EXCLUSIVE Guardians Of The Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex Cosmically Enhanced Variants

Marvel Comics has provided ComicBook.com with an exclusive first look at Andrea Sorrentino's Cosmically Enhanced Variant Covers for the Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex crossover event.

Sorrentino will provide a Cosmically Enhanced Cover for each of The Black Vortex's 13 issues. Each cover features a "cosmically enhanced" version of one of the characters playing a role in the event. The cosmically enhanced versions of themselves are what the characters see when they gaze into the mysterious artifact called The Black Vortex.

The eight cosmically enhanced characters seen here are Beast, Gamora, Drax, Angel, Ronan, Jean Grey, Nova, and Captain Marvel.

Check out the covers and their solicitation text below. Guardians of the Galaxy & X-Men: The Black Vortex begins in February.

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY & X-MEN:

THE BLACK VORTEX ALPHA #1

SAM HUMPHRIES (w) • ED McGUINNESS (a)

COVER BY ED MCGUINNESS AND JUSTIN PONSOR

CONNECTING VARIANT COVER A BY ALEXANDER LOZANO

COSMICALLY ENHANCED VARIANT BY ANDREA SORRENTINO

THE BLACK VORTEX STARTS HERE!

• The Black Vortex, an ancient artifact imbued with immeasurable power, is now in the hands of Mr. Knife!
• With billions of lives potentially at stake, Peter Quill, the Legendary Star-Lord, is going to have to dust off his thieving gloves.
• But with Knife's Slaughter Squad protecting him, Peter's probably going to need some help…

40 PGS./ONE SHOT/Rated T+ …$4.99

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #24

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (w) • valerio Schiti (a/C)

COVER BY VALERIO SCHITI AND JASON KEITH

COSMICLY ENHANCED VARIANT BY ANDREA SORRENTINO

VARIANT COVER BY PHIL NOTO

• The 2nd chapter of the BLACK VORTEX!
• With the Slaughter Squad hot on their tails, the X-Men and the Guardians of the Galaxy are going to have to find somewhere to stash this loot.
• The odds against them, their only option for gaining the upper hand might lie with the mysterious Black Vortex.
• Will the temptation of the Black Vortex's unknown power be too much for this band of misfits?

32 PGS./Rated T …$3.99

LEGENDARY STAR-LORD #9

SAM HUMPHRIES (w) • PACO MEDINA (a/C)

• The 3rd chapter of the BLACK VORTEX!
• With a schism forming within the assembled heroes, the youngest among them face the temptation of immeasurable power.
• Sometimes those with great power shirk their responsibility to use it for good, though.
• And with Knife and his new business partner looking to take back the Black Vortex, the group may have left themselves defenseless.

ALL-NEW X-MEN #38

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (w) • Mahmud Asrar (a)

Cover by ANDREA SORRENTINO AND MARCELO MAIOLO

• The 4th chapter of the Black Vortex!

• With some of their members captured by the villainous Mr. Knife, the team must decipher the secrets of the Black Vortex. And quickly!

• But with the galaxy in chaos, they don't have too many options open to them.

• Maybe there's an old war-buddy Peter can call to help them out?

ALL-NEW X-MEN #39

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (w) • MAHMUD ASRAR (a)

COVER BY Alexander Lozano

WOMEN OF MARVEL VARIANT COVER BY FAITH ERIN HICKS

Chapter 5 of the BLACK VORTEX!

• Storm formulates a plan as the heroes fail to penetrate Mr. Knife's Flying Fortress. Meanwhile, Beast and Kitty travel to Spartax to decipher the secrets of the Vortex book. And to make matters worse, Kitty and Peter's relationship takes a downward turn!

GUARDIANS TEAM-UP #3

SAM HUMPHRIES (w) • Mike Mayhew (a/C)

VARIANT COVER BY TBA

• THE BLACK VORTEX continues to ravage the galaxy!
• When the Black Vortex strikes at the heart of the Kree Empire, Ronan the Accuser must join the battle with the Guardians!
• Will Ronan make the ultimate betrayal to save his Kree brothers?

32 PGS./Rated T+ …$3.99

GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #25

BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS (w) • VALERIO SCHITI (a/C)

VARIANT COVER BY ANDREA SORRENTINO

WOMEN OF MARVEL VARIANT COVER BY ERICA HENDERSON

Chapter 7 of the BLACK VORTEX!

• Double-sizes spectacular! Rocket and Magik in action! Beast defeated and broken! Gamora on the offensive! Ronan deposed! Star-Lord defiant! Nova gives chase! This issue surely has it all!

40 PGS./Rated T …$4.99

NOVA #28

GERRY DUGGAN (w)

DAVID BALDEON (a)

Cover by ORPHANS CHEEPS

BLACK VORTEX TIE-IN!

• Nova joins the Guardians of the Galaxy and the X-Men for a huge adventure.
• With the Black Vortex itself in his possession, Sam goes on the run for his life. Good thing they call him the human rocket!

LEGENDARY STAR-LORD #10

SAM HUMPHRIES (w)

PACO MEDINA (a/C)

WOMEN OF MARVEL VARIANT COVER BY TBA

Chapter 9 of the BLACK VORTEX!

• The heroes return from Hala only to find the entire planet of Spartax in grave danger! Kitty unlocks the one thing which may leads towards the destruction of the Black Vortex. But will it be in time? And just when things could get any more dire, enter The Brood!

CAPTAIN MARVEL #12