Say hello to MarvelQL, a GraphQL entry into the Marvel Universe

Trevor Heath
Novvum
Published in
1 min readNov 20, 2018

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It’s a sad time for fans of the Marvel Universe. Recently we lost Stan Lee; one of the greatest storytellers of our time. Filling our lives with unforgettable adventures and iconic characters, his impact on our imaginations will never be forgotten.

Prior to Stan’s passing, our team at Novvum built MarvelQL. We used it as an exciting way to train our developers and originally it was for internal use only. However, as a tribute to Stan Lee, we are releasing this API to the public in hopes that others will build applications using the same characters and stories that we’ve come to love.

The MarvelQL API includes all the best information from the Marvel universe: think Characters, Comics, Events, Series, Stories and so much more!

You can begin exploring the data by connecting your app to the following endpoint or using it with playground:

API:

Docs:

Better docs are coming soon! For now we have a generated reference.

The tools we used:

Prisma: https://prisma.io
Marvel API: https://developer.marvel.com/
Apollo Engine: https://engine.apollographql.com
Now.sh from Zeit — now.sh
Gitlab CI/CD — gitlab.com

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