It’s just a teaser—in the grandest sense of the word—but the new trailer for next year’s The Avengers movie has dropped. Perhaps the biggest highlight is the glimpse of this Hulk iteration. It’s too quick to make judgment but it certainly looks promising.

The whole Joss Whedon-directed film has a ton of promise, actually. These are all heroes we’ve come to know on the big screen in recent years. Rather than spending one-third of the film with exposition and origin stories, we can expect fistful after fistful of action.

Who wants to get in line now for the May 4 opening?

(Unintended hilarity for your third or fourth viewing of the trailer: at the 0:50 mark, pretend that’s a Scarlett Johansson fart leading to the explosion.)

The Top Hat Sasquatch team reads a lot of blog posts every day, and some slip through the crack or just don’t warrant their own post. That’s where Missing Links comes in. Every few days we collect the best links we’ve come across and pass them on to you.

• New Muppet Shirts 🙂 That You Can’t Afford 🙁Yikes, those are some expensive Muppet shirts!
• Marvel and DC Superhero Beer Glasses [Rampaged Reality]I could use some superhero beer glasses in my cabinets. I particularly like the Captain America, Avengers, and Batman glasses. Available through ThinkGeek.
• Tom Felton’s Pop Single [Ultra Culture]Tom should stick to acting.
• Retro Muppet Concert Posters | Michael De PippoThese posters are awesome, and I need them on my walls.

I used to get up for the grand spectacle that is the NCAA College Basketball tournament. Now I’d much rather fill my bracket with all the great submissions at March MODOK Madness.

The illustration blog celebrates one of Jack Kirby and Stan Lee’s lesser-known creations. MODOK, which stands for Mental Organism Designed Only for Killing, never really got the respect he deserved. That is, until now. The blog posts numerous drawings of the super villain, by both amateurs and professionals, each day in March.

Lots of artists are taking creative spins on the character. Be sure to check out Modork by Doug Slack, Mohair by Sean Bieri, the Mental Organism Designed Only for Kuddling by Mr. Mr., and my personal favorite, Garrett Hagen’s MODUNK.

Thanks to today’s sporting event we’ve got another quick (but awesome) look at Kenneth Branagh’s upcoming Thor film. Along with Captain America, this is a movie I can’t wait to see.

It’s short but there are quite a few new scenes, including glimpses of Asgard, buff Chris Hemsworth, and some kind of creature about to get it’s face hammered.

Thor comes out in the US on May 6th.

The one good thing about the Super Bowl every year (in my opinion) is that we get a few new movie trailers to watch, and this year has quite a few. This commercial teaser for Captain America: The First Avenger is the one I was looking forward to most, as it’s the first footage to premier anywhere. I think it looks awesome, and I’m still very excited about this one. The pre-super-soldier Steve Rogers looks amazing puny, and I was surprised they included a quick shot of the Red Skull.

And a bonus, here’s the first teaser poster that was released a couple days ago. What do you think?

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