Marvel Illustrated: The Iliad

Marvel Illustrated: The Iliad (2008–present) adapts Homer’s ancient epic into an eight-issue comic series from Marvel, guided by veteran writer Roy Thomas and brought to life by the detailed pencils of Miguel Angel Sepulveda and Paolo Rivera. This project reimagines the Trojan War through a superhero publisher’s lens, offering a classical literary foundation within Marvel’s illustrated line. It matters as a bold, reverent translation of a foundational Western text into sequential art, showcasing the publisher’s ambition to blend mythic storytelling with comic-book craftsmanship.