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Robservations with Rob Liefeld

Marvel Rivals!

Robservations with Rob Liefeld

Robservations with Rob Liefeld

Comic Book Industry, Comic Books, Rob Liefeld, Visual Arts, Arts, Comics, Comic Artists, Books

4.8743 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2025

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

With 40 million players in its first two months of release, Marvel has a gigantic hit with their Marvel Rivals game. What’s the source of its enormous impact and what lies ahead as it draws new attention to comic books and stores! 

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Today it's game on as we discuss Marvel rivals.

0:16.0

The sensation that is blowing up across consoles worldwide.

0:20.0

We are talking to the tune of 40 million players since this game launched two months ago.

0:28.0

It's driving traffic to comic stores in a way that no film or TV show has been capable of in years.

0:37.2

Literally, there has not been a hit this big, especially

0:40.5

in the gaming world. Is it the gameplay? Is it the powers? Is it the cool new manga style

0:46.8

designs for Spider-Man and Venom and Moon Knight and Punisher or the cool new editions of Fantastic

0:53.6

4? Today, retailers weigh in on the

0:57.3

excitement that this game is generating for fans young and old. We talk about this and so much

1:04.1

more on an all-new episode of Robeservations.

1:17.3

Hey, everybody, and welcome to another episode of Rob Observations. I am your host,

1:23.8

Rob Leifeld, and I am so thankful that you have joined us today for this incredible episode where we talk about one of the biggest, hottest, most popular sensations that is

1:30.6

sweeping the culture and it involves comic book superheroes. This one is a 1,000% win for

1:40.5

everybody and we're going to get right into it. As far as who I am and why are you listening

1:47.1

to this show, I have been in the comic book industry for 40 years. I have contributed comic books

1:53.7

and characters. Maybe you've heard of some of them. Deadpool, cable, domino, X-Force, Youngblood,

1:59.2

Prophet, Evangeline. I was fortunate enough to co-found and start

2:04.2

the third largest comic book company called Image Comics with some of my peers at the time,

2:11.4

and we banded together and we achieved this kind of, we didn't know how influential it was going to be at the time.

2:18.5

We thought it would be successful, but the legs and the influence and the impact that

2:24.3

Image Comics has had on the comics industry is possibly the greatest legacy that any of us

2:29.9

involved with Image Comics will be able to leave behind.

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