NEW YORK (AP) 鈥
Bestselling authors Leigh Bardugo, Jerry Craft and Rainbow Rowell are contributing forewords to new editions of three famed Marvel Comics series.
Penguin Classics is teaming with Marvel on Penguin Classics Marvel Collection, which already includes 鈥淏lack Panther,鈥 鈥淐aptain America鈥 and 鈥淭he Amazing Spider-Man.鈥
Three new books will be out Sept. 12: 鈥淭he Avengers,鈥 with a foreword by Bardugo; 鈥淔antastic Four,鈥 with a foreword by Craft; and 鈥淴-Men,鈥 with a foreword by Rowell.
鈥淭hese volumes provide unique, single-volume introductions to the first decade of The Avengers, the original X-Men, and the Fantastic Four,鈥 series editor Ben Saunders said in a statement Thursday.
鈥淟ike our prior releases in this series, each title also features up-to-date scholarship exploring the creative contexts and cultural significance of these vital works of popular culture.鈥
The Associated Press