Marc Sumerak
Author of The Art of Harry Potter
About the Author
Image credit: Jeremy Shorr & Marc Sumerak
Series
Works by Marc Sumerak
The Serenity Handbook: The Official Crew Member's Guide to the Firefly-Class Series 3 Ship (2018) 55 copies
Hidden Universe Travel Guides: The Complete Marvel Cosmos: With Notes by the Guardians of the Galaxy (2) (1900) 44 copies, 4 reviews
The Office: The Official Party Planning Guide to Planning Parties: Authentic Parties, Recipes, and Pranks from The Dundies to Kevin's Famous Chili (2020) 28 copies
Marvel Adventures The Avengers - Volume 6: Mighty Marvels (Marvel Adventures Avengers) (v. 6) (2008) 27 copies
Marvel: Illustrated Guide to the Spider-Verse: (Spider-Man Art Book, Spider-Man Miles Morales, Spider-Man Alternate Timelines) (2023) 20 copies
Marvel Adventures The Avengers - Volume 7: Weirder and Wilder (Marvel Adventures Avengers) (v. 7) (2008) 19 copies
Franklin Richards: Not-So-Secret Invasion (Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius) (2009) 17 copies, 1 review
Guardians of the Galaxy: Creating Marvel's Spacefaring Super Heroes: The Complete Comics History (2017) 13 copies
Star Wars: The Secrets of the Bounty Hunters: (Star Wars for Kids, Star Wars Secrets) (2022) 9 copies
IncrediBuilds: Marvel: Groot: Guardians of the Galaxy Deluxe Book and Model Set: A Guide to the Cosmic Adventurers (2017) 3 copies
Star Wars: The Secrets of the Sith (Middle Grade Edition): The Chronicles of Emperor Palpatine (2026) 2 copies
Star Wars: The Secrets of the Jedi (Middle Grade Edition): The Chronicles of Luke Skywalker (2026) 2 copies
Associated Works
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Sumerak, Marc
- Legal name
- Sumerak, Marc Stephen
- Birthdate
- 1978
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Bowling Green State University (BFA, Creative Writing, 2000)
- Occupations
- freelance writer
editor - Awards and honors
- Eisner Award nominee
Harvery Award nominee - Short biography
- Marc Sumerak (born 1978) is a freelance comic book writer from Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr. Sumerak is currently best known for his work on Marvel Comics' all-ages Power Pack series (of which he has written five consecutive 4-issue limited series), as well as the Eisner Award & Harvey Award nominated Franklin Richards: Son of a Genius (with co-writer Chris Eliopoulos). He is also currently providing the English translations for Spider-Man J (featured in the bi-monthly Spider-Man Family series).
Mr. Sumerak's body of writing work also includes Guardians, Marvel Age: Fantastic Four, Machine Teen, Ororo: Before the Storm and more. His first published work as a writer was the Avengers Casebook 1999.
Before he became a freelance writer, Mr. Sumerak worked as an editor at Marvel Comics. His credits include work on Avengers, Thor, Iron Man, Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Thunderbolts, Hulk, Sentinel, Agent X and many more. He was a member of the Marvel editorial team from 1999-2003, working alongside editor Tom Brevoort.
Marc has stated that one of his main influences was the time he spent working as a costumed character at Sea World in Aurora, Ohio - Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Cleveland, Ohio, USA
- Places of residence
- Solon, Ohio, USA
New York, New York, USA
Parma, Ohio, USA - Map Location
- USA
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Reviews
Hidden Universe Travel Guides: The Complete Marvel Cosmos: With Notes by the Guardians of the Galaxy (2) by Marc Sumerak
I love Marvel stories. I admit that back in the day I thought my brother childish when he read the comic books, but once the first tv show came out I was hooked. Bruce Danner was a favorite of mine when the tv series ran, and of course Superman before him. But as more and more characters starred in movies, their home planets were harder to keep track of, and sometimes a bit hard to understand (since I had not read my brothers comics). This book remedies that! And explains a lot of detail show more overall. I would never guess the spelling of many of these places.
So if you would like to plan a trip to the marvel universe this is for you. Or some obscure places on Earth. It also tells you what to do and what not to do, cultural info and even how to dress or act. Plus miscellaneous notes from the guardians of the galaxy. All in one place. What's not to love about that? A really cool book to get or gift.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher and NetGalley book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.” show less
So if you would like to plan a trip to the marvel universe this is for you. Or some obscure places on Earth. It also tells you what to do and what not to do, cultural info and even how to dress or act. Plus miscellaneous notes from the guardians of the galaxy. All in one place. What's not to love about that? A really cool book to get or gift.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received this book free from the publisher and NetGalley book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255 “Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising.” show less
It's almost impossible to top the comprehensiveness of Harry Potter From Page to Screen due to sheer volume and effort, but I still appreciated this collection of artwork from the Harry Potter films. The author collects scene art, architectural sketches, computer generated imagery, and character designs into a lovely compilation which explores each section of design work. Unfortunately we have seen some of the content elsewhere (case and point being the wand collection book) and in more show more depth, but it's still quite useful to have everything more or less compiled into one volume. show less
Hidden Universe Travel Guides: The Complete Marvel Cosmos: With Notes by the Guardians of the Galaxy (2) by Marc Sumerak
First and foremost, while I understand galley/previews are pre-release, but I usually expect to be getting a product that is complete so I can place my reviews correct to the finalized product when I'm reviewing on other sights. This galley has a number of pages where I'm positive pictures and writing are supposed to end up, but instead there are glaring white squares and empty lined paper, which took apart from reading and enjoying this piece for me, sadly.
Once I got into it, I really show more enjoyed this text (and I gotta give a shout out to my favorite space race, the Shi'ar, getting early placement in this text). I was amused at the character comments after most entries, because it made you feel more like you were either there with characters commenting to your side, or reading a text someone else had used before you and left notes for later readers. show less
Once I got into it, I really show more enjoyed this text (and I gotta give a shout out to my favorite space race, the Shi'ar, getting early placement in this text). I was amused at the character comments after most entries, because it made you feel more like you were either there with characters commenting to your side, or reading a text someone else had used before you and left notes for later readers. show less
Hidden Universe Travel Guides: The Complete Marvel Cosmos: With Notes by the Guardians of the Galaxy (2) by Marc Sumerak
Its a cute little coffee table book for those that must show off their geekery and consumerism.
As far as content its light and repetitive. The notes from the Guardians of the Galaxy made me laugh out loud once or twice, but for the most part its the same one-note joke over and over in a various distracting fonts. The most interesting places tended to have the least amount of information on them, but by god a third of the book is covering Earth.
Everything this seeks to do I can't help but show more feel the Magic Planeswalkers Guide did better. show less
As far as content its light and repetitive. The notes from the Guardians of the Galaxy made me laugh out loud once or twice, but for the most part its the same one-note joke over and over in a various distracting fonts. The most interesting places tended to have the least amount of information on them, but by god a third of the book is covering Earth.
Everything this seeks to do I can't help but show more feel the Magic Planeswalkers Guide did better. show less
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