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The Marvel Book New Edition

Expand Your Knowledge of the a Vast Comics Universe

Hardcover
7-1/2"W x 8-15/16"H | 20 oz | 1 per carton
On sale Jul 29, 2025 | 304 Pages | 9780593966891

The bestselling guide to the vast, interconnected Marvel Comics Multiverse fully updated and expanded.

This new expanded and updated edition boasts an additional 48 pages and incorporates new character profiles and major Marvel Comics events such as X of Swords, Empyre, Heroes Reborn, Death of Doctor Strange, Devil's Reign, and Dark Web.

Meticulously researched and expertly written, The Marvel Book is the one reference book no fan should be without.
Stephen "Win" Wiacek has worked in all areas of the comics industry since 1981, as a writer, artist, editor, and designer. He has taught and lectured on comics creation and production; and worked as a cartoonist, journalist, and consultant for TV and movies. From 1997–2007, he was chairman of the UK's professional body the Comics Creators Guild.

As a freelance copywriter and reviewer, he writes about comics for the DC Super Hero Collection, The Slings & Arrows Graphic Novel Guide, and for books such as The DC Book, The DC Comics Encyclopedia and DC Comics: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, from Dorling Kindersley. In his spare time, he encourages people to change their reading habits on his
Now Read This graphic novel review blog (www.comicsreview.co.uk/nowreadthis). View titles by Stephen Wiacek
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About

The bestselling guide to the vast, interconnected Marvel Comics Multiverse fully updated and expanded.

This new expanded and updated edition boasts an additional 48 pages and incorporates new character profiles and major Marvel Comics events such as X of Swords, Empyre, Heroes Reborn, Death of Doctor Strange, Devil's Reign, and Dark Web.

Meticulously researched and expertly written, The Marvel Book is the one reference book no fan should be without.

Creators

Stephen "Win" Wiacek has worked in all areas of the comics industry since 1981, as a writer, artist, editor, and designer. He has taught and lectured on comics creation and production; and worked as a cartoonist, journalist, and consultant for TV and movies. From 1997–2007, he was chairman of the UK's professional body the Comics Creators Guild.

As a freelance copywriter and reviewer, he writes about comics for the DC Super Hero Collection, The Slings & Arrows Graphic Novel Guide, and for books such as The DC Book, The DC Comics Encyclopedia and DC Comics: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know, from Dorling Kindersley. In his spare time, he encourages people to change their reading habits on his
Now Read This graphic novel review blog (www.comicsreview.co.uk/nowreadthis). View titles by Stephen Wiacek
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