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Tuesday, September 10, 2002

SMALLVILLE UPDATE

The WB has released an official logline for "Vortex," the second-season premiere of Smallville.

Here's how the network describes the episode, which is scheduled to air on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at 9 p.m. (ET).

"After Clark (Tom Welling) rescues Lana (Kristin Kreuk) from the eye of the storm, he discovers the storm's wrath has unleashed the spaceship into the fields and buried his father (John Schneider) alive along with the unscrupulous reporter (guest star Tom O'Brien) who has discovered Clark's secret. Meanwhile, Lex (Michael Rosenbaum) is wracked with guilt over his father (John Glover)."

Greg Beeman directed the episode, which was written by executive producers Alfred Gough and Miles Millar with a teleplay by Philip Levens.

The network also announced that "Tempest," the first-season finale, will air both on Tuesday, Sept. 17 at 9 p.m. and Sunday, Sept. 22 at 5 p.m.

DAREDEVIL MOVIE UPDATE

Toy Biz will be producing toys based on the upcoming Daredevil movie, including 12-inch figures.

According to the company, Marvel Legends III will feature a Daredevil figure from the film. The series is due in spring 2003.

The Marvel Studios II series will feature both Daredevil and Elektra figures from the movie. The series is due in fall 2003.

In other Daredevil news:

* Joe Pantoliano, who plays Ben Urich, will be a guest on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien on Thursday, Sept. 26.

SAVAGE DRAGON #100 SELLS OUT

Image Comics announced on Monday that Diamond has completely sold out of Savage Dragon #100. A second printing, featuring an all-new cover by creator Erik Larsen, left, was also announced.

Savage Dragon #100 was 100 pages, featuring an all-new 22-page lead story and 10 additional back-up stories. The lead story is written, penciled and inked by Larsen, as usual, but the back-up stories feature inks by John Beatty, Chris Eliopoulos, Al Gordon, Jerry Ordway, Mike Royer, Bill Sienkiewicz, Walter Simonson, Bruce Timm, Tim Townsend, and Bob Wiacek.

Rounding out the issue are pin-ups by Arthur Adams, Frank Cho, Carlos Pacheco, Frank Miller, Marc Silvestri and Timm, along with new comic strips by Chris Giarrusso ("Savage Bits"), Nick Derington and Brian Blake ("Savage Tales") and Chris Eliopoulos ("Desperate Time"), all of which pay tribute to Larsen's 100-issue.

According to Image, Savage Dragon #100 sets a new record for the most consecutive issues of a comic book written and drawn by a single creator. Additionally, Larsen is the first and only Image founder to write and draw 100 consecutive issues of the title he launched in 1992 when Image Comics was first formed.

According to Eric Stephenson, Image Comics' director of marketing, interest in Savage Dragon has been growing over the past several months, resulting in increased reorder activity and favorable word-of-mouth.

"I think a lot of the current buzz is in response to issue #100," Stephenson said, "but a growing number of fans are coming around to the notion that Savage Dragon is a real labor of love for Erik. Not many creators stick with a any title for more than a few issues these days, and Erik's been hard at work on Savage Dragon for 10 years now."

Said Larsen: "Naturally, I'm tickled pink that readers have responded so positively to Savage Dragon #100. It was literally four full issues worth of material from me and that was no easy task to pull off. It's gratifying to see that all of that effort paid off. It's a terrific feeling watching the odemeter roll over. I can't wait to get at the next couple hundred issues. It ought to be a hoot."

FUTURAMA ON CARTOON NETWORK

Twentieth Television and Cartoon Network have entered into an agreement for the exclusive cable rights of the animated series Futurama to begin airing in January.

Futurama will join Adult Swim, Cartoon Network's late night block of animation aimed at adults 18-34. Cartoon Network has acquired rights to air all 72 episodes of Futurama, which was recently named one of five 2002 Emmy Award nominees for Outstanding Animated Program (less than one hour).

"Futurama is a perfect fit for Adult Swim and Cartoon Network," said Jim Samples, general manager and executive vice president of Cartoon Network. "We could not be happier about having the opportunity to showcase the brilliant work of Matt Groening."

Futurama chronicles the adventures of Philip J. Fry, a pizza delivery boy who was accidentally frozen on New Year's Eve in 1999 while on the job. When he thaws out 1.000 years later, he must adapt to a very different world populated by peculiar species, robots, space ships and omnipresent advertising. Fry manages to form a dysfunctional family of sorts with Bender, a robot with a very bad attitude and a bit of a drinking problem, and Leela, the one-eyed pilot of their delivery ship and the object of Fry's clumsy romantic overtures.

Futurama was created by Groening, who also created The Simpsons. Groening and David X. Cohen developed the series, which debuted on Fox in 1999.

IMAGE'S HAWAIIAN DICK ONLINE

Image Comics is inviting readers to get a look at its upcoming Hawaiian Dick mini-series with an all-new online strip by creators B. Clay Moore and Steve Griffin.

Available for viewing at www.imagecomics.com, Hawaiian Dick: Strips will be a biweekly introduction to the three-issue mini-series set to debut this December.

Described by Moore as a cross between the X-Files and the Rockford Files in a film noir version of 1950s Hawaii, the series focuses on Byrd, a former big city detective hiding from his troubles in 1953 Hawaii and investigating crimes with his partner, detective Mo Kalama. The series also features an eccentric drug lord and his scheming henchmen, the psychic aunt of two island beauties, swank tiki lounges, an exotic bar girl, the mysterious Night Marchers of the Pali Highway, and a murdered kidnapping victim, returned from the dead.

Hawaiian Dick: Strips isn't specifically tied into the upcoming mini-series, but it does give readers a chance to glimpse this Byrd of paradise in his natural habitat before the first issue hits the stands.

"More than anything, these strips are designed to give people a small taste of Byrd's world," said Moore. "They might be a little more tongue-in-cheek than the actual book will be, but Steven and I are both comic strips fans, so we had a little fun with the format."


BRIEFLY

  • Comics retailer Brian Hibbs, who has filed suit against Marvel Comics for violation of its terms of sale, on Monday released the following statement to The Continuum after Marvel's announcement of some 110 returnable items.

    To read the statement, CLICK HERE.

  • Ultimate War is the name of the four-issue mini-series by Mark Millar and Chris Bachalo that pits the Ultimates against the X-Men. Two issues of Ultimate War will ship in December.

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