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Sean Howe’s MARVEL: THE UNTOLD STORY Draws a Crowd of True Believers in Brooklyn

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By Hannah Means-Shannon Marvel’s an enigmatic company. It’s an underlying paradox that goes hand in hand with their media-active public image with Stan Lee at...

Marvel reveal ‘Superior Spider-Man’ with Slott, Stegman, Ramos, Camuncoli, and Dark/Edginess

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Ahead of NYCC 2012, Marvel have now revealed the meaning for their final one-word teaser from a few weeks ago: "Superior" stands for Superior...

Young Avengers relaunches! Gillen! McKelvie! Loki! America?!

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Marvel have finally announced that, yes, they will be publishing a new volume of Young Avengers this January, from the creative team of Kieron...

ADVANCE REVIEW: Uncanny Avengers #1

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Mild spoilers below for the issue, which will be released tomorrow. Uncanny Avengers carries the weight of the Marvel Universe upon it. Not just the...

Quote of the day: Terry Stewart via Sean Howe

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Via the Comics Journal's excerpt of the book everyone is talking about, Sean Howe's MARVEL: THE UNTOLD STORY. On February 17, 1992, the day the...

Marvel Announce Savage Wolverine from Frank Cho

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Wolverine has become a little too civilised recently, perhaps, with the events of AvX painting him as a happy bystander while Cyclops and Captain...

Marvel Comics Month-to-Month Sales: August 2012

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The AVENGERS VS X-MEN crossover continues to dominate most of Marvel's major titles in August, but this month also has the launch of two new titles - GAMBIT and HAWKEYE - plus the official 50th anniversary issue of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, and the start of Neal Adams' FIRST X-MEN mini. DC had a slightly greater share of the North American direct market this month. But it was close, leading Marvel by 36% to 35% in terms of units, and 33% to 32% in dollars.

Joe Quesada goes on Jimmy Kimmel show to announce Marvel NOW!

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Marvel is upping its PR game a bit: for the latest Marvel NOW! announcement, Marvel CCO Joe Quesada will go on Tuesday's Jimmy Kimmel...

Jim Shooter and Scott Edelman jumping out of a plane

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Former Marvel assistant editor Scott Edelman riffles through the memory bag for this 1976 plane jumping exploit with then Marvel E-i-C Jim Shooter. What's really...

The Consequences of AvX

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As a prelude to Kieron Gillen's actual recounting of the consequences from Marvel's Avengers Vs X-Men event, let's take a quick look at some...

“Marvel Comics, The Untold Story” Invades Grantland

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By Todd Allen Sean Howe's book Marvel Comics, The Untold Story gets double-duty today on Grantland, the ESPN-spin-off webside fronted by Bill "Sports Guy" Simmons.  The...

Coming Attractions: Marvel: Fall-Winter 2012

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This season's latest and greatest from the House of Ideas! I've highlighted a few, but feel free to let us know what you like, dislike,...

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