70 years of Marvel

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday to Marvel comics and thank you for bringing us some great stories, Happy Birthday to you.

To celebrate the big 70, Marvel Comics has announced that there are events today, August 11, all over the world. Over 500 comic shops will be hosting parties. The events will offer an early release of The Marvels Project #1, exclusive limited edition variants, a remastered version of the very first comic Marvel published, Marvel Comics #1 and more. All the parties begin at 9pm local time. To find a comic store near you go to http://www.marvel.com/70thparty

Barnes and Noble will be launching their own set of parties at 7pm local time in Los Angeles, New York, Atlanta, Portland and Seattle. The events will allow fans to have Q&A sessions with their favorite creators in the Marvel Universe.

Here are the locations and guests:
NYC SPECIAL GUESTS IRON MAN AND SPIDER-MAN

150 E 86TH Street
New York, NY
Creators:
Joe Quesada Marvel Editor in Chief
Chris Claremont
Greg Pak
Klaus Janson
Fred Van Lente

ATLANTA SPECIAL GUEST WOLVERINE

2900 Peachtree Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30305
Creators:
Daniel Way
Paul Jenkins
Mark Bagley

LOS ANGELES SPECIAL GUEST HULK

The Grove at Farmer’s Market
189 Grove Drive Suite K 30
Los Angeles, CA 90036
Creators:
Jeph Loeb
Craig Kyle
Chris Yost
Mark Waid

PORTLAND SPECIAL GUEST ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN

Clackamas Towne Center Mall
2000 SE 82nd Avenue
Portland, OR 97266
Creators:
Brian Michael Bendis
Jeff Parker
Rick Remender

SEATTLE SPECIAL GUEST CAPTAIN AMERICA

2675 NE University Village Street.
Seattle, WA 98105
Creators:
Ed Brubaker
Clayton Crain

The heroes from each of these events will be heading to these particular comic book stores:
NYC SPECIAL GUESTS IRON MAN AND SPIDER-MAN

Midtown Comics Times Square
200 W 40th Street (Corner of 7th Avenue)
New York, NY 10018

ATLANTA SPECIAL GUEST WOLVERINE

Great Escape Comics & Games
1050 East Piedmont Road
Suite D
Marietta, GA 30062

LOS ANGELES SPECIAL GUEST HULK

Golden Apple
7018 Melrose Ave
LA, CA 90038

PORTLAND SPECIAL GUEST ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN

Cosmic Monkey Comics
5335 NE Sandy Blvd.
Portland, OR 97213

SEATTLE SPECIAL GUEST CAPTAIN AMERICA

Comic Book Ink
1625 East 72nd and Portland ave.
Suite 800
Tacoma, WA 98404