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Wednesday, May 15, 2002

SPIDER-MAN MOVIE UPDATE

Spider-Man, which became the quickest movie to reach $200 million at the domestic box office over the weekend, also appears on track to be the fastest to $300 million.

The movie pulled in $5.2 million on Monday, pushing its total to $228.3 million.

Brandon Gray of the Box Office Mojo web site is projecting Spider-Man to reach $300 by May 25, its 23rd day of release.

Current record-holder Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace earned $300 million in 28 days. Titanic is currently second at 44 days.

Spider-Man is now No. 28 on the all-time chart.

In other Spider-Man movie news:

* Spider-Man has become the first movie to top the Lycos 50 most popular user searches on The Internet. Since the list began in September 1999, the highest previous movie was The Blair Witch Project at No. 2.

* Stan Lee was interviewed on CNN on Tuesday. "I don't think they could have found a better actor than Tobey Maguire to be Peter Parker. He was perfect," Lee said.

WEAPON X COVERS

The Continuum has obtained the five covers to the Weapon X one-shots that will precede the ongoing Weapon X series.

All of the covers are by J.H. Williams III and Jose Villarrubia

The one-shots will include:

* Weapon X: Sauron, by Buddy Scalera and Karl Kerschl, on sale Aug. 7.

* Weapon X: Wild Child by Matt Nixon, Ethan Van Sciver and Norm Rapmund, on sale Aug. 7.

* Weapon X: Kane by R.A. Jones and Pablo Raimondi, on sale Aug. 14.

* Weapon X: Marrow by Christina Z. and Brandon Badeaux, on sale Aug. 21.

* Weapon X: Agent Zero by Frank Tieri and Killian Plunkett, on sale Aug. 28.

GIVE'EM A CLICK

MUTANT X SEASON FINALE

Howard Chaykin told The Continuum that the "A Breed Apart" episode will close the season with the introduction of Patient Zero, a powerful new mutant.

In the episode, Gabriel Ashlocke, who was placed in confinement during childhood when his sociopathic nature was revealed, is released by one of his devout followers. Immediately, he embarks on a mission to destroy Mutant X by recruiting mutants into his organization with the intent of taking over the world.

"He's the most powerful new mutant," said Chaykin, who wrote the episode. "He's an interesting new character and a lot of fun. He's a seductive, dark character who is a one-man match for all of Mutant X.

"He's basically going to menace both our team and Genomex."

Gabriel is portrayed by Michael Easton, who most recently starred opposite Alyssa Milano, Roy Scheider and Sean Patrick Flannery in the four-hour mini-series Diamond Hunters, based on the novel by Wilbur A. Smith. At the onset of his acting career, Easton co-starred in several made for TV movies before landing the lead role of David Hume on the popular sci-fi thriller Total Recall 2070 in 1999. He has also guest-starred on a number of television series, including Ally McBeal, The Practice and Bull.

Buzz on the finale is that it ends with a shocker involving one of the recurring characters in the first season.

"We do have some surprises in the finale," Seth Howard of Tribune Entertainment said.

Chaykin - the comics veteran who currently continues to write such comics as American Century and Barnum with David Tischman -- and the Mutant X writing crew are already at work on Season 2.

"The fans can expect to see more of the stuff they like and stuff they haven't seen before," Chaykin said. "The world gets bigger, the stakes are higher and the jeopardy deeper. We're going to put them through more hell in the second season."

For a complete synopsis of "A Breed Apart," with photos and spoilers, CLICK HERE.

FANTASTIC FOUR #60 PREVIEW

Marvel Comics on Tuesday released the cover to Fantastic Four #60, the 9-cent issue and the first from the new creative team of Mark Waid and Mike Wieringo.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"The FF's new all-star creative team debuts in this, the World's Cheapest Comic Magazine! And this is a self-contained adventure, True Believer, so you don't have to buy dozens of additional issues to get an entire story."

Karl Kesel is inking the issue.

Fantastic Four #60 will arrive in stores on Aug. 28.

LITTLE WHITE MOUSE BENEFIT PRINT

The Emergency Medical Services division of the Fire Department of New York City will be presenting prints of Paul Sizer's Little White Mouse 9-11 Benefit Print to its 3,000 members during EMS Week (May 19-25).

Lt. Sylvia Good of Battalion 20 in the Bronx (coordinator of the events of EMS Week) contacted Sizer and his publishing company Blue Line Pro to inquire about getting copies of the poster to present to its 3,000 employees who were being honored during the week-long recognition ceremony.

Sizer's print has been on sale online since one week after the Sept. 11 attacks, with all money generated by sale of the print being donated to the New York Fire 9-11 Disaster Relief Fund. Since the print went on sale, Blue Line Pro has donated production and shipping of the prints sold through their online store. Blue Line Pro has now offered to produce the 3,000 posters for the EMS Week events at cost.

"This is an unparalleled opportunity to get my benefit print into the hands of those who it was created to honor" said Sizer. "I'm flattered and proud to have my art be given a chance to speak to such a wide and deserving audience."

Fifty prints will be presented to EMS units of the five boroughs of New York City during EMS Week ceremonies, with the additional 3,000 posters distributed in the following weeks to all employees.

The Little White Mouse 9-11 Benefit Print is still available to purchase online for a donation of $10 or more. You can access the Little White Mouse Online Store either through www.littlewhitemouse.com or directly from Blue Line Pro's web site at www.bluelinepro.com.

DARK HORSE COMICS FOR AUGUST

Dark Horse has released its solicitation information for August.

For a rundown, CLICK HERE.

MOONSTONE BOOKS FOR SEPTEMBER

Following is Moonstone Books' solicitations for September.

THE PHANTOM: THE TREASURES OF BANGALLA

Written by Ron Goulart, penciled by Mike Collins, inked by Art Nichols, colored by Ken Wolak, cover by Joel Naprstek.

Deep in the jungle of Bengalla pirates steal a priceless treasure for a greedy art collector. Meanwhile, in London, Diana Walker and her disturbed friend Naida are kidnapped and locked up tight in a twisted sanitarium. Two menacing crimes for the Phantom to solve. Two evil-strewn paths for the Phantom to walk. And one final, ultra-danger filled conclusion.

48 pages, $6.95.

BRIEFLY

  • DC Comics has announced that Bob Greenberger has rejoined the DC staff as Senior Editor - Collected Editions, reporting to Georg Brewer, VP - Design & Retail Product Development.

    Most recently, Greenberger served as Director - Publishing Operations at Marvel Comics, where he dealt with scheduling and coordination of the company's collected editions and ongoing titles. Prior to that, Greenberger was a producer at Gist Communications.

    DC Comics also announced that Ben Abernathy has joined WildStorm Productions as editor, reporting to group editor Scott Dunbier. Abernathy joins WildStorm after a stint with Marvel Comics, where he served most recently as Special Projects Manager, editing collected editions and working on a variety of licensed projects.

  • The "Bargaining, Pt. 1" episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer will be rebroadcast by UPN on Tuesday, May 28.

  • Jon Favreau, who is playing Foggy Nelson in the Daredevil movie, will be a guest on CBS' The Late Show with David Letterman on Friday, May 24.

  • Leinil Francis Yu is providing covers for Dark Horse's KISS comic.

  • Alex Simmons, creator Blackjack, is teaming up with British-owned licensing group MGL to co-create a graphic novel series based on the internationally known property Extreme Zombies.

  • The release of Powers #20 has been delayed a week.

  • Coming Thursday: Television news - and much more!!!
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