# Brilliant - Paperback

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by **Brian Michael Bendis** (Author), **Mark Bagley** (Illustrator)

**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.  

### Author Biography

**Brian Michael Bendis** is an American comic book writer and artist. He has won five Eisner Awards for both his creator-owned work and his work on various Marvel Comics books. Starting with crime and noir comics, Bendis eventually moved to mainstream superhero work. With Bill Jemas and Mark Millar, Bendis was the primary architect of the Ultimate Marvel Universe, launching _Ultimate Spider-Man_ in 2000. He relaunched the Avengers franchise with _New Avengers_ in 2004, and has also written the Marvel "event" storylines "Secret War" (2004-2005), "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 at University of Oregon and Portland State University. In 2014, Bendis wrote _Words for Pictures: The Art and Business of Writing Comics and Graphic Novels,_ a book about comics published by Random House.

**Number of Pages:** 168

**Dimensions:** 0.6 x 9.8 x 6.8 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** December 27, 2022

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