Thursday, September 5, 2002

NEW X-MEN: EVOLUTION EPISODE

Kids' WB! has announced a new episode of X-Men: Evolution to air on Saturday, Sept 21.

The episode is titled "The Stuff Of Heroes." It was written by Bob Forward, who was a story editor during X-Men: Evolution's first season.

X-Men: Evolution story editor Greg Johnson told The Continuum the episode deals with the X-Men's attempts to find Professor Xavier. Also look for a returning, as-yet-unnamed, guest star.

The third season of the show premieres on Saturday, Sept. 14.

The Continuum will have more X-Men: Evolution news soon.

SPIDER-MAN MOVIE UPDATE

Dr Pepper is having a promotion with Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment for the release of the Spider-Man DVD release on Nov. 1.

Beginning in November, Dr Pepper purchasers will have the chance to instantly win prizes such as Sony Dream Systems, Spider-Man DVDs and Dr Pepper products by looking behind the label of specially marked packages of Dr Pepper.

The promotion will be in stores through December and will build on Dr Pepper and Sony Pictures Entertainment's Spider-Man movie release promotion earlier this year.

"The success of our summer movie release promotion exceeded our expectations in terms of both consumer and retailer excitement," said Cindi Clark, Dr Pepper's senior vice president - marketing. "The upcoming Spider- Man DVD release will be a big attention-grabber for Dr Pepper's 12- to 34- year-old target audience, especially during the key holiday shopping period of November and December."

Dr Pepper will incorporate promotion details into a multi-million dollar television campaign, develop a special Web site located within www.drpepper.com , and provide in-store display merchandising and point-of- sale materials featuring Spider-Man DVD packaging.

The on-pack promotion will be featured on 20-ounce and 2-liter bottles, and inside specially marked 12-packs of cans.

In other Spider-Man movie news, the film is being packaged with Men in Black II in theaters starting Friday in a special two-movies-for-one-ticket promotion.

NEW ANGEL EPISODE

A new episode of Angel, "The House Always Wins," is scheduled to air on The WB on Sunday, Oct. 20.

The Continuum has obtained four images from the episode, showing Angel star David Boreanaz, along with series regulars J. August Richards and Amy Acker. Jennifer Autry is shown as Lornette #2 in the image to the right.

Angel's new season starts on Oct. 6 with the episode "Deep Down."

The WB has yet to release any logline information for either "The House Always Wins" or "Deep Down."

Click on the thumbnails for larger and fuller images, and look for more Angel and Buffy the Vampire Slayer news soon here in The Continuum.

MUTANT X UPDATE

The Continuum has obtained a new image from the fifth episode of the upcoming season of Mutant X.

The episode is called "The Future Revealed" and the image to the left shows Victor Webster as Brennan.

The second season of Mutant X is scheduled to begin in syndication the week of Sept. 30. "The Future Revealed" will air in syndication the week of Oct. 28.

Look for more on Mutant X soon here in The Continuum.

ONI PATCHES IN DECEMBER

Oni Press in December will be giving a wide release to its assortment of four patches, previously only available this past August at Comic-Con International.

The stitched badges feature the logos for Pounded, Queen & Country, the Oni demon head, and a specially designed Blue Monday patch based on the Royal Air Force target.

The patches can either be ironed on or sewn. Each patch is sold separately and retails for $7.95.

The dimensions for the designs are as follows: Blue Monday - 4" circle; Oni Head - 3" circle; Pounded - 4"x1"; Queen & Country - 4"x2".

"Following the success of our Blue Monday buttons, we thought we would expand our little fashion accessory empire," said Oni Press editor James Lucas Jones. "Our thinking so far has been to go with stuff that can work as decoration, and with some of our more hardcore series. I'd like nothing more than to be going down the street and see some cool high school kids sporting an Oni patch on their backpack!"

FIRST LOOK: B-SIDES #1

B-Sides #1 will arrive in stores on Thursday from Marvel Comics. The issue is written by Brian David-Marshall, with art by Brett Weldele and a cover by Sam Kieth.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue:

"The birth of a new super-team from... New Jersey? Over the years, the dead-end town of Raven's Perch, N.J., has given birth to a host of superhumans. But they've never produced a Spider-Man... heck, they've never even spawned a Darkhawk! So what's it like to be a loser with weird powers living in the state known for off-ramps and landfills? Find out when Fateball, Jughandle and Mize are brought together to form... The Craptacular B-Sides. Plus: a 9-page bonus tale penciled by Captain Marvel's ChrisCross."

B-Sides #1 will be 32 pages and will cost $2.99.

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FIRST LOOK: PARADIGM #1

Paradigm #1 will arrive in stores on Wednesday from Image Comics. The issue is written by Matt Cashel, with art and cover by Jeremy Haun.

Here's how Image describes the issue:

"Chris Howells had it all: a beautiful girlfriend of two years, a TV and digital satellite, a job with weekends off; a perfectly ordinary life. But when Wednesday's 'date night' arrived, it brought with it more than the usual dinner and a movie. A strange and unexpected event occurred that evening in the city of Bogsdale, in a dark and secluded parking lot behind the old movie house, an event that would leave Chris Howells and the reality in which he believed forever changed."

Paradigm #1 will be 48 black-and-white pages and will cost $3.50.

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BRIEFLY

This Friday's episode of Jeremiah on Showtime is a repeat of "Firewall." The episode was written by J. Michael Straczynski and directed by Peter Deluise.

Here's how the episode is described:

"Investigating a group known as the orange men, Jeremiah and Kurdy capture Quantrell, and everything changes for Thunder Mountain - Quantrell is an adult survivor who knows a great deal about both Marcus and Valhalla Sector."

Click on the thumbnails for larger images from "Firewall."