MARVEL STUDIOS and THE AVENGERS
If you've been around the comic book rumor mill you already know about the pending Marvel Studios Production "THE AVENGERS" scheduled for release in Summer 2011. However, if you don't know what's going on, allow me to explain.
A few years back MARVEL COMICS decided to take full control of their creative properties in regards to the film/television industry creating MARVEL STUDIOS and producing such box office winners as X-MEN and SPIDER MAN (Why is this important? Well if you you have ever been unfortunate enough to see the pre-MARVEL STUDIOS productions of THE PUNISHER (Starring Dolph Lundgren) and CAPTAIN AMERICA you will know what I mean). This early success has led to other films in Marvel portfolio including a chain of sequels for both Spider Man and X-Men as well as recent releases of THE INCREDIBLE HULK and IRON MAN, what you may not know is that all the films share a common thread beyond being products of the imagination of STAN LEE, they also all feature characters that when put together equal the aforementioned super hero group...the AVENGERS.
In a brilliant business maneuver, Marvel Studios took the unique approach of giving each character an "origin" story in their own personal feature film before ultimately bringing everyone together for a super-duper feature in July 2011. Additional members of the Avengers that are penned to have their own feature released before that date include: THOR, LUKE CAGE, and possibly NICK FURY (whom, although isn't technically a member of the squad, is credited with putting the group together and supervising them through S.H.I.E.L.D., besides Nick Fury is bad ass, yo!)
Okay that's the background, now what does this plethora of geeknowledge mean to you? Well it means that there is a magnitude of potential investments that you can look into. Example, discovering early copies of the AVENGERS, THOR, BLACK PANTHER, WONDER MAN, etc. in decent shape and sitting on them until film's release may prove to payoff. The one thing that may discourage you is that early prints of IRON MAN, HULK, SPIDER MAN, WOLVERINE, and even NICK FURY will be kind of pricey (SPIDER MAN #1 is going for $3000 at Metropolis Comics right now) however, there are many members of the AVENGERS and you can get in on some their early issues even on a budget, just do a little research and see what you can find. Also as always be sure to pick up issues with characters you like, if you are only doing this for the potential $$ you may find yourself in a situation where you have a comic you really don't care for and upside down on your investment, that's what we in the comic book world call being a "total jag off."
Look at your local comic store for titles, you can also check out: Ebay, New Kadia, Metropolis Comics, and Comic Connect.
I'm going to go flex in the mirror for the next three hours...I'll see you guys later!
A few years back MARVEL COMICS decided to take full control of their creative properties in regards to the film/television industry creating MARVEL STUDIOS and producing such box office winners as X-MEN and SPIDER MAN (Why is this important? Well if you you have ever been unfortunate enough to see the pre-MARVEL STUDIOS productions of THE PUNISHER (Starring Dolph Lundgren) and CAPTAIN AMERICA you will know what I mean). This early success has led to other films in Marvel portfolio including a chain of sequels for both Spider Man and X-Men as well as recent releases of THE INCREDIBLE HULK and IRON MAN, what you may not know is that all the films share a common thread beyond being products of the imagination of STAN LEE, they also all feature characters that when put together equal the aforementioned super hero group...the AVENGERS.
In a brilliant business maneuver, Marvel Studios took the unique approach of giving each character an "origin" story in their own personal feature film before ultimately bringing everyone together for a super-duper feature in July 2011. Additional members of the Avengers that are penned to have their own feature released before that date include: THOR, LUKE CAGE, and possibly NICK FURY (whom, although isn't technically a member of the squad, is credited with putting the group together and supervising them through S.H.I.E.L.D., besides Nick Fury is bad ass, yo!)
Okay that's the background, now what does this plethora of geeknowledge mean to you? Well it means that there is a magnitude of potential investments that you can look into. Example, discovering early copies of the AVENGERS, THOR, BLACK PANTHER, WONDER MAN, etc. in decent shape and sitting on them until film's release may prove to payoff. The one thing that may discourage you is that early prints of IRON MAN, HULK, SPIDER MAN, WOLVERINE, and even NICK FURY will be kind of pricey (SPIDER MAN #1 is going for $3000 at Metropolis Comics right now) however, there are many members of the AVENGERS and you can get in on some their early issues even on a budget, just do a little research and see what you can find. Also as always be sure to pick up issues with characters you like, if you are only doing this for the potential $$ you may find yourself in a situation where you have a comic you really don't care for and upside down on your investment, that's what we in the comic book world call being a "total jag off."
Look at your local comic store for titles, you can also check out: Ebay, New Kadia, Metropolis Comics, and Comic Connect.
I'm going to go flex in the mirror for the next three hours...I'll see you guys later!
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