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While we have had our own theories about Shazam being a likely candidate as the DC Comics superhero that will be re-introduced as gay, the most popular choice by far online appears to be Alan Scott, who is the Earth 2 Green Lantern. The rumors ...  

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The suits have knocked off the superheroes at the box office. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones' sequel "Men in Black 3" debuted as the No. 1 movie over Memorial Day weekend with $55 million domestically from Friday to Sunday. That bumps "The Avengers" into second-place after three blockbuster weekends on top. "The Avengers" took in $37 million to push its domestic total to $514 million and become...  

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - The suits have knocked off the superheroes at the box office. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones' sequel "Men in Black 3" debuted as the No. 1 movie over Memorial Day weekend with $55 million domestically from Friday to Sunday. That bumps Disney's "The Avengers" into second-place a  

LOS ANGELES — The suits have knocked off the superheroes at the box office. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones’ sequel “Men in Black 3” debuted as the No. 1 movie over Memorial Day weekend with $55 million domestically from Friday to Sunday.  

In the last issue of ‘Secret Avengers’, we saw the return of Captain Marvel from the dead, and he was on a new mission: Kill the Avengers. He even recruited Miss Marvel and The Protector to aid him in his cause. In this new issue, despite ...  

It appears The Avengers is destined to exceed expectations once more. After weeks of forcing everyone to reevaluate and enhance predictions about the film?s box office performance, it now appears inevitable that the Marvel superhero team-up will do something that just a week ago few people thought it could really pull off ? oust Harry ...  

LOS ANGELES -- The suits have knocked off the superheroes at the box office. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones’ sequel "Men in Black 3" debuted as the No. 1 movie over Memorial Day weekend with $55 million domestically from Friday to Sunday. That bumps ...  

After a lengthy run as the #1 movie at the box office, Marvel's The Avengers will finally give up that spot to Sony's Men in Black 3 , but Walt Disney Pictures announced today that the global blockbuster has crossed the $500 million mark domestically in a record 23 days (the previous record of 32 days was held by Avatar ), making it only the fourth movie in history to cross that mark. "The Avengers" is currently the #4 film of all time...  

This is a critical moment for Earth's Mightiest Heroes. "The Avengers" have pretty much coasted through three weekends as the most dominant force at the box office, easily handling the likes of "Dark Shadows," "Battleship," "The Dictator," and "LOL" (lolz!), but now it faces real competition from another property inside Marvel Comics. Early box office [...]  

Four weeks ago, the summer movie season started off with a super-powered bang in the form of Marvel’s The Avengers. Since then?  It’s been difficult to prove that any other film was in theatres. That changed on Friday when Sony’s Men in Black 3 became the first post-Avengers release to take first place. From its very wide release in 4,248 locations (including 3D & IMAX), MIB3 took in an estimated $18 million. Despite becoming the first new...  

There's seemingly no end to One Million Moms' anti-gay wrath, as the notoriously right-wing group is now condemning both DC Comics and Marvel Superheroes for introducing gay characters into their phenomenally popular comic book titles. "Children desire to be just like superheroes," members of the "online activism campaign," which is a division of the American Family Association, write on their website. "Children mimic superhero actions and...  

Energy Secretary Steven Chu has turned to pop culture to promote clean energy. He put up this picture and Facebook post on the new box office smash The Avengers: I can rarely find the time to make it to the movies, but my staff is buzzing about The Avengers, which focuses on a new, limitless clean energy source [...]  

Last year, during an interview with The Advocate about lesbian superhero Batwoman's solo series, DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio said any additional gay characters in the company's roster would most likely be new. "One of the things we’re very focused...  

One Million Moms wants DC Comics to keep its heroes in the closet. DC Comics announced earlier this week that one of its "iconic" superheroes is gay. Which one? That won't be revealed until sometime in June (my money's on Flash), which gives the ...  

I am searching for a Captain America t-shirt. Not for me of course, but for my 15-year old daughter. I took my children to see the blockbuster movie, The Avengers, on Mother's Day and ever since, she cannot stop talking about Captain America.  

“The Avengers” continues to outmuscle everything Hollywood throws at it, easily sinking “Battleship” and other new releases. With $55.1 million domestically, Disney’s superhero sensation remained No. 1 for a third straight weekend and took in more than the three big new releases combined. Overseas, “The Avengers” added $56...  

I may not know art, but I know what I like: comic books. Thankfully, I won't have to choose between them when DC's new "Darkness & Light" art exhibit comes rolling to town - or to San Diego Comic-Con. To commemorate the opening of their new ...  

Ubisoft says that the game's interactive environments are inspired by iconic Marvel comic artwork and the Secret Invasion storyline. The game is being developed by Ubisoft Quebec, which some might recall also produced the not so great Kinect title Power-up Heroes.Ubisoft says that the game's interactive environments are inspired by iconic Marvel comic artwork and the Secret Invasion storyline."We are excited to team up with Marvel...  

I herewith call for a boycott of DC Comics. I draw the line when it comes to gay superheroes. DC Comics co-publisher, Dan DiDio recently announced that the sexual orientation of an existing superhero would not be changed from heterosexual to homosexual, bu ...  

Avengers… is a massive box office hit, having already grossed over a billion dollars worldwide. People really love superhero flicks – so much so that some people are already thinking ahead to the Blu-Ray release. And for a hit movie like this, you know they are going to have a  

Chalk up yet another record for The Avengers fastest film ever to reach 1 billion worldwide It did so on Sunday barely as the MarvelDisney movie earned 1032 billion in North America and 95 4 million abroad putting its worldwide total at 1 002 billion...  

Robert Downey Jnr and Scarlett Johansson star in thrilling comic book adventure Hot Ticket LAST UPDATED AT 08:34 ON Fri 27 Apr 2012 What you need to know Avengers Assemble is based on characters from Marvel Comics' superhero team. The film was written and directed by Joss Whedon, co-director of the recent horror hit Cabin in the Woods and the creator of the Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly TV series...  

You look Marvelous! Comicbook superheroes “The Avengers” not only decimated alien invaders while busting up New York City landmarks but also scored big at the box office with a predicted recordshattering weekend opening. Disney is bragging that the $220 million 3D production will not only rake in $175 million for...  

LOS ANGELES — Hulk, smash. That's what Captain America tells the Incredible Hulk to do in "The Avengers," and that's what the Marvel Comics superhero mash-up did at the box office, smashing the domestic revenue record with a $200.3 million debut. It's by far the biggest opening...  

LOS ANGELES — Lots of superheroes add up to lots of money for "The Avengers." The film featuring a team of Marvel Comics heroes pulled in $80.5 million in its domestic debut Friday, the second-best haul ever on opening day. "The Avengers" trails only last year's "Harry Potter and...  

I’m literally hopping up and down with excitement to talk to y’all about The Avengers—I’ll have a review on Friday that can act as an open thread for discussion over the weekend and spoilerific post about the movie on Monday. But to pass the hours until the movie hits theaters, and to continue our conversation [...]  

Now that you've seen it, what did you think? It's here. The day you've been waiting for. At least since Marvel first brought us Iron Man in 2008. The ultimate Marvel Comics team-up bringing together actors and CG superheroes on the big screen. Marvel Studios has finally brought us The Avengers, directed by fan-favorite Joss Whedon, including in the line-up: Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Nick Fury and, of course, the...  

Fans of The Avengers, Iron Man, Captain America, Spider-Man and Wolverine, have something to be excited about. Marvel has launched a new digital comics store called Marvel Comics Shop. Here is more about the what the shop has to offer from Marvel.com: -Thousands of single issue titles including classic series such as AMAZING SPIDER-MAN and recent releases like CIVIL WAR, NEW AVENGERS, and ASTONISHING X-MEN. -Hundreds of collections that bundle...  

If The Avengers is right then Mamata is wrongWest Bengalamprsquos chief minister promised to turn Calcutta into London But Joss Whedon in the Marvel comics saga The Avengers has gone backwards instead Calcutta in the age of superheroes looks suspiciously  

Since his creation in 1941, Captain America has represented everything we want our superheroes to be: brave, generous and seemingly indestructible. However, somewhere between Steve Rogers, Captain America's alter ego, and Iron Man Tony Stark, a notorious war-profiteer, superhero ideals changed. "Marvel's The Avengers" features a group of strong-willed, stubborn superheroes who are forced to work together against their will. They all have...  

LOS ANGELES (AP) Hulk, smash. Thats what Captain America tells the Incredible Hulk to do in The Avengers, and thats what the Marvel Comics superhero mash-up did at the box office, smashing the domestic revenue record with a $200.3 million debut.  

LOS ANGELES (AP) Hulk, smash. Thats what Captain America tells the Incredible Hulk to do in The Avengers, and thats what the Marvel Comics superhero mash-up did at the box office, smashing the domestic revenue record with a $200.3 million debut.  

If you want to watch a good horror movie this week, let us recommend the surprisingly superb Daniel Radcliffe vehicle Woman In Black, or Ti West's The Innkeepers. Both were just recently released on DVD, and nearly made us pee.  

Despite what seemed like overwhelmingly good news for Marvel Enterprises lately — including the record-breaking success of The Avengers as it remained the best-selling movie three weekends in a row and Avengers vs. X-Men topping the comic book charts — the skies above the self-styled House of Ideas aren’t entirely clear of clouds: While everyone [...]  

Courtney Simmons of DC Entertainment. The popular comic line - whose characters include Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman – wouldn’t reveal which character will come out as gay. Marvel Comics recently launched an issue in which X-Men character ...  

“Marvel’s The Avengers” is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since. Prepare yourself for an exciting event movie, packed with action and spectacular special ...  

This morning, the ladies of ABC’s The View were talking about a celebrity wedding. Happens all the time, right? But the celebrities in question were the X-Men, not the Kardashians. And the wedding? It’s going to be super-fast adventurer Northstar marrying his longtime boyfriend Kyle. Definitely not your typical talk-show fare.  

We knew it was only a matter of time: One Million Moms, the right wing group who boycotted J.C. Penney for hiring Ellen DeGeneres, is now trying to rally its anti-gay army against Marvel and DC Comics for including gay. ... to boycott these companies (and we know how successful these boycotts ARE, just ask Starbucks (wink)), they should take the time to boycott ALL the companies owned by Disney (who own Marvel Comics) and Warner Bros (who own...  

See below a couple of funny mashups on the hit movie Marvell’s The Avengers. The first is a poster that depicts The Avengers with a Pixar touch, followed by a couple of clips using... California political news, Contra Costa and East Bay news and politics  

Despite Men In Black 3 potentially dethroning Marvel's The Avengers from the #1 weekend spot, its box office success continues to prosper. And as of Thursday, the superhero spectacle is now the fourth-highest grossing film of all-time, both worldwide and ...  

Estimates have been rising for Cinemark Holdings (CNK – Snapshot Report) thanks to strong first quarter earnings and a record-breaking opening for The Avengers movie. Based on consensus estimates, analysts project solid double-digit earnings ...  

The Strait of Hormuz is one of the most strategically important stretches of water on Earth. Though just 47km wide, it accommodates the passage of 20 per cent of the world’s oil. Were Iran to plant sea mines there (again), global trade would be severely affected. Luckily, the Strait is defended by the Avengers — not the superheroes, the mine hunters.  

Wedding bells will ring this summer for Marvel Comics' first openly gay hero, super speedster Northstar, and his longtime boyfriend. The New York-based publisher said Tuesday that Canadian character Jean-Paul Beaubier will marry his beau, Kyle Jinadu, in ...  

Avengers Computer UI from one of the artists that worked on the film. This is just an image dump of marvel approved stills and screenshots of my work on the film. I’ll do a proper post soon - this is a fraction of the work - But I had the distinct pleasure of working with Cantina Creative, leading the design of the glass screens for the Helicarier in the Avengers. I also led the design and animation of the all new and upgraded Mark VII Hud...  

Adjectives used in some of Marvel Comics' iconic titles from the early 1960s through today -- amazing, fantastic, incredible -- also describe director Joss Whedon's superhero epic "The Avengers." ==I -- TH== Read the full story here http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/show_story.php?id=25254 posted Friday, May 4, 2012, 9:24 AM  

His first battle with the Avengers is recounted in Essential Avengers Volume 6, which includes Captain Marvel #33 and The Avengers #125 and 135; he again faced the Avengers in Essential Avengers Vol. 8. Thanos returned in the 1990s in the pages ...  

But it might not be Batman – or at least, not his alter ego: They also quoted the Batman writer, Scott Snyder, saying on Twitter that “it’s not Bruce Wayne”. Snyder also emphasized that it will be a character “not seen since the relaunch” of DC ...  

Warner Bros. Consumer Products and DC Entertainment yesterday premiered “Darkness & Light: Art Inspired by Heroes & Villains, Hope & Heroism,” a collection of original artwork inspired by the universe of DC Comics and its iconic characters, including JUSTICE LEAGUE super heroes Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman, and re-imagined by exceptional contemporary artists from around the world.  

Factoring in today’s higher admission prices, many older movies sold more tickets than "The Avengers," which also has a price advantage because of the extra few dollars it costs to see the 3-D version. But the Marvel Comics superhero ensemble ...  

LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Avengers" continues to muscle out everything else Hollywood throws at it, easily sinking naval rival "Battleship" and other new releases. With $55.1 million domestically, Disney's superhero sensation remained No. 1 for a third-straight weekend and took in more than the three big newcomers combined. Overseas, "The Avengers" added an additional $56 million.  

Reviewing the eagerly awaited "The Avengers" which gives a good start off to the summer 2012 movie season. It brings together many superheroes from the Marvel Comics universe as they fight against Loki who looks to enslave the people of Earth.Contributor: Ben KenberPublished: May 16, 2012  

"The Avengers" continues to muscle out everything else Hollywood throws at it, easily sinking naval rival "Battleship" and other new releases. With $55.1 million domestically, Disney's superhero sensation remained No. 1 for a third-straight weekend ...  

'Avengers' sinks 'Battleship" to remain No. 1 Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 02:24 p.m., Sunday, May 20, 2012 LOS ANGELES (AP) — "The Avengers" continues to muscle out everything else Hollywood throws at it, easily sinking naval rival "Battleship" and other new releases. With $55.1 million...  

LOS ANGELES — “The Avengers” continues to muscle out everything else Hollywood throws at it, easily sinking naval rival “Battleship” and other new releases. With $55.1 million domestically, Disney’s superhero sensation remained No. 1 for a third-straight weekend and took in more than the three big newcomers combined. “The Avengers” is approaching the $1.2 billion…Read [...]  

For the third week in a row, The Avengers dominated the box office. Marvel’s superheroes added another $55 million to their domestic total – putting the film over $450 million in a record-breaking seventeen days. Meanwhile, the three new releases that lined up to challenge The Avengers all struggled in the blockbuster’s wake. Title Weekend Total 1 The Avengers $55,050,000 $457 2 Battleship $25,350,000 $25.3 3 The Dictator $17,415,000...  

To paraphrase Red Eye’s Andy Levy, if you can’t keep your superheroes straight, you are not alone. DC Comics has announced that one of its superheroes that previously had been assumed to be straight will soon reveal that he (or she) is gay.  

Back in February of 2009, DC Comics introduced Batwoman as its first openly gay headlining superhero. Today we learn that DC is planning to reintroduce an already established superhero as gay. We don’t know for sure which hero it will be but from a company with characters like Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Flash, Green Lantern [...]  

Joss Whedon's superhero team-up is still a box-office Marvel, devouring competition from American Pie and Dark ShadowsThe winnerHolding on to the UK top spot for the third straight week, Avengers Assemble has notched up a highly impressive £40.28m after just 18 days of play. That's ahead of the entire runs of superhero predecessors such as Spider-Man (£29.03m), Spider-Man 2 (£26.73m) and Spider-Man 3 (£33.55m). The only comicbook adaptation...  

Captain America, Thor, Iron Man, the Hulk to star [Posted 10 May 2012 by Mark E. Johnson] Ubisoft and Marvel have announced that they're bringing the Avengers to Kinect and the Wii U the Autumn. Yes. Kinect and Wii U. No mention of the PS3 or any handhelds in there. Dubbed Avengers: Battle for Earth, the game will be based on Secret Invasion, a story written by Brian Michael Bendis, drawn ... click to read full item  

Even as Earth's mightiest heroes continue to crush it at the box office, fans are already looking ahead towards the inevitable sequel. Which Marvel Comics superheroes should join the "Avengers" sequel? That's one of the more popular questions out there for sure, and director Joss Whedon seems to have an opinion. "I think we need [...]  

In the box office as in the film itself, The Avengers movie showed that it is always better when the superheroes come together. The Avengers has so far collected $US641.8 million worldwide, with moviegoers still raving about how much they enjoyed the much-awaited film assembly of the Marvel comics superheroes.  

Earth's mightiest comic book heroes kept smashing North American box office records as "The Avengers" thrashed all comers to haul in $103.2 million over the weekend, industry estimates showed.Directed by cult favorite Joss Whedon, the Walt Disney high-thrills action adventure made in collaboration with Marvel Comics -- which scored the highest grossing US debut of all time -- has earned $373.2 million so far, box office tracker Exhibitor...  

This morning, the ladies of ABC's The View were talking about a celebrity wedding. Happens all the time, right? But the celebrities in question were the X-Men, not the Kardashians. And the wedding? It's going to be super-fast adventurer Northstar marrying ...  

At Kapow in London, during the Avengers Vs X-Men panel with Kieron Gillen, CB Cebulski and Joe Quesada, they showed off some upcoming Avengers Vs X-Men pages… one of which seems to show a certain Professor X ...  

Yearbook photos of your favourite Marvel superheroes in The Avengers! Nice hair Hawkeye and you too Iron Man. Black Widow looks like someone I would like to date in school. Thor looks like the typical Aussie surfer dude. Captain America doesn't look Captain at all. In fact he looks like someone you would beat up in school while Hulk clearly needs to get angry. (Thanks Ed Jung)Related: Watch our vintage superheroes star in a 4 minute Charlie...  

While I'm on the topic of Batman in Toobworld, let's take a look at some other super-heroes in the TV Universe - especially now with "The Avengers" entering a second strong weekend in theatres.....Here are the Avengers, but this has to be in some other TV universe, maybe even more than one. I'm thinking the Promoverse and Skitlandia.....And here's Spiderman again, but this time he's solidly in the Skitlandia camp:BCnU!  

I have to admit that Marvel Superheroes have never been my favorite. That said, all the X-Men films, Iron Man, and Spiderman films (with the exception of the 3rd film) have been top notch. I also liked the first Blade movie. I've always thought that Thor was silly. I've never liked Captain America. I didn't like either of the Hulk movies. I don't even consider Hawk or Black Widow superheroes.  

The news first broke during the publisher's 'New 52' panel at Kapow Comic Con over the weekend, and has since been reiterated by senior vice president of publicity Courtney Simmons. She told ABC News: "One of the major iconic DC characters will reveal that ...  

THE Avengers has topped the Australian box office charts for the second week in a row. Marvel Comics’ ensemble superhero movie held firm at the top of the standings, grossing over AU $6 million more than its nearest rival, The Five-Year Engagement. The Avengers opened last weekend with the eighth-highest takings in Australian box office history, and has continued its run of international ...  

Comicbook.com (blog)Spartan Torch: The Avengers: character and sequel spoilersmy.hsj.orgIn the first thirteen days The Avengers made $1.016 billion and is still going strong, which put the film ahead of one of the most-anticipated movies in history, The Dark Knight, in 2008, which grossed $1.001 billion. Based upon its gross, ...Avengers Movie: Five Agent Coulson TheoriesComicbook.com (blog)all 2 news articles »  

10:45 a.m. ET: “The Avengers,” the widely-anticipated Marvel Comics superhero-packed film, smashed the domestic revenue record with a $200.3 million debut on Friday, according to the Associated Press. ABC’s Chris Connolly sat down with the cast for “Nightline” before the film’s premiere. Watch it here:...  

The Avengers broke the record for the highest-grossing movie debut in the United States taking in $2003 million over the weekend The film which features characters from four previous Marvel Comics movie hits and is written and directed by geek auteur Joss Whedon opened a week earlier abroad and has...  

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hulk, smash. That's what Captain America tells the Incredible Hulk to do in "The Avengers," and that's what the Marvel Comics superhero mash-up did at the box office, smashing the domestic revenue record with a $200.3 million debut.  

Plenty of moviegoers not schooled in Marvel Comics lore were left wondering -- who exactly is that lizard-looking fellow who turns up in the first bonus scene during the film's credits and why does he seem to be positively gleeful about the idea of winning dominion over Earth?  

LOS ANGELES — Hulk, smash. That's what Captain America tells the Incredible Hulk to do in "The Avengers," and that's what the Marvel Comics superhero mash-up did at the box office, smashing the domestic revenue record with a $200.3 million debut. It's by far the biggest opening ever, shooting past ...  

A lot of superheroes add up to a lot of money for "The Avengers." The film featuring a team of Marvel Comics heroes pulled in $80.5 million in its domestic debut Friday, the second-best haul ever on opening day. "The Avengers" trails only last year's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," which took in $91.1 million in its first day on the way to a...  

How was this going to work?All those Marvel superheroes, many of them with their own action franchises, packed into one epic, save-humanity-adventure.How will the retro patriotism of Captain America mesh with the flippant cynicism of Iron Man? Could the brooding Hulk bond with the regal brawn of Thor?Read more  

At the start of Joss Whedon's long-awaited Marvel superhero supergroup flick, The Avengers, the Tesseract — a powerful, potentially dangerous glowing cube that fell to the ocean floor after Captain America (Chris Evans) liberated it from the Nazis in his movie last summer — is ...  

At the start of the long-awaited Marvel superhero supergroup flick The Avengers, a powerful, potentially dangerous glowing cube is in the hands of NASA. Called the Tesseract, Captain America (Chris Evans) liberated it from the Nazis in his movie last summer. The cube soon starts spewing ga...  

Earth's mightiest comic book heroes brought to life in "The Avengers" stomped the opposition Sunday to storm victoriously straight to the top of the North American box office on their opening weekend.Directed by screen cult favorite Joss Whedon, the Walt Disney adventure movie brings together Marvel Comics heroes Captain America, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man and Thor as they help save Earth from bad guy, Loki.  

Peter Travers says that Joss Whedon's The Avengers "has it all" Not only does it bring together superheroes from other Marvel Comics movies like Iron Man The Hulk Captain America and Thor but it is a genuinely great and fun movie made by a guy who understands the characters and...  

'Avengers' takes off with $18.7M at midnight shows Produced by Disney's Marvel Studios unit, "The Avengers" already is a blockbuster overseas, where it opened last week in 39 markets. "The Avengers" assembles key Marvel Comics superheroes introduced in earlier films, including Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Chris Evans as Captain America and Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye. Samuel L...  

“Marvel’s The Avengers” has everything you could ask for in a summer superhero movie. There are people in snazzy costumes. Well, OK, not the Hulk. No costume for him (other than ripped, stretchy pants). “I’m exposed,” Bruce Banner (Mark Ruffalo) says of his mean, green alter ego, “like a nerve.” There are wall-to-wall special effects. Duck! Here comes a gigantic flying silvery centipede from outer space en route to do a skyscraper-shattering...  

At the beginning of Joss Whedon's long-awaited Marvel superhero supergroup flick, The Avengers, the Tesseract — a powerful, potentially dangerous glowing cube that fell to the ocean floor after Captain America (Chris Evans) liberated it from the Nazis in his movie last summer —...  

There's a little film called The Avengers opening in theaters this week, featuring a team of heroes based on an obscure Marvel Comics franchise. As always, we like to think The Avengers will help bring some attention to the comics world and bring a few new readers into comic shops and bookstores...  

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"The Avengers" finally came out Friday. So how faithful has Hollywood been to the iconic Marvel Comics characters that appear in the movies? Well, they got the Avengers lineup wrong, for one thing. In the comics, Thor, Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp and the Hulk made up the original team, and Captain America didn't join until after the Hulk had left. Other than that, though, and the fact that most of them would be in their 70s by now, the characters...  

At the start of the Marvel superhero supergroup flick, the Tesseract — a powerful glowing cube that fell to the ocean floor after Captain America (Chris Evans) liberated it from the Nazis in his movie last summer — is captured by Loki (Tom Hiddleston), brother of demigod Thor (Chris H...  

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- As anticipation heats up for the start of filming for “Iron Man 3” in Wilmington, fans got a jump-start to the excitement Thursday night for the opening of the superhero flick “The Avengers.” If you like action packed super hero movies, “The Avengers” presents what is probably the ideal, ultimate team: five Marvel Comics superheroes, including Iron Man. With the Port City home to the filming of the third...  

At the start of Joss Whedon's long-awaited Marvel superhero supergroup flick, The Avengers, the Tesseract — a powerful, potentially dangerous glowing cube that fell to the ocean floor after Captain America (Chris Evans) liberated it from the Nazis in his movie last summer — is ...  

The Avengers This is it, kids--the moment you've been waiting for. You've endured two Iron Man movies (one great, one not so), one middling Thor flick, a pretty entertaining Captain America, and two forgettable Hulk outings, all to get to the whiz-bang superhero spectacular Marvel Comics has been promising  

This weekend Stan Lee will celebrate the release of The Avengers on California's Catalina Island and you can join him! Lee, who is the former president of Marvel Comics and co-founded the POW! Entertainment company, is set to host a special screening of The Avengers at the Catalina Film Festival this weekend. He'll also introduce the documentary With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story and appear on a panel to discuss his work.  

The summer movie season kicks off in earnest this weekend with The Avengers, the monstrously hyped, years-in-the-making Marvel Comics adaptation that pulls together the storylines of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Hulk, Hawkeye, Nick Fury, Black Widow, and surely many other familiar faces. It's been earning rave reviews from the press and has already earned more than $200 million internationally in just a week, plus with Joss Whedon at...  

LONDON, May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Can't get enough of your favourite Avengers superheroes? Join Sky Vegas for some amazing Marvel-themed online casino games Marvel's Avengers Assemble is a once in a lifetime silver screen event that features an impressive cast of iconic superheroes,...  

In February, cartoonist James Sturm explained why he plans to boycott The Avengers, which opens on Friday. His essay is reprinted below. Growing up in the 1970s and early ’80s, I obsessively read and collected Marvel comics. I knew each hero’s origin story, rogue’s gallery, and costume details. I took pride in my knowledge of minor superheroes like Stingray, Jack of Hearts, and the Paladin, characters who didn’t have their own comics but who...  

 The Avengers is finally here and before the film even has a chance to score with audiences, talk has arisen of a sequel. That’s bitten more than a few superhero projects in the ass – don’t hold your breath for Green Lantern II – but reliable early buzz suggests that the hype may be well-founded. (I’ve seen the film myself and it’s a winner...  

Since the success of Iron Man in 2008, a series of films based on Marvel Comics characters has been released. This Friday, Joss Whedon’s new film The Avengers will be added to the list. But before that happens, Alamo Drafthouse is offering fans a chance to see how it all started....  

Topic:  On Topic The movie The Avengers, the culmination of a number of different Marvel Comics storylines assembling what Marvel calls “earth’s mightiest heroes” will be upon us May 4. Presaged by five different movies (2008’s The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man; 2010’s Iron Man 2; and 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger and Thor), it will blow out the box-office and pay...  

Marvel Comics’ “The Avengers” are raking up millions as the star-studded cast pulled over $80.5 million dollars on its debut last Friday. To date, the film of superheroes has a tight hold on the world as millions still flock to see “The Avengers” in action.  

Avengers #25 is the first issue of the series to serve as an Avengers vs. X-Men tie-in. It's also the start of Brian Michael Bendis' final storyline. But both of those qualities pale in importance to the fact that this issue kicks off Walt Simonson's return to Marvel...  

The summer movie season officially kicks off with a resounding bang this week with as Joss Whedon's long-anticipated The Avengers storms into theaters. Looking at this awe-inspiring co-op of extraordinary people, it's easy to see how they could earn the title of Earth's mightiest heroes. While these titans of heroism are not the first crime-fighters to be immortalized in film, not just any superhero can be accepted into The Avengers...  

Let’s face it, superheroes are pretty cool and aside from Batman and a few others, most of them are low tech. Try for example to post a status update with a hammer. But wait, when you merge low-tech superheroes and the desire for studios to offset the millions of movie investment dollars, you get the opportunity for lots of new movie-branded paraphernalia. And who better than Rich Steeves at TMCnet to go through the numerous toys and other...  

The Avengers is coming. The U.S. box office was overshadowed by events overseas, where the Marvel Comics superhero extravaganza The Avengers made its thundering bow, hammering down $178.4 million in ticket sales, days before opening here this Friday. The film, with Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, and Samuel L. Jackson, opened in 39 countries last weekend. Domestically, the...  

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Plus: How close was Britain to a revolution? The secret of French vegetables; Is Pearl Harbor the most historically accurate film?The Avengers Assemble film is coming soon. But could the Marvel comics team beat DC's Justice League of America? A difficult question to answer, this, as both team's rosters have constantly changed since inception. If we take the Avengers film line-up versus the big seven of the JLA (Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman...  

By sheer numbers, the caped crusaders, masked crimebusters and spandex-ed superheroes lining up at the movie box office for the summer season — which begins Friday when The Avengers opens — has to be the largest gathering of comicbook-spawned dudes (and dudettes) in the history of summer movies. In The Avengers alone, there are, of course, Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk, Black Widow, Hawkeye and Thor, brought together by Nick Fury (Samuel...  

The Avengers, the first of a series of superhero flicks to be released over the summer, broke box-office records with its opening weekend which grossed $207.4 million at domestic theaters and a whopping $654.8 million across the globe.  

"Unhappy the land that has no heroes!" someone remarks to Bertolt Brecht's Galileo. "No. Unhappy the land that needs heroes," Galileo replies. And if superheroes are multiples of the ordinary variety, the world as perceived by Hollywood is currently in as dire straits as it was during the great depression when the comic-strip masked avengers were first created. Joss Whedon, a major hero to Tinseltown's accountants, and Marvel Comics' movie...  

Rejoice, nerds: The Avengers is as good as you hoped it'd be. by Erik Henriksen BRASS TACKS: The Avengers, the long-threatened cinematic metastasization of Marvel Comics' cash cows—Thor, Captain America, the Incredible Hulk, Iron Man—is very good. It's the best of Marvel's movies so far, and it's one of the best that the superhero genre has to offer. It'll be genuinely hard to top as a fun, clever, big...  

So people are seeing this movie again and again, as if it would never be released on DVD or home video and this was there only chance to see this thing (this ain ... are stating that this is (ahem) the greatest comic book movie ever.  

This weekend, turn the typical dinner-and-a-movie-date-night plan up a notch with larger than life superheroes: Iron Man, the Incredible Hulk, Captain America and Thor. The Avengers opens this weekend, and the much-anticipated blockbuster brings ...  

On May 4, the hugely anticipated adaptation of Marvel Comics’ premiere superhero team, “The Avengers,” hits theaters. But what many movie fans might not realize is that a nasty battle regarding ownership rights is currently going on behind the scenes. Most people know Stan Lee as the father of the Marvel Universe, but his efforts…Read [...]  

LOS ANGELES — Chris Evans could feel the power of "The Avengers" from the moment he stepped on set. Reprising his role as Captain America, the 30-year-old actor joins Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man, Chris Hemsworth's Thor, Jeremy Renner's Hawkeye,...  

Despite his experience writing for Marvel comics, Joss Whedon was a surprising choice to direct Marvel's adaptation of The Avengers. With online reaction and reviews being almost universally positive, Marvel can feel good about gambling on Whedon to bring together characters from all of its "Cinematic Universe" so far — 2008's Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk; 2010's Iron Man 2; and last year's Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger. In...  

From Superman to Batman, superhero films have much to teach us about faith and humanity – as well as being terrrific visual spectacle, writes Avengers Assemble star Tom Hiddleston Earlier this year, beneath the wind-whipped tarpaulin of a catering tent in Gloucester, I was working on a film with the actor Malcolm Sinclair. Over scrambled eggs at an ungodly hour, he told me something I had not previously known: when Christopher Reeve was young...  

Starting with the 7/4/12 On-sale items, all 32 page Marvel Universe comics ... job they had to do to change the Hal Jordan Green Lantern to a new unidentified black Green Lantern. Having been moved to the verge of a standing ovation by Mark ...  

Avengers Assemble, the latest film adaptation of the Marvel comics universe, is taking global box office by storm, or, more to the point, is properly Hulk-smashing its way to the top. With staggering $200.3m (£124m), it is the biggest US...  

The folks at Close Encounters, a comic shop in Northampton, England, are organising a comic convention for later in the year, possibly around September time, the Northants International Comics Expo. They will confirm ... At Kapow in London, during the Avengers Vs X-Men panel with Kieron Gillen, CB Cebulski and Joe Quesada, they showed off some upcoming Avengers Vs X-Men pages… one of which seems to show a certain Professor X returning for...  

Marvel Comics' first openly gay character will get married this summer. And DC comics has announced that one of its major characters will soon come out of the closet ... in the pages of "Astonishing X-Men" No. 51, due out June 20.  

In elementary schools and offices alike, the hit film "The Avengers" is prompting a classic argument: Who's your favorite superhero? In Hollywood, however, that discussion goes a little differently. It's not about who's the strongest, fastest or ...  

Superman, Batman, Wonderwoman, The Flash, and Aquaman are just some of the superheroes made famous by the comic book giant, which is one of the largest in America alongside Marvel Comics. He had previously hinted in an interview with The Advocate that he ...  

Hulk, smash. That's what Captain America tells the Incredible Hulk to do in "The Avengers," and that's what the Marvel Comics superhero mash-up did at the box office, smashing the domestic revenue record with a $200.3...  

Hulk, smash. That's what Captain America tells the Incredible Hulk to do in "The Avengers," and that's what the Marvel Comics superhero mash-up did at the box office, smashing the domestic revenue record with a $200.3 million debut...  

Aside from Nick Fury, we see deputy director, Maria Hill (Cobie Smulders ... America when Dr. Erskine (Stan Tucci) told Steve Rogers: “Promise me you’ll remain the same. Not a Super Soldier, but a Good Man.” This is where the audience really begins ...  

***SPOILERS*** Hey guys, did you know Batwoman is a lesbian? Seriously DC, do you need to beat us over the head with the blunt end of Kate Kane’s sexual preference every single issue? Now again don’t get me wrong. I have no problem with Batwoman being gay. I thought the character was great in 52 [...]  

Hulk, smash. That's what Captain America tells the Incredible Hulk to do in "The Avengers," and that's what the Marvel Comics superhero mash-up did at the box office, smashing the domestic revenue record with a $200.3 million debut.  

"That was pretty cool,'' Shelbi said. Her dad gets plenty of opportunities to draw Iron Man at home these days as part of his contract with Marvel Comics. Since 2003, he has penciled Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four and other characters ...  

The war is here! Today in Avengers VS. X-Men #4, by the blockbuster creative team of Jonathan Hickman and John Romita Jr., both the Avengers and the X-Men have lost Hope! With Wolverine out of commission, and fights breaking out all across the Marvel ...  

"The [reveal will] be in the comic book itself; it's part of the storyline ... and in the weeks after President Obama officially came out in support of gay marriage, Lee said neither event had an impact on the timing of DC's announcement.  

When the Avengers assemble, the world opens its collective wallet. In just under three weeks since its international opening, "Marvel's The Avengers" has earned more than $1 billion worldwide. In America, it blew through the $200 million mark over opening ...  

ScreenCrushThe Lamplighter: The Avengers: A Reviewmy.hsj.orgFor that child, The Avengers is a prayer answered and a sigh of relief. Marvel Studio's ambitious four-year-plan of films was unprecedented in Hollywood and had a lot of room for complete failure. How could these superheroes each have their own film, ...First Look: 'The Avengers' Video Game That Never HappenedScreenCrushSet Photos from "The Avengers" Mid-Credits SceneWorstPreviews...  

If you've already seen The Avengers multiple times and still want more, Marvel Comics has a solution. There are a number of comic collections available that will give you the flavor of the characters from the movie.  

RTT News'The Avengers' crushes 'Battleship' and 'The Dictator' with $55.1 milCNNBy John Young, EW.com (EW.com) -- Once again, it was all about "The Avengers" at the box office, as three new releases failed to even approach the Marvel superhero blockbuster's third-weekend gross of $55.1 million, according to studio estimates.'The Avengers' Torpedoes 'Battleship' At Box OfficeMTV.com"The Avengers" sinks "Battleship" at the box officeCBS News...  

Christian Science MonitorSuperheroes arrive to rescue ... Hollywood?Christian Science Monitor"But ... many Hollywood action films will open overseas and not be blockbusters or even big hits" in the United States, he says. Other analysts say the overseas success of "The Avengers" points to the cultural earmarks of our times.Movies That Should Top The 2012 Box OfficeSan Francisco Chronicle'The Avengers' Goes for Three: Can It Sink Battleship...  

As the summer movie season gets underway, superheroes are all the rage. Kicked off by the record-breaking The Avengers, audiences are in for at least two other tights-and-masks blockbusters with the final Dark Knight film and the reboot of the Spider-Man ...  

RTR UK, along with everyone else in the entertainment industry, were eagerly anticipating the release of the Marvel Comics film, The Avengers, long before its release. Such was the hype surrounding the film that it hardly came as a surprise that it went ...  

Another week, another box-office victory by Marvel's The Avengers. As of this writing, it has earned an impressive $457,000,000 domestically and an unbelievable additional $723,000,000 in foreign ticket sales, bringing its global total to over a ...  

Battle for Earth is based on the Secret Invasion storyline that appeared in Marvel Comics. The artwork, locations and characters are derived from Secret Invasion, though we'll have to wait until no later than E3 in a few weeks for our first glimpse.  

That's what Captain America tells the Incredible Hulk to do in "The Avengers," and that's what the Marvel Comics superhero mash-up did at the box office, smashing the domestic revenue record with a $200.3 million debut.  

Synopsis: Nick Fury of S.H.I.E.L.D. brings together a team of super humans to form The Avengers to help save the Earth from Loki and his army. The Avengers will bring together the super hero team of Marvel Comics characters for the first time ever ...  

THIS week’s parent-friendly movie review is on The Avengers, an action adventure bringing together a number of Marvel’s most famous superhero characters. Targeted at adolescent males and adult fans of Marvel comics, it contains violent and scary scenes ...  

SPOILER WARNING: Some small spoilers for Marvel's "The Avengers" movie are below. For the past decade, Marvel Comics has worked to bring its comic book superheroes into thematic alignment with their cinematic counterparts, and with the new blockbuster ...  

"The View" host Joy Behar described the book as "the controversial ... almost entirely to its female readership. Obama also revealed he recently saw the blockbuster movie "The Avengers," about the Marvel Comics superhero team, but had no idea pop singer ...  

The past ten years or so has seen The Avengers disassemble, the wiping out of nearly the entire mutant race, a Civil War between the superheroes, a Secret Invasion, Norman Osborn's Dark Reign, and the superheroes reassembling to take on him and later Fear ...  

Hollywood’s superhero summer has arrived with a vengeance. The Marvel Comics mash-up “The Avengers” launched the summer movie season with a $200.3 million opening weekend domestically, by far the biggest debut ever.  

OK kids, the blockbuster comicbook popcorn flick of the summer of 2012 to beat is here in theaters this weekend, and let me say that not only is it the rocking rollercoaster ride that we all expected it to be, it is precisely the blockbuster comicbook ...  

Proving their value in an unstable equilibrium, attempting, paradoxically, not to offend Professor Banner because otherwise there will be trouble. Loki, who in his lust for power sees far, knows that Banner/Hulk is a loose cannon in a disjointed ...  

Marvel Comics has released a preview pack giving fans a look at today’s Avengers vs. X-Men #4, which is on sale at comic book stores everywhere and will be available on the Marvel app and the ComiXology app in the next hour or so. With the ...  

The popular new movie 'The Avengers' has caused some outrage from the adoption community. An online petition is demanding an apology from Marvel Comics after a joke in the movie fell flat with adoption advocates. In the movie, the character Thor defends ...  

By Maggie Liu STAFF WRITER When I found out that Marvel was making a movie called The Avengers where they dumped all their famous superheroes together, I figured it was just another franchise film. Marvel films are known for their explosions, ruggedly handsome actors, and romantic subplots. After watching so many of such films, I anticipated the typical formula. While The Avengers did follow ...  

The Samuel L Jackson film, with Scarlett Johansson playing the Black Widow, Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man and Gwyneth Paltrow as Pepper Potts, is set to smash all box office records over its second weekend of release, putting it firmly in line to become the ...  

However, one joke from the movie has set off bloggers from the adoption community and fueled an online petition seeking an apology from Marvel Comics. Jamie Berke created a Change.org petition, “Marvel Comics – Apologize to Adoption Community!”  

In comicbooks — as with most endeavors — there is a corporate or “professional” level of engagement as well as an “independent” or “farm team” level of engagement. Now, to be sure, when we use terms like “professional” and “farm team ...  

Marvel Comics The Avengers is the long overdue, creative culmination of Marvel comics stranglehold on the big screen that has been building up speed since the release of The X-men back in 2000. It’s the spectacular, blockbuster that movie lovers crave for.  

Record-shattering blockbuster The Avengers has become the sixth biggest film of all-time in less than a month. The Marvel action film, which opened globally at the end of April and in the U.S. on 4 May (12), has netted $1.07 billion, surpassing the $1.066 ...  

In 1963 when the Avengers were born into the Marvel Comics Universe, the Hulk was a member, but he was a contentious member who left after the second issue. The savage beast had trouble standing among a prince of Asgard, a titan of technology and a ...  

But such fanboy rewards don't end there. After all, an Avenger's work is never done. Marvel Comics' landmark 12-issue mini-series, "Avengers vs. X-Men" (AvX) will bring forth issue No. 4 this Wednesday, and if what the first three issues indicated ...  

This period debuted with X-Men, followed by Spider-man, Daredevil, Hulk, Catwoman, Hellboy, Batman, Fantastic Four, Superman, Iron Man, Watchmen, The Green Hornet, Green Lantern, Thor, and Captain America. Whew, and that list excludes an equally lengthy ...  

The arrival of The Avengers to our cinema screens has been one of the most eagerly awaited movie releases in many months. Wickford, Essex (PRWEB UK) 11 May 2012 Discount fancy dress retailers All Fancy Dress has experienced increased sales of its Marvel ...  

`“The Avengers” movie opens in the United States today, completing an ambitious years-long project that seems likely to destroy box-office records like, well, like a group of superheroes destroying a bunch of loser supervillains. The movie ...  

With the film “Marvel's The Avengers” making more than $200 million in its first weekend at the box office, there looks to be an appetite for adventures of Marvel Comics' super-team. The team was created by writer Stan Lee and artist Jack ...  

A drawing by Jack Kirby showing him surrounded by characters of Marvel comics, the majority of which he created or co-created. "The Avengers" has already earned hundreds of millions of dollars overseas, and when it opens at midnight Friday morning, it's ...  

Avengers vs X-Men #6 will come bundled with a digital Infinite Comic, Marvel Comics has announced. The publisher's Infinite titles are exclusive to tablets and smartphones, using mobile technology to add special effects and enhance the reader's experience.  

Agent Maria Hill is a relatively new character in comics. Created by Brian Michael Bendis and David Finch in 2005, she runs S.H.I.E.L.D. when Nick Fury is in hiding after a scandal. She has a tough attitude and a protocol-focused, by-the-book ...  

Directed by Joss Whedon. 140 minutes. Opens midnight Thursday at major theatres. PG Agent Phil Coulson will love The Avengers. You surely will, too, if you recognize his name. Officious but loveable S.H.I.E.L.D. sleuth Phil is one of many Marvel Comics ...  

***SPOILERS*** Yes, I know Cap is a Marvel Comics character but this picture is probably the most iconic drawing from the much maligned Rob Liefeld. And again I forget what week it is. I think it’s week 35. I’m not sure. Anyway this week I want to talk about Mr. Liefeld. He’s gotten a bad [...]  

In a podcast interview with Eric Ratcliffe’s Why I Love Comics, superstar writer Brian Michael Bendis explained the role of the “Marvel Movie Council”–that is, a group of comic book experts including himself, Joe Quesada and Marvel ...  

They have saved the world many times over. Now, not content with unleashing their heroics on the universe, the Avengers are flying, leaping and swinging to the rescue of Walt Disney. The Samuel L Jackson film, with Scarlett Johansson playing the Black ...  

Batman, Superman, Green Lantern and the rest of the DC Comics universe is receiving the Robot Chicken treatment this fall, with a special announced today set for Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim block. The stop-motion sketch comedy show will do to DC’s ...  

With the film “Marvel’s The Avengers” making more than $200 million in its first weekend at the box office, there looks to be an appetite for adventures of Marvel Comics’ super-team. The team was created by writer Stan Lee and artist ...  

So you’ve seen Marvel Comics’ mightiest heroes join together and vanquish the forces of evil and it blew your socks off. Now what? If you loved the blockbuster new film The Avengers (and judging by the early returns from the box office, you most ...  

You can imagine a young generation of girls watching this movie and thinking they want to be like her, now fighting for good, able to take down aliens and bad men and get bruised and bloody but never give up. As a woman, she’s outnumbered in her gender ...  

Like a pretty significant percentage of the world's population has already and/or soon will, we've seen The Avengers - and while we can't stop thinking and talking about writer/director Joss Whedon's masterful execution and the resultingjustice he's done ...  

Fans eager to see the super hero team of a lifetime hit the big screen in a matter of hours can turn to one local cinema that's offering a Marvel comics lovers deal leading up to the Thursday midnight showing of "The Avengers." Through Thursday at Atlas ...  

But if there’s one thing Marvel comics has in spades, it’s colorful, cosmically over-powered villains.  So of course they chose Loki.  Loki! Here’s a few reasons why Loki is a terrible choice.  And no, I don’t care a lick that he was the first ...  

Honda Motor Company's luxury division and has a number of customized version of MDX sports utility vehicle at a starting price of $43,000 besides a NSX concept car driven by Robert Downey Junior's Tony Stark. A Harley Davidson is also seen in the movie.  

Note: The following characters are or have been members of Marvel Comics' Avengers team. They're also, to the best of our knowledge, under the control of Marvel Studios. (A Screen Rant rundown was helpful in this regard.) Avengers-affiliated characters ...  

Parade MagazineMOVIES: 'Avengers' smashes record: $200.3 million debutPress-EnterpriseBy DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer That's what Captain America tells the Incredible Hulk to do in “The Avengers,” and that's what the Marvel Comics superhero mash-up did at the box office, smashing the domestic revenue record with a $200.3 million debut ...[Movies] The Avengers Makes Over $80 Million on Opening Day411mania.comWeekend Movies Roundup: What to...  

Marvel's superhero characters come together to save the world in "The Avengers," which opened last weekend at Rogers Cinema. Great superheroes -- Iron man, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow -- are brought ...  

Speaking with Game Informer Magazine, comic book writer Brian Michael Bendis (who is also the current writer for the Marvel MMO) revealed that he wrote THQ's now-defunct video game tie-in for Marvel's The Avengers. He briefly discusses the game's point of ...  

Daniel. “This special Annual, written by Tony S. Daniel and illustrated by Romano Molenaar and Sandu Florea, pits the Dark Knight against the Black Mask—a Gotham City villain most recently seen during the Night of the Owls!,” BATMAN group editor Mike ...  

USA TODAY "Avengers": $200.3M bow smashes record CBS News (AP) LOS ANGELES - Hulk, smash. That's what Captain America tells the Incredible Hulk to do in "The Avengers," and that's what the Marvel Comics superhero mash-up did at the box office, smashing the domestic revenue record with a $200.3 milli ...  

ABC NewsPuny God: What Worked & What Didn't In 'The Avengers'Indie Wire (blog)I believe Chris Hemsworth does a decent job as Thor but he was a little boring in the Thor movie and honestly I had a tremendously hard time rooting for him (And this is despite the fact that I do read marvel comics and THOR is my favourite marvel ...'The Avengers' Movie Review: Super Heroes Unite Against LokiGather.comDisney Announces Avengers 2 MovieMoviesOnline...  

Teaming up Marvel Comics' "The Avengers" for an all-star movie seems to have been the kind of idea that could have become a major train wreck if handled badly. All those actor egos and all those characters vying for attention and screen time seem like the ...  

The outrageous $200 million plus opening of the Avengers, the latest in a long line of blockbuster superhero films is one for the books, for a while at least. What’s behind this craving for invincible characters, the guys and gals that seem to ...  

If you have never seen an assortment of Avengers featured products, things that remind you of your favorite superheroes, this is your chance. Target stores have come up with a very creative and innovative ad campaign that has some Avengers weapons of superheroes they know so well about made from household objects, beverage cans and [...]The Assembly of the Avengers Ewandoo See Original Post At ewandoo.com  

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- A lot of superheroes add up to a lot of money for "The Avengers." The film featuring a team of Marvel Comics heroes pulled in $80.5 million in its domestic debut Friday, the second-best haul ever on opening day. "The Avengers" trails ...  

The slew of Marvel superhero movies in recent years has culminated with Joss Whedon’s multimillion dollar brainchild, The Avengers. Each Marvel installment had a pleasant dosage of witty lines and heroic bravado, but when all of these ...  

The male/ female ratio in this ensemble film is 6:1. The problem is that this same gendered ratio shows up in most movies made for kids. Even though The Avengers” is not for kids, the superhero theme is obviously kid friendly. I bet the images ...  

- With "THE AVENGERS" produced by Marvel Studios, Paramount, and Disney set to hit theaters this weekend, Fox Studios is hard at work retooling the film projects around the licenses they currently maintain. To a degree the company must...  

It seems the recent Avengers Vs. X-Men storyline currently rampaging its way through the Marvel Comics universe has drawn a good deal of ire. Fanboys across the globe have littered the internet with a litany of complaints; some justified, some ...  

Coming on the heels of the long-awaited blockbuster comicbook popcorn flick, The Avengers and Free Comic Book Day, comes the 4th Annual Bronx Heroes Comic Convention (Saturday, May 12th). This event takes place at the Bronx Museum of the Arts ...  

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Hulk, smash. That's what Captain America tells the Incredible Hulk to do in "The Avengers," and that's what the Marvel Comics superhero mash-up did at the box office, smashing the domestic revenue record with a $200.3 million debut.  

In 1991, developer Data East published Captain America and the Avengers as an 8-bit video game cartridge for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) console, and based on a coin-operated arcade cabinet using licensed characters from the universe of Marvel Comics.  

We’ve been keeping steady track of the posters for Marvel’s The Avengers that have been released by Mondo Tees, which specializes in (among other things) creating stylish movie memorabilia that is steadily in demand by fans who want to get their hands ...  

While many fans of Marvel’s Avengers are looking forward to the upcoming blockbuster film, a lot of them are no doubt also looking forward to owning some of the swag that comes with a big comic book movie release, including toys, collectibles, toy props ...  

Lots of superheroes add up to lots of money for "The Avengers." The film featuring a team of Marvel Comics heroes pulled in $80.5 million in its domestic debut Friday, the second-best haul ever on opening day. "The Avengers" trails only last year's "Harry ...  

The task: bring together Marvel Comics’ top superheroes and concoct a storyline for a new film featuring them all, with the aim of creating a multi-billion dollar movie franchise. For one thing, in the comic books the superheroes didn’t get along ...  

With a superstar cast, great reviews and glowing word of mouth from fans, "The Avengers" bounded past the previous record of $169.2 million set by last year's "Harry Potter" finale. The Marvel Comics adaptation also has taken in $447.4 million ...  

Let me jump right into it and say the Avengers is f the best film of 2012 and possibly the greatest comic book movie to date. Each member of this ensemble cast gives a wonderful performance, especially Mark Ruffolo who portrayed Bruce Banner (the Hulk ...