With today’s release of X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE, the summer movie season officially kicks off. But seeing summer movies is only half the fun. The other half is reading about them, with various fiction and nonfiction tie-in titles crowding the shelves, includes novelizations, art books, comics and other miscellany. Here’s a healthy sampling of some of those titles hoping for some blockbuster blips from the season’s biggest tentpole films:
X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE
• WOLVERINE OMNIBUS: VOL. 1 by Chris Claremont, Barry Windsor-Smith, Len Wein, Peter David and others — comics collection
• THE DEFINITIVE WOLVERINE by Stan Lee, Chris Claremont, Jim Lee, and John Byrne — comics collection
• WOLVERINE: ORIGIN by Paul Jenkins, Joe Quesada, Bill Jemas and Andy Kubert — graphic novel
• WOLVERINE: PRODIGAL SON — VOLUME 1 by Antony Johnston and Wilson Tortosa — manga
• THE WOLVERINE FILES by Mike W. Barr — reference guide
• WOLVERINE: INSIDE THE WORLD OF THE LIVING WEAPON by Matthew K. Manning — reference guide
STAR TREK
• STAR TREK: COUNTDOWN by Tim Jones and Mike Johnson — graphic novel prequel
• STAR TREK by Alan Dean Foster — novelization
• STAR TREK OMNIBUS: VOL. 1 by Marv Wolfman, Denny O’Neil, Mike W. Barr and Tom DeFalco — comics collection
• STAR TREK: A COMICS HISTORY by Alan J. Porte — reference guide
TERMINATOR SALVATION
• TERMINATOR SALVATION: FROM THE ASHES by Timothy Zahn — prequel novelization
• TERMINATOR SALVATION by Alan Dean Foster — novelization
• TERMINATOR SALVATION: MOVIE PREQUEL by Dara Naraghi and Alan Robinson — graphic novel prequel
• THE ART OF TERMINATOR SALVATION by Tara Bennett — behind-the-scenes companion
• TERMINATOR SALVATION: THE MOVIE COMPANION by Tara Bennett — behind-the-scenes companion
TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN
• TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN by Alan Dean Foster — novelization
• TRANSFORMERS: THE VEILED THREAT by Alan Dean Foster — prequel novelization
• TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN — MOVIE ADAPTATION by Simon Furman, Jon Davis-Hunt, Josh Nizzi and Alex Milne — graphic novel adaptation
• TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN — ALLIANCE by Chris Mowry and Alex Milne — graphic novel prequel
• TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN — DEFIANCE by Chris Mowry, Dan Khanna, Alex Milne and Josh Nizzi — graphic novel prequel
• TRANSFORMERS MOVIE OMNIBUS by Simon Furman, Chris Ryall and Kris Oprisko — comics collection
• TRANSFORMERS: THE ART OF THE MOVIES by Simon Furman — behind-the-scenes companion
• TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE UNIVERSE by DK Publishing — reference guide
• TRANSFORMERS AND PHILOSOPHY by John R. Shook and Liz Stillwaggon Swan — essays
G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA
• G.I. JOE: THE RISE OF COBRA by Max Allan Collins — novelization
• G.I. JOE: ABOVE AND BEYOND by Max Allan Collins — prequel novelization
• G.I. JOE by Denton Tipton and Casey Maloney — graphic novel adaptation
• G.I. JOE by Chuck Dixon, S.L. Gallant and Joe Corroney — graphic novel prequel
• G.I. JOE: THE BEST OF COBRA COMMANDER by Larry Hama, Herb Trimpe, Don Perlin and Mike Vosberg — comics collection
• G.I. JOE: THE BEST OF DESTRO by Larry Hama, Mike Vosberg, Rod Whigham and Frank Springer — comics collection
• G.I. JOE: THE BEST OF DUKE by Larry Hama, Mike Vosberg and Rod Whigham — comics collection
• G.I. JOE: THE BEST OF HAWK by Larry Hama, Herb Trimpe, Mike Vosberg and Rod Whigham — comics collection
• G.I. JOE: THE BEST OF SNAKE EYES by Larry Hama, Russ Heath, Frank Springer and Rod Whigham — comics collection
• G.I. JOE: THE BEST OF STORM SHADOW by Larry Hama, Mike Vosberg, Frank Springer and Rod Whigham — comics collection
• G.I. JOE: THE BEST OF LARRY HAMA by Larry Hama and others — comics collection
• G.I. JOE VS. COBRA: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE by Pablo Hidalgo — reference guide
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- Zombie Movies: The Ultimate Guide
- The X List: The National Society of Film Critics’ Guide to the Movies That Turn Us On
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looks like Alan Dean Foster is having one busy summer
Soooooooooo I read that Deadpool featured briefly in the Wolverine movie. Wonder when they’re gonna ruin *cough* i mean turn his awesome comic series into a movie. On a side note, that is one long list.