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AVENGERS WAR: Marvel Comics has announced a Jan. 11 launch for Avengers: War Across Time, a five-issue mini-series from Paul Levitz and Alan Davis.

Here's how Marvel describes the series:

"Set during Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Don Heck's original groundbreaking run of Avengers, this extraordinary saga will be a love letter to Avengers history just in time for the team's 60th anniversary! Avengers: War Across Time will see the original Avengers at their very best as they battle an onslaught of powerful and strange new threats that strike at the very heart of the team. At the center of it all will be Kang the Conqueror, reaching back from the furthest reaches of time to destroy the Avengers legacy!

"I learned much of my writing craft from The Avengers, and it's been a delight to pay homage to my old friends Stan, Jack and Don by trying to do something that might have been an extended issue #11.1," said Levitz, who is making his Marvel debut. "We've been cooking this up for a long time, and I hope readers have as much fun with it as I did."

SONY DELAYS: Sony Pictures has delayed the release of Kraven the Hunter from Jan. 13, 2023 to Oct. 6, 2023, and the release of Madame Web from Oct. 6, 2023 to Feb. 16, 2024.

FRIDAY BOX OFFICE: The Woman King topped the domestic box office on Friday, pulling in $8.8 million in its opening day.

DC League of Super-Pets was ninth with $0.4 million, pushing its total to $86.1 million.