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TV show review: CONTINUUM season 4
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MARVEL THE AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES
Volume 3: IRON MAN UNLEASHED
Volume 4: THOR'S LAST STAND

DETAILS:  135 minutes (volume 3), 148 minutes (volume 4), animated in-episode fact track for two episodes
VIDEO:  1.78:1 (Anamorphic Widescreen)
AUDIO:  English 5.1, Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital
Subtitles:  English SDH

STUDIO:  Marvel/ Disney XD/ Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
RELEASE DATE:  10-25-2011

Volume 3:  MASTERS OF EVIL/ 459/ THE MAN WHO STOLE TOMORROW/ THE KANG DYNASTY/ WIDOW'S STING
Volume 4:  THE CASKET OF ANCIENT WINTERS/ HAIL HYDRA!/ ULTRON-5/ THE ULTRON IMPERATIVE/ THIS HOSTAGE EARTH/ THE FALL OF ASGARD/ A DAY UNLIKE ANY OTHER

Volume 3 collect episodes 14 to 19 and Volume 4 collects episodes 20 to 26 of the popular animated series on Disney XD.    THE AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES is the best Marvel animated series I have seen so far.  Superior to X-MEN and much better than SPIDER-MAN.    This show has the level of storytelling you see in the BATMAN animated series.    These two volumes were released in time for CAPTAIN AMERICA's release on DVD and Blu-ray.  It also doesn't hurt that five of the Avengers in the animated series are also characters in the upcoming live-action film (four of those five are featured on the cover of the DVDs.   

The story arcs sometimes last for a few episodes and even a previous thread picks up episodes later.   THE AVENGERS has excellent continuity.  Many recognizable villains and characters (to comic book fans) are featured like the Masters of Evil, Kang, Ultron, Hydra, Nick Fury (I will always think of Nick Fury as a white guy and not Samuel L. Jackson), and Black Widow.    This animated series honors the comic books that everything is drawn from.  I hope Walt Disney Home entertainment and Marvel Entertainment releases some episodes of season 2 to coincide with the release of THE AVENGERS film in May 2012.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
Each volumes features an animated in-episode comic book fact track that reveals facts about the heroes and villains in the series.  Volume 3's AVENGERS UNMASKED focuses on MASTERS OF EVIL while volume 4 has an animated in-episode experience for HAIL, HYDRA!

FINAL ANALYSIS:  THE AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES is a very enjoyable animated series.  A perfect primer for fans waiting for the live action version of THE AVENGERS next year.

this DVD review is (c)11-3-2011 David Blackwell and cannot be reprinted without permission.  send all comments to feedback@enterline-media.com