Alex Ross, the award-winning and bestselling creator of Marvels, Kingdom Come, and Fantastic Four: Full Circle, takes readers through the Marvel Universe—but all is not as it seems.
Marvel Dimensions includes a bonus 32-page comic and is legendary artist Alex Ross' second book in the Marvel Arts series, following the national bestselling, critically acclaimed, and award-winning Fantastic Four: Full Circle.
The story opens with a sweeping tour through the classic origins of Marvel's most iconic characters. Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Wolverine, and many others appear in dramatic, fully painted spreads that echo their earliest stories. A narrator describes each moment with confidence, guiding the reader through these touchstones of Marvel's history.
But as the story moves forward, the tone begins to shift. The voice behind the narration is not who the readers expect and carries a motive that slowly pushes the narrative somewhere darker and far more unpredictable.
Once this change becomes clear, the book expands into something larger and more surprising. Storylines twist in on themselves, characters behave in unexpected ways, and events ripple across the Marvel Universe with growing tensions. Ross uses the structure of the book to create anticipation and pull the reader deeper into a mystery that keeps widening.
Every new sequence reveals another layer, building toward a final act that reframes everything that came before it. A bonus 32-page comic book is included that is pivotal to the storyline.
With Marvel Dimensions, Ross approaches the Marvel Universe from a new angle with new character invention that invites readers to question what they think and what they know. Marvel Dimensions may be the latest title in the Marvel Arts line . . . but it is only the beginning.
Praise
“Master storyteller and visionary world builder Alex Ross returns to the Marvel Universe. At first, it’s a welcome homecoming. Familiar heroes. Timeless icons. Stories of courage and sacrifice. Then it all shatters. Ross thrusts us into a nightmarish reality where power, not principle, rules humankind. This is not your parents’ Marvel Universe. It’s not even your Marvel Universe. But it will be.”
—Paul Dini, Batman: The Animated Series and Superman: Peace on Earth
“A spellbinding look at the Marvel that is—and the one that might have been.”
—Mark Waid, Kingdom Come and Captain America
“Alex is a once-in-a-generation artist and a storytelling master.”
—C.B Cebulski, Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief
“Marvel Dimensions is the kind of graphic novel that anyone who has ever been a fan of Marvel Comics will appreciate, but the origins also serve well for NEW readers, as well, to give them a sense of wonder about these characters that brings out the young reader in all of us.”
—Brian Cronin, CBR
"The experiments are really what makes Marvel Dimensions valuable. This isn’t just another graphic novel, one of many publishes each year. Rather, it’s an artist actually daring to try different things, to showcase his talent in formats we’ve never seen before. It’s a joy to read, and a must for any fan of the medium – as well as any Marvel fan."
—Tom Bacon, Comicbook.com
"With ‘Marvel Dimensions,’ Alex Ross Lights Up Superhero History."
—Justin Carter, Gizmodo
"Comic book writer and artist Alex Ross is back with a new passion project centered on iconic Marvel characters."
—Publishers Weekly
