MEDIA CONTACT:\u00a0Chris Ward
\nMEDIA ADVISORY: 13-00d
\nRELEASE DATE:\u00a0February 20, 2013<\/p>\n
DALLAS \u2013 <\/strong>Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye, Hulk, and Black Widow are all making their way to military installations around the world via one million free comic books published exclusively for the Armed Forces by the Army & Air Force Exchange Service and Marvel Custom Solutions.<\/p>\n The new full-color comic, titled \u201cDouble Vision,\u201d<\/a><\/em> opens five years in the future, with the Earth\u2019s Mightiest Heroes locked into a desperate battle with the hi-tech terrorist group Hydra, who are finally on the brink of conquering America itself. But when the rebellious Hawkeye begins asking the wrong questions, can the Avengers uncover a sinister conspiracy before it\u2019s too late?<\/p>\n \u201cWe are thrilled that the Exchange and Marvel continue to work together to provide these complimentary comics to military members serving our country at home and abroad,\u201d said the Exchange\u2019s Senior Enlisted Advisor Chief Master Sgt. Tony Pearson. \u201cWe could not have imagined when the first military-only comic came out in 2005 that, eight years later, the 14th<\/sup> installment in the series would be shipping out.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cEveryone at Marvel considers the members of the Armed Forces our true heroes, so we\u2019ve assembled a top tier creative team to deliver 22 pages of action and adventure in the Mighty Marvel Manner,\u201d said Editor Bill Rosemann. \u201cThanks to writer William Harms and artist Tom Grummett, you\u2019ll see Captain America sling his shield, Thor hurl his hammer\u2026and the Hulk eat hamburgers! Only the men and women of the US military can get this collector\u2019s item issue, and best of all, it\u2019s free!\u201d<\/p>\n The Avengers in \u201cDouble Vision\u201d <\/em>is currently available at Exchanges worldwide.<\/p>\n — 30 —<\/p>\n The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is a joint non-appropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense and is directed by a Board of Directors which is responsible to the Secretaries of the Army and the Air Force through the Service Chiefs of Staff. \u00a0The Exchange has the dual mission of providing authorized patrons with quality merchandise and services at competitively low prices and generating non-appropriated fund earnings as a supplemental source of funding for military morale, welfare and recreation programs. To find out more about the Exchange history and mission or to view recent press releases please visit our Web site at http:\/\/www.shopmyexchange.com<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years.\u00a0 Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing.\u00a0 For more information visit marvel.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n ###<\/p>\n Media Notes:<\/strong><\/p>\n For more information or to schedule an interview with an Exchange representative please contact Chris Ward, 214-312-2714 or wardchr@aafes.com.<\/p>\n\t