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In 2001, Michael Chabon’s novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, which chronicled its protagonists’ careers during the Golden Age of comic books, won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and according to a top Marvel editor, he “tried like hell” to recruit the author to write The Fantastic Four at the height of his success. It didn’t work out, leading an all-time great behind-the-scenes Marvel “What If?”
In the latest edition of his Substack newsletter, Marvel Senior Editor Tom Brevoort responded to a reader’s question, asking if he’d read Chabon’s novel. Brevoort acknowledged that he read the book at the time of its release, twenty-five years ago, but the longtime Marvel employee dropped an even more fascinating bit of info in the process.
Brevoort even sent Chabon a “No-Pulitzer” prize, playfully modeled after Stan Lee’s iconic “No Prizes.” In retrospect, it is somewhat surprising that Chabon never did more work in the comic book medium, though it certainly wasn’t from a lack of being busy.
“}]] According to Marvel Senior Editor Tom Brevoort, he “tried like hell” to get this early 2000s Pulitzer Prize winning author to write The Fantastic Four Read More