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Marvel Studios & Marvel Comics are now working "much more closely" this year to get MCU fans into comic stores says publisher

The House of Ideas has a good idea - selling Marvel Comics to fans of the Marvel Studios movies & TV shows.

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Marvel Studios is born out of the cradle that is Marvel Comics, but ever since adaptations of comics into movies and TV have been made, there's been the question of just how to best promote the source material. DC Studios CEO James Gunn and his team have made it a point to promote DC Comics on the backs of its movie & TV trailers when released online, and now Marvel seems to be turning a corner in directing eyeballs back to the comics as well.

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During a closed-door meeting with comic book store retailers at the ComicsPRO Annual Meeting, Marvel Comics publisher Dan Buckley said that his team is working "much more closely" with Marvel Studios than ever before, with a goal to "drum up excitement for

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Chris Arrant

Chris Arrant: Chris Arrant is the Popverse's Editor-in-Chief. He has written about pop culture for USA Today, Life, Entertainment Weekly, Publisher's Weekly, Marvel, Newsarama, CBR, and more. He has acted as a judge for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, the Harvey Awards, and the Stan Lee Awards. (He/him)

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