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Matthew K. Manning
Author · 45 books

Matthew K. Manning is the author of over eighty books and dozens of comic books. He has written books for Scholastic, Disney Press, Abrams, Amazon, Capstone, DK Publishing, Insight Editions, Andrews/McMeel, and Running Press, dividing his time between writing original chapter book series and coffee table books. His chapter books include the six-book series Xander and the Rainbow-Barfing Unicorns (Capstone), the four-book Drone Academy series (Capstone), Backstories: Batman and Backstories: Batgirl (Scholastic), and Artemis Fowl: How to be a LEPrecon (Disney Press), released in both paperback and on Audible. Many of his books have reached best-seller status on Amazon, including DC Comics: Anatomy of a Metahuman, DC Comics Encyclopedia, and Batman: A Visual History. In addition, Manning specializes in comic books, writing for the titles Beware the Batman, Teen Titans Go!, The Batman Strikes!, Legion of Super-Heroes in the 31st Century, Justice League Adventures, Scooby-Doo, and Looney Tunes for DC Comics, Marvel Action: Avengers for IDW/Marvel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Amazing Adventures and TMNT: New Animated Adventures for IDW, and the top-selling Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures for DC/IDW, nominated by the Diamond Gem Awards for comic of the year. Manning’s work has received acclaim in Entertainment Weekly, People Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, Publisher’s Weekly, and The Washington Times. He lives in Asheville, North Carolina with his wife Dorothy and his daughters Lillian and Gwendolyn. Buy his books and support independent booksellers on Bookshop at https://bookshop.org/shop/matthewkman...

Series

Books

Artemis Fowl book cover

Artemis Fowl

Welcome to the LEP!: Your Guide to the Gear, Gadgets, and Goings-on of the World's Most Elite Fairy Force

2020

Teen Titans Go! #27 book cover

Teen Titans Go! #27

2018

The Man of Steel book cover

The Man of Steel

Superman and the Poisoned Planet

2012

Batman book cover

Batman

A Visual History

2014

Iron Man book cover

Iron Man

The Ultimate Guide to the Armored Super Hero

2010

Batman book cover

Batman

Scarecrow, Doctor of Fear

2010

Batman Character Encyclopedia book cover

Batman Character Encyclopedia

2016

The Attack of Professor Zoom! book cover

The Attack of Professor Zoom!

2011

Lockdown book cover

Lockdown

2012

Can You Survive the 1918 Flu Pandemic? book cover

Can You Survive the 1918 Flu Pandemic?

An Interactive History Adventure

2023

Wonder Woman Wrestles Circe's Sorcery book cover

Wonder Woman Wrestles Circe's Sorcery

2017

Tony Hawk's 900 Revolution

2012

Little Green Men book cover

Little Green Men

2010

Black Adam book cover

Black Adam

An Origin Story

2022

The Dark Knight book cover

The Dark Knight

Batman and the Flock of Fear

2012

The World According to the Joker book cover

The World According to the Joker

2014

Superman book cover

Superman

An Origin Story

2015

The Salem Witch Showdown book cover

The Salem Witch Showdown

2017

Batman book cover

Batman

Two-Face's Double Take

2010

The Batman Files book cover

The Batman Files

2011

The Cheetah book cover

The Cheetah

2022

Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #1 book cover

Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #1

2017

Marvel Chronicle book cover

Marvel Chronicle

2008

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles book cover

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

New Animated Adventures #24

2015

The Art of Thor book cover

The Art of Thor

2011

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles book cover

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The Complete Adventures

2023

Marvel Heroes book cover

Marvel Heroes

Greatest Battles

2008

Batman book cover

Batman

Gotham City's Guardian

2016

Wolverine book cover

Wolverine

Inside The World Of The Living Weapon

2009

DC vs. Vampires book cover

DC vs. Vampires

All-Out War

2023

Anatomy of a Metahuman book cover

Anatomy of a Metahuman

2018

The DC Comics Encyclopedia New Edition book cover

The DC Comics Encyclopedia New Edition

2016

Magic Smells Awful book cover

Magic Smells Awful

2018

The Art of AMC's the Walking Dead Universe book cover

The Art of AMC's the Walking Dead Universe

2021

Spider-Man book cover

Spider-Man

Inside the World of Your Friendly Neighborhood Hero

2012

The Batman Vault book cover

The Batman Vault

A Museum-in-a-Book Featuring Rare Collectibles from the Batcave

2009

Teen Titans Go! (2013-) #61 (Teen Titans Go! book cover

Teen Titans Go! (2013-) #61 (Teen Titans Go!

2018

Secret of the Haunted Cave book cover

Secret of the Haunted Cave

2016

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles book cover

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

New Animated Adventures #23

2015

Teen Titans Go! (2013-) #53 (Teen Titans Go! book cover

Teen Titans Go! (2013-) #53 (Teen Titans Go!

2018

Deadpool book cover

Deadpool

Drawing the Merc with a Mouth

2016

Revenge of the One-Trick Pony book cover

Revenge of the One-Trick Pony

2018

Teen Titans Go! (2013-) #69 (Teen Titans Go! book cover

Teen Titans Go! (2013-) #69 (Teen Titans Go!

2019

Who Turned Off the Colors? book cover

Who Turned Off the Colors?

2019

MARVEL Spider-Man book cover

MARVEL Spider-Man

A History and Celebration of the Web-Slinger, Decade by Decade

2017

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