Marvel So You’ve Been Bitten by a Radioactive Spider: How to Survive the Marvel Universe

The Marvel Comics Universe is full of action, adventure, danger, and cosmic peril. Be ready for anything with this illustrated action handbook--whether you have newly developed super-powers, you need to pilot an Iron Man suit, or Galactus is here to eat the Earth.

Written by Marvel Comics and Emmy-nominated humor writer Daniel Kibblesmith, this official illustrated guide to surviving and thriving in the Marvel Universe uses comics-tested advice to steer readers through what to expect when exposed to gamma rays, bonding with a symbiote or--ow!--feeling an unexpected sting at the science fair. Featuring practical information such as wall-crawling tips, along with emergency information (you’ve been plunged into the Quantum Realm) and day-to-day guidance if your cat turns out to be a Flerken, you suspect someone of being a Skrull, or are facing a Doombot, this is the must-have handbook as you live in the world of Marvel’s mightiest heroes.

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CRUCIAL ADVICE FROM MARVEL COMICS: What would you do if you discover you had mutant abilities, or are the only one on a heroic team without super-powers? Marvel comics writer and lifelong fan Daniel Kibblesmith finds inspiration and advice in the comics to offer tips and strategies for navigating these and many more of the reader’s own ’what if’ experiences.

IMAGINATIVE ADVENTURES: The Hulk is totally hulking out, with mayhem imminent; you’re weighing the pros and cons of legal representation from Matt Murdock or Jennifer Walters (or P.I. help from Jessica Jones or Howard the Duck); you need to speak Groot but are not fluent. This book has got you covered!

Perfect for:

• Marvel fans looking for a fresh, funny spin on the comics
• Fans of action hero handbooks and survival guides
• Fans of Marvel Super Graphic, Marvel Mazes, and Thor and Loki: Midgard Family Mayhem

Daniel Kibblesmith is an Emmy-nominated TV writer for Netflix Animation, HBO, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and comics writer for Marvel (including Loki, Black Panther vs. Deadpool, Spider-Man), and others. He is the author of D.C. Christmas Carols, the children’s book Princess Dinosaur, and the all-ages humor book, Santa’s Husband. He lives in Los Angeles with his beautiful and brilliant wife and daughter.

Kyle Hilton is a lifelong Marvel devotee and illustrator whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, the Wall Street Journal, and more. As a child, he learned to draw from watching X-Men: The Animated Series and redrawing panels from any Spider-Man comic book he could get his hands on. He lives in Jackson, Mississippi, with is wife and daughter.