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As if it wasn’t an already exciting time to be a Marvel fan, with Spider-Man: Brand New Day swinging into cinemas next week, and the countdown timer for the much-anticipated Avengers: Doomsday shrinking ever closer to zero with the official trailer having just released. Last week, Marvel Australia officially launched the ‘Marvel Stadium Walk of Legends’, an installation that gives fans the opportunity to pose with their favourite Marvel characters, who have been enshrined as plaques along the concourse outside Gate 4 of Marvel Stadium.
Yelena Belova, Red Guardian, and Bucky Barnes are the first to be unveiled, with more Marvellous characters to come every two weeks throughout July and August. The walk will be completed on Thursday, 27 August, at the Four’N’Twenty Legends Game for Prostate Cancer.
The plaques were designed by Australian artist and Supa-Star Comic Creator alum, Wayne Nichols, who has attended nearly twenty years’ worth of Supanova conventions.
Nichols has collaborated with Marvel Entertainment many times before; this includes the comic-inspired artwork of the Foo Fighters meet the Guardians of the Galaxy, showcased in May to celebrate their upcoming Australian and New Zealand tour starting in November, with Marvel Stadium being one of their stops.
In addition to this installation, fans can collect exclusive, limited-time artwork by local Australian artists with every Marvel branded purchase at the Marvel Super-Store within the stadium itself. These exciting ventures bridge the gap between our world and the Marvel Universe, via Aussie craftmanship.
The Walt Disney Company Australia and New Zealand Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Kylie Watson-Wheeler, had this to say about the ‘Walk of Legends’: “Marvel Stadium is our home ground for Marvel fandom in Australia. It’s part of the cultural fabric. We’re excited fans can enjoy this special display of legendary Marvel characters and the many other iconic touchpoints throughout Marvel Stadium ahead of the release of the highly anticipated Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Doomsday.”
