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Tuesday Trending Topics: The Year Of The Avengers

Published Wed, 14 Sep 2011 00:52:48 -0500

Last updated Wed, 14 Sep 2011 02:10:04 -0500

One of the interesting things about today's Avengers: X-Sanction announcement is the ever-tightening integration between Marvel comics and films that it confirms. With the series ending in March, that gives them a couple months to spin up Avengers relaunch scenarios just as anticipation for the May 2012 release of the film is hitting a fever pitch. The choice of Jeph Loeb as writer on the project (and by extension, today's announcement seems to indicate that he will be helping to set the tone for Marvel next year in a major way), with his extensive background in film, tv, and comics, further hints that Marvel has some tightly-integrated plans for 2012. Add in the fact that Iron Man 3 and Thor 2 are set to follow up The Avengers at the theater next year, and it sounds like 2012 will be a good year to be an Avengers fan.

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