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Marvel Novel Books in Order

Marvel Novel contains 12 books, published between 1978 and 2025. The first book is The Amazing Spider-Man: Mayhem in Manhattan (1978) and the newest is X-Men: The Dark Mirror (2025). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
12
Published
1978–2025
Pages on record
1,146 in 6 of 12 books
Reading time
19–29 hours

Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 1,146 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 6 of 12 titles with a page count on record.

See all 12 books in order Printable Marvel Novel checklist

Marvel Novel gathers 12 prose books built on Marvel comics characters, dated 1978 to 2025. Marv Wolfman, Len Wein, Ron Goulart, William Rotsler and Paul Kupperberg are each credited on 2 titles, with Marjorie M. Liu, Richard Meyers and David Michelinie on one. The Amazing Spider-Man: Mayhem in Manhattan (1978) opens the listing and X-Men: The Dark Mirror (2025) closes it. The 1970s are the heaviest decade: Hulk, Captain America, Fantastic Four, Iron Man and Doctor Strange titles all carry 1978 or 1979 dates. The median book runs 192 pages.

How many Marvel Novel books are there?

Marvel Novel has 12 books, released between 1978 and 2025.

Marvel Novel Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 12 Marvel Novel books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Hulk: Stalker from the Star by Ron Goulart, book 2 of the Marvel Novel series (1978)
  2. Cover of The Incredible Hulk: Cry of the Beast by Richard Meyers, book 3 of the Marvel Novel series (1979)
  3. Cover of Captain America: Holocaust For Hire by Ron Goulart, book 4 of the Marvel Novel series (1979)
  4. Cover of Fantastic Four: Doomsday by Marv Wolfman, book 5 of the Marvel Novel series (1979)
  5. Cover of Iron Man: And Call My Killer... Modok! by William Rotsler, book 6 of the Marvel Novel series (1979)
  6. Cover of The Avengers: The Man Who Stole Tomorrow by David Michelinie, book 10 of the Marvel Novel series (1979)
  1. 1
    The Amazing Spider-Man: Mayhem in Manhattan1978 · confirmed 1/4
    1978–
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  2. 1
    X-Men: The Dark Mirror2025 · confirmed 1/4
    2025–
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  3. 2
    Hulk: Stalker from the Star1978 · 174 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1978174
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  4. 3
    The Incredible Hulk: Cry of the Beast1979 · confirmed 1/4
    1979–
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  5. 4
    Captain America: Holocaust For Hire1979 · confirmed 1/4
    1979–
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  6. 5
    Fantastic Four: Doomsday1979 · 191 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979191
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  7. 6
    Iron Man: And Call My Killer... Modok!1979 · 189 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979189
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  8. 7
    Doctor Strange: Nightmare1979 · confirmed 1/4
    1979–
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  9. 8
    The Amazing Spider-Man: Crime Campaign1979 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979192
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  10. 9
    Marvel Superheroes1979 · confirmed 1/4
    1979–
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  11. 10
    The Avengers: The Man Who Stole Tomorrow1979 · 192 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979192
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  12. 11
    The Hulk/Spider-Man: Murdermoon1979 · 208 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1979208
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Where to start with Marvel Novel

Start with The Amazing Spider-Man: Mayhem in Manhattan (1978), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Marvel Novel book?

X-Men: The Dark Mirror (2025) is the newest Marvel Novel book released so far.

Is there a new Marvel Novel book coming?

No next Marvel Novel book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Marvel Novel at a glance

Still running
Marvel Novel is still running, with a title published as recently as 2025.
Release pace
Marvel Novel books have appeared about one every 4 years on average.
Length
1,146 pages across the 6 of 12 books with a recorded length, a median of 192 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Marvel Novel books, 11 of 12, were published in the 1970s.
Attribution
Of the 12 titles, 2 are credited to Ron Goulart, 2 to Marv Wolfman, 2 to Len Wein and 2 to William Rotsler. A further 4 writers are credited.

What the Marvel Novel books are about

2 of the 12 Marvel Novel books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. No subject is tagged on more than one of them, so each one below describes a single book. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.