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Marvel Encyclopedia New Edition
The best-selling, official, and definitive guide to the characters of the dynamic, ever-expanding Marvel Universe.
Compiled by a team of comic book experts in close collaboration with Marvel Comics, this fully updated and expanded edition features more than 1,200 iconic Superheroes and villains, with hundreds of expanded entries detailing their adventures since the previous edition (2019).
Major new characters have also been added, and the latest Marvel Universe crossover events, such as Judgment Day, Empyre, and War of the Realms, are included as in-depth features. With every character illustrated with superb artwork from the original Marvel Comics, this is the one book every Marvel fan must own.
© 2023 MARVEL
Compiled by a team of comic book experts in close collaboration with Marvel Comics, this fully updated and expanded edition features more than 1,200 iconic Superheroes and villains, with hundreds of expanded entries detailing their adventures since the previous edition (2019).
Major new characters have also been added, and the latest Marvel Universe crossover events, such as Judgment Day, Empyre, and War of the Realms, are included as in-depth features. With every character illustrated with superb artwork from the original Marvel Comics, this is the one book every Marvel fan must own.
© 2023 MARVEL
2889 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 8, 2024
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Alan Cowsill
47 books2 followersAlan is an award-winning writer and editor who started out selling comics and magazines as a dealer before becoming a full-time creative, giving him a complete understanding of the industry from all sides. He has created stories for most comic companies, and edited hit titles for Marvel, Panini and Eaglemoss. When he’s not working for Bullpen, Alan writes novels and practices Kung Fu and Qigong.
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March 9, 2025
The first and only time I will read an encyclopedia for fun (except for Wikipedia).
January 21, 2026
I didn't read this front to back - though I probably would have loved doing that as a kid. Instead, I used it as a resource while diving into 2000s X-Men comics. For that purpose, it's pretty terrific, giving numerous characters' backstories and solid recaps of long-ago Marvel events.
That said, even this 2024 edition is already out of date. And some truly obscure characters are included while other, perhaps slightly less obscure characters are excluded. I guess as a printed encyclopedia, it'll never be perfect in those ways, though, so you can't really fault it.
One fault I can point out: there's limited mention of where each character appears, at least in terms of what comics would be worth searching out if you're really interested in a given hero/villain. All you get is a "first appearance" mention, which probably isn't going to be the coolest one.
That said, even this 2024 edition is already out of date. And some truly obscure characters are included while other, perhaps slightly less obscure characters are excluded. I guess as a printed encyclopedia, it'll never be perfect in those ways, though, so you can't really fault it.
One fault I can point out: there's limited mention of where each character appears, at least in terms of what comics would be worth searching out if you're really interested in a given hero/villain. All you get is a "first appearance" mention, which probably isn't going to be the coolest one.
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July 16, 2025
Read all the X-Men related characters. Really delves on the newest Krakoa era.
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