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Marvel Illustrated goes literary part 1
By M&C News
Apr 29, 2007, 15:02 GMT

Many fans of Marvel have insisted on bringing back some of their most beloved novels back into comic book form. Marvel Illustrated, the House of Idea’s latest line featuring the legend Roy Thomas as well as other various artists will bring back to life such treasured gems as The Last Of The Mohicans, Treasure Island, Man In The Iron Mask, among others.

In this series, Marvel promises to retell the renowned tales though graphics, all the while staying true to these literary tales. Told in six full-length issues, this is a limited series of our most adored classics done Marvel style.

The first of May’s Marvel Illustrated will feature The Last Of The Mohicans, the 1826 classic novel by James Fennimore Cooper. The illustrations will be done by Steve Kurth and Denis Medri, as they retell the tale that explored the tensions between the British and Native Americans in the New World.

For more information on this and other titles visit Marvel Comics.