Pre-sale tickets for Marvel Universe LIVE! are selling fast.

The action-packed live shows, coming to Manchester Arena next year, promise fans cutting-edge special effect, pyrotechnics, aerial stunts, martial arts and more, and star Marvel's most popular superheroes and villains.

Pre-sale tickets are on sale now from Ticketmaster costing between £18.70 and £55. Other tickets go on general sale on Friday, March 4.

Shows - from the creative team behind Disney On Ice - will take place on Thursday, January 26 and Friday, January 27 at 7pm.

These will be followed by four shows across the weekend at 11am and 3pm on Saturday, January 28 and at 12pm and 4pm on Sunday, January 29.

Marvel’s chief creative officer Joe Quesada added: "To see all the elements of this spectacular live show come together has been truly incredible.

"The technology utilised in the show is not only going to blow your mind, it is going to take you to a whole new Marvel world like nothing British families have ever seen before."

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Which superhero was on the front cover of the first issue of Marvel Comics?

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