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Marvel’s AVX Battle Center Episode 1

With the The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-Man and The Avengers all coming to a theater near you it stands to reason that comic book awareness will be at an all time high. Which is very good news for Marvel’s mega blockbuster comic crossover event Avengers vs. X-Men.

The major roadblock for all those moviegoers heading to their local comic book store to pick up this event is the daunting amount of continuity and characters that they would need to know in order to enjoy it.  Marvel seems to realize this, and so have launch a new video series to try and assimilate the initiated into the Marvel universe. It’s called AVX Battle Center and you can find the first episode below.

 

What do you guys think of the video? Good? Bad? I personally think the idea behind it is sound, but that the overall execution is lacking. I think trying to go the “funny” route is a huge mistake as it makes the people involved seemed embarrassed of the subject matter.  I also hope that future episodes delve a little deeper into the more obscure aspects of the AVX universe. Captain America and Cyclops? These are not obscure figures to any one who might even think about reading comic books. Agree? Disagree? Sound off in the comments!

 

 

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Take your Avengers Vs. X-Men experience to the next level with AvX Battle Center! In this very special video presentation from Marvel.com, hosts Jesse “The Gentleman” Falcon and “Mean” Jeanine Schaefer offer their take on the key battles in the biggest super hero war of all-time! First up: Captain America Vs. Cyclops!  Find out what strategies these team leaders must utilize and what they need to watch out for as the combat heats up! Who has the edge when Earth’s Mightiest Heroes take on the Children of the Atom? Be sure to stay tuned to AvX Battle Center before you place your bets and then be sure to pick up Avengers Vs. X-Men starting with issue #0 on March 28 and then grab Avengers Vs. X-Men #1 – April 3rd!
Which team will reign supreme? Join the conversation on Twitter with #AvX!
For more on Avengers Vs X-Men, please visit http://avx.marvel.com
AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #1 (JAN120625)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS, JASON AARON, MATT FRACTION, JONATHAN HICKMAN, ED BRUBAKER Art by JOHN ROMITA JR.
Colors by LAURA MARTIN
Cover by JIM CHEUNG
FOC – 2/27/12, ON SALE – 4/3/12

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Bobby Shortle is founder and Editor in Chief of Talking Comics as well as the host of the weekly Talking Comics Podcast. When he's not writing about comics he's making short films which can be found at http://vimeo.com/bobbyshortle and talking…

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