PHD, OMD, GSL, FCB win Marvel comp

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AUCKLAND, Friday: A tacky take on the classic Star Wars genre has won a big night out for four NZ media agency teams who produced the five winners for Val Morgan’s MCU (Marvel Comic Universe) competition.

The winners – PHD (The Star Whores), OMD (The Trash Panthers), Frucor Suntory Strangebrew aVengers, GSL (The GSLP Squad) and FCB (ASSGuardians of the Galaxy), get a private screening of Black Widow (the next chapter in the MCU franchise), and pre-movie entertainment & refreshments in the Gold Class lounge.

A remarkable 32 agency teams (of five) took part (scroll down for the link). That’s a total of 165 team members.

“It was an amazing level of participation from the agencies,” said VM sales director Matt Tremain.


“Many teams are not yet aware of the results, as we released on the eve of a long weekend. We’re counting on M+AD to spread the word.”

“We’re overwhelmed, and would like to thank you all for participating over the past four weeks.

“There are still a lot of teams that are not aware of the results as yet, as we released Friday afternoon on the eve of a long weekend. We’re counting on M+AD to spread the word.

“You’ve all provided many moments of laughter for Team Val as we’ve loved seeing all your team names & photos come through and now it’s our turn to share those moments with you!

“There are some incredible scores, and many teams spotted the hidden bonus points each week.”

The participants included FCB, GSL Promotus, PHD, Zenith, Lassoo, MBM, Dentsu/Carat, Ikon, Stanley St, VMLY&R, Harvey Cameron, Starcom, Mediacom, Contagion, Together, Tomahawk, and OMD.

  • View the entries here

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