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News: Hulk's History With Avengers Told in Miniseries To Start May 2012

Whether you are a fan of the Marvel Universe comics, or are a moviegoer hungry to see the 2012 movie The Avengers in theaters, or even both, get ready for acomic book limited series you will not want to miss out on. This week, Marvel Comi...

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News: The Avengers Prelude Comic

If you're planning to see the upcoming 2012 "Marvel Cinematic Universe" film "The Avengers" in theaters during the coming summer movie season, here's a piece of news for you! Today, Marvel Comics announces that in March 2012, it will be releasing the first two issues of "The Avengers Prelude", a four-issue limited series that will depict the prelude scenario to the events to occur in the upcoming superflick. Get ready as it will finally reveal the truth about S.H.I.E.L.D.'s so-called Avengers Initiative, which was previoulsy briefly mentioned in 2008's "Iron Man" (during its final shot) and 2010's "Iron Man 2".

9:10 PM Canada EST

News: Avengers To Fight X-Men in 2012

Today, Marvel Comics announces that it will be launching a 12-issue limited series in April 2012 featuring two Marvel Universe superhero organizations in war against other: The Avengers and the X-Men. This will be called "Avengers Vs. X-Men" and it will have two issues released per month during its run. Here's Marvel's commentary of premise of the upcmoming series below:

"The Avengers and X-Men have learned that the all-powerful embodiment of both death and rebirth known as the Phoenix Force is on a crash course for Earth…and it needs a new host to unleash its immeasurable power. But what is the shocking decision tied to the Phoenix’s return that will pit the Avengers against the X-Men? And when good friends become bitter enemies, what does this mean for the future of the Marvel Universe?"

2:19 PM Canada EST

News: Vol. 3 Premier of The Incredible Hulk

On October 26, 2011, Marvel Comics will be releasing the Volume 3 premier issue of the comic book series "The Incredible Hulk", thus a 2nd relaunch of the series title. Although story details are unknown at the moment, the tagline for the premier, which reads "The man and the monster are one no more", sort of hints at what Marvel readers are to expect from this new volume of issues.

The premier issue itself will hit store shelves in two cover versions: one blank and one containing an image of the friendly Marvel Universe green giant himelf illustrated by legendary "Batman" comic book artist Neal Adams.

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