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author / artistPeach Momokois a full - fledged mavin atMarvel Comicsand her unbelievable employment will be on full display in the newUltimate ex - Menseries . Her clear-cut art style marries the cute and the grotesque , all while using elegant watercolor brushstrokes . After the success of her critically - acclaim alternate universe X - Men serial publication , Demon Days , Momoko will be taking on a flagship title with the upcoming relaunch ofUltimate X - Men .
Readers catch a penchant ofwhat Peach Momoko has in store for Armorand the other mutants in a two - page preview at the end ofUltimate Universe # 1 . Her stylus can be very splanchnic and gory , belying the genteel beaut of her techniques .
In prevision of the newUltimate X - Menseries ' arrival on March 6 , 2024,Screen Rantis showcasing some of Peach Momoko ’s most disturbing art from her vocation so far at Marvel .
10Despite All His Rage, the Mayor’s Chained From Being Luke Cage
Variant Cover forLuke Cage: Gang War #2
Issue :
Luke Cage : Gang War # 2
author :
Rodney Barnes
creative person :
Ramon Bachs
Release Date :
December 13 , 2023
Chains have been part of Luke Cage ’s look from his very commencement . One of his creators , John Romita , Sr . say they evoked a reminder of slavery , and within the story , they were a symbol of him break free from an unfair prison house judgment of conviction . In Marvel’sGang War , however , Luke Cage is no hero - for - hire ; he ’s city manager of New York City . His political problems ca n’t be solved by punching , and even if they could , the anti - vigilante jurisprudence ties his hands . This cover is less bloodstained than some of Momoko ’s employment , but still upset : it feels like Cage is staring at the witness with a wild - eyed chroma , testing if his tooth are also unbreakable as he dares to chew through chains . Peach needed to channel a desperate military man trying to save his city as it burns with one epitome , and she understood the assignment .
9Laura Kinney’s Wolverine Leads Her Team Into Danger
Variant cover forX-Men (2019) #18
X - man ( 2019 ) # 18
Jonathan Hickman
Mahmud Asrar
February 24 , 2021
This issue sees the former X-23 ( and current Wolverine ) Laura Kinney inquire the Children of the Vault in South America . Her squad is made of two mutants with the perfect skills to supplement her own : Darwin and Sync . They ’re not certain what they ’ll find out in the Vault , just that meter affect very differently there , so they need to stick together and keep their wits about them . Momoko ’s variant back art render Wolverine as a feral youngster , flanked by wolf , all three search as a pack . The descent soak their claws and teeth is foreshadowing for the violence that erupt when Laura ’s squad happen their marks in the issue .
8Peach Momoko Goes Rogue
Nightmare Variant Cover forX-Men (2021) #29
X - valet ( 2021 ) # 29
Gerry Duggan
creative person :
Joshua Cassara and Marte Gracia
December 6 , 2024
Rogue is anX - Menfan dearie , though her power often make her feel like an outcast . Peach Momoko draw her here as a live body facing decomposition , sprouting fungi and deathly flora as centipedes circle her . Rogue see herself as toxic , and is often one of the sport interested in being " cure " of her mutant power so that she can reach out and impact other people without pass on them a last sentence . Though Rogue does n’t come out in the contents of this issue , the X - workforce who do are fight to happen any ally in the earthly concern , as if all mutantkind is toxicant .
7Demon DaysWas Peach Momoko’s FirstX-MenStory
X-Men: Demon Days (2021)
X - hands : Demon Days - Mariko # 1
Writer & Artist :
Peach Momoko
June 16 , 2021
While the artist does n’t shy aside from anything others might think utter or gory , an of import part of what makes her art unforgettable is how she centers those thing . Peach Momoko’sX - Men : Demon Daysmerged Nipponese folklore andX - Menmythosto reverse Marvel characters into oni , youkai , and ninja . Here , as main character Mariko finds out she ’s not an average human girl , her grandmother performs a piece that pull in Mariko throw up a key . Momoko ’s fashion goes over the top during the episode - the grandmother ’s eye pop out out when her face is enveloped in shadow , and Mariko ’s cheeks blow up like a frog ’s as she vomits . This squelch and stretchiness adds to the body horror .
6Mystique Starts an Inferno
Variant Cover forInferno (2021) #1
Inferno ( 2021 ) # 1
Valerio Schiti
September 29 , 2021
The culmination of Jonathan Hickman’sX - Menrun , Infernosaw the mutants deal with an impendent crisis on Krakoa . Peach Momoko interpreted the impending doom with a portrait of Mystique , half in light so undimmed she ’s on attack , and one-half in a shadow so dreadful she face like Death itself . As this issue ends withMystique resurrecting her longtime lover and precognitive mutant Destiny , and adding her to the Quiet Council against the wishes of both Professor X and Magneto , she ’s earned the sneaky , demonic countenance she has been given here . As unvanquishable Moira McTaggert and Orchis wild leek up their plots against the X - Men , Mystique ’s specific powers were more important than ever , even if others would objurgate her for her action .
5Peach Momoko Takes the Hellions to Limbo
Variant Cover forHellions #18
Hellions # 18
Zeb Wells
Ze Carlos and Stephen Segovia
December 1 , 2021
TheX - Men’sownSuicide Squad , Hellionsstarred outcast mutants under Mister Sinister ’s direction . Even though Krakoa was supposed to be a seaport for all mutantkind , forgive anyone for their past crimes , the Hellions in their final issue were put on trial , threatened with the Pit of Exile . As the Quiet Council wrestled with their personal sense of judge versus needing to show the earth they could be hope with punishing their own , another world - changing event occur : Madelyne Pryor was resurrected . In this variant cover , the Goblin Queen almost front precious : her case is all big eyes and lips , surrounded by a clustering of curly ruddy hair , with jolly childlike symmetry . As is often the dichotomy of Momoko ’s artwork , her prettiness becomes endanger as she stands atop a deal of skulls and eyeballs , as if riding directly into Limbo to retake her throne .
4The Most Disgusting Weapon X Experiment
Nightmare Variant Cover forWolverine (2020) #40
Wolverine ( 2020 ) # 40
Benjamin Percy
Juan Jose Ryp
December 20 , 2023
The Weapon X experiments made Wolverine the mankind he is today , but they were horrific and torturous , wipe away his memories and leaving him search for the verity across decades . However , in most characterization of his distortion , Wolverine look powerful , angry , and about to aviate into a berserker rage . This graphics by Peach Momoko shows a more potential truth : he ’s weak and in pain in the ass , surviving only because his mutant power draw him to live another solar day in terror . In some manner , this objet d’art is her most terrible , because she bring such a badass icon of Marvel Comics to his knee in one image .
The talented artist Peach Momoko lead off her meteoric rise to fame due to her arresting covers for Marvel Comics , delighting fans with notion and terror .
3Peach Momoko’s Vision forStar WarsIs the Darkest in the Galaxy
Star Wars Visions - Peach Momoko # 1
November 15 , 2023
build off of the succeeder of the animated anthology series of the same name , Star Wars : Visionsis a serial of one - shot risible stories by owing artist . Momoko ’s news report has no spoken negotiation , simply a verbal description of the four main character and a setup to the plot . Everything else the reader takes in is through her artwork . On a dire satellite , citizen flock to a Sith cult , looking for anything that can make their starvation lives more bearable . In an interview withStarWars.com , Momoko said,“I believe precipitate to the drab side is nothing to be ashamed of . It could carry through you . Sometimes the dark side can help defeat your psychic trauma and fear . “Though the Jedi characters who come to contain the craze find their ceremony horrific , to these hoi polloi , it is the only thing they think that can hold open them .
2Miles Morales Becomes a Literal Man of Spiders
Nightmare Variant Cover forMiles Morales: Spider-Man #13
Miles Morales : Spider - Man # 13
Cody Ziglar
Federico Vicentini
Miles Morales also got his start in the UltimateUniverse , so it ’s fitting that Peach Momoko did her own take on the character beforeUltimate X - Menpremieres . Instead of a friendly neighborhood Spider - Man , Miles seems to have been crossed with Marvel baddie Swarm , and turned into a inhabit cluster of spiders , sickeningly hold together by blood vessels and two veiny , bug - similar eyeballs . Miles has had a nightmare year in 2023- he had a mental wellness crisis that damaged his Spidey sense , a fall out with Peter Parker , found out vampire were real and had to oppose them , and now aGang War is tear apart his home . A horrific nightmare where he feel like he ’s being commit in a million different directions and so collapses into spider could check into the teen ’s life . At least now he ’s in therapy .
1Armor’s Mutant Power Is Inside Her (In the Grossest Way Possible)
Preview ofUltimate X-Men #1
Ultimate Universe # 1
Stefano Caselli
November 1 , 2023
Nothing quite position upPeach Momoko ’s plan forUltimate X - Menlike the gory preview devotee got at the terminal ofUltimate Universe # 1 . A few mutants have been introduced into the current Ultimate Universe , including Magik and Colossus , and Momoko has issue sketches that focus on Armor and her original character , Maystorm . All of mutantkind seems to be up for snap , as she ’s draw many of them inDemon DaysandDemon Wars , or for the above variant cover . The constituent that have been partake suggest there will bea caboodle of torso horror surround giving birth , and bodies - within - bodies . Among the symbols on the screening image is a computer address to Princess Kaguya , a Nipponese folktale about farmers who find a baby inside a stalk of bamboo . Armor is often shown floating inside her translucent reddened armor number , control it from inside , but the publish sketches do n’t show the armor move in sync with Hisako Ichiko like usual . Plus , the dolly she horrifically pulls out of her os frontale features a little figure inside .
Maystorm was first introduced on a New Champions random variable concealment forX - man ( 2021 ) # 27 . The New Champions opening move gave back artist the freedom to create never - before - seen sidekicks for Marvel heroes and villain , and Maystorm was seen as a protégé forX - Men’sStorm .
With a penchant for turning towards horror , an intellect of why people go to the dark side , and a desire to mesh the grotesque with the beautiful , Peach Momoko ’s distinct vogue is unmatched in the world of funnies right now . Her visceral imagery is arresting , and draws new fans at both the mirthful book store and onMarvel Snap . While she is often sanguinary , if one can get past a stifle - jerk chemical reaction to look aside , they ’ll be rewarded with intricate details that take a 2d glance to notice . Given that her only constant is more surprisal , the only certain prevision forPeach Momoko’sUltimate X - Menis that it will be unforgettable .
Ultimate tenner - Men ( 2024 ) # 1will be release on March 6 , 2024 from Marvel Comics .
