Thrillington Superhero Book Reviews

  Book Name : Push the Wall: My Life, Writing, Drawing, and the Art of Storytelling Author : Frank Miller Comic Series : Daredevil, Sin City, The Dark Knight Returns, 300, and more Original Story, Adaptation, or Something Else : Autobiography Published Date : Expected publication July 14, 2026 Official Synopsis : From the all-time bestselling mind behind Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Daredevil, 300, and Sin City, Push the Wall is part memoir, part master class for budding artists and writers by one of the greatest living creators whose work has influenced pop culture for decades. Frank Miller is our greatest living comic book writer and artist. Frank Miller shares his life, and through, his artistic process. Miller’s artistic influence is evident in so very much of our popular culture, perhaps most notably with Batman—every film adaptation from the past forty years has been influenced by Miller’s work with the dark knight. Simply, Frank Miller has transformed the way comics a...

Book Name : Spider-Man: The Venom Factor Author : Diane Duane Comic Series : Spider-Man Original Story, Adaptation, or Something Else : Original Story Published Date : October 1, 1994 Official Synopsis : In a Manhattan warehouse an innocent man has been murdered during a mysterious crime. Evidence points to the involvement of Venom - the alien symbiote who is obsessed with Spider-Man's destruction. Yet Venom has always safeguarded innocent lives. Has Venom gone completely around the bend, or is there another suspect? Spider-Man thinks there is more to the crime than meets the eye. The spectre of the Hobgoblin, one of Spider-Man's nastiest villians, falls on a series of thefts, and leads the web-slinger to a deadly secret that may cause New York's destruction. Spider-Man must outsmart two of his deadliest enemies to save the city - but even more danger awaits him! Diane Duane, the New York Times best-selling author, launches an epic trio of Spider-Man novels with the Venom ...

  Book Name : Marvel Age of Comics: Spider-Man: Miles Morales Author : Ytasha L. Womack Comic Series : Spider-Man Original Story, Adaptation, or Something Else : Something Else - literary criticism and social impact of Miles Morales as Spider-Man. Published Date : Expected publication June 25, 2026 Official Synopsis : First introduced in 2011 by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli, Miles Morales reconceived Spider-Man as African American and Latinx, and his debut marked a new direction in the saga of a beloved character. Miles Morales as Spider-Man is a coming-of-age tale of a smart, affable teen coming into his power. From his reluctance to becoming a super hero to his desire to help others, to the rocky balance between his school life and super hero responsibilities, Miles is always at the precipice of making tough decisions—choices whose consequences are as weighted in his personal life as they often are for the survival of the world. Illustrated with full-color art, Ytasha...

  Book Name : A Hard Day's Night Author : Samira Ahmed Series : BFI Film Classics Published Date : Expected publication June 11, 2026 Official Synopsis : How did a film made to capture a pop phenomenon become an enduring cinematic classic? With warmth, wit and precision, Samira Ahmed reveals how the Beatles’ first film changed both the band themselves and pop music’s relationship with the screen. In a vivid and personal exploration, she shows how this black-and-white gem, shot in a documentary style and brimming with youthful energy, captured Britain at a moment of social transformation, with a portrayal of celebrity, camaraderie and media frenzy that still resonates today. Drawing on her own experience of first discovering the film as a child and going on to work in the television industry, Ahmed shines a spotlight on the craft behind its enduring appeal. With insights from members of the cast and crew, including her own new interviews, Ahmed highlights A Hard Day’s Night’s clas...

Book Name : Billy Bat Volume 1 Author : Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki Comic Series : Billy Bat Original Story, Adaptation, or Something Else : Original Story Published Date : Expected publication June 2, 2026 Official Synopsis : A highly requested title from Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki, the in-demand manga Billy Bat is a historical conspiracy-thriller meta-manga spanning multiple millennia following a Japanese American comic artist’s search for the truth regarding the origins of his character “Billy Bat.” This is the first thrilling volume in the sci-fi mystery by Naoki Urasawa and Takashi Nagasaki, beautifully packaged and available for the first time in English. It’s 1949 Los Angeles, and Kevin Yamagata, a Japanese American comic book author, is drawing his bestselling character, Billy Bat: a quick-witted detective who is, unsurprisingly, a cartoon bat. Everything is going well for Kevin until he discovers an unfortunate truth: He may have unintentionally plagiarized h...

Book Name : Wolverine: Weapon X Author : Jim Rugg Comic Series : Marvel Age of Comics Original Story, Adaptation, or Something Else : Something Else - literary criticism and history of the Barry Windsor Smith-written Weapon X storyline Published Date : Expected publication June 11, 2026 Official Synopsis : Naked, bloody, and screaming in pain - this is the Wolverine that faced readers in the story arc Weapon X. This was more than just the tale of how Wolverine got his adamantium skeleton and claws. Legendary creator Barry Windsor-Smith challenged fans’ expectations of super hero stories and created Marvel’s most brutal and beautiful comic. In 1991, when Weapon X was first published, Wolverine was one of Marvel’s most popular super heroes. For Weapon X, creator Windsor-Smith reimagined the super hero origin story as a cyberpunk horror story. A shadowy organization abducts Wolverine in order to create “the ultimate killing machine,” and we are plunged into a story of basic, animalistic ...