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News: More Updates On Marvel.1 Titles

More updates on the Marvel.1 one-shots have been revealed yesterday. While "Invincible Iron Man" No. 500.1 gets released today, here are the full the release dates for the other Marvel.1 one-shots:

  • "Wolverine" No. 5.1 (2/09/201)
  • "The Amazing Spider-Man" No. 654.1 (2/16/2011)
  • "Deadpool" No. 32.1 (3/02/2011)
  • "Hulk" No. 30.1
  • "Uncanny X-Force" No. 5.1 (3/09/2011)
  • "Captain America" No. 615.1 (2/09/2011)
  • "Thor" No. 30.1 (3/09/2011)
  • "Uncanny X-Men" No. 534.1 (4/06/2011)
  • "The Avengers" No. 12.1 (4/27/2011)
  • "Secret Avengers" No. 11.1 (4/27/2011)

To read a full premise description per title, visit Marvel.com

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News: Iron Man Reaches 500 Issues

On January 19, Marvel Comics will be releasing the 34th issue of the 2008 comic book series "The Invincible Iron Man", whose issue number will read "500", so it seems as if Marvel's editor-in-chief have decided to use the vol. 1 issue numbering of...

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News: Marvel.1

U.S. comic book publisher Marvel Comics is planning to release a series of one-shots called "Marvel.1". Acccording to Joe Quesada in a behind-the-scenes description featured in "The Amazing Spider-Man" No. 651 (released 2 days ago), each of the "Marvel.1" one-shots will serve as a starting point for readers who just got into the Marvel Comics Super-Heroes franchise so as to not only take into consideration "Spider-Man" co-creator Stan Lee's famous line "every comic is someone's first", but also present stories that they can enjoy without the big need for knowledge of the mainstream Marvel Universe. Plus, each will be sold at a price lower than the current usual price per Marvel-published issue (which is $3.99 for U.S. and Canada) Now, here's a list of all the "Marvel.1" one-shots below, divided up according to release time, but note that Marvel only so-far revealed the premises for the ones coming in Febraury:

February 2011

  • "The Amazing Spider-Man" No. 654.1: Venom's origins are explored as Spider-Man encounters a new host for the Venom symbiote, but is he friend or enemy?
  • "The Invincible Iron Man" No. 500.1: Tony Stark's life in the far, far future is foreshadowed
  • "Wolverine" No. 5.1: Wolverine faces a new supervillain group during his birthday with guest appearances of other X-Men and Avengers. Set between the last part of the "Wolverine Goes To Hell" storyarc (told in "Wolverine Vol. 4 No. 5) and part 1 of "Wolverine Vs. The X-Men" (to be told in "Wolverine" Vol. 4 No. 6)

March 2011

  • "Captain America" No. 615.1
  • "Deadpool" No. 32.1
  • "Hulk" No. 30.1
  • "Thor" No. 30.1
  • "Uncanny X-Force" No. 5.1

April 2011

  • "The Avengers" No. 12.1
  • "Secret Avengers" No. 11.1
  • "Uncanny X-Men" No. 534.1

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  • News: Avengers Party November 2010

    Attention Marvel Comics Super-Heroes fans! Make sure to visit your nearby comic shop on November 17. For on that day, there will be cover variants of "The Avengers" Vol. 4 No. 7 to choose from. In this issue, Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross (now Re...

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    News: Spidey's Big November 2010

    Marvel Comics has some big plans for Spider-Man this November. So far, the Brand New Day era of the mainstream Marvel Universe (Earth 616) had come to an end in "The Amazing Spider-Man" Vol. 1 No. 647 (released yesterday). Now get ready as ...

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