nerd radio

Get ready for the new daily show

FIRST LOOK: Marvel’s Greatest Super Heroes are “IN”!

December 3rd, 2014 by Marc Comments

comic-book-news-banner-copy1The_Punisher_14_IN_Variant
Celebrate the First Ever College Football Playoff With Your Favorite Marvel Comics!

This January, ESPN will host the first ever College Football Playoff – and your favorite Marvel Super Heroes are getting in on the excitement! Only one team can be crowned champion, but which teams will make the playoff? Ultimately, a twelve-person selection committee will decide. But until then, there will be lots of campaigning from the schools and teams still in the hunt. And some of your favorite Marvel characters and titles are creating campaign posters of their own! Today, Marvel is pleased to present your first look at the exciting College Football Playoff on ESPN “IN” Variant Covers that will grace the front of 8 special Marvel titles in January!

“Excitement couldn’t be higher for the first ever College Football Playoff,” says Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso. “As a salute to our sister company ESPN, we wanted to tap into all the excitement and fervor surrounding this monumental sporting event. With so much discussion and debate around swirling around, some of Marvel’s greatest super heroes wanted to get IN on the action”

“Don’t you think the Hulk would make a great linebacker?”

Available only in comic shops in the month of January, these eight exciting Marvel titles are “IN” for the College Football Playoff on ESPN:

·         ALL-NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA #3
·         AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #12
·         ANT-MAN #1
·         AVENGERS #40
·         HAWKEYE VS. DEADPOOL #4
·         HULK #10
·         LEGENDARY STAR-LORD #7
·         THE PUNISHER #14

“We’re partnering with ESPN like never before,” says Marvel SVP Sales & Marketing David Gabriel. “We’re thrilled to bring the excitement of the first ever College Football Playoff to the world of Marvel Comics and vice versa. Look for these exciting variants in comic shops in the first week of January!”

As the best of the best test their mettle on the gridiron, don’t miss these eight exciting variant covers on-sale in January!

ALL-NEW CAPTAIN AMERICA #3 IN VARIANT (OCT148183)

FOC – 12/8/14, On Sale 1/7/15

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #12 IN VARIANT (OCT148184)

FOC – 12/8/14, On Sale 1/7/15

ANT-MAN #1 IN VARIANT (OCT148185)

FOC – 12/8/14, On Sale 1/7/15

AVENGERS #40 IN VARIANT (OCT148186)

FOC – 12/8/14, On Sale 1/7/15

HAWKEYE VS. DEADPOOL #4 IN VARIANT (OCT148187)

FOC – 12/8/14, On Sale 1/7/15

HULK #10 IN VARIANT (OCT148188)

FOC – 12/8/14, On Sale 1/7/15

LEGENDARY STAR-LORD #7 IN VARIANT (OCT148189)

FOC – 12/8/14, On Sale 1/7/15

THE PUNISHER #12 IN VARIANT (OCT148190)

FOC – 12/8/14, On Sale 1/7/15

All-New_Captain_America_3_IN_Variant Ant-Man_1_IN_Variant Hawkeye_Vs._Deadpool_4_IN_Variant

Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….