Iron Man. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Iron Man
Peter David, 2008
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Jon Favreau, 2008

Tony Stark, who has inherited the defense contractor Stark Industries from his father Howard Stark, is in war-torn Afghanistan with his friend and military liaison, Lieutenant Colonel James Rhodes, to demonstrate the new ‘Jericho’ missile. Ten Rings leader Raza offers Stark freedom in exchange for building a Jericho missile for the group, but he and Yinsen know that Raza will not keep his word.


Spider-Man. Poster of the 2002 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Spider-Man
Peter David, 2002
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Sam Raimi, 2002

On a school trip, high school senior Peter Parker visits a Columbia University genetics laboratory, where he is bitten by a genetically engineered super spider that escaped from containment and seemingly falls ill after returning home.


Spider-Man 2. Poster of the 2004 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Spider-Man 2
Peter David, 2004
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Sam Raimi, 2004

Two years after Norman Osborn’s death, Peter Parker, a.k.a. Harry, who is now head of Oscorp’s genetic and scientific research division, is sponsoring a fusion power project by nuclear scientist Otto Octavius, who befriends and mentors Peter.


The Rocketeer. Poster of the 1991 movie and cover of the comic book novelization
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The Rocketeer
Peter David, 1991
movie vs comic book   [NOVELIZATION]
Joe Johnston, 1991

In 1938 Los Angeles, two gangsters in Eddie Valentine’s gang steal a rocket pack from Howard Hughes. During their escape from the authorities that ends up on an airfield, one gangster is killed, the getaway driver hides the rocket pack, and stunt pilot Cliff Secord’s Gee Bee racer is destroyed in the resulting auto-airplane accident, crippling his career.


Spider-Man 3. Poster of the 2007 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Spider-Man 3
Peter David, 2007
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Sam Raimi, 2007

A year after Otto Octavius’ sacrifice, Peter Parker plans to propose to Mary Jane Watson, who has just made her Broadway musical debut. At his apartment, while Peter sleeps in his Spider-Man suit to wait for Marko, the symbiote assimilates the suit; Peter later awakens at the top of a building, discovering that his costume has changed to black and his powers are enhanced; however, the symbiote brings out his dark side.


Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Poster of the 2011 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Transformers Dark of the Moon
Peter David, 2011
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Michael Bay, 2011

In 1961, the Ark, a Cybertronian spacecraft carrying an invention capable of ending the war between the benevolent Autobots and the malevolent Decepticons, crash lands on the dark side of Earth’s Moon. The crash is detected on Earth by NASA, and President John F. Kennedy authorizes a mission to put a man on the Moon as a cover for investigating the spacecraft.


Battleship. Poster of the 2012 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Battleship
Peter David, 2012
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Peter Berg, 2012

In 2005, a planet designated Planet G is discovered to be a potentially habitable planet with conditions similar to Earth and a communications array is built by NASA in Hawaii a year later, designed to send transmissions to the planet to establish contact with any intelligent life.


Fantastic Four. Poster of the 2005 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Fantastic Four
Peter David, 2005
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Tim Story, 2005

Dr. Reed Richards, a genius but timid and bankrupt physicist, is convinced that evolution was triggered millions of years ago on earth by clouds of cosmic energy in space, and has calculated that one of these clouds is soon going to pass near Earth. Together with his friend, the gruff yet gentle astronaut Ben Grimm, Reed convinces his equally brilliant but conceited MIT classmate Dr. Victor Von Doom, now CEO of Von Doom Industries, to allow him access to his privately owned space station to test the effects of exposure to the cloud on biological samples.


Hulk. Poster of the 2003 movie and cover of the book novelization
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Hulk
Peter David, 2003
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Ang Lee, 2003

David Banner is a genetics researcher who experiments on himself, trying to improve human DNA. The government, represented by Thaddeus Ross, shuts down his research after learning of his dangerous experiments. The events leave Bruce unable to conjure the memories into reality.


After Earth. Poster of the 2013 movie and cover of the book novelization
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After Earth
Peter David, 2013
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
M. Night Shyamalan, 2013

In the future, an environmental cataclysm forces the human race to abandon Earth in search of a new habitable planet, eventually settling on the planet Nova Prime. The Rangers struggle against the Ursas until Cypher learns how to completely suppress his fear, a technique called ghosting.


The Return of Swamp Thing. Poster of the 1989 movie and cover of the book novelization
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The Return of Swamp Thing
Peter David, 1989
movie vs book   [NOVELIZATION]
Jim Wynorski, 1989

After her mother’s mysterious death, Abigail Arcane travels to the Florida swamps to confront her evil stepfather Dr. Arcane, who had been resurrected after his death in the first film. Dr. Arcane tries to use his stepdaughter Abby in his genetic experiments until she is rescued by Swamp Thing, a scientist previously transformed into a bog creature after a confrontation with the evil doctor.