AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!!!!!!!

The Licensing International Expo is essentially a showcase for products and promotions involving various movies and such. If you're a fanboy this is usually where you get your very first look at material from the upcoming movies you just can't wait to see. This year, the two big ones are; The Dark Knight Rises and The Avengers.

For anyone living under a rock, starting with the first Iron Man movie, MARVEL Studios has been planting easter eggs and subplots, some subtle some not so subtle, which will inevitably lead to a mega team-up feature involving a number of their heroes. The Avengers. In the comics superhero teams are part of the language and really old hat. But in cinema team-ups like this are usually played for laughs. This will be the first time the concept will be treated with the large scale and serious tone that comic book readers are already familiar with.

Well the inevitable is here as at the Licensing International Expo the very first look at the film has leaked onto the web. Here ya go, your first look at The Avengers;

It may be missing a few members, but I suppose its a start.