But a friend bought it for me for Christmas, so I happily dove in and found out I don't know half of the comic book characters in the (ever-expanding) Marvel Universe. The Incredible Hulk was not part of the deal at the time, due to an agreement between Marvel and Universal, where Marvel owns the film rights and Universal owns the distribution rights, for this film as well as the right of first refusal to distribute future Hulk films. Marvel's plan was to release individual films for their main characters and then merge them in a crossover film. At San Diego Comic-Con in July 2019, Kevin Feige stated that mutants would eventually be introduced to the MCU, which include X-Men, [17] [128] and said those terms are interchangeable and that the MCU depiction would differ from 20th Century Fox's X-Men film series. Now, I am forever grateful to this one, ingenious, thick book for kick-starting my lifelong geekiness on anything and everything Marvel.

Jim Shooter, Marvel's then editor-in-chief, conceived of the idea, [1] envisioning a guide detailing statistics much in the manner of those found upon the backs of baseball cards.to increase to three films a year [in 2017 and 2018] instead of just two, without changing our methods.

introducing fictional foreign lands where superpowered kings and tyrants alike where acclaimed by their subjects. Bucky’s entry mentions that he is the Winter Soldier, but there’s no indication of what that means, and no entry for the Winter Soldier. With Quantumania kicking off Phase 5 of the MCU this week, we’ve updated and expanded our Phase 4 guide so that it’s more complete and accurate than ever.Prose text describing the character's origin, powers, and other abilities and unique traits, as well as "statistics" such as place of birth, former aliases, height, weight, hair and eye color and so forth. The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe is an encyclopedic guide which details the fictional universe featured in Marvel Comics publications. A sister project to the Handbook, the Official Index to the Marvel Universe monthly series, began publication in January.

All material from 2004-2007 is updated and printed in the Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z Premiere HC set, divided into 14 volumes (each containing 240 pages). Following Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures' September 2019 agreement, Feige noted that as Sony continued to separately build their own shared universe, Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU), it was possible the MCU version of Spider-Man could appear in that universe. From iconic teams such as the Avengers, X-Men, and Guardians of the Galaxy to fan favorites Black Panther, Deadpool, and Captain Marvel to rising stars Amadeus Cho, Squirrel Girl and the Exiles, every significant Marvel character is showcased with the latest comic artwork. In the Deluxe Edition, however, every character received at least one page, with significant characters receiving up to 3-5 pages.Keep up with the ever-expanding Marvel Universe with the new edition of DK's best-selling Marvel Encyclopedia, featuring an introduction by Marvel Comics supremo Stan Lee. Hear the truth of Arakko's Genesis, behold Hela's mysterious origin, learn the secret history of She-Hulk's new nemesis, and more in this week's comics!