Marvel to Unveil Never-Before-Seen 'Avengers' Footage at New York Comic Con

The studio will present new scenes from the superhero flick during its first appearance at the annual convention.

11:07 AM PDT 10/4/2011 by Borys Kit

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Marvel Studios is finally making an appearance at New York Comic Com, presenting a high-profile panel of its 2011 tentpole, The Avengers.

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Marvel will present the panel Saturday, October 15, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., boasting it will present never-before-seen footage from the movie and bring out Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige and actors Chris Evans, Thom Hiddleston, Clark Gregg and Cobie Smulders.

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NYCC is the East Coast’s answer to San Diego Comic-Con International, known simply as Comic-Con. This is the NYCC’s sixth annual confab, which has grown quickly in popularity and last year attracted 96,000.

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While New York is the traditional home of superheroes -- Marvel Comics is headquartered there as is the publishing side of DC Comics -- Marvel Studios has kept away from the event, preferring in the past to make a splash at July’s Comic-Con. This year the newly-owned Disney company foregoed Comic-Con in favor of making a big presentation at Disney’s D23.

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Avengers, however, is Marvel’s culmination of the movie plans it set out with 2008’s Iron Man thus Marvel and new parent Disney are inclined to leave little to chance.