The following is a list of comics based on fiction, including novels, books or short stories.

0–9

Manga

A

Alex Rider

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Amtor

Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter

Anne Rice

Artemis Fowl

B

Barsoom

Batman

Battle Royale

Belphegor

Biggles

Billy Bunter

Black Beauty

Comics

Graphic novels

Black Destroyer

Bob Morane

Bob, Son of Battle

Bounty trilogy

Buck Rogers

Technically based on the novella Armageddon 2419 A.D. (1928) by Philip Francis Nowlan.

By Bizarre Hands

C

• Carmilla #1—6 (Aircel Comics, February—July 1991)
• City of Glass (Picador, August 2004)
• "Cleopatra", Classics Illustrated #161 (Gilberton Company, Inc., March 1961)
• "The Cloister and the Hearth", Classics Illustrated #66 (Gilberton Company, Inc., December 1949)
• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Classic Comics #24 (Gilberton Company, Inc., September 1945)
• The Corsican Brothers, Classic Comics #20 (Gilberton Company, Inc., June 1944)

• Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Vols. 1—12 (HK Comics Limited (Hong Kong), 2002—2005)

Caprona

A Christmas Carol

The Cisco Kid

Clive Barker

Conan the Barbarian

• • Conan the Barbarian (Marvel Comics, October 1970—December 1993)
  • Savage Sword of Conan (Marvel Comics, August 1974—July 1995)
  • Conan (Dark Horse Comics, November 2003—February 2018)

• Crime and Punishment

D

• Dallas Barr

The Dark Tower

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Discworld

• Dixie Dugan, Volume 1 #1—13 (McNaught Syndicate, July 1942—1949); Volume 2 #1—4 (Headline Publications, February—November 1952); Volume 3 (Headline Publications, February 1953—February 1954)

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Doc Savage

• • Doc Savage (1966) #1 (Gold Key Comics, November 1966)
  • Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1972) #1—8 (Marvel Comics, October 1972—January 1974)
  • Doc Savage: Devil's Thoughts (1991) #1—3 (Millennium Publications, August—October 1991)
  • Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (1991) #1—4 (Millennium Publications, November 1991—May 1992)
  • Doc Savage: Doom Dynasty #1—2 (Millennium Publications, May—July 1991)
  • Doc Savage: Repel #1 (Millennium Publications, January 1993)
  • The Shadow and Doc Savage #1–2 (Dark Horse Comics, July–August 1995)
  • Doc Savage: Curse of the Fire God #1—4 (Dark Horse Comics, September—November 1995)
  • Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze (2013) #1—8 (Dynamite Entertainment, December 2013—July 2014)
  • Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze Annual (Dynamite Entertainment, May 2014)
  • Doc Savage Special: Woman of Bronze (Dynamite Entertainment, December 2014)
  • Doc Savage: The Spider's Web #1—5 (Dynamite Entertainment, 2015—2016)
  • Doc Savage: The Ring of Fire #1—4 (Dynamite Entertainment, March—July 2017)

Dracula

• • The Tomb of Dracula #1—70 (Marvel Comics, April 1972—August 1979)
  • Dracula, Now Age Books (Pendulum Press, May 1973)
  • Blood of Dracula #1—19 (Apple Press, November 1987—November 1990)
  • Dracula #1—4 (Eternity Comics, December 1989—March 1990)
  • Dracula: The Lady in the Tomb #1 (Eternity Comics, January 1991)
  • Big Bad Blood of Dracula #1—2 (Apple Press, July—September 1991)
  • Ghosts of Dracula #1—5 (Eternity Comics, September 1991—January 1992)
  • Dracula in Hell #1—2 (Apple Press, January—March 1992)
  • Dracula: Return of the Impaler #1—4 (Slave Labor Graphics, July 1993—May 1994)
  • Dracula versus Zorro #1—2 (Topps Comics, October—November 1993)
  • The Collector's Dracula #1—2 (Millennium Publications, March—June 1994)
  • Dracula's Revenge #1—2 (IDW Publishing, April—May 2004)
  • Dracula vs. King Arthur #1—4 (Silent Devil, June 2005—August 2006)
  • Dracula vs. Capone #1 (Silent Devil, October 2006)
  • Graphic Classics: Dracula (Barron's, October 2007)
  • Dracula Meets the Wolfman #1 (Image Comics, August 2008)
  • The Complete Dracula #1—5 (Dynamite Entertainment, May—December 2009)
  • Harker (Markosia, November 2009)
  • Bram Stoker's Death Ship: The Last Voyage of the Demeter (IDW Publishing, May—August 2010)
  • Dracula: The Company of Monsters #1—12 (Boom! Studios, August 2010—July 2011)

• The Dresden Files

Dune

E

Ender's Game

F

• Fahrenheit 451
• "Farewell to the Master" (Worlds Unknown #3, Marvel Comics, September 1973)
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas #1—4 (IDW Publishing, May—August 2016)
• Fevre Dream #1—10 (Avatar Press, March—November 2010)
• A Fine and Private Place #1 (IDW Publishing, September 2012)
• The Forever War

Faust

The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth

• • The Food of the Gods, Classics Illustrated #160 (Gilberton Company, Inc., January 1961)
  • Food of the Gods, Marvel Classics Comics #22 (Marvel Comics, October 1977)

Frankenstein

• • "Frankenstein", Prize Comics #7—68 (Crestwood Publications, December 1940—March 1948); Regular series #1—33 (Crestwood Publications, 1945—November 1954)
  • "Frankenstein", Classic Comics #26 (Gilberton Company, Inc., December 1945)
  • "Frankenstein", Marvel Classics Comics #20 (Marvel Comics, August 1977)
  • Frankenstein (Eternity Comics, March—August 1989)
  • Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus (Caliber Comics, 1994)
  • Graphic Classics: Frankenstein (Barron's, April 2008)
  • Jingle Belle: Santa Claus vs. Frankenstein (Top Cow Productions, December 2008)
  • Frankenstein Alive, Alive! (IDW Publishing, May 2012—January 2018)
  • Manga Classics: Frankenstein (October 2020)

• Fu Manchu

G

• Great Mansions, Classics Illustrated #90 (Gilberton Company, Inc., December 1951)
• "Gullivar Jones, Warrior of Mars", Creatures on the Loose #16–21 (Marvel Comics, March 1972—January 1973); Monsters Unleashed #4—8 (Marvel Comics, January—September 1974)

Goosebumps

Great Expectations

• • "Great Expectations", Classics Illustrated #43 (Gilberton Company, Inc., November 1947)
  • Great Expectations (Classical Comics, April 2009)
  • Manga Classics: Great Expectations (Udon Entertainment, May 2015)

Gulliver's Travels

• • Gulliver's Travels, Classic Comics #16, (Gilberton Company, Inc., December 1943)
  • Gulliver's Travels (Dell Comics, November 1965)
  • Gulliver's Travels (Campfire Classics, December 2010)

H

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

• • "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", Classic Comics #18, (Gilberton Company, Inc., March 1944)
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Now Age Books (Pendulum Press, 1974)
  • Graphic Classics: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Barron's, May 2007)
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Dark Horse Comics, July 2012)

I

The Island of Doctor Moreau

It!

J

James Bond

The Jungle Book

K

Kidnapped

Comics

Graphic novels

L

Land of Oz

• Largo Winch

Leatherstocking Tales

Logan's Run

Luke Short

M

• A Majmok Bolygója, based on Planet of the Apes (1963) by Pierre Boulle (Mokep, 1981)
• "The Man Who Laughs", Classics Illustrated #71 (Gilberton Company, Inc., May 1950)
• "The Master of Ballantrae", Classics Illustrated #82 (Gilberton Company, Inc., April 1951)
• "Master of the World", Classics Illustrated #163 (Gilberton Company, Inc., July 1961)
• "Men of Iron", Classics Illustrated #88 (Gilberton Company, Inc., October 1951)
• "Mr Midshipman Easy", Classics Illustrated #74 (Gilberton Company, Inc., August 1950)
• "The Mutineers", Classics Illustrated #122 (Gilberton Company, Inc., September 1954)

Mack Bolan

• • Mack Bolan: The Executioner #1—3 (Innovation Publishing, July—November 1993)
  • Don Pendleton's The Executioner: Death Squad (Vivid Comics, 1993)
  • Don Pendleton's The Executioner: The Devil's Tools #1—3 (IDW Publishing, April—August 1993)

Mike Hammer

• • Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer #1—4 (Titan Comics July—October 2018)

Millennium

Moby-Dick

• • Moby Dick, Classic Comics #5 (Gilberton Company, Inc., September 1942)
  • Moby Dick #1—6, Marvel Illustrated (Marvel Comics, April—September 2008)
  • Moby Dick (NBM, January 1998)
  • Graphic Classics: Moby Dick (Barron's, May 2007)
  • Moby Dick (Campfire Classics, July 2010)

N

• Nancy Drew & The Hardy Boys
• Nestor Burma

O

P

Parker

• • Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter (IDW Publishing, July 2009)
  • Richard Stark's Parker: The Outfit (IDW Publishing, October 2010)
  • Richard Stark's Parker: The Score (IDW Publishing, July 2012)
  • Richard Stark's Parker: Slayground (IDW Publishing, December 2013)

Pellucidar

• • "At the Earth's Core", Korak, Son of Tarzan #46 (DC Comics, June 1972); Weird Worlds #1—5 (DC Comics, September 1972—April–May 1973)
  • "Pellucidar", Weird Worlds #6—7 (DC Comics, July—October 1973)

Peter Pan

• • Peter Pan: Return to Never-Never Land #1—2 (Adventure Publications, July—August 1991)
  • Peter Pan and the Warlords of Oz #1 (Hand of Doom, November 1998)
  • Peter Pan and the Warlords of Oz: Wonderland Purgatory #0 (Hand of Doom, September 1999)
  • Peter Pan and the Warlords of Oz: Dead Head Water #1 (Hand of Doom, 1999)
  • Peter Pan the Vampire (Rentnarb Studios Comics, 2009)
  • Peter Pan: A Graphic Novel (Stone Arch Books, August 2015)
  • Peter Pan in Mummy Land (Stone Arch Books, January 2020)

• The Phantom of the Opera

R

Richard Matheson

Rudyard Kipling

S

Sexton Blake

The Shadow

• • The Shadow: The Death of Margo Lane #1–5 (Dynamite Entertainment, June – October 2016)
  • Batman/The Shadow #1–6 (DC Comics/Dynamite Entertainment, June – November 2017)
  • The Shadow/Batman #1–6 (Dynamite Entertainment/DC Comics, October 2017 – March 2018)

Sherlock Holmes

• • "The Sign of the Four", Classic Comics #21 (Gilberton Company, Inc., July 1944)
  • "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", Classic Classics #33 (Gilberton Company, Inc., January 1947)
  • "A Study in Scarlet", Classics Illustrated #110 (Gilberton Company, Inc., August 1953)
  • Sherlock Holmes #1—2 (Charlton Comics, October 1955—March 1956)
  • " New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes", Four Color (series 2) #1169, #1245 (Dell Comics, March–May 1961, November 1961-January 1962)
  • The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Now Age Books (Pendulum Press, January 1974)
  • Sherlock Holmes #1 (DC Comics, September–October 1975)
  • Cases of Sherlock Holmes #1—20 (Renegade Press, May 1986—1990)
  • Scarlet in Gaslight #1—4 (Eternity Comics, November 1987—May 1989)
  • Sherlock Holmes: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's A Study in Scarlet (Innovation Publishing, 1989)
  • Sherlock Holmes #1—23 (Eternity Comics, June 1988—May 1990)
  • Sherlock Holmes of the '30's #1—7 (Eternity Comics, January—July 1990)
  • Sherlock Holmes in the Case of the Missing Martian #1—4 (Eternity Comics, July—October 1990)
  • Sherlock Holmes: Chronicles of Crime and Mystery (Northstar Comics, February 1992)
  • Sherlock Holmes: Tales of Mystery and Suspense #1—3 (Northstar Comics, August 1992—March 1993)
  • Sherlock Holmes: Return of the Devil #1—2 (Adventure Publications, September—October 1992)
  • Sherlock Holmes: Adventure of the Opera Ghost (Caliber Comics, 1994)
  • Sherlock Holmes: Soul of the Dragon (Northstar Comics, December 1995)
  • Sherlock Holmes in — The Sussex Vampire (Caliber Press, 1996)
  • Sherlock Holmes Mysteries #1 (Moonstone Books, November 1997)
  • Sherlock Holmes: Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Holmes (Caliber Comics/Tome Press, 1998)
  • Sherlock Holmes and the Clown Prince of London (Moonstone Books, November 2001)
  • Sherlock Holmes & Kolchak: The Night Stalker #1—3 (Moonstone Books, March—August 2009)
  • Sherlock Holmes #1—5 (Dynamite Entertainment, April—October 2009)
  • Victorian Undead: Sherlock Holmes vs. Zombies #1—6 (DC Comics/Wildstorm, January—June 2010)
  • Victorian Undead Special: Sherlock Holmes vs. Jekyll/Hyde #1 (DC Comics/Wildstorm, December 2010)
  • Victorian Undead II: Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula #1—5 (DC Comics/Wildstorm, January—May 2011)
  • Sherlock Holmes: Year One #1—6 (Dynamic Planning, February—September 2011)
  • Sherlock Holmes: Victorian Knights #1—2 (TidalWave Productions, December 2011—January 2012)
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Liverpool Demon #1—5 (Dynamite Entertainment, December 2012—June 2013)
  • Domino Lady/Sherlock Holmes #1—2 (Moonstone Books, June—September 2013)
  • Sherlock Holmes: Moriarty Lives #1—5 (Dynamite Entertainment, December 2013—July 2014)
  • Sherlock Holmes vs. Harry Houdini #1—5 (Dynamite Entertainment, October 2014—April 2015)
  • Sherlock Holmes: Murder at the Cabaret (Caliber Press, January 2018)
  • Sherlock Holmes: The Vanishing Man #1—4 (Dynamite Entertainment, May—August 2018)

Shaft

• Shutter Island (Tokyopop, October 2009)
• "Silas Marner", Classics Illustrated #55, (Gilberton Company, Inc., January 1949)
• "Silvertip", based on the eponymous series by Max Brand, Four Color (Volume 2) #491, #572, #608, #637, #667, #731, #789, #835, #898 (Dell Comics, August 1953, July 1954, December 1954, July 1955, December 1955, October 1956, April 1957, September 1957, May 1958)

A Song of Ice and Fire

• The Spy, Classics Illustrated #51 (Gilberton Company, Inc., September 1948)

The Stainless Steel Rat

• • The Stainless Steel Rat, 2000 AD #140–151 (November 1979—February 1980)
  • The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World, 2000 AD #166–177 (June—September 1980)
  • The Stainless Steel Rat for President, 2000 AD #393–404 (November 1984—February 1985)

The Stand

Star Wars Legends

The Swiss Family Robinson

• • Swiss Family Robinson, Classics Illustrated #42 (Gilberton Company, Inc., October 1947)
  • The Swiss Family Robinson, Now Age Books (Pendulum Press, 1978)
  • Classic Comics: Swiss Family Robinson (Gallery Books, January 1990)
  • The Swiss Family Robinson (Campfire, December 2009)

T

Tales of Dunk and Egg

• "The Talisman", Classics Illustrated #111 (Gilberton Company, Inc., September 1953)

Tarzan

TekWar

The Three Musketeers

• • "The Three Musketeers", Classic Comics #1 (Gilberton Company, Inc., October 1941)
  • The Three Musketeers, Now Age Books (Pendulum Press, 1974)
  • The Three Musketeers #1—3 (Eternity Comics, December 1988—April 1989)
  • Classic Comics: The Three Musketeers (Gallery Books, January 1990)
  • The Three Musketeers #1—6, Marvel Illustrated (Marvel Comics, August 2008—January 2009)
  • The 3 Musketeers (Campfire Classics, April 2011)
  • Graphic Classics: The Three Musketeers (Barron's, October 2008)

The Time Machine

• • "The Time Machine", Classics Illustrated #133 (Gilberton Company, Inc., July 1956)
  • The Time Machine, Now Age Books (Pendulum Press, June 1973)
  • The Time Machine #1—3 (Eternity Comics, April—May 1990)
  • The Time Machine (Insight Comics, April 2018)
• "The Toilers of the Sea", Classics Illustrated #56 (Gilberton Company, Inc., February 1949)
• Tom Brown's School Days, Classics Illustrated #45 (Gilberton Company, Inc., January 1948)
• Treasure Island
• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

Twilight

U

• "Uncle Tom's Cabin", Classic Comics #15 (Gilberton Company, Inc., November 1943)
• "Under Two Flags", Classics Illustrated #86 (Gilberton Company, Inc., August 1951)

V

The Vampire Chronicles

• Vampire Hunter D Vols. 1—8 (Media Factory, November 2007—September 2014)
• "The Virginian", Classics Illustrated #150 (Gilberton Company, Inc., May 1959)

W

Comics

The War of the Worlds

Comics

Graphic novels

White Fang

Comics

Graphic novels

Wild Cards

Wuthering Heights

Comics

Graphic novels

Y

Comics

Z

Zane Grey

Zorro

See also

• Lists of comics based on media
  • List of comics based on films
  • List of comics based on Hasbro properties
  • List of comics based on television programs
  • List of comics based on unproduced film projects
  • List of comics based on video games
• Lists of media based on comics
  • List of films based on comics
  • List of novels based on comics
  • List of television programs based on comics
  • List of video games based on comics
• Lists of media based on novels or short fiction
  • Lists of works of fiction made into feature films
  • List of short fiction made into feature films

References