The Story
MARVELS THE NOVELIZATION HC
(W) STEVE DARNALL (A) ALEX ROSS (C) ALEX ROSS
ABRAMS
StockID: 174437 SKU: 0326AB0446
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
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MARVELS THE NOVELIZATION HC
(W) STEVE DARNALL (A) ALEX ROSS (C) ALEX ROSS
ABRAMS
StockID: 174437 SKU: 0326AB0446
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
