1942 (original); 1979 (paperback); April 1995 (facsimile edition)
Title given on the original 1942 edition (and facsimile's) title page as simply Superman; The Adventures of... alternate title is from the original hardcover's dust jacket; the 1995 foreword by Roger Stern indicates that the 1979 facsimile edition was unauthorized.
Based on the Batman television series (1966–1968); plot material adapted from "The Black Cat Crimes" (Detective Comics #122, April 1947), "The Crime Parade" (Detective Comics #124, June 1947), and "The State-Bird Crimes!" (Batman #58, April 1950).
Richard Dragon, Kung-Fu Fighter was based on the 1974 novel Dragon's Fists by 'Jim Dennis' (the shared pseudonym of comic book writer Dennis O'Neil and artist Jim Berry
Short story collection; reprints stories previously published in Greenberg's Further Adventures series, plus two previously unpublished stories by Dennis O'Neil.
Novelization of the 2006 V for Vendetta movie; comic initially published in the U.K. by Quality Comics in their Warrior title; picked up by DC Comics in 1988 to complete the series.
Justice Society of America novel. Written in 2005 for an early 2006 release to be published by iBooks, book was put into limbo by death of iBooks publisher Byron Preiss on July 9, 2005, and subsequent Chapter 7 bankruptcy of iBooks on February 22, 2006, until finally self-published by author in November 2020. Originally planned to be book one of JSA trilogy. Book one would have been title "Freedom", book two "Limbo", and book three "Ragnarok", according to author in 2020 Afterword.
Pocket Books series (1978–1979) #9; short story collection; includes stories featuring the Avengers (written by Jim Shooter), Daredevil (written by Martin Pasko as "Kyle Christopher"),[2] the X-Men (written by Jo Duffy), and the Hulk (written by Len Wein).
One of three separate crossovers between Marvel (with all three featuring the X-Men) and Star Trek (the other two were in the comics); Marvel at the time was publishing Star Trek comics (1996–1998)
Novelization and adaption of the 2004 comic book story arc Gifted within the Astonishing X-Men ongoing series originally written by Joss Whedon. Adapted by Graphic Audio in August 2014.
Novelization and adaption of the 2004 comic book story arc Breakout within the New Avengers ongoing series originally written by Brian Michael Bendis. Adapted by Graphic Audio in October 2014.
Novelization and adaption of the 2005-6 comic book story arc Extremis within the Iron Man ongoing series originally written by Warren Ellis. Adapted by Graphic Audio in June 2014.
Novelization and adaption of the 2007 comic book story arc The Death of Captain America within the Captain America ongoing series originally written by Ed Brubaker. Adapted by Graphic Audio in December 2014.
Novelization and adaption of the 1980 comic book story arc Days of Future Past within the Uncanny X-Men ongoing series originally written by Chris Claremont. Adapted by Graphic Audio in April 2015.
Original novel featuring Rocket Raccoon and Groot of the Guardians of the Galaxy, plus Marvel Cosmic elements, written by former Guardians of the Galaxy writer Dan Abnett. Adapted by Graphic Audio in November 2014.
Novelization and adaption of the 1987 comic book story arc Kraven's Last Hunt within the Web of Spider-Man, Amazing Spider-Man and Spectacular Spider-Man ongoing series originally written by J. M. DeMatteis and adapted by Neil Kleid.
Max Brooks, Chuck Dixon, Matt Forbeck, Jon McGoran, Jonathan Maberry, John Skipp & Cody Goodfellow, Duane Swierczynski, Dennis Tafoya (w) Gabriele Dell’Otto
Buck Rogers first appeared (as "Anthony Rogers") in Nowlan's Armageddon 2419 A.D. novella in the August 1928 issue of Amazing Stories magazine; this 1933 novella retells the origin of Buck Rogers; (the comic strip premiered January 7, 1929)
DC Comics, Inc. is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC is an initialism for "Detective Comics", an American comic book series first published in 1937.
Marvel Comics is a New York City-based comic book publisher, a property of The Walt Disney Company since December 31, 2009, and a subsidiary of Disney Publishing Worldwide since March 2023. Marvel was founded in 1939 by Martin Goodman as Timely Comics, and by 1951 had generally become known as Atlas Comics. The Marvel era began in August 1961 with the launch of The Fantastic Four and other superhero titles created by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and numerous others. The Marvel brand, which had been used over the years and decades, was solidified as the company's primary brand.
Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic book series The Sandman and the novels Good Omens, Stardust, Anansi Boys, American Gods, Coraline, and The Graveyard Book. He co-created the TV series adaptations of Good Omens and The Sandman.
Webcomics are comics published on the internet, such as on a website or a mobile app. While many webcomics are published exclusively online, others are also published in magazines, newspapers, or comic books.
Dark Horse Comics is an American comic book, graphic novel, and manga publisher founded in Milwaukie, Oregon, by Mike Richardson in 1986. The company was created using funds earned from Richardson's chain of Portland, Oregon, comic book shops known as Pegasus Books and founded in 1980.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is a 2000 novel by American author Michael Chabon that won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2001. The book follows the lives of two Jewish cousins, Czech artist Joe Kavalier and Brooklyn-born writer Sammy Clay, before, during, and after World War II. In the story, Kavalier and Clay become major figures in the comics industry from its nascence into its Golden Age. Lengthy, Kavalier & Clay was published to "nearly unanimous praise" and became a New York Times Best Seller.
IDW Publishing, is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic book publisher in the United States, behind Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Image Comics, ahead of other comic book publishers such as Archie, Boom!, Dynamite, Valiant, and Oni Press. The company is known for its licensed comic book adaptations of films, television shows, video games, and cartoons.
Shogakukan Inc. is a Japanese publisher of comics, magazines, light novels, dictionaries, literature, non-fiction, home media, and other media in Japan.
Ryan North is a Canadian writer and computer programmer.
Trina Robbins was an American cartoonist. She was an early participant in the underground comix movement, and one of the first women in the movement. She co-produced the 1970 underground comic It Ain't Me, Babe, which was the first comic book entirely created by women. She co-founded the Wimmen's Comix collective, wrote for Wonder Woman, and produced adaptations of Dope and The Silver Metal Lover. She was inducted into the Will Eisner Hall of Fame in 2013 and received Eisner Awards in 2017 and 2021.
John Jackson Miller is an American science-fiction author, comic book writer, and commentator, known for his work on the Star Wars franchise and his research into comic book circulation history, as presented in the Standard Catalog of Comic Books series and the Comichron website.
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Iconology Inc., d/b/a ComiXology, was a cloud-based digital distribution platform for comics owned by Amazon, with over 200 million comic downloads as of September 2013. At its height it offered a selection of more than 100,000 comic books, graphic novels, and manga across Android, iOS, Kindle Fire, Windows 10, and the Internet. In 2023, the ComiXology app was officially retired and the material was made available exclusively on the Amazon Kindle app.
Edward R. Piskor Jr. was an American alternative comics cartoonist. Piskor was known primarily for his work on Hip Hop Family Tree, X-Men: Grand Design, and the Red Room trilogy. Piskor also co-hosted the YouTube channel Cartoonist Kayfabe with fellow Pittsburgh native cartoonist Jim Rugg. In March 2024, Piskor was accused via social media of sexual misconduct. Piskor died on April 1, 2024, at the age of 41, hours after posting a suicide note via social media, defending himself against the allegations leveled against him.
Paul Tobin is an American comic writer who has written regularly for Marvel Comics since 2000, and Dark Horse Comics since 2013, with his Plants vs. Zombies comic book series later being adapted as the story mode of the video game Plants vs. Zombies 3.
The GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Comic Book is an annual award that honors comic books for excellence in the depiction of LGBT characters and themes. It is one of several categories of the annual GLAAD Media Awards, presented by GLAAD—an American non-governmental media monitoring organization—at ceremonies in New York City, Los Angeles, and San Francisco between March and June.
Sumerian Comics is an American comic book publisher based in Nashville, Tennessee. The company was founded in 2020 by Nathan Yocum and Ryan Swanson as Behemoth Comics. The comic division sells over half a million (500,000+) comics yearly, reached 8th in total market share in 2021, and is known for its array of licensed titles for films like American Psycho, The Crow, Basic Instinct and for artists Bad Omens, Underoath, Sleep Token while working with companies like Ubisoft, Netflix, among others. Their titles are currently distributed globally by Simon & Schuster & Diamond Comic Distributors. As of 2022, the company is owned by Sumerian Records and was subsequently renamed as Sumerian Comics in July 2022.
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