Heroes of the Written Word: Novels Starring Comic Book Characters

Miles Morales: Spider-Man by Jason Reynolds and Kadir Nelson

Trying to equilibrium schoolhouse with being Spider-Man isn’t easy, particularly erstwhile Miles’s teachers are not ever arsenic enlightened arsenic they should be. Still, helium is handling it — oregon helium was, until his powers commencement going connected the fritz and enactment his acquisition aboriginal astatine risk. But conscionable arsenic Miles begins to uncertainty himself, helium uncovers a unsafe crippled that lone helium tin stop.

Lois Lane: Fallout by Gwenda Bond

This book, the archetypal successful a trilogy, takes everyone’s favourite “girl reporter” backmost to her existent girlhood: arsenic an awkward teen conscionable trying to marque friends and laic debased successful her caller hometown, Metropolis. But Lois’s ain consciousness of close and incorrect soon puts her successful the crosshairs of immoderate unsafe characters. Meanwhile, she finds herself increasing person to a mysterious net friend, whom she lone knows arsenic “SmallvilleGuy.”

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Black Panther: The Young Prince by Ronald L. Smith

This is simply a mediate people series, truthful it’s aimed astatine a somewhat younger assemblage than astir of the books connected this list. T’Challa, aboriginal king of Wakanda and Black Panther, is sent distant by his begetter to be a shockingly humble Chicago mediate school. Can helium support his existent individuality a concealed portion besides protecting his caller friends from a mysterious threat?

Batman: The Killing Joke by Christa Faust and Gary Phillips

And here’s 1 that is decidedly not for kids! This is simply a novelization of the infamous graphic caller of the aforesaid name, successful which the Joker shoots Batgirl/Barbara Gordon and pushes Batman to the brink. Also successful this bid of Batman novels, you tin find Mad Love, which is co-written by Harley Quinn’s co-creator Paul Dini, and explores her origins.

Black Widow: Forever Red by Margaret Stohl

Back to YA we spell with this caller astir super-spy Black Widow facing up to her past by, of each things, bonding with a young miss she saved years before. These 2 mightiness beryllium the lone anticipation for a radical of disappeared youngsters who are present trapped successful a despicable villain’s deadly game. Also cheque retired the sequel, Red Vengeance, from the aforesaid author!

Black Canary: Breaking Silence by Alexandra Monir

This is portion of the “DC Icons” series, successful which best-selling novelists reimagine the origins of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and more. This publication spotlights a young Black Canary. She has grown up successful a Gotham City where, nether orders from the dictatorial Court of Owls, women person nary rights. Now, Canary volition observe the spot of her ain dependable arsenic she seeks to overthrow the Court of Owls connected behalf of women everywhere.

Squirrel Girl: Universe by Tristan Palmgren

Squirrel Girl’s astir celebrated powerfulness is the quality to speech to squirrels, hence the name. But what happens erstwhile she and her friends are marooned successful outer space, wherever determination are nary squirrels to beryllium found, AND an interstellar warfare is heating up close successful their midst? Our leader volition request each of the powers of a squirrel and a miss to get done this one! This is the latest successful the Marvel Heroines series.

Araña and Spider-Man 2099: Dark Tomorrow by Alex Segura (May 2)

Anya Corazon, a.k.a. Araña, is the newest spider-person connected the artifact — and she’s besides very, precise lost. After being blasted by a unusual artifact and stranded successful the 22nd century, Anya’s lone anticipation of returning to her ain clip is Miguel O’Hara, the (former) Spider-Man of 2099. First, however, they volition some person to decision immoderate malevolent villains…not to notation their ain self-doubts.