Marvel to Publish Max Ride: Ultimate Flight Comic Series

By Maryann Yin 

Max Ride Ultimate Flight (GalleyCat)Marvel will publish a new five-part comic series called Max Ride: Ultimate Flight. The story will be adapted from the second installment of James Patterson’s Maximum Ride series, School’s Out Forever.

Here’s more from the announcement: “Writer Jody Houser and artist R.B. Silva take the reins on the fast paced high stakes adventures of Max, a teenage girl, who due to genetic tampering is part human and part avian! After escaping from their creators and now on the run, Max and her ‘Flock’ use their extraordinary abilities to defend themselves and save the world. Now more determined than ever to learn the truth, they’ll stop at nothing to uncover the secrets of their origins and discover the limits of their new found abilities.”

Illustrator Yasmine Putri created the cover art for the first issue. The release date has been set for November 2015. Earlier this year, the publisher adapted the first Maximum Ride book, The Angel Experiment, into a comic series called Max Ride: First Flight. (via The Mary Sue)