You read that headline correctly. This week, on Thursday, an entire category during Jeopardy will be dedicated to questions answers about Marvel, its characters, its universe and Marvel NOW!
Not much else needs to be said beyond that, right? We’ll be sure to watch and try and get some clips and whatnot up for you after the episode on Thursday, because that sounds fun.
For the full press release from Marvel, please see below.
Marvel Press Release
The top-selling Marvel NOW! series will bring the world’s most popular Super Heroes to America’s Favorite Quiz Show® this week. That’s right: JEOPARDY! will feature a special category in which we’ll find out just how much the contestants know about Marvel NOW!’s most popular characters and their exciting new comic book series.
“The Answer: Marvel NOW! on JEOPARDY!. The Question: ‘How is Marvel reaching new fans and bring them into comic book stores to experience the most exciting new series of the year?’” said David Gabriel, SVP Sales, Marvel Entertainment.
Check your local listings and tune in to JEOPARDY! Thursday, December 13 to see the historic Marvel NOW! category and test your own knowledge of the Marvel universe.
For more on Marvel NOW!, please visit now.marvel.com and join the conversation on Twitter using #MarvelNOW. For more on JEOPARDY!, please visit jeopardy.com.
About Marvel:
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing. For more information visit www.marvel.com
About JEOPARDY!:
JEOPARDY!, the winner of a 2011 Peabody Award and 30 Emmy Awards, including the 2012 Emmy for Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Program, was inducted into the Guinness Book of World Records for the most awards won by a TV Game Show. The series is the #1-rated quiz show in syndication with 25 million viewers each week. JEOPARDY! is produced by Sony Pictures Television, a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company. It is distributed domestically by CBS Television Distribution and internationally by CBS Television International, both units of CBS Corp.
