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Marvel pocket books from panini the forgotten reprints due to the popularity of this post i have opted to expand it into a full page with many more images. The starforce are a fictional supervillain team appearing in american comic books published by marvel comics. This is a list of officially licensed novels and short story collections based on established comic book and comic strip characters i. One of three separate crossovers between marvel with all three featuring the xmen and star trek the other two were in the comics. Apr 03, 2020 marvel comics, home of the avengers and the xmen, is pausing 1530 percent of its titles in may and june, due to disruptions in the superhero comics industry due to the closing of diamond comic. Marvels series of star trek comics began in 1979 with an adaptation of star trek. This is a list of officially licensed novels and short story collections based on established. George lucas wanted marvel to adapt the star wars films into comic book formats because he was inspired by fantastic four as a. In 2009, the walt disney company acquired marvel entertainment, marvel worldwides parent company. All novels were published as mass market paperback editions.
As a general rule, these books have been licensed to other publishers but the s remain with marvel, and so it is possible for the stories and characters to be included or referenced in marvels comics. Yet few realize that so many creators who got their start during the war remained active in the industry well into the star wars comic runs of the late 1970s and 1980s one example is george roussos, a colorist who worked on multiple issues of marvels classic star. The lack of proper credit notwithstanding, i do love this little pocket book, and. We use ebay to provide references to live prices of comic books. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Explore the complete history of marvel comics star wars covers in this miniature art book. Marvel noir marvel uk max new universe paramount razorline star.
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