Apparently Stuart Moore is going to adopt the Civil War event as a straight up novel, all words no pictures. I am unsure how well comics could translate as a straight up novel. A lot of what makes a comic book work is the art, if you get rid of that element, does the writing hold up on its own?

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It really depends on the skill of the writer in the same way that it depends on the skill of the artist. A good writer should be able to describe a scene in such a way that it is dynamic and emotive and contributes meaning to the story, in the same way that good art should contribute to a comic. In contrast, if the art in a comic or the prose in a novel is bland or just plain bad, then that element is lost. Whether or not Stuart Moore is skilled in that way, I have no idea...

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They adopted the Death of Superman into a novel and it was very good.
I thought it was better than the comics, but I read it before the comics so I may be biased in that regard. But it's a solid read.

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Really? I couldn't think of any comics adapted as a novel...know any more?

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The only other one that springs to mind is the 52 series DC published after Infinite Crisis. I know it was published as a novel, but I have not read it so I can comment on it's quality.

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I don't know about novelizations of existing comic book stories, but there are plenty of novels about comic book characters. Which makes me wonder ... in the case of Marvel, do we consider novels such as this or this canon, and if so, should they be included in the order?

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No, this would essentially be a reprint and not an original work. Even if it weren't, adding other medium definitely causes problems.

Also, one of the best novels about comics (more or less) is The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon. Anyone read it?

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Lol! Yeah as far as novelizations of existing storylines go, I definitely agree they are like reprints. For original works, I also agree they shouldn't be in the order ... my view is that maybe they should be considered "canon" as long as they don't contradict events in the comics, but I really don't want to read them, so we can leave them out haha. I have reached a similar epiphany about Sgt Fury, Captain Savage, etc.

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As far as cannon goes, it's really up to Marvel. They don't really seem to hold anything outside of their comic publishing line as cannon. In fact the only example of something outside of comics being considered cannon is the Ultimate Spider-Man video game. And that is (obviously) part of the Ultimate line. Which, kind of makes sense as Ultimate was all about trying different things.

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