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This may come as a big surprise to some of you, but
not all books have pictures in them. Some books just
have a whole bunch of words.
Over the years, Marvel (and DC) superheroes have made
numerous appearances in various novels, and can still
be found today sitting right next to Arthur Clarke and
Tolkein in the bookstores. This isn't a unique
phenomenon. "Media tie-in" novels have been popular
for years, with the two most famous lines probably
being the extensive libraries of Star Trek novels Star
Wars novels.
This page will attempt to chronicle the vast extent of
superhero fiction over the years. In the late 60's,
the very first Marvel novels appeared, including an
Avengers novel and a Captain America novel. In
1978-79, Marvel's heroes made a brief return to
prose fiction, with 11 books showing up in that brief
span, featuring autors including David Michelinie, Len
Wein, and Marv Wolfman.
Once again, Marvel novels went on hiatus, but when
they returned, they came back in a big way. Starting
in 1994, a new series of Marvel novels was started,
and by the time they were done, they had added
FIFTY new works of fiction to the Marvel
Universe. Since 2000, Marvel fiction has been somewhat
scarce and has come out at irregular intervals.
Frankly, it seems as if novelizations of all the
Marvel movies have been the main additions.
However, starting this year (2005), a new publishing
initiative has begun, which promises to once again add
to Marvel's literary depth.
NOTE: This list will focus on the "adult" fiction for
now, so none of the children's books will be included.
(Mary Jane made the cut, anything below that level
didn't.)
-- by Cleazer
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Upcoming Marvel Books
Spider-Man: Down These Mean Streets
(8/30/05)
by Keith R. A. DeCandido
Weapon X (mmpb reprint) (11/1/05)
by Marc Cerasini
X-Men: Dark Mirror (12/27/05)
by Marjorie M. Liu
Ultimates: Tomorrow Men (3/06)
by Michael Jan Friedman
Release order for Marvel
Books
-release dates may be off by a little, since books
don't always come out at the same time in every
location
The Avengers Battle the Earth Wrecker (1967)
~Otto Binder
Captain America: The Great Gold Steal (1968)
~Ted White
Spider-Man: Mayhem in Manhattan (1978)
~Len Wein & Marv Wolfman
The Incredible Hulk: Stalker from the Stars
(1978)
~Len Wein, Marv Wolfman, & Joseph
Silva
The Incredible Hulk: Cry of the Beast (1978)
~Richard Meyers
Captain America: Holocaust for Hire (1978)
~Joseph Silva
Fantastic Four: Doomsday (1979)
~Marv
Wolfman
Iron Man: And Call My Killer...Modok! (1979)
~William Rotsler
Doctor Strange: Nightmare (1979)
~William
Rotsler
Spider-Man: Crime Campaign (1979)
~Paul
Kupperberg
The Marvel Super-Heroes (1979)
~Len Wein
& Marv Wolfman, editors
The Avengers: The Man Who Stole Tomorrow
(1979)
~David Michelinie
Spider-Man & The Incredible Hulk: Murdermoon
(1979)
~Paul Kupperberg
Spider-Man: The Venom Factor (10/94)
~Diane Duane
The Ultimate Spider-Man (12/94)
~Stan
Lee, editor
Iron Man: The Armor Trap (7/95)
~Greg
Cox
Spider-Man: Carnage In New York (8/95)
~David Michelinie & Dean Wesley Smith
Incredible Hulk: What Savage Beast (9/95)
~Peter David
Spider-Man: The Lizard Sanction (10/95)
~Diane Duane
The Ultimate Silver Surfer (11/95)
~Stan
Lee, editor
Fantastic Four: To Free Atlantis (12/95)
~Nancy A. Collins
Daredevil: Predator's Smile (4/96)
~Christopher Golden
X-Men: Mutant Empire Book 1: Seige (5/96)
~Christopher Golden
The Ultimate Super-Villains (8/96)
~Stan
Lee, editor
Spider-Man & the Incredible Hulk: Doom's Day Book 1:
Rampage (9/96)
~Danny Fingeroth & Eric
Fein
Spider-Man: Goblin's Revenge (10/96)
~Dean Wesley Smith
The Ultimate X-Men (10/96)
~Stan Lee,
editor
Spider-Man: The Octopus Agenda (10/96)
~Diane Duane
X-Men: Mutant Empire Book 2: Sanctuary (11/96)
~Christopher Golden
Iron Man: Operation A.I.M. (12/96)
~Greg
Cox
Spider-Man & Iron Man: Doom's Day Book 2: Sabotage
(3/97)
~Pierce Askegren & Danny
Fingeroth
X-Men: Mutant Empire Book 3: Salvation (5/97)
~Christopher Golden
Generation X (6/97)
~Scott Lobdell &
Elliot S! Maggin
Fantastic Four: Redemption of the Silver Surfer
(6/97)
~Michael Jan Friedman
Incredible Hulk: Abominations (7/97)
~Jason Henderson
X-Men: Smoke and Mirrors (9/97)
~Eluki
Bes Shahar
Untold Tales Of Spider-Man (10/97)
~Stan
Lee & Kurt Busiek, editors
X-Men: Empire's End (11/97)
~Diane
Duane
Spider-Man & Fantastic Four: Doom's Day Book 3:
Wreckage (11/97)
~Eric Fein & Pierce
Askegren
X-Men: The Jewels of Cyttorak (12/97)
~Dean Wesley Smith
Spider-Man: Valley of the Lizard (2/98)
~John Vornholt
X-Men: Law of the Jungle (3/98)
~Dave
Smeds
Star Trek TNG/X-Men: Planet X (5/98)
~Michael Jan Friedman
Spider-Man: Wanted: Dead or Alive (5/98)
~Craig Shaw Gardner
X-Men: Prisoner X (5/98)
~Ann
Nocenti
Fantastic Four: Countdown To Chaos (6/98)
~Pierce Askegren
X-Men & Spider-Man: Time's Arrow Book 1: The Past
(7/98)
~Tom DeFalco & Jason
Henderson
Blade movie novelization (8/98)
~Mel
Odom
X-Men & Spider-Man: Time's Arrow Book 2: The Present
(8/98)
~Tom DeFalco & Adam-Troy
Castro
X-Men & Spider-Man: Time's Arrow Book 3: The Future
(9/98)
~Tom DeFalco & Eluki Bes
Shahar
Spider-Man: Venom's Wrath (10/98)
~Keith
R.A. DeCandido & Jose R. Nieto
The Ultimate Hulk (10/98)
~Stan Lee &
Peter David, editors
X-Men: Codename Wolverine (10/98)
~Christopher Golden
Generation X: Crossroads (11/98)
~J.
Steven York
Captain America: Liberty's Torch (12/98)
~Tony Isabella & Bob Ingersoll
The Avengers & the Thunderbolts (1/99)
~Pierce Askegren
X-Men: Soul Killer (2/99)
~Richard Lee
Byers
Spider-Man: The Gathering of the Sinister Six
(3/99)
~Adam-Troy Castro
Daredevil: The Cutting Edge (6/99)
~Madeleine E. Robins
X-Men & the Avengers: Gamma Quest Book 1: Lost and
Found (7/99)
~Greg Cox
Spider-Man: Goblin Moon (7/99)
~Kurt
Busiek & Nathan Archer
X-Men & the Avengers: Gamma Quest Book 2: Search and
Rescue (8/99)
~Greg Cox
X-Men & the Avengers: Gamma Quest Book 3: Friend or
Foe? (6/00)
~Greg Cox
X-Men Legends (6/00)
~Stan Lee,
editor
X-Men: Shadows of the Past (6/00)
~Michael Jan Friedman
X-Men movie novelization (6/6/00)
~Kristine Kathryn Rusch & Dean Wesley Smith
X-Men: Chaos Engine Book 1: Doctor Doom
(7/00)
~Steven A. Roman
Nick Fury, Agent Of SHIELD: Empyre (8/00)
~Will Murray
Science of the X-Men (8/00)
~Link Yaco &
Karen Haber
Generation X: Genogoths (9/00)
~J. Steven
York
Spider-Man: Emerald Mystery (10/00)
~Dean Wesley Smith
Spider-Man: Revenge of the Sinister Six (7/01)
~Adam-Troy Castro
X-Men: Chaos Engine Book 2: Magneto (1/02)
~Steven A. Roman
X-Men: Five Decades of the X-men (3/5/02)
~Stan Lee, editor
Spider-Man: Secret of the Sinister Six (3/19/02)
~Adam-Troy Castro
Spider-Man movie novelization (3/19/02)
~Peter David
X-Men: Legacy Quest Book 1 (6/4/02)
~Steve Lyons
X-Men: Legacy Quest Book 2 (7/30/02)
~Steve Lyons
X-Men: Legacy Quest Book 3 (10/22/02)
~Steve Lyons
Daredevil movie novelization (12/1/02)
~Greg Cox
X-Men: Chaos Engine Book 3: Red Skull (12/10/02)
~Steven A. Roman
X-Men 2 movie novelization (3/4/03)
~Chris Claremont
Hulk movie novelization (4/29/03)
~Peter
David
Mary Jane HC (6/11/03)
~Judith
O'Brien
Punisher movie novelization (3/2/04)
~D.
A. Stern
Spider-Man 2 movie novelization (5/25/04)
~Peter David
Mary Jane 2 HC (6/30/04)
~Judith
O'Brien
Blade: Trinity movie novelization (11/1/04)
~Natasha Rhodes
Weapon X HC (10/27/04)
~Marc
Cerasini
Elektra movie novelization (1/1/05)
~Yvonne Navarro
Fantastic Four movie novelization (5/24/05)
~Peter David
Fantastic Four: War Zone (7/26/05)
~Greg
Cox
Reprints, compilations:
Spider-Man: The Venom Factor mmpb (11/95)
The Ultimate Spider-Man mmpb (2/96)
Incredible Hulk: What Savage Beast mmpb (7/96)
Spider-Man: The Lizard Sanction mmpb (8/96)
Spider-Man: The Octopus Agenda mmpb (8/97)
The Ultimate Silver Surfer mmpb (10/97)
Fantastic Four: Redemption of the Silver Surfer mmpb
(4/98)
X-Men: Empire's End mmpb (9/98)
Spider-Man: Wanted: Dead or Alive mmpb (4/99)
X-Men: Mutant Empire Trilogy (5/99)
X-Men: Codename Wolverine mmpb (5/00)
Science of the X-Men sc (10/2/01)
Spider-Man: Revenge of the Sinister Six mmpb
(4/2/02)
Spider-Man: Secret of the Sinister Six mmpb
(2/25/03)
X-Men: Five Decades of the X-men mmpb (4/1/03)
X-Men: Legacy Quest Book 1 mmpb (4/1/03)
X-Men: Chaos Engine Book 3: Red Skull mmpb
(10/28/03)
Spider-Man: The Sinister Six Combo (5/25/04)
X-Men: The Chaos Engine Trilogy (10/26/04)
X-Men: The Legacy Quest Trilogy (11/30/04)
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1. Spider-Man: Mayhem in Manhattan
2. The Incredible Hulk: Stalker from the Stars
3. The Incredible Hulk: Cry of the Beast
4. Captain America: Holocaust for Hire
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8. Spider-Man: Crime Campaign
9. The Marvel Super-Heroes
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The Venom Factor
Carnage In New York
The Lizard Sanction
Goblin's Revenge
The Octopus Agenda
Valley Of The
Lizard
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Wanted: Dead Or Alive
Venom's Wrath
The Gathering Of The Sinister
Six
Goblin Moon
Emerald Mystery
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The Ultimate Spider-Man
The Ultimate Silver Surfer
The Ultimate Super-Villains
The Ultimate X-Men
Untold Tales Of Spider-Man
The Ultimate Hulk
X-Men
Legends
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Iron Man |
Incredible Hulk |
Fantastic Four |
The Armor Trap
Operation A.I.M.
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What Savage Beast
Abominations
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To Free Atlantis
Redemption Of The Silver
Surfer
Countdown To
Chaos
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Daredevil |
X-Men |
X-Men |
Predator's Smile
The Cutting Edge
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Mutant Empire 1: Siege
Mutant Empire 2: Sanctuary
Mutant Empire 3: Salvation
Smoke And Mirrors
Empire's
End
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The Jewels Of Cyttorak
Law Of The Jungle
Prisoner X
Codename Wolverine
Soul Killer
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Doom's Day |
Generation X |
X-Men & Spider-Man: Time's
Arrow |
1: Spider-Man & The Incredible Hulk:
Rampage
2: Spider-Man & Iron Man:
Sabotage
3: Spider-Man & Fantastic Four:
Wreckage
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Generation X
Crossroads
Genogoths
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1: The Past
2: The Present
3: The Future
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X-Men & Avengers: Gamma
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Other Heroes |
X-Men/Star Trek |
1: Lost And Found
2: Search And Rescue
3: Friend Or Foe?
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Captain America: Liberty's
Torch
The Avengers & The
Thunderbolts
Nick Fury, Agent Of SHIELD:
Empyre
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Planet X
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Spider-Man 2001-02 |
X-Men 2000-2002 |
Movie Novelizations |
The Revenge Of The Sinister
Six
Secret Of The Sinister Six
The Sinister Six
COMBO
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Shadows Of The Past
Chaos Engine 1: Doctor Doom
Science Of The X-Men
Chaos Engine 2: Magneto
Five Decades Of The X-Men
The Legacy Quest Book 1
The Legacy Quest Book 2
The Legacy Quest Book 3
Chaos Engine 3: Red Skull
The Chaos Engine Trilogy
Legacy Quest Trilogy
Omnibus
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Blade
X-Men
Spider-Man
Daredevil
X-Men 2
Hulk
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Mary Jane |
Fantastic Four |
Punisher
Spider-Man 2
Blade: Trinity
Elektra
Fantastic
Four
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Mary Jane 1
Mary Jane 2
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War Zone
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Spider-Man |
X-Men |
Ultimates |
Down These Mean
Streets
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Weapon X HC
Weapon X MMPB
Dark Mirror
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Tomorrow Men
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