ComingSoon has an exclusive preview of Marvels: The Novelization ahead of its release next week. Written by Steve Darnall, the Marvel book is a novelization of Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross’ groundbreaking comic book miniseries. More than 30 years later, fans get to reexperience the story with new details and insights, along with an all-new painted cover, four color illustrations, and four black-and-white drawings by Ross.

“Welcome to New York. Here, burning figures roam the streets, men in brightly colored costumes scale the glass and concrete walls, creatures from space threaten to devour our world … and everyone else is going about their lives,” says the official description of Marvels: The Novelization.

“This is the Marvel Universe, where the ordinary and fantastic interact daily. This is the world of Marvels — one of the most important and bestselling stories in Marvel Comics history, which Stan Lee described in his introduction to the first collected edition as ‘innovative, brilliantly conceived, and skillfully executed.'”

Check out the exclusive Marvels: The Novelization preview below:

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(Photo Credit: Marvel)

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Abrams ComicArts will release the 368-page hardcover Marvels: The Novelization on May 19, 2026. It’s available to pre-order now.