Some of you may have known about it, others maybe not, but Wednesday, May 19th has been deemed AVENGERS DAY by Marvel, marked by the release of AVENGERS #1 by Brian Michael Bendis and John Romita Jr.!
We've been at a loss for just the right way to celebrate the end of one era and the start of another for our favorite franchise of the last seven years, but after reading SIEGE #4, SIEGE: FALLEN, DARK AVENGERS #16, and NEW AVENGERS FINALE last night we figured it all out.
- 25% OFF ALL AVENGERS MERCHANDISE (except new issues) 2-8 PM! BACK ISSUES! TRADE PAPERBACKS! HARDCOVERS! FIGURES! T-SHIRTS! STATUES! BUSTS!
And that's not just for the Avengers team. Any character that was at one time a card-carrying member of Earth's Mightiest Heroes counts! If you think we might doubt your claim, bring some reference along (but since we're all such big Avengers fans you shouldn't have much trouble convincing us)! - AVENGERS TRIVIA CONTEST! 7:00 PM Match your knowledge against Jermaine, Stephen, and the rest of the Acme Army in hopes of winning some major prizes!
- HEROIC AGE VARIANTS GO ON SALE! Nearly every Marvel monthly title this month has one, and they look great all together!
If you've been wondering how we're going to handle the transition for the new Avengers titles, here's what we had in mind:
- Anything Avengers = AVENGERS
- NEW AVENGERS = NEW AVENGERS
- DARK AVENGERS = SECRET AVENGERS
- AVENGERS INITIATIVE = AVENGERS ACADEMY
- NEW AVENGERS REUNION = HAWKEYE & MOCKINGBIRD
Other new titles you might think about adding are:
- ENTER THE HEROIC AGE #1 - prologues (not previews) for Avengers Academy, Thunderbolts, Agents of Atlas, Black Widow, and Hawkeye & Mockingbird!
- ORIGINS OF MARVEL COMICS #1 - retellings by Fred Van Lente (Incredible Hercules), Jeff Parker (Atlas), and Jim McCann (Hawkeye & Mockingbird) with art by John Romita Jr. (Avengers), Leinil Francis Yu (Secret Invasion), Alan Davis (Avengers Prime)!
- AGE OF HEROES - picking up on heroes that have fallen through the cracks including Captain Britain & MI 13, Gravity, Doctor Voodoo and others!
- ATLAS - Jeff Parker and Gabriel Hardman bring the Agent back to their own monthly ongoing series!
- AVENGERS PRIME - original Avengers Thor, Iron Man, and Hank Pym making amends and adventuring together again by Bendis and Alan Davis!
- YOUNG ALLIES - Nomad teams up with Arana, Firestar, Gravity, and others by Sean McKeever and David Baldeon!
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Jermaine pictured with the silver age portion of a near complete run of Avengers #1-420 in September of 2007. We've sold through much of the collection since then, including every issue from the first 10, but look for more gems in the near future!
