Read an Excerpt from Preeti Chhibber’s Novel Spider-man’s Social Dilemma
Preeti Chhibber’s middle-grade novel Spider-Man’s Social Dilemma comes out on July 26th from Marvel Press, and Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive excerpt from the upcoming book. Chibber says the message from Marvel asking her to to write an original Spider-man story was, “the best email I’ve ever gotten in my entire life!” Marvel gave Chibber a lot of flexibility in crafting this new novel after she nailed the voice of Peter Parker in the Spider-man: Far From Home 2019 tie-in book, Peter and Ned’s Ultimate Travel Journal. The new novel is set a few months after Peter Parker gains his powers, and it focuses on Peter balancing the demands of being a superhero with teen pressures like group projects, being late to class, and crushing on his next-door neighbor.
Wheel of Time Gets Early Season 3 Renewal
Amazon’s Prime Video has given an early season three renewal to the fantasy series Wheel of Time. The renewal was announced on Thursday at Comic-Con. Season three will be based on The Shadow Rising, the fourth book in Robert Jordan’s 14-volume series. Wheel of TIme was renewed for its second season back in May 2021, six months before its series debut. The streamer hasn’t set a season two premiere date yet.
Legendary Comic Book Writer Alan Grant Dies at Age 73
Influential Batman and Judge Dredd writer Alan Grant has died at the age of 73. His wife Susan Grant announced his death via Facebook. “I have no words,” she wrote. “Alan died this morning.” No cause of death has been revealed. “Horribly saddened to hear of the passing of Alan Grant,” said fellow Batman writer, Tom King. “Lobo, LEGION, Batman—these books questioned what superhero comics could be and do: they were sharply, cooly cynical and yet oddly—and wonderfully—they contained a powerful, warm undercurrent of hope. Hell of a writer. RIP.”
New Michelle Obama Book Coming This Fall
Former First Lady Michelle Obama has a new book, The Light We Carry, coming out November 15, 2022.