Marvel has released preview pages for Marvel Arms and Armour: The Mightiest Weapons and Technology in the Universe, arriving in bookshops from DK on 5th October 2023, written by Nick Jones.
The longwinded title belies what looks like it will be a fantastic 200-page reference book for Marvel fans, featuring a guide to superheroes mightiest weaponry.
From Iron Man’s armour to Captain America’s’s shield, and Star-Lord blasters to Gamora’s godslayer, the Marvel universe is filled with iconic weapons, armour, and technology. Wielded by some of the greatest heroes and villains ever created, many of these objects have histories just as compelling as the characters who use them. Some are hi-tech, futuristic creations, others have mystical origins. A few have destroyed worlds, or sent entire empires crashing into dust. This is their story…
Nick Jones is an author, editor and writer based in Lewes, East Sussex. In 2000 he moved into sci-fi and genre publishing, editing TV and movie tie-in titles (which has included Star Trek Explorer) and comics/toys collecting magazine Memorabilia, before taking charge of the graphic novels dept at Titan Books, where he edited Dan Dare, James Bond, Modesty Blaise, Wallace & Gromit, and DC Comics graphic novels.
He is the author of DC Comics Cover Art and Guardians of the Galaxy: The Ultimate Guide; co-author of Marvel Universe: Map by Map, DC Comics Encyclopedia and one of the team on The Mysterious World of Doctor Strange. Currently, he is the editor of the DC Heroes & Villains Collection.
• Nick Jones is online at existentialennui.com
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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