Titan Brings 'Mutant Empire' & 'Gamma Quest' Back To Print!

In April of last year, Titan Books announced the start new publishing venture with Marvel Comics.

Titan Books is delighted to announce the start of a new publishing programme in collaboration with Marvel of original fiction books. Titan Comics, a sister imprint of Titan Entertainment Group, has had a long, proud history of producing products to support some of Marvel’s most popular properties, such as Thor and Black Panther. This new deal marks the start of an exciting new chapter in creative collaborations between Titan Books and Marvel.

The publishing programme will include reissues of iconic and out-of-print titles starring some of Marvel’s most beloved creations, as well as brand-new novels by some today’s freshest talent. Starting with Avengers: Everybody Wants to Rule The World by New York Times bestselling author and legendary Marvel Comics writer Dan Abnett in April 2018, the series will initially reintroduce fans to books featuring favourites such as Captain America, Black Panther, Deadpool, Ant-Man and Spider-Man. Brand-new original novels for Spider-Man’s most lethal foe, Venom, and the X-Men’s cosmic nemesis, Dark Phoenix, will be released in October 2018.

Laura Price, editorial director of Titan Books, praised Marvel’s “long legacy of creating exciting and innovative IP,” adding “Titan Books is delighted to be joining this legacy, and we look forward to a continuing relationship helping to expand the Marvel Universe in collaboration with Marvel themselves.” The initial nine book programme is set to run between April and November 2018, publishing in both the North American and UK market.

Well, after jumping out to a very quick start(almost a book a week at first) the roll-out found a more sensible publishing schedule and moved beyond the initial nine books. 'Dark Phoenix' got held up to coincide with the movie of the same name, although the novel is based on the story from the comics and not the movie. The books alternate from new stories to adaptations of stories from the comics.

Here are some lists I put together that's as complete as I can make them.


As well as new books in hardcover(some based on or adapting classic stories from the comics).



Which brings me to the point of why I posted this... Titan is now reprinting some of the classic Marvel novels long out-of-print from the 90's! And they are starting with two of my favorites, Omnibus collections of the trilogies 'X-Men: Mutant Empire' and 'X-Men and the Avengers: Gamma Quest'!





These are stories that were original to the novels and not adaptions of existing comics stories. There was general adherence to the then-current continuity of the comics at the time of publishing. The MSRP for 'Mutant Empire' is 14.95 and 'Gamma Quest' is $10.99. Considering each Omnibus reprints three individual novels that retailed for $6 each back then and would go for $8-10 if published as individual MMPB's now, that is a bargain. And sites like Amazon are currently offering additional discounts below list price for pre-orders. Amazon links below are provided purely for convenience, I'm not making any money from them.

Marvel Classic Novels - X-Men: The Mutant Empire Omnibus

Marvel Classic Novels - X-Men and the Avengers: The Gamma Quest Omnibus

(I'll just add that if you are an old-school Iceman fan like me, you will probably find a lot to like in these stories...)