Brian Michael Bendis, the New York Times bestselling, Peabody and multi-Eisner award-winning co-creator of Miles Morales, Naomi, Jessica Jones, and POWERS tells a modern science, superheroes, and power.The first creator-owned book by Ultimate Spider-Man co-creators Brian Michael Bendis and Mark Bagley, Brilliant tells the story of a handful of college-age geniuses who challenge each other to solve the mystery of superpowers. Can the best and brightest change science fiction into science fact? And if so, how will the world at large react? Brilliant is a thriller of the highest order. It is a story of how true power can either destroy or protect the strongest of friendships. It is the story of how the world will react when our true potential is finally unlocked.Collecting BRILLIANT #1#5.
About Artists & Writers:
Brian Michael Bendis is anAmericancomic bookwriter and artist. He has won fiveEisner Awardsfor both his creator-owned work and his work on variousMarvel Comicsbooks. Starting withcrimeandnoircomics, Bendis eventually moved to mainstreamsuperherowork. WithBill JemasandMark Millar, Bendis was the primary architect of theUltimate MarvelUniverse, launching Ultimate Spider-Man in 2000. He relaunched theAvengersfranchise with New Avengers in 2004, and has also written the Marvel “event” storylines “Secret War” (20042005), “House of M” (2005), “Secret Invasion” (2008), “Siege” (2010) and “Age of Ultron” (2013). In addition to writing comics, Brendis has worked in television, video games and film. He has also taught courses on Graphic Novels atUniversity of OregonandPortland State University. In 2014, Bendis wrote Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels, a book about comics published byRandom House.