Marvel released a new Run The Jewels-inspired cover for the new issue of Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars #1The RTJ cover will be the alternative cover. Back in January, Marvel released the initial Run The Jewels-inspired covers for Issue 45 of Deadpool and Issue two of Howard the Duck. The covers feature RTJ's signature gun and fist logo. El-P and Killer Mike are huge comic fans.

XXL spoke to Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso about the similarities between hip-hop and comic books.

"I think there [has been] an on-going dialogue between comic books and hip-hop for decades," Alonso said. "I’m not talking about a rapper wanting to write a comic book or a rapper writing a comic book, I’m talking just that dialogue that we've seen as far as the Wu-Tang Clan; that’s the best example. In comic books, it’s seen how slowly the hip-hop aesthetics have reached its way in how comic books look.

Peep the cover above. In addition to getting a new Marvel cover, RTJ is getting ready to drop their Meow the Jewels album. El-P recently previewed music from the charity LP. The album, made entirely of cat noises, will feature appearances from Just Blaze, Prince Paul, Dan the Automater and Lil Bub.

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