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Thursday, August 15, 2002

JOHN SHEA TALKS MUTANT X'S SEASON 2

Season 2 of the syndicated Mutant X television series promises to be more realistic and full of surprises, star John Shea said.

Shea, who plays Adam, appeared at the recent Comic-Con International in San Diego with castmates Forbes March (Jesse), Victoria Pratt (Shalimar) and Lauren Lee Smith (Emma), as well as Tribune Entertainment's Seth Howard.

Season 2 of the syndicated Mutant X television series promises to be more realistic and full of surprises, star John Shea said.

Shea, who plays Adam, appeared at the recent Comic-Con International in San Diego with castmates Forbes March (Jesse), Victoria Pratt (Shalimar) and Lauren Lee Smith (Emma), as well as Tribune Entertainment's Seth Howard.

"We're having fun," Shea said. "My favorite poet, Wallace Stevens said, 'We climb to heaven on a stairway of surprise.' The only thing I can tell you is that there are all kinds of surprises in store for you in Season 2.

"One of the best things about the Mutant X world is that it's changing, it's mutating, it is evolving. The Sanctuary, where we all hang out, is transformed. I won't tell you exactly how. But stuff is gone. The world that was so completely clean-surfaced is now littered with real life.

"The world of Genomex that you know is no longer that much of a threat. So what happened in the time between Season 1 and Season 2 is that we were able to rethink our environment. We redesigned everything. We've changed things around to make it much more like real life."

Shea said that the changes will involve his character as well.

"What you discover about Adam is that things are not what they seem," Shea said. "This guy who is always sort of noble and heroic and always this kind of purer-than-life, charismatic leader, has some hidden sides as well. It turns out that he wasn't just in genetics, but he also had his fingers in all kinds of parts of the military industrial complex. He's working with the government, he's working with CIA, he's working with Interpol.

"He's a genius, and he's really rich. The question is: How did he make that money and what did he do with his brains? And we're going to find that stuff out as Season 2 goes by."

The first season ended with Gabriel Ashlocke, the first New Mutant, taking over Genomex. Played by Michael Easton, Gabriel will be featured in three episodes of the second season.

"Gabriel Ashlocke, Patient Zero, who is endowed with all those powers in one human being, turns out to be a fairly formidable rival," Shea said. "But he's the first of many to come as people come out of the woodwork and Adam's past comes back to haunt him."

The Continuum has obtained photos from the first three episodes of the second season, including the second-season opener, "Past as Prologue," which will air the first week of October. Click on the thumbnails for larger, more complete images, and look for more on Mutant X soon here in The Continuum.

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DC COMICS FIRST LOOKS

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Titles include JSA #39, Thundercats #1, Automatic Kafka #2, Batman: Gotham Knights #32, Haven: The Broken City #9, Superman: The Man of Steel #129 and Lucifer #29.

IMAGE COMICS FIRST LOOKS

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Titles include Age of Bronze #14, Witchblade #59, G.I. Joe #9 and Holy Terror #1.

IMAGE'S HAWAIIAN DICK

Image Comics has announced that Hawaiian Dick: Byrd of Paradise, a three-issue mini-series by B. Clay Moore and Steven Griffin, will launch in December.

Here's how Image describes the book:

"Originally pitched as a cross between the X-Files and the Rockford Files in a film noir version of 1950s Hawaii, the series opens as Byrd, a former big city detective hiding from his troubles in 1953 Hawaii, is recruited to track down a stolen car. In the process of investigation, Byrd and his partner, detective Mo Kalama, stumble upon a complicated kidnapping plot. Before the case is solved, though, the two have to contend with an eccentric drug lord and his scheming henchmen, the psychic aunt of two island beauties, swank tiki lounges, an exotic bar girl, a high speed chase along the scenic Hawaiian coast, the mysterious Night Marchers of the Pali Highway, and the murdered kidnapping victim, returned from the dead."

"I began to develop Hawaiian Dick with the notion of tossing all the things I really dig about pop culture into one big mix," Moore said. "That included '50s style and atmosphere, film noir, swank tiki/cocktail culture and, of course, zombies. I then centered on Hawaii in the '50s, and realized the story possibilities were almost endless, once I factored in the rich folklore and mythology of the Islands. And how much cooler can it get than 1950s Hawaii?"

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Moore initially intended to collaborate with artist J. Bone on the series, but Bone had to bow out due to scheduling conflicts. Within days of putting out the call for a new artist, though, samples from Steven Griffin showed up in Moore's e-mail box. After that, it took but a single-page try-out job for Moore to realize he had his man.

"Once people get a look at Steven's artwork, they're going to be blown away," Moore said. "There's nothing quite like it in comics, to my mind. The book became much more interesting when Steven came on board. He's able to capture exactly what I'm looking for and is willing to do the research necessary to absolutely nail the details. I think we really click together, despite the fact that we're roughly half a million miles away from each other."

Griffin lives in Perth, Australia, where he has done extensive work developing Web sites, flash animation films and online comic strips; Moore is a freelance writer from Kansas City whose previous credits include a stint co-editing Love in Tights for Slave Labor Graphics, along with J. Torres.

BRIEFLY

  • The premiere episode of Birds of Prey on The WB on Wednesday, Oct. 9 will run 70 minutes.

  • This Friday's episode of Showtime's Jeremiah is a rebroadcast of "To Sail Beyond the Stars."

    In the episode, Jeremiah faces a deadly renegade group called the "Burners" while falling in love with Claire, a woman who dreams of sailing across the ocean. Meanwhile, Kurdy befriends a pregnant woman and delivers her baby.

    The episode is written by: J. Michael Straczynski and directed by: Neill Fearnley. Click on thumbnails for larger images from the episode.

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  • Coming Friday: Marvel news -- and much more!!!
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