Eminem and Spider-Man have a rap battle on Amazing Spider-Man #1 variant cover

Amazing Spider-Man #1 Eminem variant cover
Amazing Spider-Man #1 Eminem variant cover (Image credit: Marvel Comics)

Hip-hop superstar and recent Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee Eminem is com𒆙ing back to Marvel Comics for an Amazing Spider-Man #1 variant cover which pits Eminem against Spider-Man himself in an image that pays homage to the climactic rap battle scene of Eminem's 2002 biopic film 8 Mile, with Marvel characters like Miles Morales, Ghost-Spider, Dar꧙edevil, and Luke Cage in the audience. 

"HONORED to be on the official variant of The Amazing Spider-Man (202🌸2)," on November 21, along with an announcement that the variant will go on sale Tuesday, November 22 through Em💜inem's website.

The new v🥀ariant is for Amazing Spider-Man #1 (Legacy #895) which was released in April and is illustrated by Salvador Larroca and Edgar Delgado.

Eminem is the second hip hop legend to appear on a Marvel Comics cover this month. Christopher "Notorious B.I.G." Wallace appeared o🍌n a variant cover to Deadpool #1, created in association with hustl., who is also working with Marvel for♏ the Eminem cover. 

and an additional 1,000 limited print run of the spotlight version of the variant ♔comic cover will go on sale Tuesday, November 29.

"I've aಞlways been a huge Spider-Man fan since I was a🐼 kid," Eminem says in Marvel's official announcement. "He's definitely in my top 5… So being on a cover battling Spider-Man is such a thrill and an honor."

Eminem, oddly enoug𝔍h, is no stranger to Marvel Comics.

Way back in 2009, he co-starred alongside Frank Castle in Eminem/Punisher #1, in which Punisher teams up with Eminem to take on terrorists who interrupt one of his concerts. That comic was also drawn by Salvador Larroca. Additionally, Eminem provided theme songs for Sony's 2018 Venom film and its 2021 sequel Le🦋t There Be Carnag𓆉e.

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