infinity war is quickly approaching

already got my tickets for what is sure to be one of the best marvel movies ever.

the wasp debuts

it's time for the first marvel movie with a female superhero in the title!

infinity war is coming

"there was an idea..."

new avengers line-up

is anyone surprised that the new avengers line-up includes the movie avengers? we know your games, marvel. uh, cannonball? that's a random addition.

the young avengers are back!

newsarama is saying the team is made up of kid loki, wiccan and miss america chavez so far.

i would love to see a team composed of characters from avengers academy, young avengers and runaways.

i really miss runaways.

the phoenix five

i was not expecting the phoenix five ending.

good job, marvel.

source.

new avengers commercial

at what point was this a good idea, hasbro? 

i mean i wanted these toys before the rap song.

new avengers poster

source.

avengers assemble

great new trailer!

wiccan

looking good.

art by eric merced.

the avengers cast confirmed

perfect.

more information at comics alliance.

i'm an avengers, too

i'm so over the avengers reveals. none have been surprising seeing as how its cap, thor, iron man, hawkeye and spider-woman. the heroic age poster was definitely not an avengers line up. the secret avengers posters are pretty sweet though since they are all based on speculation.

however, the guys over at weekly crisis made a template to create your very own here. i think i'd rather be a secret avenger. i can't wait for that template...maybe i'll photoshop myself in it...that would be nerdy.

new avengers cartoon

 looks way better than the old one even if the only image is a promotional poster.

the old cartoon wasn't that entertaining and had average art:

the new show has a mature tone so it wont be anything like batman: brave and the bold. GOOD.

find out more here.

new avengers line up...

or is it? marvel didn't confirm it with newsarama either. it could just be heroes that are prominent in this new "heroic age"

i definitely see it as a possibility for an avengers line up. theres definitely captain america, thor and iron man on the team. spider-man and hawkeye joining the team would not be abnormal since they are on the current new avengers line up. beast just left the x-men so that would make sense since he has been an avengers member in the past. black widow is tied to iron man, in the upcoming movie and could probably be swayed onto the team. gorilla-man would be the equivalent of the justice league's congorilla. the only hero in this image that i don't see on the avengers is: the thing. he could have got into an arugment with the fantastic four and quit? i guess only time will tell.

free comic book day

today is free comic book day. any day where you give away my most favorite product in the entire world for free is the best day clearly. there was a limit of three comic books per person so i picked: green lantern, the avengers, and star wars. i read the first two but, i haven't read star wars yet.

green lantern was a nice prologue to blackest night. a classic conversation between hal and barry at bruce's grave about the deaths of batman, aquaman, and martian manhunter. while every character has evolved to all new limits in the past few years, dc comics has already said that they are returning the characters to their most iconic forms. knowing that martian manhunter is coming back as a black lantern, i'm sure he will be back in his most classic apperance as opposed to his oval headed martian look. overall, the return of aquaman and martian manhunter will allow the justice league to reboot as a more "big seven" team that was the key to morrison's run on the book. it was definitely the best justice league run in the past twenty years at least. i wouldn't have minded seeing the "big seven" characters used in the "lightning saga" storyline which was by far one of the greatest stories since i started reading comic books.

i have nothing to say about the FCBD avengers comic book expect the size of the issue was weird. you can't just change the size of the modern age comic book abruptly. it felt wrong to hold.

in terms of marketing strategy, the release of "x-men origins: wolverine" to coincide with free comic book day is beneficial. the press coverage just using google search seemed to have worked very well with 496 clips since april 21. if consumers see the movie and interest in the comic book is sparked, i would presume that they would follow up with picking up a free comic book at their local store. however, a better way to garner attention to comic books by non-readers is to partner with movie theaters to promote free comic book day or to run an advertisement before "wolverine." this strategy would have allowed nonreaders to become knowledgeable about the event even if it only would have been able to be run for one day. i guess there's always next year and the following years with the release of a slew of marvel movies.

"the dead shall rise."