Marvel Releasing Two Comic Book Covers Inspired By Run The Jewels

January 16th, 2015

Kriston McConnell

Recognize the album cover? It’s Run The Jewels 2, the followup to Killer Mike and El-P’s collaborative debut from 2013. The artwork features their signature hand gestures, which are well-known by fans. Soon those hand gestures will be known to a lot more people, thanks to Marvel.

The hip-hop outfit announced earlier today that their logo will be incorporated into not one, but two upcoming Marvel comics. They are Howard The Duck #2 and Deadpool #45. You can check out the illustrations for the two comics below.

According to Rolling Stone, the idea to draw inspiration from these two came from Marvel’s editor-in-chief Axel Alonso. His son is a fan of the group, and after seeing him and his friends referencing them on the sidelines of a football game Alfonso was struck with the idea.