DC Comics' Pride 2021 Variant Covers Are Absolutely Stunning

DC Comics is celebrating Pride Month 2021 in the most GORGEOUS way possible!

Pride season is right around the corner, and iconic comic publisher DC has big plans in store to celebrate all of the legendary queer heroes in their arsenal! 

Slated for a June 8 release, DC just announced the release of DC Pride #1, a special, 80-page anthology comic that features LGBTQIA+ characters from across the DC Universe, with appearances from fan favorites like Batwoman, Renee Montoya, Alan Scott, Midnighter, Apollo, Extraño, Poison Ivy, Harley Quinn, Constantine, and so many more!

But that's not all DC is doing to celebrate Pride Month! Throughout the month of June, they'll be releasing nine colorful AF Pride-themed variant covers of some of their most popular titles (like Nightwing, Superman, and Harley Quinn, just to name a few), with artwork from some of today's most popular comic artists like Kris Anka, Jen Bartel, Stephen Byrne, Paulina Ganucheau, Travis G. Moore, David Talaski, Kevin Wada, and Yoshi Yoshitani! 

The Pride variant covers, as well as the DC Pride anthology, are all absolutely stunning, but don't just take out word for it! Scroll through to see some of them for yourself before they hit comic book store shelves this June! 

Crush & Lobo #1

Pride variant cover by Yoshi Yoshitani

DC Pride #1

Pride variant cover by Jen Bartel

Harley Quinn #4

Pride variant cover by Kris Anka

Nightwing #81

Pride variant cover by Travis G. Moore

Superman #32

Pride variant cover by David Talaski

Wonder Girl #2

Pride variant cover by Kevin Wada

DC Pride #1

Cover by Jim Lee, Scott Williams, and Tamra Bonvillain

But an anthology and variant covers aren't the only way DC is celebrating its LGBTQ+ heroes!

DC is celebrating its queer fam throughout the year with the release of titles like Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo's Suicide Squad: Bad Blood (April 27), Kody Keplinger and Sara Kipin's young adult book Poison Ivy: Thorns (June 1), Mariko Tamaki and Yoshi Yoshitani’s YA graphic novel I Am Not Starfire (July 27), and the upcoming Crush & Lobo miniseries (which will for 8 issues from June 2021 to January 2022)!

Scroll thru to see the covers for those highly-anticipated, queer AF DC releases!

Crush & Lobo #1

Comic miniseries by Tamaki, Nahuelpan, & Bonvillain. Cover by Kris Anka

Crush & Lobo #1

Variant cover by Christian Ward

Crush & Lobo #1

Variant cover by Dan Hipp

I Am Not Starfire

YA graphic novel by author Mariko Tamaki and artist Yoshi Yoshitani

Poison Ivy: Thorns

YA book by author Kody Keplinger and illustrator Sara Kipin

Suicide Squad: Bad Blood

Book by Tom Taylor and Bruno Redondo