If you’ve been having a hard time keeping track of what happened when in the Marvel movie universe, then this is the handy dandy chart you need to print up and pin on your wall. The chart, found in The Art of Marvel’s The Avengers book, starts with Odin defeating the Jotuns and details events as they happen in each moving right up to The Avengers. It uses Iron Man as the point of origin so years are either BIM (Before Iron Man) or AIM (After Iron Man). Can we please start using that in the real world, too?
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If Marvel characters were in a Ren and Stimpy cartoon, it might look a lot like this highly amusing short entitled Disassambled by Junaid Chundriga (We especially like the bits with the Silver Surfer and Nick Fury). I guess heroes don’t always win the day.
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In the 47th Series of Marvel Minimates, you can pit the X-Men against the Brood with these 2 inch tall action figures. Each has 14 points of articulation and includes various removable accessories. The three new two-packs in the series will include Rogue with Colossus, Longshot with Dazzler, and Wolverine with a Brood. There’s also a one-per-case variant two-pack with a Wolverine who has been infected by a Brood egg. Preorder now and fight off the Brood when these become available in August.
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IMAX is hosting lots of midnight screenings for The Avengers on May 4, and to celebrate what is sure to be an awesome movie, they’re releasing a special, limited edition poster. It features the superhero team ready for battle (click to enlarge).
IMAX will be giving these away to everyone who attends the 12:01 screening at participating locations. If you’ve been on the fence about staying up late, this poster might seal the deal.
Check for participating theaters and get your tickets here.
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To celebrate the upcoming release of The Avengers, AMC Theaters and Marvel are hosting a superheroic movie marathon on May 3rd. The Ultimate Marvel Marathon will feature six movies from the universe: Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor in 3D, Captain America in 3D, and it will end with The Avengers in 3D. Whew. The event will start at 11:30am and continue on all day—all for a very reasonable $40.
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If you own an iOS device and have been craving new reading material, you’re in luck. Marvel just released 80 graphic novels featuring popular characters like Captain America, The Avengers, Spider-Man, and more for the iBookstore. You can find some comics to enjoy from Marvel even if superheroes aren’t your style. The have a graphic novel interpretation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and titles from authors like Neil Gaiman. The books start at $7 (via the iBooks app), and to get you hooked Marvel’s offering The New Avengers #1 for free for a limited time.
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Thanks to a new partnership with Fetch, your dog can now chew on the Hulk and other Marvel superheroes. You can make all the other dogs jealous by getting your pup tennis balls, frisbees, and chew toys featuring bright superheroic hues and logos. If your dog doesn’t like Spider-Man, try Wolverine or Captain America. Really though, your pet will probably slobber on all of them equally.
View a gallery of available toys after the break.
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Luxury Lane, the purveyor of awesome products like Han in Carbonite soap, has new product to tempt you. These guest soaps come in the shape of Marvel superheroes. You can wash your hands with Hulk, Thing, Iron Man, or Captain America. Hulk and Thing even glow in the dark (duh).
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Apparently the fight for mutant/human equality only applies in the world of X-Men, because in reality Marvel’s legal team has set out to prove that mutants and humans are in fact, completely different beings.
Not surprisingly, money is the root of this prejudice (note that Marvel is also a SOPA supporter).
The move stems from taxes levied on toys manufactured in different countries and imported to the states. “Dolls” are defined as products representing humans, and carry a tax rate of 12%. “Toys” on the other hand, represent non-humans (such as robots or animals), and carry a much lower tax rate of 6.8%. Marvel wants to prove that mutants are not humans, and should therefore fall into the cheaper “toy” category.
The whole story was revealed on the Radiolab Podcast, which you can check out after the break.
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Peavey has teamed up with Marvel to release a line of superhero guitars and accessories that include Rockmaster, Predator Plus EXP, Junior Acoustic models along with a buttload of picks and straps. The guitars include Spider-Man, Captain America, Thor, Deadpool and X-Men designs.
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