Marvel Honors Indigenous History with Native American Heritage Tribute Covers by Jeffrey Veregge

Yesterday, Marvel announced Marvel’s Voices: Indigenous Voices #1, a landmark special written and drawn by renowned Indigenous talent including celebrated artist and writer Jeffrey Veregge. Veregge, who just wrapped up his exhibition Jeffrey Veregge: Of Gods and Heroes at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, also lent his talents to produce a series of variant covers that showcase Dani Moonstar, Black Panther, Spider-Man, Black Widow, Iron Man, Captain America, Hulk, and Thor depicted in Veregge’s iconic artistic Formline style.

“The story of the hero is an ancient one. Starting with the very first cave drawings, artists and writers from across the globe have both captured and shared the fateful acts of their people’s heroes. Being from the Pacific Northwest, my own people, the S’Klallam Tribe, have used the art style known as Formline to record and share the stories of our people since time immemorial. The art style I use in my own work today is an extension of the same shapes and forms used for hundreds of years by Native artists from and around the very same region,” Veregge said. “As a lifelong comic fan, artist and Native American, I am truly honored to work with Marvel Comics today. Not only to create pieces that represent a voice for Indigenous People in honor of Native American Heritage month, but also for the opportunity to share the same storytelling spirit of my ancestors by sharing the tales of some of today’s heroes.”

The variant cover artwork follows the jump.

MARVEL’S VOICES: INDIGENOUS VOICES #1 DANI MOONSTAR NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBUTE VARIANT COVER by JEFFREY VEREGGE

AVENGERS #38 BLACK PANTHER NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBUTE VARIANT COVER by JEFFREY VEREGGE

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #52 SPIDER-MAN NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBUTE VARIANT COVER by JEFFREY VEREGGE

WIDOWMAKERS: RED GUARDIAN AND YELENA BELOVA #1 BLACK WIDOW NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBUTE VARIANT COVER by JEFFREY VEREGGE

IRON MAN #3 IRON MAN NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBUTE VARIANT COVER by JEFFREY VEREGGE

CAPTAIN AMERICA #25 CAPTAIN AMERICA NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBUTE VARIANT COVER by JEFFREY VEREGGE

IMMORTAL HULK #40 HULK NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBUTE VARIANT COVER by JEFFREY VEREGGE

THOR #9 THOR NATIVE AMERICAN TRIBUTE VARIANT COVER by JEFFREY VEREGGE by JEFFREY VEREGGE