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| Parent company | Disney Publishing Worldwide |
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| Status | active |
| Founded | 1982 |
| Headquarters location | New York, NY |
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| Publication types | novels, children's books |
| Fiction genres | Superhero |
| Official website | books |
Marvel Press is the prose novel imprint forMarvel Comics jointly published withDisney Books.
Marvel first licensed two prose novels toBantam Books, which publishedThe Avengers Battle the Earth Wrecker byOtto Binder (1967) andCaptain America: The Great Gold Steal byTed White (1968).Pocket Books pick up the license in 1978, publishing nine books.[2]
Marvel Books division was set up in 1982[3] to initially publishedcoloring books and sticker sets, and was intended to also publish prose novels.[4]Harry Flynn was hired asvice president of Marvel Books.[5] In 1986, Marvel reached an agreement withFisher-Price to launch a Fisher-Price line with 15 books in 1986 and 32 books in 1987.[3]
Beginning in 1994,Berkley Boulevard and the since-defunctByron Preiss Multimedia Company joined to publish Marvel prose novels until Preiss' legal troubles caused a temporary halt to the line in June 1999. Berkley completed the line in 2000 with a total of 45 novels and seven anthologies.The Preiss Company also teamed with Pocket Books from 1996 to 1997 for a young adult books line, including two choose-your-own-adventure books.[citation needed] In 2000 Preiss' BP Books/iBooks launched a new book line, distributed bySimon & Schuster, that ended in 2002.[2]
In 2003, following publication of the proseyoung adult novelMary Jane, starringMary Jane Watson from theSpider-Man mythos, Marvel Entertainment announced the formation of the publishingimprint Marvel Press, saying in apress release it planned to launch with three prose novels, aimed at various ages, in 2004, and publish at least 12 in 2005.[6] With few books issued under the imprint, Marvel andDisney Books Group relaunched the Marvel Press imprint in 2011 with the Marvel Origin Storybooks line.[7]
Near the end of 2012, Marvel launched a line of prose novels based on adapting popular storylines in a loosely shared universe.[8]Hyperion Books announced in February 2013 a partnership with Marvel to publish in June two prose novels, She-Hulk Diaries and Rogue Touch.[9] In March 2013, Marvel and GraphicAudio will release a 6 hours audio version of the "Civil War" prose novel with sound effects, cinematic music and narration.[10]
Marvel Entertainment announced a new pre-school franchise,Marvel Super Hero Adventures, in September 2017 consisting of a short-formanimated series along with publishing and merchandise during "Marvel Mania" October.[11][12] In the publishing field, Marvel Press issued chapter books beginning in September. The first early reader chapter books wasDeck the Malls! teamed Spider-Man withSpider-Gwen written by MacKenzie Cadenhead and Sean Ryan and art by Derek Laufman. Three additional chapter books were planned continuing into 2018.[11] John Nee was appointed in January 2018 as publisher ofMarvel Comics and Marvel Press.[1]
In addition to its Marvel Press division efforts,[13]Marvel Entertainment in 2019 agreed to two prose publishing licensing agreements.[14] In September 2019,Scholastic signed a young reader agreement with the first two books to be published in 2020.[13] The following month,Asmodee games company agreed to a multi-year novel publishing deal for its new fiction imprint, Aconyte, to debut in the fall 2020 in three formats: trade paperback, ebook and audio and distributed by Simon & Schuster in North America.[14]
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