Lastly, I have to shout for “Christmas Blues” by Charlamagne tha God, Miles, and Kirby. And Vecchio’s “We Have Always Been Here” statement from queer heroes (with kissing!) is poster-worthy content. Frost is getting the all-star treatment these days between the main X-Men title and Marauders, so a little flashback to how far she’s come is effective and timely. Piper’s Emma Frost story and Vecchio’s rainbow-covered Queer Pride page are both in this category for me. Some of the features are more inspiration and heart than story. Wolverine at his most feral faces off against a Hulk in the closing story from Walker, Brown, Greene, and Herms.

Silver Surfer gets a galactically-worthy feature from Markman, Scott, and Sanchez-Almara. Stelfreeze delivers a Black Widow 2-pager that is a perfect feature for his artistic style. ‘Race’ by Ayala, Chang, and Maiolo is a fun bit of action between Shuri and Forge, featuring Wakandan tech vs. The result is a mix of styles and perspectives that each succeed and fail on their own, without any necessary connection to Black creativity.

This anthology takes the word “diversity” to the limit, not limiting either the creatives or the characters. My initial impression was that this was a Black History Month tie-in for Marvel. It also has white creatives writing Black characters, like Moon Girl. Likewise, the comic has many of Marvel’s best known Black and brown writers/artists, like Ayala, Greene, Martinez, and Walker. Hosted by Angélique Roché, the Marvel’s Voices podcast focuses on spotlighting creatives of color in the Marvel universe. Inspired by the popular ‘Marvel’s Voices’ podcast, Marvel’s Voices #1 is an anthology of stories featuring a wide variety of writers, artists, and characters. Martinez, Anthony Piper, Damion Scott, Brian Stelfreeze, and Luciano Vecchio / Marvel Comics Marvel’s Voices Walker / Artists: Kyle Baker, Ryan Benjamin, Natacha Bustos, Bernard Chang, Sanford Greene, Ray-Anthony Height, Marcelo Maiolo, Alitha E. Writers: Vita Ayala, Kyle Baker, Chuck Brown, Roxane Gay, Method Man, Rob Markman, Evan Narcisse, Anthony Piper, Brian Stelfreeze, Geoff Thorne, and David F.

Marvel's Voices by Luciano Vecchio