Hip-hop's history with comic books is an odd one but an old one. But lately, comic book giant Marvel Comics has been marrying the two more extensively than they have in their history, with recent variant covers dedicated to Run The Jewels, Rae Sremmurd, Birdman, Eminem and, most recently, a series of releases based on iconic hip-hop album covers. With Marvel's most recent release—which featured album covers from Kendrick Lamar, Raekwon and Kool Keith—we compiled 21 of the company's recent tributes to hip-hop.

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