Looking for the ideal gift for someone in your life who loves comic books? This great duo of The Periodic Table of DC and Marvel books might be the answer!
The Marvel version was actually released in 2021, but with the launch of the DC version this month, we’re revisiting both!
These two books were written Melanie Scott, a comic book expert, and each volume catalogues an impressive 130+ character profiles classified by stats such as their powers, sources of energy, and other vital traits.
We’ve included some previews, and the official descriptions, below.
Learn about the elemental properties of iconic Marvel Comics characters.
From the volatile gamma-irradiated Hulk to the stable Super-Soldier Captain America, and the technologically enhanced Iron Man to the cosmically charged Silver Surfer, the Marvel Comics Universe boasts a diverse array of heroes and villains. Whether mutants or Asgardians, Celestials or Inhumans, The Periodic Table of Marvel expertly classifies key and lesser known Marvel characters to reveal the properties that bind them, the catalysts that created them, the chain reactions that energize them, and the underlying structures and formulas that underpin the Marvel Universe.
With more than 130 character profiles written by a Marvel expert, beautiful comic book art, and Marvel’s seal of approval, The Periodic Table of Marvel reveals the fascinating and surprising connections between the most incredible heroes and villains ever created.
And, you can do the same with this DC version!
From Superman, whose powers are enhanced by Earth’s yellow sun; to The Flash, imbued with the Speed Force; and from Batman’s superior human abilities to the mystically empowered Wonder Woman, not to mention the criminal genius of Lex Luthor and The Joker; the DC universe comprises a vast and varied array of heroes and villains. Whether Atlantean or Amazonian, magical or elemental, technologically augmented or genetically evolved, key and lesser-known DC characters are expertly classified in The Periodic Table of DC to illuminate the properties that bind them, the catalysts that created them, the active agents that energize them, and the fundamental forces that underpin the DC Multiverse.
With more than 130 character profiles written by a DC expert, beautiful comic book art, and DC’s seal of approval, The Periodic Table of DC reveals the fascinating and astonishing connections between the most extraordinary heroes and villains ever created.
What do you think of these? I may have to get these myself for someone!
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