NOKIA MOBILES: 2012

Wednesday, 25 July 2012

Marvel Comic Superheroes

I have the strangest relationship with Marvel Comics. I’m a fan! Don’t get me wrong, but I don’t think I’m a fan of the characters and concepts that I’m supposed to like. I discovered Marvel shortly after I’d begun reading DC Comics. With DC, I was a huge Wonder Woman and Aquaman fan, thanks to ‘The Super Friends,’ and I loved watching reruns of ‘Batman.’ And I loved the ‘Super Friends’/'Justice League of America,’ all the biggest guns in one place! Why pay 60 cents for a comic with just Green Lantern in it, when you could pay the same price and get Green Arrow, Black Canary, The Atom, Zatanna and Elongated Man, too?!When I discovered Marvel Comics, things… changed.

With Marvel, they didn’t put all their biggest names on the same team. Spider-Man and The Incredible Hulk, their two biggest stars, were both strictly solo at the time. Captain America was in The Avengers, one of my first Marvel discoveries, which I instantly adored, but he starred alongside heroes like The Vision, Scarlet Witch, Hawkeye and The Wasp.

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Above, the mock-up comic book cover that Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada prepared for an appearance on Thursday night’s Colbert Report, where he brought Stephen Colbertup to speed on Civil War, the “Marvel Comics Event” that pits superhero against superhero to explore the permeable boundary between homeland security and personal liberty:“Before the show, Colbert came into the green room and set the tone for me. First he gave me the warmest welcome, shook my hand and told me he’s a huge Marvel fan…As he left he gave me the wag of the finger and said, ‘You know how the show works?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ He said, ‘Remember, I’m an idiot,’ I told him that I was one as well and then he went off to do the show.

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Marvel comics For Sale

Ever since the comic book culture came to light in the 1930s pop culture arena, after the popularity of Earth’s mightiest superhero characters like Superman, Captain Marvel and Batman, and later in the 1960s during the boom of the silver age, comic books has widely been regarded as collectibles or artwork to be sought-after and preserved. But, now the comic book collecting has becomes a serious business, and the comic book market is extensively expanding as the comic book fans and collectors splash out hefty amounts to collect this vintage memorabilia, which becomes apparent from our round-up of the most expensive comic book auction of all time. Also, this year in particular seems promising for the comic book market, as earlier the Batman #1 comic book got sold for $850,000 and now the Heritage Auctions has landed the privilege to sell what is most likely the best Silver Age Marvel comic collection in existence. Doug Schmell’s #1 ranked CGC registry set of Marvels will be up for the grabs on 26-27th July Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction at Beverly Hills.

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On a story level, the focus of 2009's X-Men "Second Coming" crossover, Hope Summers, will once again be the center of attention in "Avengers Vs. X-Men," as the presumed host for the returning Phoenix Force. In fact, it's the threat of the returning Phoenix Force that will instigate the conflict in the first place, Alonso says. "The Phoenix Force is the spirit of destruction and rebirth. It razes worlds to create something new. It's bad news if you happen to be living on the world about to be razed. It's great news if you're what's going to be the outcome of that world."Also taking center stage is the Scarlet Witch, who, in many ways, instigated this conflict years ago when she used her reality-altering powers to all but erase mutantkind from the planet. Bendis, who scripts her story in the series' prologue issue, told the newspaper,"She's been on a road of almost impossible-to-perceive redemption over the last few years and now is going to come face-to-face with the Avengers."

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On Saturday May 5th all across the United States an event of epic proportions will occur in the nation’s comic book shops as they celebrate the 11th annual Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) event. FCBD is an industry-wide celebration of comics that started in 2002 and is promoted by Diamond Distributing (the major U.S. distributor of comics) to promote this uniquely American form of art and entertainment that has spread out from the United States to the world. Yes, you read that correctly, on the same weekend that the new Marvel Comics movie, The Avengers, hits theaters, comic shops across the U.S. will be celebrating the 11th annual Free Comic Book Day.Comicbooks are considered to be one of the few truly American original art forms. Created in the early days of the 20th Century, and growing out of the syndicate comic newspaper strips of the time. Today’s comics feature a wide range of diverse storylines ranging from superheroes to sci-fi, to funny animals to slice-of life stories; all of which work to capture the imagination of its readers. The comicbook industry which began in the late 1930s has survived the dominance of radio, the ubiquity of TV, the spread of color and sound pictures, the rise of videogames, and even the availability of the Internet. Always adapting always changing to fit the times,

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