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The most highly anticipated superhero movie of 2012 (The Avengers) is getting the comic book treatment. Of course The Avengers have been around in graphic novel form for ages, but Marvel Comics announced that they will be creating comics specifically for the upcoming film.

There will be four prequels leading up to the events in the movie: "Marvel’s The Avengers Prelude issues #1 and #2, written by Chris Yost and Eric Pearson, and illustrated by Luke Ross and Daniel HDR, will arrive this March, with the following two issues hitting stores some time before the Joss Whedon-directed movie’s May 4 debut."

What do you think, Marvel fans? Necessary? An exciting addition to the movie?