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Marvels: The Novelization - by Steve Darnall (Hardcover)

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  • For the first time, a novelization of Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross' bestselling and now classic miniseries from 1994--Marvels, offering an thrilling all-new interpretation of one of the most famous stories in Marvel Comics history.Welcome to New York.
  • About the Author: Steve Darnall first worked with Alex Ross when the two collaborated on a Human Torch story that served as the inspiration for the award-winning 1993 series Marvels.
  • 368 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Superheroes

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For the first time, a novelization of Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross' bestselling and now classic miniseries from 1994--Marvels, offering an thrilling all-new interpretation of one of the most famous stories in Marvel Comics history.

Welcome to New York. Here, burning figures roam the streets, men in brightly colored costumes scale the glass and concrete walls, creatures from space threaten to devour our world . . . and everyone else is going about their lives.

This is the Marvel Universe, where the ordinary and fantastic interact daily. This is the world of Marvels--one of the most important and bestselling stories in Marvel Comics history, which Stan Lee described in his introduction to the first collected edition as "innovative, brilliantly conceived, and skillfully executed."

Over 30 years later, Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross' groundbreaking comic book series Marvels gets a long-awaited novelization by Steve Darnall, author of Uncle Sam and Ross's writing partner on the original proposal.

Marvels was a landmark series when it was first published--peeling back the curtain on Marvel's history. It's a story told from the perspective of an everyman character--news photographer Phil Sheldon--who chronicles a world full of costumed superhumans, providing an on-the-ground view of events in the Marvel Universe as they unfold. Darnall's prose perfectly captures the magic of Busiek and Ross' original story, offering insights and background previously untold in the comic book.

Tying the story together in a stunning package is an all-new painted cover, four all-new color illustrations, and four all-new black-and-white illustrations by Alex Ross, as well as an all-new afterword by Ross.



About the Author



Steve Darnall first worked with Alex Ross when the two collaborated on a Human Torch story that served as the inspiration for the award-winning 1993 series Marvels. The two later worked together as writer and artist on the graphic novel Uncle Sam and the 2020 anthology Marvel. Darnall also served as a consultant on the movie Being the Ricardos and Ken Burns's documentary Country Music. He is the editor of Nostalgia Digest magazine and the host of two weekly radio shows dedicated to the golden age of radio. Alex Ross studied illustration at the American Academy of Art in Chicago, then honed his craft as a storyboard artist before entering the field of comics. His groundbreaking miniseries Marvels created a wider acceptance for painted comics. In 1996, he moved on to produce the equally successful Kingdom Come for DC Comics. At Abrams ComicArts, Ross is also the writer and artist of Fantastic Four: Full Circle (the award-winning national bestseller), The Alex Ross Marvel Comics Poster Book, The Alex Ross Marvel Comics Super Villains Poster Book, and Uncle Sam: Special Election Edition.

Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W)
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 368
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Superheroes
Publisher: Abrams Comicarts
Format: Hardcover
Author: Steve Darnall
Language: English
Street Date: May 19, 2026
TCIN: 1007933315
UPC: 9781419766411
Item Number (DPCI): 247-52-2898
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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