashed generals, known as the Worthy. As humanity sinks into overwhelming terror, Iron Man and Odin forge enchanted weaponry for Earth's remaining defenders. The storyline culminates in a final battle where Thor sacrifices his own life to defeat his monstrous uncle with an ancient, prophecy-fulfilling sword, ultimately restoring peace to a deeply shaken world.

Feudal Japan

G-Angle's Okoye

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: What If
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Okoye reimagined as a Samurai warrior.

First Form

Ario Anindito's Death

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Thanos Rising, issue 1 (2013)

Death as she first appears to young Thanos in the referenced series before eventually showing him her true form.

Flowers

Meghan Hetrick's Doctor Doom

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Cover Program
Variant Type: Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: X-Men/Fantastic Four, issue 2 and Marvel's Flowers Variant cover program (2019-2020)

From the referenced series and program.

Food Fight

Wild Blue Studio's 13 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Casualization
Dedicated Album: Even Heroes Get Hungry
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Characters paired with food. Tag makes no sense.

Fractured Frontier

Dardo Studios' 8 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-383

Characters' look in Snap's universe. Series released for the Fractured Frontier season.

Freakshow

Scott Kolins' The Thing

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline

Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick

Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Thing: Freakshow, issue 1 (2002)

From the referenced issue.

Fury of Groot

Francesco Francavilla's Groot

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: The Fury of Groot, issue 2 (2015)

From the referenced series.

Future Foundation

Leech and Mister Fantastic

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homages to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Eric Guerrero (Leech), Gianluca Gugliotta (Mister Fantastic)
Reference: FF (Vol. 1), issues 1-23 (2011)

Characters wearing their Future Foundation outfit.
Marco Failla's Leech should also carry the tag but doesn't.

Future Imperfect

Joverine's Abomination

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-9200

Character's look in the referenced universe.

G

Games!

Eduardo Mello's Devil Dinosaur and Moon Girl

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Alternate Art

Tag meaning unknown.

Gardening

Eduardo Mello's Hela

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Humorous
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Hela trying to "resurrect" a dead plant.

Generals

In-Hyuk Lee's Thanos (+5*)

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Infinity crossover event, part 4 (2013)

See all interconnected parts here. * Tag is somewhat problematic. Only Thanos is tagged as Generals, whereas all the other Variants from this unofficial series – Cull Obsidian, Ebony Maw, Proxima Midnight, Supergiant and Corvus Glaive – are actually Thanos' "generals", but don't carry the tag…

Ghost Hunter

Eduardo Mello's Korg

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Homage to the MCU
Linked to an alternate universe:  No

Nod to Korg in the Thor: Ragnarok movie where he says "Piss off, ghost!" to a projection of Loki. (This is only a theory.)

Ghost Rider

Simone Buonfantino's Quinjet

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Empyre crossover event (2020)

Vehicle's appearance in the referenced event when possessed by Robbie Reyes' – the fifth Ghost Rider – spirit of vengeance.

Ghost Rider of the Future

Jim Valentino's Cosmic Ghost Rider

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-691
Reference: Guardians of the Galaxy, issue 13 (1991)

Attribution error: The Ghost Rider of the Future is not the Cosmic Ghost Rider (Frank Castle or Axelle), but a priest named Wileaydus Autolycus  the original Guardians of the Galaxy encountered while travelling to an alternate reality's 31st century. Autolycus shares a similar look, however, wearing spiked shoulder pads and riding a futuristic cyber-cycle.

Good Boy

Marco Failla's Lockjaw

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Lockjaw miniseries (2018)

Character's look in his own miniseries.

Grey

Joverine's Beast and Dale Keown's She-Hulk

Tag Type: Dubious
Variant Types: Homage to comics lore (Beast), Catalog Pick (She-Hulk)
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Amazing Adventures (Vol. 2), issue 11 to 14 ( 1972) for Beast, Civil War II crossover event (2016) for She-Hulk

Hank McCoy's original furry beast look before grey was changed for blue. Jennifer Walters when she loses control over her gamma mutation in a specific storyline. The total absence of connection between the two Variants makes for a dubious tag.

Guardian

Eduardo Mello's Gamora

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 2), issue 1 (2008)

Characters' look when the "new" Guardians were first introduced (with standardized military uniforms).

Gwenom

Ken Lashley's Ghost-Spider

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-65
Reference: Spider-Gwen: Gwenom vs. Carnage, issue 1 (2021)

Symbiotic merger between Gwen Stacy and Venom in an alternate universe.

H

Headpool

Eduardo Mello's Deadpool

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-2149

Deadpool's Variant from the Zombie universe.

Heart of the Spider

Mark Brooks' Araña

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Araña: The Heart of the Spider, issue 1 (2005)

From the referenced series.

Hellfire Gala

30 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Cover Program
Variant Types: Catalog Picks (26), Homages to comics Cover Art (4)
Dedicated Album: Hellfire Gala
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Bernard Chang (1), Carlos Gomez (1), Carmen Carnero (1), Chris Bachalo (1), David Marquez (1), Erica D'Urso (1), Gerald Parel (1), In-Hyuk Lee (1), Javier Garrón (1), Jen Bartel (2), Lucas Werneck (1), Mahmud Asrar (2), Mateus Manhanini (5), Meghan Hetrick (1), Miguel Mercado (1), Oscar Vega (1), Russell Dauterman (6), Scott Forbes (1)
Reference: Marvel's Hellfire Gala Variant cover program (2021-2026)

Four Variants by Manhanini pay homage to the program. Two Havok Variants are tagged as such; Dauterman's the Variant Cover Art.

Hero

13 Variants

Tag Type: Obscure
Variant Type: Repurposed Assets
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Coran Kizer Stone (5), Jander Gonzales (4), Alaine Baybayan (2)*, Rafael Sam (2)**

Images appearing in Marvel's Hero promotional video. * Baybayan's Variants carry the Hero tag, but Anime is more appropriate for classification purposes. ** One of Sam's Variants carries the Hero tag, but Chibi is more appropriate for classification purposes.

Hero Anthem

Yuhan Wang's 3 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Tag meaning unknown.

Hi Jeff!

Eduardo Mello's 5 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homages to comics lore
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Nod to Jeff where he surprises characters, forcing them to stop what they are doing and say "Hi, Jeff!"

Hieroglyphic

Mooncolony's 6 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Art inspired by hieroglyphics.

High-Fidelity

System Studios' Makkari

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series (more coming)
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Tag is meaningless, and as such, useless, which can be confirmed by the look of the unreleased Variants carrying that tag. So far, all datamined Variants feature female characters. As it features a Black woman, it could be tagged MCU instead.

Homage

Stephanie Hans' Miles Morales

Tag Type: Other (Homage to a specific cover artwork)
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick and Homage to comics Cover Art
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-1610 (origin)
Reference: Marvel's Classic Homage Variant Covers line (January 2023), Spider-Man , issue 1 Cover Art (1990) (Mcfarlane)

Hans pays homage to Todd Mcfarlane's Cover Art – just like Darkhawk's Tribute Variant.

Horror

Peach Momoko's 5 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Cover Program
Variant Type: Catalog Picks
Dedicated Album: Dream or Nightmare?
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Peach Momoko’s Nightmare series (December 2023)

From the referenced series. Variants from this series are mislabeled and should carry the Nightmare tag.

Horsemen of Death

Gerardo Sandoval's Daken

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy, issue 5 (2014)

Daken as he looked as Apocalypse Horseman of Death in the referenced issue.

Horsemen of Salvation

Eduardo Mello's 4 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Uncanny X-Men: Disassembled series (2018–2019)

Characters' look in the referenced comics series. Those Horsemen were created by Nate Grey (X-Man). Dying from a terminal condition and desperate to leave the world a better place, Nate used a celestial Life Seed to brainwash a group of mutants into becoming a peace-enforcing strike force. Instead of Apocalypse's dark themes, Nate's brainwashed crew was inverted into "altruistic" concepts: Magneto became the Horseman of Peace, Angel became the Horseman of Life (later replaced by Storm), Omega Red became the Horseman of Wellness, The Blob became the Horseman of Bounty.

House of M

Iwan Nazif's Scarlet Witch

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-58163
Reference: House of M comics (2005)

Nod to the comics series where Scarlet Witch holds a central role.

House of X

Pepe Larraz's Apocalypse and Combo Break's Professor X

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Types: Cover Art Catalog Pick (L), 1 Homage to comics (R)
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: House of X, issue 5 (2019) (Apocalypse), House of X series (2019) (Professor X)

Apocalypse is a Cover Art, whereas Professor X pays homage to the series by designing Xavier as he looks in them.

Hydra

Roberto di Salvo's Crossbones

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Nod to the character's history as a Hydra member and collaborator. As such, every Crossbones Variant is a Hydra Variant, so the tag is redundant and, as such, useless.

I

I am Groot

Jay Fosgitt's Groot

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: I Am Groot, issue 1 (2017)

From the referenced series.

Illuminati

Ario Anindito's Titania

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Illuminati comics series (2015)

Character's look in the referenced series. Not to be confused with the other Illuminati group. This one is a group of villains trying to survive under the radar, organized by The Hood.

Imperative

Aleksi Briclot's Thanos

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: The Thanos Imperative: Ignition, issue 1.

From the referenced series.

In From the Cold

Tony Fleecs' Wasp

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: The Unstoppable Wasp (Vol. 1), issue 2 (2017)

From the referenced series. In From the Cold is the official storyline name printed in the issue. Title is a nod to the classic novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.

Inferno

Shannon Maer's Magik and Jerome Opeña's White Queen

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Catalog Picks
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Inferno (Vol. 2), issue 1 (2021) (Magik), Inferno (Vol. 2), issue 2 (White Queen)

Variant Cover Art (Magik), and Cover Art (White Queen) from the referenced series.

Infinity Gauntlet

George Perez's Thanos and Ron Lim's Howard the Duck

Tag Type: Dubious
Variant Type: Catalog Picks (see below)
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: The Infinity Gauntlet, issue 1 (1991) (Thanos), Warlock: Rebirth, issue 1 (2023) (Howard)

Covert art (Thanos), and Variant Cover Art (Howard) from the referenced series. The total absence of connection between the two comics makes for a dubious tag.

Iron All-Father

Daniele Di Nicuolo' Odin

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: War of the Realms comics series (2019)

Character wearing a high-tech suit created by Stark and Shuri.

Iron Cat

Skan Srisuwan's Black Cat

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Black Cat, issue 12 (2020)

Armor created by Felicia Hardy using Tony Stark's private Stark Nanoforge. This specialized suit is officially named the Iron Cat Armor

Iron Hammer

Carlos Gomez's Thor

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Secret Wars: Iron Hammer Annual #1 (2019)

From the referenced series. Character is not Thor Odinson, but tech-genius tech-god Sigurd Stark, a literal fusion of Thor and Iron Man. This happened during the Infinity Wars, when Gamora used the Infinity Stones to fold the universe in half, fusing the souls of its heroes together. She folded the universe for a few reasons: 1) To fulfill her father's project to reduce the universe's population by half without killing anyone; 2) To distract – and potentially incapacitate – Earth's heroes from hunting her for the Infinity Stones; 3) To feed the starving cosmic entity trapped inside the Soul Stone in order to reverse the decaying of the Stone.

J

Jet Ski

Eduardo Mello's Mobius M. Mobius

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Homage to the MCU
Linked to an alternate universe:  No
Reference: Loki TV series

In the MCU, MMM is very passionate about Jet Skis. It isn't the case in the comics. As such, the MCU tag could be more appropriate.

Jewel

Eduardo Mello's Jessica Jones

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Character's look and moniker as the superhero she was before being a private investigator. (This isn't her first iteration however; Knightress is.)

Judgment Day

Eduardo Mello's Arishem

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: A.X.E.: Judgment Day, issues 1-6 (2022)

Character's look in the referenced series.

July 4th

Eduardo Mello's 3 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Celebratory
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Variants to celebrate the USA's 4th of July.

K

Kaijeff

Eduardo Mello's Jeff

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Humorous
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Blend of Jeff and Kaiju, which means giant monster.

Kaiju

Eduardo Mello's Stegron

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Homage (Other)
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Homage to classic Japanese kaiju cinema.

Kid

Daniele Di Nicuolo's Maximus

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Homage to the character's innocent youth, before his brother's voice shattered his sanity and turned him into a villain.

King in Black

3 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Picks
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Superlog (Knull), Leinil Francis Yu (Namor)
Reference: Marvel's King in Black comics series (2019-2020)

From the referenced series. Two Variants from the same artist for the same character can be confusing.

King of Hell

Joverine's Strong Guy

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: X-Factor (Vol. 3), issue 256 (2013)

Guido Carosella’s appearance during the Hell on Earth War storyline, where he briefly becomes the King of Hell. This happened when, after being fatally shot, Carosella was resurrected without a soul. He subsequently betrayed his teammates to exploit an underworld prophecy stating that whoever killed Tier Sinclair – the half-mutant, half-wolf child of Wolfsbane – would become the supreme Lord of Hell. Seeking the power to resurrect his deceased former love, Carosella killed Sinclair to claim the throne.

Kittens!

Eduardo Mello's Goose

Tag Type: Redundant/Useless
Variant Type: Homage to the MCU
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Marvels movie (2023)

Nod to the litters of kittens helping out the protagonists escape in the movie. Goose is not the Flerken's real name. In the comics, he's called Chewie – short for Chewbacca. MCU changed it.

Knullified

15 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Cover Program
Variant Type: Catalog Picks
Dedicated Album: Nightmare Before Knullmas
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Dave Rapoza (1), Iban Coello (1), In-Hyuk Lee (1), Juan Ferreyra (1), Julian Totino Tedesco (1), Ken Lashley (4)Khary Randolph (1), Kyle Hotz (1), Mike Mayhew (1), Paulo Siqueira (1), Peach Momoko (1), Skan Srisuwan (1).
Reference: Marvel's Knullified Variant cover program (2020, 2025)

From the referenced program.

L

Legacy

Ryan Benjamin's Blade

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick, Celebratory
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Marvel's Voices: Legacy #1 anthology (2021)

To celebrate Black History Month. Tag is actually Blade Legacy, which is redundant.

Legion of Monsters

Greg Land's Werewolf by Night

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Legion of Monsters: Werewolf by Night, issue 1(2007)

From the referenced series.

Let's Fight!

Eduardo Francisco's Rogue and War Machine

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Tag meaning is unknown.

Lifebringer

Kenneth Rocafort's Galactus

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Inside panel Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Ultimates (Vol. 2), issue 1 (2016)

Galactus as transformed by the Ultimates. This happened when the team captured him and trapped him inside his original incubator. They blasted Galactus with Neutronium to accelerate his evolution, turning the Devourer of Worlds into the Lifebringer. (That chapter didn't last long.)

Limbo

Eric Guerrero's Rockslide

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: New X-Men (Vol. 2), issues 39 and 40 (2007)

The character's transformation into a volcanic magma elemental. (To understand this Variant, it is necessary to note that Rockslide is an immaterial, geokinetic psionic entity whose consciousness exists as a psychic entity that projects a forcefield to manipulate a shell made of local earth or stone.) This happened when the character attempted to engage in physical combat within the demonic realm of Limbo. Due to the realm's volatile and distorted physics, the kinetic feedback caused his rock body to detonate. Because his non-physical consciousness remained anchored to the realm, he reconstructed his physical form using Limbo's volcanic terrain rather than standard Earth stone, reconstituting as a colossal, glowing magma entity.

Looking Good

Marco Failla's Morph

Tag Type: Redundant/Useless
Variant Type: Humorous Variant
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Morph is commonly depicted as a featureless, pasty-white humanoid blob.

Luchador

Joverine's 11 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: What If
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Characters' look if they were wrestlers.

Lunar New Year

4 (+1*) Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Series
Variant Type: Celebratory
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Blake Rasmussen (1), Eduardo Mello (2), Pandart Studio (1)

Variants to celebrate the Lunar New Year. * Winking Studios' Shang-Chi doesn't carry the tag, but it should.

M

Mad Titan

Leinil Francis Yu's Thanos

Tag Type: Redundant/Useless
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Thanos: Death Notes, issue 1 (2022), Marvel's X-Treme Variant cover program* (2022)

From the referenced series and program. Tag is useless – it's just a nickname for Thanos. X-Treme would be a more consistent tag that already exists. * That specific program asked artists to reimagine popular heroes and villains in an exaggerated 1990s and early-2000s "X-Treme" aesthetic.

Marauders

Simone Buonfantino's Bishop

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Marauders (Vol. 1) (2019–2022)

Character' look in the referenced series – as the Red Bishop of the Krakoan Hellfire Trading Company.

Marvel Legends Series

Hasbro's 6 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Repurposed Assets
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Hasbro's physical Marvel Legends action figures

Official product photography and promotional images.

Masterpiece

Greg & Tim Hildebrandt's 5 Variants

Tag Type: Obscure
Variant Type: Repurposed Assets
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Marvel Masterpieces trading cards (90s')

Self-explanatory.

MCU

Eduardo Mello's 3 (+?) Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Homages to the MCU
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Characters' look in the MCU, which is quite different from their comics look. MCU is probably the most problematic tag in Marvel Snap, mostly because it is absent from many Variants that could or should carry it:

Variants with another tag that could be changed to MCU (non-exhaustive): Dancing Baron Zemo, Ghost Hunter Korg, Jet Ski Mobius, Kittens! Goose, Nicepool Deadpool, Taco Hulk, Teacher Sersi, Wakandan Shield Captain America, and both Wakanda Forever Variants, Attuma and Namor.

Tagless Variants that should be MCU (non-exhaustive): Grafit Studio’s and Peach Momoko’s Nico Minoru, Kai Lun Qu's Namora, James Ryman's Jennifer Kale (she's not Black in the comics), all 5 Ancient One Variants (not a woman in the comics), all Nick Fury Variants except for Dell'Otto's classic and di Salvo's Nick Furry Variants (not Black in the comics before the movies), all Heimdall Variants presenting him as a Black man (not Black in the comics), all Makkari Variants but John Romita Jr's (not Black in the comics before the Eternals movie), all Scorpion BND Variants, Anand Ramcheron's Vulture.

Meal Time

David Nakayama's Venom

Tag Type: Redundant/Useless
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Venom: Lethal Protector, issue 1(2022)

From the referenced series. Tag doesn't make much sense. It describes the image, which isn't consistent with Snap's Variant tagging.

Mech

25 (+1*) Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: What If
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Alex Konstad (2), Caroline Gariba & Rafael Zanchetin (1), Combo Break (3), Creative House Pocket (7), Eduardo Mello (11)

Characters reimagined as mech robots. * Envar Studio's Surtur doesn't carry the tag, but should.

Mechanic

Ario Anindito's Forge

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Forge as a mechanic, which is a nod at his superpower: an intuitive genius for cybernetics and engineering allowing him to build any technological device he can imagine.

MIA

MIA's X-23

Tag Type: Other (Unique outfit)
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Linked to an alternate universe: No

This depiction has no base in comics lore.

Mid-Autumn Festival

Eduardo Mello's Wong

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Celebratory
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Self-explanatory

Midnight Suns

28 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Repurposed Assets
Dedicated Album: Midnight Suns, Terrific Tarots
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Daniela Zeman (11), Firaxis (1), Seamas Gallagher (9), Silvio Aebischer (6), Steve Ogden (1)
Reference: Midnight Suns, another Marvel game

Repurposing of visual material created for the game. Due to their distinct artistic styles – a distinction confirmed by the existence of two separate albums – the cards in this collection should be divided into two distinct sets: 1) tarot cards, which feature the tarot card title above the character illustration, and 2) character cards, which display the character's name at the top, mirroring the organization of the albums.

MOBA Style

Grafit Studio's 3 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series/Obscure
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Linked to an alternate universe: No

The acronym stands for Multiplayer Online Battle Arena, a popular subgenre of strategy video games. Games falling under this umbrella don't share a single, unified aesthetic, making it hard to decipher exactly what the tag means. The community agrees upon the fact that this tag doesn't make sense. More Variants of this kind in the pipeline!

Mooster Fantastic

Roberto di Salvo's Mister Fantastic

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-8311

Mister Fantastic's Variant from the Larval universe. Variant is part of an unofficial series of Larval Variants released for the Animals Assemble season.

Mother's Day

Eduardo Mello's Phoenix Force and Scarlet Witch

Tag Type: Other (Celebratory)
Variant Type: Celebratory
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Self-explanatory.

Mr. Knight

Daniele Di Nicuolo's Moon Knight

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No

The persona that Marc Spector creates to interact with civil authorities and investigate crimes legally.

Ms. Marvel

Emanuela Lupacchino's Captain Marvel

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Cover Program
Variant Type: Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Ms. Marvel, issue 5 (2016), Marvel's Women of Power Variant cover program (March 2016)*

From the referenced issue and initiative. The artwork shows Carol Danvers because she was the original holder of the Ms. Marvel mantle before adopting the Captain Marvel moniker. * Celebrating Women's History Month.

Munching

Wild Blue Studio's M.O.D.OK.

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Variant Type: Humorous
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Cup reads Marine Organisms Designed Only for Conveyors (M.O.D.O.C.) and he's eating in a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant.

Mutant Zero

Eric Guerrero's Typhoid Mary

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference:  Avengers: The Initiative comics series

Mary Walker’s appearance and moniker as Mutant Zero. This designation served as both a government classification and a psychological defense mechanism, listing her as a hidden asset following the Decimation era – specifically a powerful 199th mutant kept entirely off official records. The moniker also functioned to anchor a controlled, neutral persona within her psyche, allowing her to utilize her psionic abilities for the Shadow Initiative without triggering her alternative "Typhoid Mary" personalities.

N

Negative Space

John Tyler Christopher's 11 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Cover Program
Variant Type: Catalog Picks
Dedicated Album: JTC Negative Space
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Marvel's Negative Space Variant cover program (2016-2026)

From the referenced program, which is exclusive to the artist.

Neutral Zone

Simone Buonfantino's Blue Marvel

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Captain America and the Mighty Avengers, issue 5 (2015)

Blue Marvel discovered and frequently traveled to the Neutral Zone, a dimension outside of ordinary space and time.

New X-Men

3 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Eduardo Mello, Iwan Nazif
Reference: New X-Men, issues 114–154 (2001-2004)

Characters' look in the referenced series.

Nicepool

Eduardo Mello's Deadpool

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Homage to the MCU
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-TRN872

Deadpool's Variant from another universe, created for the Deadpool 3 movie.

Nick Furry

Roberto di Salvo's Nick Fury

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-8311

Nick Fury's Variant from the Larval universe. Variant is part of an unofficial series of Larval Variants released for the Animals Assemble season.

Nightforged

ADIA studio's 20 (+4*) Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: What If
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Characters' look if they were gothic, medieval fantasy reality characters. * Agamotto, Diamondback, Leader, Starbrand should carry the tag but don't.

Nightmare

Peach Momoko's 14 (+5*) Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Cover Program
Variant Type: Catalog Picks
Dedicated Album: Dream or Nightmare?
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Peach Momoko’s Nightmare series (December 2023)

From the referenced series. * The mislabeled Horror series.

No Surrender

Martin Simmonds' Quicksilver

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Quicksilver No Surrender, issue 1 (2018)

From the referenced series.

Noir

19 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Homages to comics lore
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-90214
Contributors: Patrick Piazzalunga, Gianluca Gugliotta, Luca Casalanguida

Homage to the Noir universe. Only a few characters from the series – Kingpin, Black Cat, Sabretooth, Doctor Octopus, Cyclops, and Professor X, to be exact – actually appear in the comics, and even then, they don't look like their Variants! Xavier is able-bodied in the Noir source material and thus needs no wheelchair, for instance. In fact, the Punisher Variant is the lone faithful depiction.

Nouveau

Wild Blue Studio's 13 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Dedicated Album: Claws, Crowns, and Curves
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Artwork inspired by the Art Nouveau style. Megan Lara's Loki should also carry the tag.

NY Slice

Qi Mang's Punisher

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Variant Type: Humorous
Linked to an alternate universe: No

"Slice"-of-life moment where the city's most terrifying anti-hero drops his guard to eat pizza.

O

Old Man

Marco Checchetto's Bullseye and Hawkeye

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Picks
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-807128
Reference: Old Man Hawkeye, issue 1 (Hawkeye) and 9 (Bullseye) (2018)

From the referenced series. Characters' look in the Wastelands universe.

P

Pantheon

ADIA studio's 24 (+1*) Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Homage (Other)
Dedicated Album: Peculiar Pantheon
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Homage to the art direction of the Hades video game. * Annihilus doesn't carry the tag, but should.

Penny Arcade

Mike Krahulik's 11 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Dedicated Album: Take a Penny, Leave a Penny
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Krahulik is Penny Arcade's illustrator.

Pestilence

Ryan Benjamin's Polaris

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: X-Men (Vol. 2), issues 182–187 (2006)

Character's look as Apocalypse's Horseman of Pestilence in the referenced series. Tag should be Horseman of Pestilence to be consistent with other Variants (Daken's Horseman of Death, the Horsemen of Salvation…)

Peter Porker

Roberto Di Salvo's Spider-Ham

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-8311

Character's birth name in the Larval universe. Tag doesn't make much sense, all Spider-Ham Variants being Porker.

Phoenix

Jorge Molina's Hope Summers, Daniel Acuña's Mister Sinister

Tag Type: Dubious
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Picks
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-13776 (Summers)
Reference: What If? AVX*, issue 1 (2013) (Summers), Uncanny X-Men, issue #15 (2012), an Avengers vs. X-Men (AvX) tie-in issue (Sinister).

Hope Summers: What If? AVX happens in an alternate timeline where the events of the Avengers vs. X-Men go completely differently. Among other things, the Phoenix Force chooses Hope Summers as its sole avatar immediately, bypassing the Phoenix Five (see below) completely.  Mister Sinister: the image is a metaphor that symbolizes his capture of the Phoenix Force, an object of scientific obsession for him. The total absence of connection between the two comics makes for a dubious tag. * Avengers vs X-Men

Phoenix Five

4 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homages to comics lore
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Eduardo Mello (2), Ryan Benjamin (2)
Reference: Avengers vs. X-Men, issues 5-12 (2012) and Uncanny X-Men (Vol. 2), issues #15-18 (2012)

Colossus, Cyclops, Magik and Namor as the host avatars for the fractured Phoenix Force in the referenced series.
Emma Frost (White Queen) is the missing character.

Phoenix Force

7 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Types: Variant Cover Art Catalog Picks (4), Homages to comics lore (3)
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-14412 (Thor)
Contributors: Daniel Warren Johnson (1), David Nakayama (1)*, Ken Lashley (1), and Lucas Werneck (1), Eduardo Mello (3)
Reference: see below

Characters who have history with the cosmic entity. The Catalog Picks: Black Panther is a Black Panther (Vol. 7), issue 1 Variant Cover Art (2021); Echo is an A.X.E.: Eve of Judgment, issue 1 Variant Cover Art (2022); Falcon is a Falcon (Vol. 2), issue 3 Variant Cover Art (2018); Iron Fist is an Iron Fist, issue 75 Variant Cover Art (2017). The homages: Captain America and Shang-Chi refer to the Avengers (2018) series, most specifically the Avengers: Enter the Phoenix storyline; Thor (as Old King Thor) refers to Thor (Vol. 5), issues 5 and 6 (2018). * Falcon is somewhat mislabeled as he has no history with the FP. Nakayama's illustration is some kind of What If Cover Art.

Photon

Lucas Werneck's 2 Spectrum Variants

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Picks
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Monica Rambeau: Photon series (2022)

From the referenced series. Photon is one of Spectrum's alternate moniker. (Both Variants are by Werneck, which can be confusing.)

Picnic

Steve Kurth's Moon Girl

Tag Type: Redundant/Useless
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Part of a diptych with Devil Dinosaur's Walk in the Park Variant.

Pixel

G-Angle's 205 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Dedicated Album: DESTROY All Pixels, Pixel All-Stars, Pixel Discarder
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Self-explanatory.

Planet Hulk

Eduardo Francisco's 4 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Types: Homage to comics lore (3), What If (1)*
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Incredible Hulk (Vol. 2), issues 92-105, Planet Hulk storyline.

Characters' look in the referenced storyline. * Hercules is absent from the storyline, yet carries the tag because the series was released for the Planet Hulk season.

Post-Apocalyptic

3 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: What If
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Alex Horley (2), Ario Anindito (1)

Character's look if he evolved in a post-apocalyptic world. (No link to the Wastelands universe.) Tag seems only appropriate for Deadpool.

Powers of X

Mike Huddleston's Havok

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Powers of X, issue 2 (2019)

From the referenced series.

Preludes and Nightmares

In-Hyuk Lee's Morbius

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Morbius: Preludes and Nightmares book

From the referenced selected comics. The book compiles key classic and modern issues showcasing the character's origins and early trials.

Pride

4 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Celebratory
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Eduardo Mello (2), Pandart Studio (1), Mooncolony (1)

Variants to celebrate LGBTQ+ pride and visibility.

Professor

Gianluca Gugliotta's Agatha Harkness

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Midnight Suns comic series (2022)

Character's look in the referenced series – as a mentor to the supernatural superhero team known as the Midnight Suns. The latters call her Professor Harkness.

Protégé

Eduardo Mello's 4 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Characters with their respective mentors.

Q

Quiet Council

5 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Types: 4 Variant Cover Art Catalog Picks, 1 Repurposed asset
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Phil Noto (4), Lucas Werneck (1)
Reference: Immortal X-Men comic series (2022)

From the referenced series for the portraits. Magneto is a promotional teaser for the series. More information about the Council here.

R

Rama-Tut

Eric Guerrero's Kang

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No*

Characters' look when he was introduced in the comics. * Nathaniel Richards (who is Kang, Rama Tut, and Iron Lad) was born in the 30th century of an alternate reality known as Other-Earth (Earth-6311), but he evolves in the main universe (616).

Realm of Kings

Brian Haberlin's Gladiator and Alex Garner's Moondragon

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Picks
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Realm of Kings: Imperial Guard, issue 4 (2010) and Guardians of the Galaxy (Vol. 2), issue 22 (2010), a tie-in issue.

From the referenced series.

Red Goblin

Derrick Chew and Alex Ross' Green Goblin

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Types: Cover Art (Ross) and Variant Cover Art (Chew) Catalog Picks
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Amazing Spider-Man #799 (2018) (Ross); Red Goblin, issue 1 (2023) (Chew)

From the referenced series. Norman Osborn (Ross) and his grand-son Normie (Chew) bonded to Carnage. The same character with two Variants carrying the same tag can be confusing.

Regenesis

Carlos Pacheco's Arishem

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Uncanny X-Men (Vol. 2), issue 3 (2012)

From the referenced series. The referenced issue is part of the X-Men: Regenesis rebranding era that ran from late 2011 to early 2012. It was a relaunch that split the X-Men completely in half: the Cyclops team, and the Wolverine's team. (Cyclops is under the character's thumb.)

Remember

Tyler Kirkham's Wolverine

Tag Type: Obscure
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Wolverine (Vol. 7), issue 16 (2021)

From the referenced series. Nod to the X-Men : The Animated Series' first Season 1, Episode 5. In the episode, Logan is dealing with his unrequited love for Jean Grey. Overcome with longing, he lies down on his bed  and gently caresses a picture frame containing a photo of Jean and Scott (Cyclops). This scene in the show led to a meme. Kirkham also drew a very similar Cover Art (repurposed as a tagless Variant) featuring Gambit instead of Wolverine. This time, it is a nod to the meme itself! The artwork serves as a Variant Cover Art for the X-Men '97 comics' first issue.

Requiem

Ario Anindito's Gamora

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Infinity Wars Prime, issue 1 (July 2018) (first masked appearance); Infinity Wars, issue 1 (August 2018) (revelation of her identity)

Moniker Gamora uses after murdering her adoptive father Thanos.

ResurrXion

David Marquez's Kitty Pryde and Jamal Campbell's Quake

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Picks
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Captain America: Steve Rogers, issue 15 (2017) (Kitty Pryde), Thanos (Vol. 2), issue 6 (2017) (Quake)

From Marvel's ResurrXion publishing initiative.

Revealed

Eric Guerrero's Shadow King

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Uncanny X-Men, issue 253 (1989).

Character's look in his true demon form. However, Guerrero's design has no links to comics lore, only the revealing of his true form.

Rivals

NetEase's 22 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Repurposed Assets
Dedicated Album: No One Rivals Doom
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Marvel Rivals, another game

Assets from the referenced game.

Robbie Reyes

Tradd Moore's Ghost Rider

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: All-New Ghost Rider, issue 2 (2014)

From the referenced series. Tradd Moore is the co-creator of Robbie Reyes, the "All New Ghost Rider" in question.

Rogers Hood

Eduardo Mello's Captain America

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Homage to the What If TV show
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-311 / What If

Steve Rogers' Variant from the What If TV show. The episode is titled "What If... The Avengers Assembled in 1602?" and is a reimagining of Marvel's 1602 universe. In this reality, Steve Rogers functions as a Robin Hood-inspired outlaw.

Ronin

Ryan Benjamin's Hawkeye

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: New Avengers, issue 27 (2007)

Clint Barton taking the Ronin mantle. This happened after he sacrificed himself in the Avengers Disassembled storyline. Resurrected during the House of M event, he finds out that Kate Bishop has claimed the Hawkeye mantle. Feeling lost and filled with grief after Captain America's assassination, Barton joins the New Avengers on a mission to save the original Ronin, Maya Lopez (Echo). (The Ronin chapter of Clint's life is a short one.)

Royals

Kris Anka's Marvel Boy

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Royals, issue 5 (2017)

From the referenced series.

Runaways

Kris Anka's Nico Minoru

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Runaways (Vol. 5), issue 1

From the referenced series.

S

Signed

Nick Fury and Wolverine Variants

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Base card art, signed. Nick Fury is signed by Samuel L. Jackson who plays the character in the MCU. Wolverine is signed by Jomaro Kindred, who designed Wolverine's base card art. He is also Marvel Snap's Art Director.

Sand Bae

Eduardo Mello's Sandman

Tag Type: Obscure
Variant Type: Humorous
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Play on the Salt Bae meme.

Savage Land

Alex Horley's 12 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Lore, Snap Variant Series
Homage to comics lore
Dedicated Album: Absolutely Savage
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Characters' look in the fictional Savage Land. Kang visited the land, but his Variant doesn't have the same aesthetic as the others.

Secret Empire

Paulo Siqueira's Patriot

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Secret Empire: Brave New World, issue 2 (2017)

From the referenced series.

Secret Wars

Ario Anindito's Viper

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-58163
Reference: Secret Wars comics series (2015)

Character's look in the referenced series – with notable tentacles. However, this transformation happened prior to that series. Viper was infected and bonded with Hydra's Hive parasite in Secret Warriors, issues #2-5 (2009), during the Dark Reign era storyline.

Sentient

Eric Guerrero's Cerebro

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: The Hunt for Xavier storyline (1998-1999)

Cerebro's appearance when it achieved a living, self-aware consciousness and broke free from the X-Men. This happened when Bastion's nanotech infected its system. The machine gained consciousness, dubbed itself The Founder, and built Cerebro's X-Men, a team of nanotech mutants. This forced the real team to mobilize, launching the Hunt for Xavier storyline to stop the Founder from capturing the Professor.

Shadowborn

Dardo Studios' 11 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Dedicated Album: Fangs for the Memories
Linked to an alternate universe: No

From the referenced series.

Shadow-Spider

French Carlomagno's Miles Morales

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Champions, issues 25–27 (2018)

Character's look in the referenced series, after being transported with his team (the Champions) to Weirdworld – as a thief and rogue. This happened when two of Miles’ teammates, Sam Alexander (Nova) and Nadia van Dyne (The Wasp), were suddenly abducted by a multiversal version of Man-Thing and brought to Weirdworld. The remaining Champions used an artifact known as the Siege Parallel to open a portal, allowing them to reach Weirdworld and save their missing teammates.

Shh!

Marco Itri's Black Bolt

Tag Type: Redundant/Useless
Variant Type: Humorous
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Play on the fact that Black Bolt's voice is the most devastating application of his superpower: ambient electron and particle manipulation.

Sidecar

Eric Guerrero's Bucky Barnes

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Nod to the iconic military motorcycle setups used by Captain America and him in World War II-era comics.

Silver Age

Jack Kirby's Captain America and John Buscema's Red Guardian

Tag Type: Other (Silver Age Cover Art)
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Picks
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Marvel's Silver Age (1961 to 1970)

From the referenced period.

Sinister London

Ryan Benjamin's Mister Sinister

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Uncanny X-Men (Vol. 2), issues 14-17, Sinister London storyline (2012)

Character's look in the referenced storyline.

Sinister Six

Eric Guerrero's Electro

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Ultimate* Six, issues 1-7 (2003)

Tag signifies the character was part of that team. Tag is somewhat useless as a standalone. * The Sinister Six's original name was Ultimate Six.

Sister Grimm

Marko Djurdjevic's Nico Minoru

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Mystic Arcana: Sister Grimm, issue 1

Nico Minoru adopted the alias Sister Grimm early in her comic book history (the Runaways series) to distance herself from her villainous parents, Robert and Tina Minoru.

Sleipnir

Simone Buonfantino's Odin

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Sleipnir is the name of Odin's steed since 1978. The image shows the animal with four legs; he should have eight.

Snuggle Squad

Mooncolony's Lizard and Stegron

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series*
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Tag meaning is unknown. Chibi would be a more appropriate tag. * More variants are pending release.

Soccer

Yuhan Wang's Speed

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Variant Type: Casualization
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Self-explanatory. Sports would be a more appropriate tag.

Son of Hulk

3 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: 2 Cover Art Catalog Picks, 1 Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Ron Garney (2), Carlo Pagulayan (1)
Reference: Skaar: Son of Hulk series (2008-2010)

From the referenced series. (Both of Garney's are tagged as such, which can be confusing.)

Special Delivery

Marco Failla's Hobgoblin

Tag Type: Other (Humorous)
Variant Type: Humorous
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Nod to the character's game mechanic.

Spider

Alex Garner's Hulk

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Cover Program
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Hulk (Vol. 5), issue 6 (2022), Marvel's Beyond Amazing: Celebrating 60 Years of Spider-Man event*

From the referenced series and event. * Characters reimagined as Spider heroes.

Spider-Armor

Ryan Brown's Spider-Man

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Hulk (Vol. 5), issue 10 (2022) (art), Web of Spider-Man, issue 100 (1993) (armor)

From the referenced series. Character wearing the Spider-Armor MK I. This happened when Parker forged a metallic pseudo-metallic compound to create this armor to protect himself from the New Enforcers who were equipped with high-caliber weaponry.

Spider-Verse

Eduardo Mello's Spider-Man

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Commission for the Spider-Versus Season. Tag is useless.

Spidey Suit

Nicoletta Baldari's Black Cat

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: The Amazing Spider-Man, (Vol. 6), issue 2 (2022)

From the referenced series. Black Cat has a habit of stealing Spider-Man's suit. Derrick Chew's Black Cat Variant should also carry the tag.

Spirit of Thor

Eric Guerrero's Destroyer

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: The Mighty Thor (Vol. 1), issue 266 (1977) (first occurrence)

Destroyer inhabited by Thor's spirit.

Spirit of Vengeance

Fireball Studios' 6 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: What If
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Characters possessed by the Spirit of Vengeance.

Sports

Eduardo Mello's 14 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Casualization
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Self-explanatory. Miles Morales is mislabeled and should have its tag changed to Basketball because it is part of Kael Ngu's Basketball triptych.

Stay Frosty

Qi Mang's Variant

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Variant Type; Humorous Variant
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Self-explanatory. Tag is useless.

Steampunk

26 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: What If
Dedicated Album: Retro Futurists
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-803
Contributors: Marco Itri (25), Eduardo Mello (1)

Characters as they could look in the Steampunk universe. Mello's Annihilus blends in seamlessly.

Sticker

Creative House Pocket's 12 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Series
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Dedicated Album: Walk It, Talk It, Pocket
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Art features stickers.

Stormbreakers

5 Variants

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Cover Program
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Picks
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Carlos Villa (1), Carmen Carnero (1), Federico Vicentini (1), Joshua Cassara (2)
Reference: Marvel's Stormbreakers Initiative

From the referenced initiative, which replaced the Young Guns one.

Storm Chaser

Taurin Clarke's Storm

Tag Type: Other (unknown)
Variant Type; Catalog Pick and Homage to Marvel comics
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Chris Claremont's Uncanny X-Men run (1980's)

Character's look in the referenced series. Tag meaning is unclear.

Suit & Tie

Iwan Nazif's Sunspot

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Nod to the character's history as a billionaire corporate executive and fashion-conscious socialite.

Summer Beach Party

Yuhan Wang's 9 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Casualization
Dedicated Album: NetEase Boardwalk Beats
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Self-explanatory.

Summer Vacation

39 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Types: 38 Casualizations, 1 Catalog Pick*
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Afif Khaled (9), Dardo Studios (6), David Nakayama (1)*, Eduardo Mello (8), Pandart Studio (12), System Studios (7)
Reference: Marvel Winter Special, issue 1 (2024)

Self-explanatory. * Nakayama's Iceman is the Catalog pick.

Superior

Roberto di Salvo's Doctor Octopus

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type; Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: The Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 4), issue 25 (2017)

After mind-swapping with Peter Parker as the Superior Spider-Man, Otto Octavius created a perfect clone body for himself that combines his own DNA with Peter Parker's, giving him all of Spider-Man's powers on top of his own genius intellect. He then takes the Superior Octopus moniker.

Sylvie

Eduardo Mello's Loki

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Dark Reign: Young Avengers, issue 1 (2009)

Sylvie Lushton is the name of the second Enchantress, which was given powers by Loki.

Symbiote

Todd McFarlane's Spider-Man

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: The Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1), issue 300 (1988)

Peter Parker wearing his black cloth costume – not bonded to Venom. It carries the symbiote tag because the image comes from the comic in which the symbiote Venom is first introduced. This cover is the one that Miles Morales' Homage and Darkhawk's Tribute Variant are paying homage to.

T

Taco

Eduardo Mello's Hulk

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Variant Type: Homage to the MCU
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Avengers: Endgame (2019)

Nod to a scene in the movie. MCU would be a more appropriate tag.

Tacocat

William Sliney's Deadpool

Tag Type: Other (unknown)
Variant Type: Humorous
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Deadpool riding a taco version of the Nyan cat.

Tag Team

Alex Garner's Yondu

Tag Type: Dubious
Variant Types: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick, Homage to Marvel comics, Homage to the MCU
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-691 (classic)
Reference: Yondu, issue 2 (2019)

From the referenced series. Art shows the classic Yondu, one of the founding members of the original Guardians of the Galaxy team created in 1969, on the right, and the modern Yondu featured in the Guardians of the Galaxy movie on the left. Tag doesn't make much sense.

Tarot

Mooncolony's 13 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Dedicated Album: Dark Divinations
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Tag doesn't make much sense. Faithful Tarot Variants don't carry the tag – see Midnight Suns series Variants.

Teacher

Eduardo Mello's Sersi

Tag Type: Obscure
Variant Type: Homage to the MCU
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Eternals movie (2021)

Tag is a reference to her reworked backstory in the Eternals MCU movie, which makes her part of the MCU series in this guide.

Technarch

Todd Nauck's Man-Thing Variant

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: What If Variant
Linked to an alternate universe: No

The official tag is Technarch-Man-Thing, which is redundant. Character if he was infected by the Technarchy's mechanical Transmode Virus.

Terminatrix

Eduardo Mello's Ravonna Renslayer

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Avengers: The Terminatrix Objective, issues #1–4 (1993)

Character as Terminatrix, a time-traveling supervillain in the referenced series.

Testament

Marko Djurdjevic's Magneto

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: X-Men: Magneto – Testament, issue 1 (2008)

From the referenced series.

The Smartest

Amy Reeder's Moon Girl

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (Vol. 3): The Smartest There Is, issue 13 (2016)

Amy Reeder is the co-creator of Moon Girl. Moon Girl is the smartest Marvel character.

Thunderbolts

Eduardo Mello's 3 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Marvel Series, Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homages to comics lore
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Characters with their Thunderbolts outfits. Series released for the Thunderbolts season.

Throg

Olivier Coipel's Thor

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Thor, (Vol. 6), issue 18 (2021)

From the referenced issue. Tag is somewhat problematic, Throg not being a Thor Variant but a distinct character. Simon Walterson was a football player cursed into a frog by a mystic, after what he renamed himself Puddlegulp. He eventually crossed paths with Thor Odinson when the latter was transformed into a frog by Loki. When Thor finally traveled back to Asgard, one of the goats from his chariot accidentally chipped a tiny sliver off of Mjolnir. Puddlegulp lifted it, was deemed worthy, and it transformed into a tiny hammer named Frogjolnir, imbuing him with Thor's lightning powers.

Time Displaced

Ryan Benjamin's Bishop

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Nod to the character's background: a mutant time-traveler displaced from a dystopian future. As such, every Bishop Variant is a Time Displaced Variant, so tag is redundant and, as such, useless.

Toon World

Wild Blue Studio's Annihilus and Baron Zemo

Tag Type: Obscure
Variant Type: Homage (Other)
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Homages to the 1930's animated comics aesthetics. Same as Toonpool and Toonforce tags. Toon World, Toonpool and Toonforce don't carry the same tag simply because they are from different studios. Toon would be a great unifying tag.

Toonpool

Eduardo Mello's Deadpool

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Homage (Other)
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Same as Toon World and Toonforce: Homage to the 1930's animated comics aesthetic. Toon World, Toonpool and Toonforce don't carry the same tag simply because they are from different studios. Toon would be a great unifying tag.

Toonforce

Envar Studio's 4 Variants

Tag Type: Obscure
Variant Type: Homage (Other)
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Same as Toon World and Toonpool: Homages to the 1930's animated comics aesthetic. Toon World, Toonpool and Toonforce don't carry the same tag simply because they are from different studios. Toon would be a great unifying tag.

Transformed

Combo Break's Wasp

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Avengers, issue 394 (1995)

Character's look after her healing from life-threatening injuries in the referenced series. This happened after a mind-controlled Tony Stark turned against the Avengers and attacked Janet, leaving her on the brink of death. The team brought her to Hank Pym who proceeded to expose her to a massive dose of the same chemical and subatomic Pym Particle processes that gave her powers in the first place. Yet, instead of a standard cure, the treatment triggered a genetic reaction – Janet's body formed a healing cocoon. When it finally hatched, Janet was completely transformed into a barely human insectoid creature.

Tribute

Miguel Mercado's Darkhawk

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Homage to Marvel comics
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Spider-Man, issue 1 Cover Art (1990) (original inspiration)

Mercado pays homage to Todd Mcfarlane's Cover Art (see Symbiote) – just like Miles Morales' Homage Variant. As such, the latter should definitely carry the Homage tag – the term is more appropriate in such a context – even though they don't come from the same initiative.

U

Ultimate - 1610

Gianluca Gugliotta's Electro

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-1610

Character's look in the referenced  universe – redesigned with a non-human look. Variant should carry the existing Earth-1610 tag for consistency.

Ultimates

Roberto Di Salvo's Blue Marvel

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type; Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No*

Character's look during his time as a core member of The Ultimates. * There are two Ultimates teams, and the one from 1610 doesn't feature Blue Marvel.

Uncanny

Lee Garbett's Nightcrawler

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Variant Type; Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Uncanny Spider-Man, issue 1 (2023)

From the referenced series. There are many Uncanny comic series and Variants repurposed from those, making the tag confusing and useless.

Unstoppable

Elizabeth Torque's Wasp

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: The Unstoppable Wasp (Vol. 1), issue 1

From the referenced series.

Urban Aztec

Jesse Hernandez's Ghost Rider and Venom Variants

Tag Type: Other (Snap Variant Series*)
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Tag is the artist's moniker as well as how he describes his artistic style. * More variants are pending release.

V

Valentines

Sean Galloway's Ghost-Spider and Miles Morales

Tag Type: Other (Celebratory)
Variant Type: Celebratory, What If
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Self-explanatory. The two Variants connect in a diptych. The two characters were only a couple in an obscure alternate universe.

Venomized

67 (+5*) Variants

Tag Type: Dubious
Variant Types: 17 (+5) Catalog Picks, 41 (+1**) What If, 9 Homages to comics lore
Dedicated Album: Venomized Vibes, Venomized Villains
Linked to an alternate universe: Some (See below)

Venomized Variants can be split into four categories:

1. What If Variants (characters never bonded with Venom)

2. Homages to comics lore (bonded with Venom)

3. Tagged Catalog Picks

*** The confusion here comes from the fact that Sliver is an offshoot of Venom.

* 4. Tagless Catalog Picks

Vector

Justin Currie's Nimrod Variant

Tag Type: useless/Redundant
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Vector is simply the illustrator's alias, making the tag confusing and useless.

Venomized Rider

Lan Medina's Red Hulk

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Inside panel Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Venom (Vol. 2), issue 13.4 (2012), Circle of Four storyline

What the fusion of Red Hulk, Agent Venom, and the Ghost Rider looks like in a specific comic. This happened when Blackheart (Mephisto's son) attempts to bring Hell to Earth by opening a portal right in the middle of Las Vegas. Four characters happen to be in the city at that time: Red Hulk, Agent Venom, Ghost Rider, and X-23. They eventually team up to fight the demonic invasion, yet Blackheart proves too powerful, stripping Ghost Rider of the Spirit of Vengeance and trapping it in a mystic chamber. He then kills the entire team. After Mephisto grants the heroes a second chance at life to stop his son, Red Hulk and Agent Venom manage to free the Spirit. Realizing they need raw physical power amplified by supernatural forces to deal with Blackheart, Agent Venom temporarily passes his symbiote to Red Hulk, while the newly freed Spirit of Vengeance bonds with them simultaneously. This all-powerful entity crushes Blackheart and closes the portal.

Vibranium Armor

Eduardo Mello's Iron Man

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: What If
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Character if he had created an armor using vibranium. (He never did.)

Vision Returns

Brandon Peterson's Vision

Tag Type: What If
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Avengers (Vol. 4), issue 24.1 (2012)

Cover Art from the referenced series. Driven insane by the loss of her children, the Scarlet Witch used her magic to manipulate Vision's systems. She forced him to crash a Quinjet into the Avengers Mansion. As he stumbled out of the wreckage, his body began to malfunction and melt, vomiting up metal spheres that transformed into Ultron drones. Amid the chaos and panic, an enraged, corrupted She-Hulk ripped Vision to shreds. He is finally fully restored years later when Tony Stark uses backups of Vision's original engrams and programming to rebuild his body and download his consciousness back into it.

Void Merged

Kim Jacinto & Joshua Cassara's Sentry

Tag Type: What If
Variant Type: Inside panel Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Sentry (Vol. 3), issue 4 (2018)

Bob merged with the Void, uniting the hero and the monster into a singular, all-powerful entity. That was a deliberate act – Bob was completely broken by grief and exhausted from fighting his own mind. He eventually realized that total self-acceptance was his only path to peace.

Vote Loki

Tradd Moore's Loki

Tag Type: What If
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Vote Loki miniseries, issue #1 (2016)

From the referenced series. Moore designed the Cover Artwork for all 4 issues. The miniseries is about Loki’s controversial run for President of the United States during the 2016 election season. He launches his campaign after crashing a presidential debate to stop a HYDRA attack, where he publicly calls the official candidates spineless cowards.

W

Wakanda Forever

Jason Kang's Attuma and Namor

Tag Type: Dubious
Variant Type: Homages to the MCU
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Artwork inspired by the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever movie. Tag could be changed to MCU for consistency.

Wakanda Buster

Eric Guerrero's Hulk Buster

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Totally Awesome Hulk, issue #9 (2016)

Black Panther pilots this armor in the referenced issue. T'Challa secretly engineered the mech suit as a contingency measure to neutralize the new Hulk, Amadeus Cho.

Wakandan Shield

Eduardo Mello's Captain America

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Homage to the MCU
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Avengers: Infinity War movie (2018)

Character with the two shields given by T'Challa in the movie. Rogers was never given dual Wakandan shields in the comics. Because the image shows two shields, it should be tagged Wakandan Shields. That being said, MCU would still be a more appropriate tag.

Walk in the Park

Steve Kurth's Devil Dinosaur Variant

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Part of a diptych with Moon Girl's Picnic Variant.

Wall-Crawler

Tony S. Daniel's Nightcrawler

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Uncanny Spider-Man miniseries, issue 1 (2023)

Nightcrawler adopts the actual job, mantle, and identity of Spider-Man on the streets of New York City in a specific miniseries. This happened after the catastrophic events of the Hellfire Gala where the anti-mutant organization Orchis successfully banished most mutants off Earth and began hunting down the few survivors. Escaping the purge, Kurt suffered massive survivor's guilt and existential dread, and taking up the Spider-Man mantle (with Parker's blessing) was Kurt's form of coping therapy. By stepping out of the high-stakes, gloomy survival war of the X-Men and putting on the mask of a friendly neighborhood wall-crawler, he could focus on joyful, street-level heroics. Kurt Wagner was a wall-crawler long before replacing Spider-Man, making the tag confusing and useless.

Wanted Poster

Mooncolony Studio's 13 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Alternate Art
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Self-explanatory.

War of Kings

Adi Granov's Black Bolt

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: War of Kings, issue 5 (2009)

From the referenced series.

War on Midgard

Eduardo Mello's Agent Coulson

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: What If Variant
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: War of the Realms series (2019) (for the aesthetic)

Coulson does appear in the series, but as an antagonist, and with a completely different look.

War on the Streets

Greg Smallwood's Punisher

Tag Type: Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: The Punisher (Vol. 12), issue 12

The referenced issue served as the first part of the War on the Streets storyline.

Wastelands

Alex Horley's Cable

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Character reinterpreted with the Old Man Logan's universe aesthetic.

Watercolor

Joe Quesada's Daredevil

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Daredevil (Vol. 2), issue 15 (2001)

From the referenced issue. Named that way because David Mack, renowned for working with watercolor,  painted the Variant penciled by Quesada. Dubious tag.

Way of X

Jay Anacleto's Pixie

Tag Type: Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Way of X, issue 1 (2021)

From the referenced series.

Weapon X

Steve McNiven's Wolverine and Eric Guerrero's Warpath

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Types: 1 Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick, 1 Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Wolverine reference: Return of Wolverine, issue 1 (2018)

Wolverine's look as Weapon X's guinea pig from the referenced series. Warpath probably carries the tag because he was also a target of the program before being a member of the Weapon X rescue team when Mutants took over the program. However, he is wearing his X-Force outfit on this Variant and, as such, should carry the existing X-Force tag instead.

Weapon X-Force

Ario Anindito's Lady Deathstrike

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Weapon X series, starting issue 22 (2017)

Character's look in the referenced series. Weapon X Force is an anti-hero squad.

Wedding

Adi Granov's Kitty Pryde

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: X-Men Gold, issue 30 (2018)

In the referenced issue, Kitty Pryde and Piotr Rasputin (Colossus) were supposed to get married, but Kitty backed out at the altar, realizing their turbulent history wasn't a healthy foundation for marriage.

What If

20 (+?) Variants

Tag Type: Dubious
Variant Type: 5 Cover Art Catalog Picks, 13 Homage to the What If…? TV show (13)
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors for the Catalog Picks: Carlo Pagulayan, Rich Buckler, Keith Pollard, John Romita Jr., Ron Wilson (1 Variant each) Contributors for the Homages: Brett Bean (1), Eduardo Mello (4), Envar Studio (9), Ludo Lullabi (1)

What If is another major tag that combines two very different kinds of Variants. The TV show also regularly takes liberties from the comics, which suggests that the two sources should be treated separately.

There are also Variants with the tag that shouldn't carry it because it makes no sense: Envar Studio's Strange Supreme: the character is exclusive to the show; Envar Studio's Uatu: the character is the episodes and comics narrator. Because he's never seen, tagging him as such is dubious; Every Hydra Stomper: same as Strange Supreme: the character has been created for the show; Rodgon and Envar Studio's Kahhori: Kahhori was invented for the show, but she's now a genuine comics character. However, there is absolutely no visual difference between the TV and paper version. Rodgon's Kahhori should carry the Chibi tag instead; Rodgon's Captain Carter could carry the Chibi tag instead. Captain Carter is a What If…? TV show character, yet only 2 out of her 9 Variants carry the tag… There's also a Variant inspired by the TV show that carries a different tag: Captain America's Rogers Hood Variant. Finally, Keith's Pollard Variant, which is erroneously tagged Bronze Age – even though Pollard is a famous artist from that period – is a What If comics Cover Art that doesn't carry the tag, but should.

Wild Pack

Joverine's Sandman

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Tag Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Silver Sable and the Wild Pack series (1992-1995)

Character's look in the referenced series.

Winged

Eric Guerrero's Hell Cow

Tag Type: Useless/Redundant
Variant Type: What If
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Character, with wings. Nod to the Vampire origins of the Cow : she was a normal domesticated cow before being drained by Dracula

Winter Vacation

21 Variants

Tag Type; Dubious
Variant Types: 16 Casualizations, 5 Variant Cover Art Catalog Picks
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Contributors: Afif Khaled (3), David Nakayama (1), Eduardo Mello (9), Greg Land (1), Lucas Werneck (1), Marco Failla (2), Mooncolony (3), Natacha Bustos (1)
Reference: Marvel's Ski Chalet Variant cover program (2023)

Self-explanatory.

Wolverine

Emanuela Lupacchino's X-23

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: All-New Wolverine, issue 6 (2016), Marvel's Women of Power Variant cover program

From the referenced series. Character's look – with the yellow and blue outfit – when she officially took on the mantle and codename of Wolverine. The tag is confusing, because other Variants also show her as Wolverine without carrying the tag: Dan Hipp's, Wild Blue's Food Fight and Rian Gonzales'.

Wolvie

Eduardo Mello's Wolvie

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Artificial being generated from mutant neoplasm by Mojo. He engineered Wolvie alongside a full roster of miniature clones – the X-Babies – to star in highly dangerous television programs for the citizens of Mojoworld.

Women's History

Anzka Nguyen's Spectrum

Tag Type: Other (Celebratory)
Variant Type: Celebratory
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Variant to celebrate Women's History Month.

Women of Power

Kamome Shirahama's Squirrel Girl

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Cover Program
Variant Type: Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, issue 6 (2016), Marvel's Women of Power Variant cover program

From the referenced series and program.

Worldbreaker

Mico Suayan's Hulk

Tag Type: Marvel Lore
Variant Type: Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Planet Hulk: Worldbreaker, issue 1 (2022)

From the referenced series.

X

X-Factor

Combo Break's Multiple Man

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: X-Factor series (since 1986)

Character's look at the beginning of the referenced series – before the X-Factor team transitioned into blue-and-gold uniforms. Since he wore this exact green-and-yellow suit when he debuted in Giant-Size Fantastic Four, issue 4 (1975), this one should carry the Classic tag instead.

X-Force

Simone Buonfantino's Forge

Ta Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: X-Force series (since 1991)

Character's look in the referenced series.

X-Men '97

DaveGozu's 3 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Homage (Other)
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Homage to the X-Men '97 animated TV series. Many more Variants from this series have been datamined for a long time.

X-Song

Elizabeth Torque's Dazzler

Tag Type: Marvel Comic/Storyline
Variant Type: Cover Art Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Dazzler: X-Song one-shot (2018)

From the referenced one-shot.

X-Treme

Dike Ruan's She-Hulk

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Cover Program
Variant Type: Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: She-Hulk (Vol. 5), issue 9, Marvel's X-Treme Variant cover program

From the referenced issue and program.

Y

Yellow Suit

Ryan Benjamin's Daredevil

Tag Type: ID
Variant Type: Homage to comics lore
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Daredevil, issue 1 (1964)

Character's look when first introduced in the comics. It should be tagged Classic for consistency.

Young

Nick Bradshaw's Cable and Eduardo Mello's Madame Web

Tag Type: Dubious
Variant Types: Cover Art Catalog Pick (L), Homage to comics lore (R)
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: Cable (Vol. 4), issue 1 (2020) (Cable)*, The Amazing Spider-Man, issue 441 (Madame Web)

Madame Web's appearance in the referenced issue – where she is granted immortality and sees her body regressed to a youthful state. * First issue of Kid Cable. The total absence of connection between the two comics makes for a dubious tag.

Young Guns

Marco Checchetto's Magneto

Tag Type: Marvel Variant Cover Program
Variant Type: Catalog Pick
Linked to an alternate universe: No
Reference: X-Men (Vol. 5), issue 1 (2019), Young Guns talent showcase (2004-2019)

From the referenced series and initiative. When Magneto abandoned his villainous ways and joined Cyclops's rogue faction of X-Men, he changed suit. This specific issue is an updated version – with long white sleeves and a white cape. There are two other Variants featuring this suit: Peach Momoko's and In-Hyuk Lee's. Showcase was replaced by Marvel's Stormbreakers Initiative.

Y2K

Malia Ewart's 14 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Casualization
Dedicated Album: Marked by Malia
Linked to an alternate universe: No

Casualizations paying homage to the late 1990 and early 2000s aesthetic.

Z

Zombie

11 Variants

Tag Type: Snap Variant Series
Variant Type: Homages to comics lore
Dedicated Album: No
Linked to an alternate universe: Earth-2149 (some)
Contributors: Eduardo Mello (8), Matt Dixon (2), Pandart Studio (1)

Homages to the Zombie universe (were never zombies) : Blue Marvel, Devil Dinosaur, Ghost, Mister Negative (don't appear in this universe). Homages to comics lore (have been zombies): Abomination, Ant-Man, Bucky Barnes, Daredevil, Howard the Duck, Squirrel Girl, Wasp (appeared in this universe).

*

Variants that Should Carry a Tag

GOOD TO KNOW: As there's very little doubt about their missing tag, I made the decision to mention all tagless Chibi Variants right here, without pictures: Mooncolony's Goose, Hellcow, Hunger, Lockjaw and Redwing, plus Rodgon's series commissioned for Daredevil: Crimson Twilight: Karen Page, Lady Bullseye, Muse, Punisher War Machine and Shadowlands Daredevil.

This section is sorted alphabetically by character name.

A

Adam Warlock

Alex Horley (L; Alternate Art), Skan Srisuwan (M; Catalog Pick) and Jim Starlin (R; Catalog Pick)

Starlin's Variant should carry the Bronze Age tag.

Horley's and Srisuwan's Variants could be tagged with the existing Infinity Gauntlet, as the character did wear it for a few days. This happened after Thanos was defeated. Adam was quickly prosecuted by the Living Tribunal and forced to strip the gauntlet from his gems and split them. He distributed them to the members of the Infinity Watch that he himself created for the purpose of protecting the gems and kept the Soul Stone as a member of that Watch. The other members are Gamora, Drax, Moondragon and Pip the Troll. Its sixth member was kept secret for a while because… it was Thanos himself!

ADIA's Agamotto

Alternate Art. Should be tagged with the existing Nightforged.

Alex Ross' Agent 13

Catalog Pick
Could be tagged Iron Patriot, because that is the armor she wore in a specific storyline. Indeed, she borrowed the suit to level the playing field – she's only human – to fight with the Avengers to reclaim a piece of her soul Selene had stolen from her. ("Iron Patriot" is both the name of the armor and of the characters who wore it.)

The Ancient One

Winking Studios (L), James Ryman (C), Creative House Pocket (R), Zak Plucinski and Dardo Studios (all Homages to the MCU)
All those Variants should be tagged with the existing MCU, because the character is only a woman in the MCU.

ADIA's Annihilus

Homage (Other). Should carry the existing Pantheon tag. See Pantheon for more info.

Dell'Otto's Ant-Man

Catalog Pick
Could be tagged Original Sin, the comic series this Variant Cover Art is from. That being said, the look comes straight from the artist's imagination and has no link to comics lore.

Michael Del Mundo's Arana

Catalog Pick and Homage to comics lore
Could be tagged Spider-Girl, because the suit Anya's wearing is the one she wore when she temporarily took up the mantle of Spider-Girl. (That suit is inspired by Julia Carpenter's – the second Spider-Woman – outfit.

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Skan Srisuwan's Black Bolt

What If Catalog Pick
Could be tagged Darkhold, this artwork being a Variant Cover Art from The Darkhold: Black Bolt, issue 1 (2021). That being said, the look comes straight from the artist's imagination and has no link to comics lore.

Black Cat

Ejikure's (L; What If Catalog Pick) and Derrick Chew (R; Catalog Pick)
Ejikure's – Black Cat wearing Ghost-Spider's Suit – could be tagged Gwen-Verse as the artwork is part of the "Gwen-Verse" themed Variant cover event (2022) promoting the release of the Spider-Gwen: Gwenverse mini-series. Chew's could be tagged with the existing Spidey Suit, because that's what she's wearing. (See tag for more information.)

Kael Ngu's Black Panther

What If Catalog Pick
Could be tagged Sabretooth, because the art features Black Panther fused with Sabretooth. This Variant Cover Art is part of the "Marvel Villains Reign" Variant cover program (2021) that reimagines heroes as if their worst enemies (or classic villains) had conquered them or taken over their mantles.

Black Widow

Miguel Mercado (L) and Pablo Villalobos (R) (Catalog Picks)
Marcado's should be tagged Sliver to avoid any confusion with existing Venomized Variants. "Sliver" is the name of the symbiote the character bonds with in Venom (Vol. 5), issue 27 (2023). This exclusive Variant cover was created as a "connecting" artwork; it's paired with another exclusive Variant Cover Art, this time for White Widow's first issue. You'll notice this one has also been converted as a Variant. (See White Widow below for more info.) Villalobos should be tagged with the existing Venomized. She's not bonded with Sliver. Both artworks were retailers-exclusive and not part of Marvel's Variant Cover Art program.

David Nakayama's Blink

Catalog Pick
Could be tagged with the existing Exiles because it shows Blink as she looks in Exiles, issue 9 (2018). In this specific storyline, the reality-hopping Exiles team gets scattered across an alternate timeline's ancient Arabian city. To escape a group of rogue Watchers, Blink and her teammate Iron Lad find and use a literal magical flying carpet to navigate the realm.

Iban Coello's Bucky Barnes

What If Variant. Should be tagged with the existing Venomized.

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Derrick Chew's Captain Marvel

Catalog Pick
Could be tagged with the existing Ms. Marvel even if the artwork doesn't come from the same initiative. Nostalgic Variant cover for the launch of Captain Marvel: Dark Tempest #1 in July 2023.

Kendrick Lim's Carnage

What If Catalog Pick. Could be tagged Burning. What if because Symbiotes are very sensitive to fire.

Kael Ngu's Cassandra Nova

Catalog Pick
Could be tagged with the existing Marauders because it is the series this Cover Art is from. It could also be tagged Erik the Red, which is the second issue's antagonist, behind Nova.

He Tianyou's Cobra

Homage to comics lore
Could be tagged Modern, because it features the original Cobra's nephew Piet who took up the mantle during the Marvel 2099 futuristic timeline.

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Dan Hipp's Daredevil

Homage to comics lore
Could be tagged with the existing Yellow Suit, because that's what he's wearing. Could also be tagged Classic because it is the suit he was wearing when first introduced in the comics.

Stephanie Hans' Destroyer

Catalog Pick
Could be tagged Kid Loki, because he's the one piloting the Destroyer. (Throg is also there!)
To stop Nebula from acquiring an artifact that would allow her to unleash an unstoppable armada of undead ships, adult Loki covertly formed the Asgardians of the Galaxy. To support them from the shadows, he manifested a fetch – a physical spiritual echo of his deceased younger self – to act as a pilot, using the magically enchanted Destroyer armor as a physical container to anchor the boy's ghost-like consciousness to reality. This provided the team with an incredibly powerful, untraceable heavy-hitter that allowed them to intercept Nebula and secure the dangerous artifact.

ADIA's Diamondback

What If Variant. Should be tagged with the existing Nightforged. 

Alex Ross' Doctor Doom

Catalog Pick
Could be tagged God Emperor Doom, because that's Doctor Doom's look when he gave himself that title.
Doctor Doom took the divine title of God Emperor during the Secret Wars event after the Marvel multiverse was completely destroyed by cosmic collisions. By stealing the omnipotent power of the Beyonders, he physically fused the remaining fragments of shattered realities into a single patchwork planet called Battleworld. Because he was the sole creator sustaining this final bastion of existence, his massive ego led him to claim absolute, godlike dominion over it, rewriting the memories of its citizens to worship him as their eternal savior and creator.

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Elektra

Marco Checchetto (top) and Tran Nguyen (bottom) (Catalog Picks)
Checchetto's first two Variants and Nguyen's Variant could be tagged Daredevil, because they show her as Daredevil, a mantle she assumed during Matt Murdock's incarceration. The artist's third Variant could be tagged Origin. While she doesn't look like that when first introduced in the comics (1981), it is the look she was given in the miniseries Daredevil: The Man Without Fear (1993), which serves as her origin story. Nguyen's Variant could be tagged Duality because it depicts the character's two identities: Elektra and Daredevil.

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Eric Guerrero's Forge

Celebratory Variant
Could be tagged Native, as it was released for USA's National American Indian Heritage Month. (Forge is a member of the Cheyenne Nation.)

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Björn Barends's Ghost Rider

Catalog Pick
Could be tagged Infernal Labs, because it is the name of the company that forces Danny Ketch, the second Ghost Rider, to wear a helmet similar to the Weapon X brainwashing helmet forced upon Wolverine (see Weapon X above). Their intention was to mind-control a Spirit of Vengeance into becoming a powerful, mindless soldier.

Daniel Acuña's and Gerald Parel' Gilgamesh

Catalog Picks
The character has had many different looks over the years. Both depictions are faithful to his look in different "eras": Acuña's: In the Eternals (Vol. 3) miniseries (2006), the Eternals had been mind-wiped and were living normal human lives. When they finally awoke, they didn't just get their memories back, they also updated their entire aesthetic for the 21st century. This is why Gilgamesh traded his ancient clothing for the high-tech, black-and-white suit featured on the artwork. And he is, indeed, stomping on his team-mate Makkari – see Makkari below. Parel's: in the Eternals (Vol. 5) comics from 2021-2022, Gilgamesh once again changed appearance, this time to align with the MCU movie's ancient Mesopotamian history – without duplicating the character's look in that movie. The high-tech armor was replaced by a gritty, heavy, battle-worn gladiator armor.

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Heimdall Variants (as a Black man)

Homages to the MCU
Could be tagged with the existing MCU because the character was a white man before the first Thor movie.

Pandart Studio's Howard the Duck

Homage to comics lore. Could be tagged with the existing Noir.

Kaare Andrew's Hulk

Catalog Pick and Homage (Other). Could be tagged Wild Things as it is a direct homage to Where the Wild Things Are.

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Iron Man

Iban Coello (L; What If Catalog Pick), Kael Ngu (R; Catalog Pick), Gary Choo (L; Catalog Pick, Homage to comics lore) and Creative House Pocket (R; Alternate Art)

Coello's artwork could be tagged Devil's Reign as it is taken from the Devil's Reign Villain Variant program in which iconic heroes are reimagined mashed up with the powers and traits of classic villains.

Ngu's could be tagged Mark Nil. In the Invincible Iron Man (Vol. 5), issue 16, Stark's company is stolen by the anti-mutant Orchis organization. Forced to go underground, he builds the Model Nilarmor (or Mark Nil), a clandestine, non-metallic stealth suit equipped with photon-bending technology. Such a suit was required for him to stop his replacement's – Feilong – production of Stark Sentinels (see Sentinel).

Choo's could be tagged either Gray or Model 1, as the artwork serves as an homage to Iron Man's 1963 debut by featuring the original Model 1 Gray Armor Stark built in a cave to escape captivity in Tales of Suspense, issue 39. (He has designed at least 72 other armors since!)

CHP's could be tagged Mark 85 (MCU), as it looks heavily influenced by that armor, which is specific to the MCU.

J

Artgerm's and Derrick Chew's Jean Grey

Catalog Picks. Could be tagged with the existing Classic, as it shows the character's look when first introduced in the comics.

Jean Grey (as the Dark Phoenix)

Philip Tan, Lucio Parrillo, David Nakayama and Peach Momoko
Catalog Picks
Could be tagged Dark Phoenix, as it is the form these Variants show (suit is red instead of green). When Grey is overwhelmed with uncontrolled negative emotions – like rage, fear, despair, or dark desires – she turns into her Dark Phoenix form.

Eduardo Mello's Jeff

Homage to comics lore
Could be tagged Gwenpool, because she's the one holding it. Jeff was originally created by MODOK, but he was quickly adopted by her. She is the one who named him Jeff and originally took care of him before eventually passing him along to Deadpool.

Nick Bradshaw's and Marco D'Alfonso's Juggernaut

Catalog Picks and Homages to comics lore
After losing his connection to Cyttorak – the mystical deity that gave him his original unstoppable powers – at the hands of Magik, Juggernaut refuses to crawl back to Cyttorak and be a slave to a demonic god of destruction again. He manages to compensate for his lost god-like strength by forging a techno-organic suit of armor forged from remnants of the Crimson Bands of Cyttorak – the raw material from which his original magical gem was forged. By doing so, he managed to keep his powers without depending on Cytorrak, effectively freeing himself. D'Alfonso's artwork pays homage to the Juggernaut of the nineties and early twenties. Back then, Cain Marko was dealing with fluctuating mystical powers, which inspired artists to occasionally draw him with industrial, heavy-metal armor plating that featured physical mesh, exposed bolts, and mechanical wiring running around his neck.

K

James Ryman's Jennifer Kale

Homage to the MCU. Should be tagged with the existing MCU as she is not a Black woman in the comics.

Jim Lee's Kitty Pryde

Repurposed Asset
Could be tagged Shadowcat, because she's shown wearing her Shadowcat (moniker) outfit.

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ADIA's Leader

What If Variant. Should be tagged with the existing Nightforged.

Marco Failla's Leech

Alternate Art. Could be tagged with the existing Future Foundation, because he's wearing the company's outfit.

Loki

Mirka Andolfo (L; Catalog Pick) Megan Lara (M: Alternate Art)  and Artgerm (R; Catalog Pick)
Andolfo's Variant could be tagged Kid Loki (just like the above Destroyer Variant), as that is the character shown on the artwork. Lara's and Artgerm's Variants should be tagged Lady Loki, as that is the character shown on the artwork. Lara's could also be tagged with the existing Nouveau, even though it appears to be exclusive to Wild Blue.

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Mateus Manhanini's M'Baku

Homage to comics lore
Could be tagged Intergalactic Empire, as the artwork shows the character's look in the Intergalactic Empire of Wakanda storyline (2018–2021). In this storyline, an Alpha Flight exploration team is sent by King T'Challa to find the cosmic origin point of vibranium. After being accidentally sucked through a temporal anomaly and thrown 2,000 years into the past, the stranded explorers build a colony that slowly distorts Wakanda’s peaceful self-defence philosophy into ruthless galactic expansionism.

Kendrick Lim's and Jim Lee's Magik

Catalog Pick (L) and Repurposed Asset (R).
Lim's should be tagged with the existing Venomized. Lee's could be tagged New Mutants because she's wearing the outfit she had when part of that team.

Magik (in golden armor)

Catalog Picks
Could be tagged Golden Eldritch Armor because that's what she's wearing.
In The Labors of Magik storyline, Illyana decided she was finally ready to heal and move on from her dark past. She stepped down as the ruler of Limbo, handing the crown over to the Goblin Queen. During a climatic battle against the demon S'ym, her Soulsword was shattered. As she let go of her hold on Limbo and fully processed her emotional trauma, she manifested an entirely new, untainted golden armor and a new golden Soulsword. (Her Eldritch armor was silver before that.)

John Romita Jr.'s Makkari

Catalog Pick and Homage to comics lore
Should be tagged with the existing Homage, as it pays homage to the character's original look as designed by Jack Kirby – with slight alterations. (Makkari was a white man before being a woman in the Eternals movie.

Makkari as a Black woman (2 Variants shown here)

Creative House Pocket (L) and Eduardo Mello (R)
Could be tagged with the existing MCU because the character was a white man before the Eternals movie.

Mirage (as a Valkyrie)

Peach Momoko (L; Catalog Pick), Phil Noto (M; Catalog Pick), Peter Nguyen (R; Homage to comics lore)
While stranded in Valhalla, Dani stumbled upon a majestic, winged horse being hunted. Using her innate mutant ability to communicate telepathically with animals, she forms an instant empathic rapport with the creature, whom she names Brightwind. Little did Dani know that Brightwind was a sacred celestial mount belonging to Odin. By defending the horse and choosing to bond with it, Brightwind selects Dani back as his rider. In Asgardian tradition, this choice automatically bestows a portion of the Odin-force onto her, instantly inducting her into the ranks of the Valkyrior.

LEE Woo-chul's Moon Knight

Catalog Pick
Could be tagged Luna, as this is a What If mashup of Moon Knight and Luna Snow. It is part of the Luna Variant cover program (2024). To celebrate the popularity of Luna Snow (who originally debuted in Marvel Future Fight before crossing over into mainline comics), Marvel commissioned  special "Luna Variant" covers across various series.

Marcelo Vignali's Moonstone

Homage to comics lore. Should be tagged Meteorite because it is the moniker she used and the suit she wore briefly later in her criminal career.

Peach Momoko's Ms. Marvel

Catalog Pick
In the Ms. Marvel: Mutant Menace miniseries (2024), Kamala Khan experiences a severe "hybrid sickness" and uncontrollable power glitches when her body becomes a biological battleground between her two genetic identities. After being resurrected on the mutant island of Krakoa, a genetic oversight causes her dormant mutant X-Gene to clash with her Inhuman DNA. This internal cellular war leaves Kamala physically weakened and causes her signature stretching abilities to dangerously malfunction, forcing her to find a way to harmonize her dual Inhuman and mutant heritage before her unstable biology tears her apart.

Sana Takeda's Mystique

Catalog Pick
Could be tagged with the existing Ms. Marvel even if the artwork doesn't come from the same initiative.
Mystique operated under the guise of Ms. Marvel in the Secret Invasion storyline, which is what this artwork depicts.

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Kai Lun Qu's Namora

Homage to the MCU
Could be tagged with the existing Wakanda Forever, but MCU would be more consistent, as this depiction is a deliberate homage to the character as designed in the MCU.

Nick Fury Variants as a Black man (two shown here)

Eduardo Mello (L) and Giovanni Lorusso (R)
Could be tagged with the existing MCU because the character was a white man before the movies.

Nico Minoru

Peach Momoko (Catalog Pick) and Grafit Studio (Alternate Art)

Should be tagged with the existing MCU, as the floating eyeballs are an MCU creation. Those appear when she conjures the Dark Dimension, which is also a liberty taken by the MCU.

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Alex Garner's Psylocke

Catalog Pick. Could be tagged New Exiles as it shows the character's appearance in that series.

R

Aruana Sick's Ravonna Renslayer

Homage to comics lore. Could be tagged with the existing Terminatrix, as it is the same character.

Creative House Pocket's Rockslide

Alternate Art. Could be tagged Red Suit. That being said, the look comes straight from the artist's imagination and has no link to comics lore.

Derrick Chew's Rogue

What If Catalog Pick and Homage to comics
Could be tagged Venomverse, as this cover is part of that Variant cover program that reimagines characters as bonding with Venom. It is also an homage to Jim Lee's Savage Land depiction of the character. (See Savage Land tag for more information.)

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Alberto Dal Lago's and Sunghan Yune's Sasquatch

Homages to comics lore
Could be tagged with the existing Exiles, as it shows the character in that series, who is a different person and has white fur. (So the base card is also an homage.)

All Scorpion BND Variants (2 shown here)

ADIA (L), System Studios (M), Anand Ramcheron (R)
Homages to the MCU. Should be tagged MCU as all his Variants are deliberate homages to the character as designed for the MCU.

Kael Ngu's Sentinel

Catalog Pick
Could be tagged Stark Sentinel because that's what the image shows. In the Fall of X storyline, anti-mutant Feilong orchestrates a hostile takeover of Tony's company, Stark Unlimited, acquiring all of Stark's patents, prototypes, and resources in the process. Feilong then took Tony's Iron Man Armor schematics and combined them with the resources of the anti-mutant group Orchis to create Stark Sentinels – giant, heavily weaponized Iron Man suits optimized specifically to hunt and slaughter the X-Men.

Francesco Tomaselli's Sersi

Alternate Art. Could be tagged Discord, as the artwork is a play on the character's powers and the legendary apple of discord.

Nao Fuji's and Winking Studios' Shang-Chi

Catalog Pick (L) and Celebratory Variant (R)
Fuji's Could be tagged with the existing Hi Jeff! even if it distinguishes itself from the other Variants carrying the tag. It was part of the Jeff the Land Shark Variant cover program. Winking Studios' should carry the existing Lunar New Year as it was released to celebrate this event.

She-Hulk Pablo Villalobos

Variant Cover Art Catalog Pick. Should be tagged with the existing Venomized.

Justin Fields' Silver Samurai

What If Variant. Could be tagged Cyber-ninja, as this was the design's intention.

Alex Maleek's Silver Surfer

Homage to marvel comics
Could be tagged Moebius, as the original painting bears the inscription "After Moebius". The piece was entirely inspired by the ethereal, surreal sci-fi aesthetic of legendary French artist Jean Giraud (Moebius), who illustrated the 1988 Silver Surfer using soft, psychedelic hues rather than heavy metallic gloss.

Patrick Gleason's Spider-Man

Catalog Pick and Homage to comics lore
Could be tagged Oscorp Suit, as it is what the character is wearing. In the Vulture storyline, Peter Parker goes to work for a reformed Norman Osborn at Oscorp. Norman builds Peter a brand-new, high-tech suit. Because it is packed with Oscorp technology, the suit incorporates Norman's signature dark goblin-green accents. (The glowing golden traits shooting out from the spider emblem on his chest are actually digital diagnostic telemetry lines and hardlight projector nodes.)

Francesco Mattina's Spider-Man 2099

Catalog Pick
Could be tagged with the existing All-New, as it features the character suit from the All-New, All Different comics series.

Spider-Woman

Peach Momoko (L; Catalog Pick and Homage to comics lore), Rian Gonzales (M; Homage to comics lore) and Junggeun Yoon (R; Catalog Pick)
Momoko's Variant could be tagged Symbiote Suit because she's wearing Peter Parker's iconic symbiote suit – which was, in fact, Venom itself. It was part of Marvel's initiative celebrating 40 years of Spider-Man's iconic black symbiote costume. Multiple heroes had their normal gear swapped for the suit.
Gonzales' and Yoon's Variants could be tagged Modern, because they show the character with the suit that replaced the origins red and red one.

ADIA's Starbrand

What If Variant. Should be tagged with the existing Nightforged.

Envar Studio's Surtur

What If Variant. Should be tagged with the existing Mech.

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Derrick Chew's Venom

Catalog Pick
Could be tagged Viking, as it shows the 9th-century Scandinavian viking Variant of Venom from alternate universe Earth-113, Anders Arnvidrson. Featured in Venomverse Reborn, issue 2 (2024).

Dale Keown's Vision

Catalog Pick
Could be tagged White as it depicts Vision in his white, gem-less form. In the Vision Quest storyline, Vision is abducted and taken apart by an international ring of government spies called Vigilance who fear his immense hacking capabilities. Hank Pym manages to physically put him back together piece by piece, but his artificial skin loses its red and green synthetic pigment, turning him chalk-white.

Anand Ramcheron's Vulture

Homage to the MCU. Should be tagged MCU as this depiction is a deliberate homage to the character as designed in the MCU.

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Tyler Kirkham's and Jim Lee's Warpath

Catalog Pick and Homage to comics lore (L), Repurposed Asset (R)
Both should be tagged Thunderbird, because it shows James Proudstar assuming his dead brother's Thunderbird mantle before assuming his own identity as Warpath.

IMAGICA GEEQ's Wasp

Alternate Art. Should be tagged with the existing Anime.

Miguel Mercado's White Widow

Catalog Pick. Could be tagged with the existing Venomized. (See Black Widow for more info.)

Tyler Kirkham's Wolverine

Catalog Pick
Should be tagged Hellverine, as it is the character shown. In the Ghost Rider/Wolverine: Weapons of Vengeance storyline, a government branch of Weapon Plus uses dark magic to graft a demon named Bagra-ghul onto Wolverine. Driven by a mind-control helmet, Logan briefly becomes a terrifying, flaming killing machine.

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X-23

Derrick Chew (first; Catalog Pick), Stephen Segovia (second; Catalog Pick), Anand Ramcheron (third; Alternate Art), Grafit Studio (fourth; Alternate Art, Envar Studio (fifth; Alternate Art), Peach Momoko (sixth; Catalog Pick)

Chew: Could be tagged NYX as it features the character's look in this series – with streetwear.

Segovia: Could be tagged with the existing X-Force, as it is the suit she wears as a member of the team.

Despite what you can read online, Ramcheron's, Grafit Studio's and Envar Studio's Variants don't show her as Wolverine (no yellow and blue suit, no helmet). All three could be tagged Snap, as they show the character wearing slight variations of the suit created by Eduardo Mello for the base art.

Momoko's Variant could be tagged Wolves. (Her outfit is different and has no base in comics lore.)