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It’s finally happening. The Avengers is coming out at midnight.

We know you’ve been patiently awaiting the premiere. So, to hold you over until midnight, here is a trailer for The Avengers made-for-TV-movie (circa 1978) in which the teams of earth’s mightiest heroes fight their arch nemesis, Loki, and the terribly threatening rock band KISS.

Check out Tony Stark’s epic mustache:

You can watch the most recent trailer here. The cast features Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and the ever bad-ass Samuel L. Jackson as team coordinator Nick Furry. Written and directed by Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Cabin in the Woods) this film is catnip for comic book nerds.

This article appears in May 3-9, 2012.

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Listen-up, Nerds: The Avengers debuts tonight!

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
May 3, 2012

<h1>Listen-up, Nerds: The Avengers debuts tonight!</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />May 3, 2012</p> <p><p class="MsoNormal"><img title="The Avengers" src="http://www.comicbooked.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/220px-TheAvengers2012Poster.jpg" alt="Super villains of the world just collectively pooped themselves " width="150" height="222" />It&rsquo;s finally happening. The Avengers is coming out at midnight.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">We know&nbsp;you've&nbsp;been patiently awaiting the premiere. So, to hold you over until midnight, here is a trailer for <em>The Avengers</em> made-for-TV-movie (circa 1978) in which the teams of earth&rsquo;s mightiest heroes fight their arch nemesis, Loki, and the terribly threatening rock band KISS.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Check out Tony Stark&rsquo;s epic&nbsp;mustache:</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><object><em>You need to use a flashplayer enabled browser in order to view this video</em></object></p> <p class="MsoNormal">You can watch the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPoHPNeU9fc" target="_blank">most recent trailer here</a>. The cast features Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man, Chris Evans as Captain America, Mark Ruffalo as the Hulk, Chris Hemsworth as Thor, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and the ever&nbsp;bad-ass&nbsp;Samuel L. Jackson as team coordinator Nick Furry. Written and&nbsp;directed by Joss Whedon (<em>Buffy the Vampire Slayer</em>, <em>Cabin in the Woods</em>) this film is catnip for comic book nerds.</p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> http://www.youtube.com/watch </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-up-nerds-the-avengers-debuts-tonight-2140396/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=19205&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/listen-up-nerds-the-avengers-debuts-tonight-2140396/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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