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Monday, September 10, 2001
DARK KNIGHT STRIKES AGAIN RELEASE DATE
DC Comics has announced that Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Strikes Again will launch the first week of December.
DK2 will be three 80-page, Prestige Format issues at $7.95 each.
The first issue will reach stores on Dec. 5, and the other two to follow at six week intervals.
DC has provided The Continuum the cover image from the first issue.
MUTANT X'S VICTOR WEBSTER
Victor Webster, who stars as Brennan Mulwray in the upcoming Mutant X television series, told The Continuum he does his own wire work and fight scenes for the show.
"I think the fans really appreciate when they see the actor's face spinning and it's not some guy covering his face," Webster said. "It's a very physically intense role, and I really enjoy it."
Webster, a huge action movie fan, said he has been training since he was 9 years old and sported an undefeated record as a kick-boxer. Mutant X allows him to takes advantage of those physical skills.
"We trained for three weeks of intensive wire work training, and stunt fight choreography and gymnastics - for three weeks before and we continually train now that we're shooting," Webster said.
Of course, one thing Webster isn't doing that his character does: shooting electricity with his mutant powers.
Webster, who played Nicholas Alamain on the NBC soap Days of Our Lives, called Brennan the "rock 'n roll bad boy" of Mutant X.
"Brennan is a smart-ass," Webster said. "He's very well bred and intelligent in a street sense. He's not a scholar, like an intellectual, university scholar, but he's extremely smart in the ways of the world. He's been a criminal and lived on his street smarts since he was out of high school.
"He hid his mutant abilities from everybody even until right before joining Mutant X, when he was exposed by a Judas, somebody that he worked with that exposed him because of the competition factor."
And although Mutant X has a lot of action, Webster said there's more to the show than that.
"The cool thing about the writing and the scripts that we're doing is that from the beginning they had a chance to feel us out and put our characters on paper before we were even cast," he said. "And the very interesting thing was that when they cast us, how similar our personalities to our characters are. Now that they've seen us in action and seen us speak the words that they've written, we've really kind of melded and kind of gelled together with the characters, and we're really making them our own.
"That's what makes it so much fun. You get a sense of comedy. You get some one-liners, some smart-ass cracks here and there. You get some very intelligent dialogue. It's a mixture. You're not going to sit there and watch all technical jargon. And while there's a lot of action, you're going to get a little comedy thrown in and you're going to get some character-driven drama as well as you're going to get some relationships between characters. It brings a lot to the entire show."
Webster has been a reader of comics and counts Green Lantern, Batman, Justice League of America, Spider-Man and Groo, The Wanderer among his favorites. He said he feels that Mutant X captures comic-book sensibilities without becoming campy.
"I don't want sound cocky in the fact that I am so happy to be part of this show, but there's no hoping or guessing for me: I know people are going to enjoy the show," Webster said. "I've been in the crowd. I've been watching action movies you've never heard of, comic books, everything since I was a kid. For me, this is a dream come true. And if I wasn't part of this show, I'd still be watching every single week."
In other Mutant X news:
"On a mission to protect the unwitting subjects of a covert human genetics program gone awry, Adam (John Shea) and his Mutant X team set out to find these new mutants before the organizaton that created them can hunt them down and exploit their special powers."
X-MEN: EVOLUTION UPDATE
In addition to introducing nine new mutants, this Saturday's second-season premiere of X-Men: Evolution will also focus on Cyclops.
Here's how Kids' WB! described the "Growing Pains" episode -- which will air Saturday at 10:30 a.m. (ET) -- to The Continuum:
"When Scott is forced to use his powers in public in order to save lives, he's conflicted with the fact that he had to think twice before acting -- for fear of being discovered. Scott thinks it's time for the world to know who they really are. However, when the disenfranchised brotherhood takes it upon themselves to go public, Scott gets a glimpse of public reaction. Will the X-Men be able to survive such a 'revealing?'"
The network has also announced titles for other upcoming episodes, including "Power Surge" on Sept. 22, "Bada Bing, Bada Boom" on Sept. 29 and "Fun and Games" on Oct. 6.
ADAM KUBERT TALKS ULTIMATE X-MEN #10
Marvel Comics has released two pages of Adam Kubert's art from Ultimate X-Men #10.
"What's kinda neat about these are the baby mutant in the tank," Kubert said. "I colored it on a high tech copy of the inks and used some very, very pretty pastel pencils. I originally drew the baby thing as a silhouette and asked Art Thibert to mail the finished inks back to me. I worked on a copy of it because I didnt want to screw up the original. Once I finished with the color rendering, I asked that the two pages be composited and colored as usual. So what you see is low tech and high tech. Cool, eh?"
Here's how Marvel describes the issue, which is part four of the six-part "Weapon X" story arc:
"The X-Men are in the hands of the Weapon X program -- and John Wraith intends to make them over in the program's own dark image, beginning with a mission that will force Marvel Girl to make a unspeakable choice! Meanwhile, Wolverine desperately tracks his teammates -- and enlists the aid of the recently resigned Nick Fury!"
Ultimate X-Men #10, written by Mark Millar, arrives in stores on Sept. 19.
FIRST LOOK: ULTIMATE X-MEN #9
Ultimate X-Men #9 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Mark Millar, with art by Tom Raney and Scott Hanna and a cover by Adam Kubert.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"While Professor X and his X-Men are 're-educated' in the Weapon X facility, the nation's most dangerous spy is asked to lead a group of Weapon X mutants on a top secret, Third World mission. His name is Nick Fury -- and he's none too comfortable with how the government is treating his super-powered colleagues. But with the interests of the Free World at stake, does he have a choice?"
Ultimate X-Men #9 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.50.
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FIRST LOOK: CYCLOPS #2
Cyclops #2 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Brian K. Vaughan, with art by Mark Texeira and Jimmy Palmiotti and a cover by Texeira.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Introducing Ulysses -- the man tailor-made to take down Cyclops. Scott Summers is on his own, but is his secret adversary a new foe - or someone connected to a darker side of Cyclops's past?"
Cyclops #2 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.50.
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FIRST LOOK: X-TREME X-MEN #5
X-Treme X-Men #5 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Chris Claremont, with art and cover by Salvador Larroca.
Here's how Marvel describes the issue:
"Gambit is back - and wanted for murder. What kind of mess has Remy LeBeau gotten himself into now, and what can his friends-including Rogue-do to help him... especially if the charge is true? Bishop is a policeman, Rogue loves Gambit, Storm worked with him for a time as a fellow thief-what effect will these charges have on them and their relationships with the rebellious Cajun? And who is the mysterious Red Lotus? What role will he play in this drama? Either way, once he and Rogue meet, their lives will never be the same again-and neither will the team's."
X-Treme X-Men #5 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.
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FIRST LOOK: DETECTIVE COMICS #762
Detective Comics #762 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from DC Comics. The issue is written by Greg Rucka and Ed Brubaker, with art by Rick Burchett, Darwyn Cooke and Dan Davis and a cover by John McCrea and James Hodgkins.
Here's how DC describes the issue:
"Things between Bruce and Vesper heat up, while Sasha begins a new, uneasy working arrangement with Batman. Meanwhile, the GCPD's Internal Affairs goes after a dirty cop - all this and a shock ending. Plus, 'Trail of the Catwoman' concludes in the backup written by Ed Brubaker and illustrated by Darwyn Cooke - leading into an all-new Catwoman ongoing series."
Detective Comics #762 will be 40 pages and will cost $2.50.
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