Appearing in "The Super Hero's Journey"
Featured Characters:
- Mister Fantastic (Dr. Reed Richards) (Main story and recap)
- The Watcher (Uatu)
Supporting Characters:
- Fantastic Four (Main story and recap)
- The Thing (Ben Grimm) (Main story and recap)
- Human Torch (Johnny Storm) (Main story and recap)
- Invisible Woman (Sue Storm) (Main story and recap)
- Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (Main story and recap)
- Hulk (Dr. Bruce Banner) (Main story and recap)
- Avengers
- Black Panther (King T'Challa)
Antagonists:
- Doctor Doom (Dr. Victor von Doom) (Main story and recap)
- Galactus (Galan of Taa) (Main story and recap)
Other Characters:
- Michael McDonnell
- Patrick McDonnell
- Robert McDonnell
- Kathleen McDonnell
- Mac McDonnell (Deceased)
- Marie McDonnell (Deceased)
- Eternity (Vision or hallucination)
- Stan Lee (Referenced) (Deceased)
- Jack Kirby (Referenced) (Deceased)
- Steve Ditko (Referenced) (Deceased)
- Aunt May
- Uncle Ben (Referenced) (Deceased)
- The Burglar (Referenced)
- U.S. Army
- Super-Skrull (Kl'rt) (Only in recap)
- Molecule Man (Owen Reece) (Only in recap)
- Hate-Monger (Adolf Hitler) (Only in recap)
- Diablo (Esteban Corazón de Ablo) (Only in recap)
- Mole Man (Harvey Elder) (Only in recap)
- Moloids (Only in recap)
- Aunt Petunia (Invoked)
- Yancy Street Gang (Invoked)
- Sub-Mariner (Namor McKenzie) (Cameo)
- Doctor Octopus (Dr. Otto Octavius) (Cameo)
- Absorbing Man (Crusher Creel) (Cameo)
- Fin Fang Foom (Cameo)
Races and Species:
- Humans (Main story and recap)
- Abstract Entities (Vision or hallucination)
- Watchers
- Asgardians
- Taa-ans (Main story and recap)
- Skrulls (Only in recap)
- Moloids (Only in recap)
- Atlantean-Human Hybrids (Cameo)
- Makluans (Cameo)
Locations:
- Earth-1218
- Earth
- United States of America
- New Jersey
- Edison
- St. Matthew's Church (First appearance)
- Mell's Drugs (First appearance)
- Edison
- New York City, New York (Referenced)
- Cooper Union Art School, Manhattan (Referenced)
- New Jersey
- United States of America
- Earth
- Earth-616 (Main story and recap)
- Earthspace (Main story and recap)
- Milky Way (Main story and recap)
- Solar System (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- Queens (Main story and recap)
- New York Hall of Science (Only in recap)
- Forest Hills
- Flushing
- Manhattan
- Queens (Main story and recap)
- Ithaca (Only in recap)
- New York City (Main story and recap)
- New Mexico (Only in recap)
- Los Diablos Missile Base (Only in recap)
- New York (Main story and recap)
- Latveria
- Moon
- United States of America (Main story and recap)
- Earth (Main story and recap)
- Solar System (Main story and recap)
- Planet T-37X (Only in flashback)
- Milky Way (Main story and recap)
- Heaven (Invoked)
- Asgard (Invoked)
- Negative Zone (Mentioned)
- Crossroads of Infinity
- Romantic Zone (First appearance)
- Commercial Zone (First appearance)
- Earthspace (Main story and recap)
Items:
- Comics at Mell's Drugs
- Cosmic Rays (Only in recap)
- Isotope Genome Accelerator (Only in recap)
- Radioactive Spider (Only in recap)
- Gamma Radiation (Only in recap)
- Fantastic Four Uniforms
- Spider-Man's Suit and Web-Shooters
- Iron Man Armor Model 2
- Mjolnir
- Wasp's Suit and Wings
- Giant-Man's Suit
- Image Projector
- Doctor Doom's Armor (Main story and recap)
- Captain America's Uniform and Shield
- The Romantic Zone
- No Prize
- Doctor Octopus' Tentacles (Cameo)
- Absorbing Man's Ball and Chain (Cameo)
Vehicles:
- Marvel-1 (Only in recap)
Synopsis for "The Super Hero's Journey"
- Synopsis not yet written
Solicit Synopsis
The second book in Abrams’ Marvel Arts line, featuring the work of beloved Mutts creator Patrick McDonnell and the greatest super heroes of the Marvel Universe
“The Super Hero’s Journey is a genuinely moving treatise on the inspiration we can take from others, and an antidote for cynicism.” ―Alex Ross, Fantastic Four: Full Circle
The Super Hero’s Journey is an adventure unlike any you have ever read. Imbued with the creativity, artwork, and heart of Patrick McDonnell, the beloved creator of the comic strip Mutts, this all-new graphic novel love letter features the classic Marvel super heroes including the Fantastic Four, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Black Panther, and Spider-Man, and is the synthesis of McDonnell’s positive, inspirational sensibility and Marvel’s blockbuster brand. Using the Marvel Universe as avatars, McDonnell muses on how comics changed his life and inspired him to become a cartoonist, instilling a moral sensibility that he carries through his work and his life.
Visually striking―The Super Hero’s Journey incorporates panels from classic Marvel comics as a tribute by McDonnell to his heroes―Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and the other creators of the Marvel Universe―alongside inspirational quotes from Eckhart Tolle, Thoreau, and others.