Movies See all of EW's Marvel Cinematic Universe covers through the years By Jessica Derschowitz Jessica Derschowitz Jessica Derschowitz is the former digital features director at Entertainment Weekly. She left EW in 2022. EW's editorial guidelines Updated on February 14, 2023 07:09PM EST Close 01 of 74 Avengers assemble for EW Illustration by EW; Marvel Studios (4); Peter Yang for EW; David Slijper for EW The Marvel Cinematic Universe first blasted off in 2008 with Iron Man, and in the years since, the superheroic stars of the blockbuster franchise have appeared on the cover of Entertainment Weekly on numerous occasions. Be sure to read our latest cover story on Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and click ahead to check out the rest of Earth's Mightiest Heroes' cover appearances. 02 of 74 Nov. 21, 2008 Rankin for EW Iron Man star Robert Downey Jr. 03 of 74 July 24, 2009 Michael Muller/Industrial Light & Magic Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), and Ivan Vanko (Mickey Rourke), for Iron Man 2 04 of 74 May 7, 2010 Michael Muller/Industrial Light & Magic Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), for Iron Man 2 05 of 74 Nov. 5, 2010 Michael Muller/©2011 MVLFFLLC TM/ ©2010 Marvel Captain America (Chris Evans), for Captain America: The First Avenger 06 of 74 Oct. 7, 2011 Michael Muller/© 2011 MVLFFLLCTM/© 2011 Marvel Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Captain America (Chris Evans), and Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), for The Avengers 07 of 74 May 4, 2012 © 2011 MVLFFLLC. TM & © 2011 Marvel. All Rights Reserved. Captain America (Chris Evans), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), and Thor (Chris Hemsworth), for The Avengers 08 of 74 May 4, 2012 © 2011 MVLFFLLC. TM & © 2011 Marvel. All Rights Reserved. Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), for The Avengers 09 of 74 May 4, 2012 © 2011 MVLFFLLC. TM & © 2011 Marvel. All Rights Reserved. Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), for The Avengers 10 of 74 July 27, 2012 EW Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), for Iron Man 3 11 of 74 May 10, 2013 © 2013 MVLFFLLC. TM/©2013 Marvel. All rights reserved. Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), for Iron Man 3 12 of 74 July 2013 EW The cast of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 13 of 74 Aug. 30, 2013 Art Streiber for EW Chloe Bennet, Joss Whedon, and Clark Gregg, for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 14 of 74 July 18, 2014 Martin Schoeller for EW Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), for Guardians of the Galaxy 15 of 74 July 25/Aug. 1, 2014 Marco Grob/ © Marvel 2014 Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) and Captain America (Chris Evans), for Avengers: Age of Ultron 16 of 74 Jan. 16, 2015 Michael Muller/©Marvel 2015 Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), for Ant-Man 17 of 74 April 17/24, 2015 © Marvel 2015 Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), and Captain America (Chris Evans), for Avengers: Age of Ultron 18 of 74 April 17/24, 2015 © Marvel 2015 Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), and Vision (Paul Bettany), for Avengers: Age of Ultron 19 of 74 April 17/24, 2015 © Marvel 2015 Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Quicksilver (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), for Avengers: Age of Ultron 20 of 74 April 17/24, 2015 © Marvel 2015 Ultron (James Spader), for Avengers: Age of Ultron 21 of 74 Dec 11, 2015 Michael Muller/© Marvel Captain America (Chris Evans), Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), and Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), for Captain America: Civil War 22 of 74 Jan. 8/15, 2016 MICHAEL MULLER/© 2015 MVLFFLLC. TM & © 2015 Marvel. All Rights Reserved. Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), for Doctor Strange 23 of 74 April 22/29, 2016 © Marvel Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner), Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), and Bucky Barnes (Sebastian Stan), for Captain America: Civil War 24 of 74 April 22/29, 2016 © Marvel Falcon (Anthony Mackie), Ant-Man (Paul Rudd), and Captain America (Chris Evans), for Captain America: Civil War 25 of 74 April 22/29, 2016 © Marvel Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), War Machine (Don Cheadle), and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), for Captain America: Civil War 26 of 74 April 22/29, 2016 © Marvel Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman) and Vision (Paul Bettany), for Captain America: Civil War 27 of 74 Oct. 21/28, 2016 Marco Grob/© 2016 Marvel Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), for Doctor Strange 28 of 74 Jan. 20, 2017 Finlay Mackay for EW Luke Cage (Mike Colter), Jessica Jones (Krysten Ritter), Iron Fist (Finn Jones), and Daredevil (Charlie Cox), for The Defenders. 29 of 74 March 17/24, 2017 Marvel Studios Hela (Cate Blanchett), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), and Valkyrie (Tessa Thompson), for Thor: Ragnarok 30 of 74 Aprul 28/May 5, 2017 Robert Maxwell for EW Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Gamora (Zoe Saldana), Rocket (Bradley Cooper), and Drax (Dave Bautista), for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 31 of 74 July 7, 2017 Michael Muller/Columbia Pictures; Background: Navid Baraty Tom Holland, for Spider-Man: Homecoming 32 of 74 July 21/28, 2017 Kwaku Alston/©Marvel Studios 2018 Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan), Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), and Nakia (Lupita Nyong'o), for Black Panther 33 of 74 March 16/23, 2018 Marco Grob/©Marvel Studios 2018 Nebula (Karen Gillan) and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), for Avengers: Infinity War 34 of 74 March 16/23, 2018 Marco Grob/©Marvel Studios 2018 Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Groot (Vin Diesel), and Rocket (Bradley Cooper), for Avengers: Infinity War 35 of 74 March 16/23, 2018 Marco Grob/©Marvel Studios 2018 Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), for Avengers: Infinity War 36 of 74 March 16/23, 2018 Marco Grob/©Marvel Studios 2018 Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), for Avengers: Infinity War 37 of 74 March 16/23, 2018 Marco Grob/©Marvel Studios 2018 Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), and Okoye (Danai Gurira) for Avengers: Infinity War 38 of 74 March 16/23, 2018 Marco Grob/©Marvel Studios 2018 Vision (Paul Bettany), and Shuri (Letitia Wright) for Avengers: Infinity War 39 of 74 March 16/23, 2018 Marco Grob/©Marvel Studios 2018 Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), for Avengers: Infinity War 40 of 74 March 16/23, 2018 Marco Grob/©Marvel Studios 2018 Thanos (Josh Brolin), for Avengers: Infinity War 41 of 74 March 16/23, 2018 Marco Grob/©Marvel Studios 2018 Spider-Man (Tom Holland), for Avengers: Infinity War 42 of 74 March 16/23, 2018 Marco Grob/©Marvel Studios 2018 Mantis (Pom Klementieff), and Bucky Barns (Sebastian Stan) for Avengers: Infinity War 43 of 74 March 16/23, 2018 Marco Grob/©Marvel Studios 2018 War Machine (Don Cheadle), and Drax (Dave Bautista) for Avengers: Infinity War 44 of 74 March 16/23, 2018 Marco Grob/©Marvel Studios 2018 Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), for Avengers: Infinity War 45 of 74 March 16/23, 2018 Marco Grob/©Marvel Studios 2018 Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), for Avengers: Infinity War 46 of 74 March 16/23, 2018 Marco Grob/©Marvel Studios 2018 Captain America (Chris Evans), for Avengers: Infinity War 47 of 74 March 16/23, 2018 Marco Grob/©Marvel Studios 2018 Falcon (Anthony Mackie), and Gamora (Zoe Saldana) for Avengers: Infinity War 48 of 74 March 16/23, 2018 Marco Grob/©Marvel Studios 2018 All 15 Avengers: Infinity War covers, which form the Avengers symbol 49 of 74 Sept. 14, 2018 Michael Muller/© Marvel Studios 2019 Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), for Captain Marvel 50 of 74 Dec. 7, 2018 Koury Angelo for EW Black Panther stars Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, and Angela Bassett 51 of 74 Feb. 1/8, 2019 Justin Fantl for EW Black Panther 52 of 74 March 8, 2019 Michael Muller/©Marvel Studios Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) and Captain Marvel (Brie Larson), for Captain Marvel 53 of 74 April 19/26, 2019 Marco Grob/© Marvel Studios 2019 Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), for Avengers: Endgame 54 of 74 April 19/26, 2019 Marco Grob/© Marvel Studios 2019 Captain America (Chris Evans), for Avengers: Endgame 55 of 74 April 19/26, 2019 Marco Grob/© Marvel Studios 2019 Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson), for Avengers: Endgame 56 of 74 April 19/26, 2019 Marco Grob/© Marvel Studios 2019 Thor (Chris Hemsworth), for Avengers: Endgame 57 of 74 April 19/26, 2019 Jeff Vespa/© Marvel Studios 2019 Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), for Avengers: Endgame 58 of 74 April 19/26, 2019 Marco Grob/© Marvel Studios 2019 Hawkeye/Ronin (Jeremy Renner), for Avengers: Endgame 59 of 74 April 2020 David Slijper for EW Scarlett Johansson (Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow) for Black Widow 60 of 74 December 2020 Marvel Studios Paul Bettany (Vision) and Elizabeth Olsen (Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch) for WandaVision. 61 of 74 Digital Cover: March 2021 Pawel Pogorzelski for EW Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie for The Falcon and the Winter Solider. 62 of 74 Digital Cover: May 2021 Charlie Gray for EW Loki star Tom Hiddleston. 63 of 74 August 2021 Simu Liu on EW's August 2021 cover. Peter Yang for EW Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings star Simu Liu. 64 of 74 Digital Cover: August 2021 Art courtesy of Marvel Studios. Photography by Marco Grob Sersi (Gemma Chan) for Eternals. 65 of 74 Digital Cover: August 2021 Art courtesy of Marvel Studios. Photography by Marco Grob Ikaris (Richard Madden) for Eternals. 66 of 74 Digital Cover: August 2021 Art courtesy of Marvel Studios. Photography by Marco Grob Kingo (Kumail Nanjiani) for Eternals. 67 of 74 Digital Cover: August 2021 Art courtesy of Marvel Studios. Photography by Marco Grob Sprite (Lia McHugh) for Eternals. 68 of 74 Digital Cover: August 2021 Art courtesy of Marvel Studios. Photography by Marco Grob Phastos (Brian Tyree Henry) for Eternals. 69 of 74 Digital Cover: August 2021 Art courtesy of Marvel Studios. Photography by Marco Grob Makkari (Lauren Ridloff) for Eternals. 70 of 74 Digital Cover: August 2021 Art courtesy of Marvel Studios. Photography by Marco Grob Druig (Barry Keoghan) for Eternals. 71 of 74 Digital Cover: August 2021 Art courtesy of Marvel Studios. Photography by Marco Grob Gilgamesh (Don Lee) for Eternals. 72 of 74 Digital Cover: August 2021 Art courtesy of Marvel Studios. Photography by Marco Grob Ajak (Salma Hayek) for Eternals. 73 of 74 Digital Cover: August 2021 Art courtesy of Marvel Studios. Photography by Marco Grob Thena (Angelina Jolie) for Eternals. 74 of 74 Digital Cover: February 2023 Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Jonathan, Michael Douglas, and Michelle Pfeiffer for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.