Mini Marvels is an all-ages comic book

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 written and illustrated by Chris Giarrusso

Chris Giarrusso

Chris Giarrusso is a graphic novel author/illustrator best known for the all-ages series G-Man at Image Comics and Mini Marvels at Marvel Comics.-Career:...

 and published by Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

Marvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...

. The comic has been published in the form of back-ups in other comic books as well as original one-shots and trade paperback

Trade paperback (comics)

In comics, a trade paperback is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme from one or more titles...

 collections. The comics are generally more humorous and cartoon-like and, in some readers' opinions, less "serious" than most Marvel comics.

Bullpen Bits

The Mini Marvels were originally in a comic strip

Comic strip

A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....

 called "Bullpen Bits", published in Bullpen Bulletins

Bullpen Bulletins

"Bullpen Bulletins" was the news and information page that appeared in most regular monthly comic books from Marvel Comics...

. They now can be viewed in several Mini Marvels trade paperbacks.

Collections

• Giant-Size Mini Marvels #1 - "Paperboy Blues" and a collection of "Bullpen Bits"
• Spidey and the Mini Marvels #1 - "Paperboy Showdown" and "Cereal Quest"
• Mini Marvels Volume 1: Rock, Paper, Scissors - All comics from the above two collections, plus several other stories
• Mini Marvels Volume 2: Secret Invasion - More stories and "Bullpen Bits" by Giarrusso, as well as a few stories written by others
• Mini Marvels: Ultimate Collection - All the stories from Volumes 1 and 2, Five new stories, and a complete collection of Bullpen Bits