Saturday, May 7, 2005
IMAGE COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and six-page previews of upcoming Image Comics titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include PvP #17, Godland #1, Girls #1 and Ferro City #1.
THE BATMAN UPDATE
Kids' WB! has announced it will have the network premiere of "The Riddled" episode of The Batman animated series on Saturday, May 21.
The episode features the series premiere of The Riddler, who is voiced by Robert Englund. It also spotlights Detective Yin, voiced by Ming-Na.
Click on the thumbnails for larger images from the episode.
For the network's complete schedule for the week of May 16, CLICK HERE.
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SHADOWHAWK SELLS OUT
Image Comics announced that
ShadowHawk #1 has sold out at Diamond.
"I'm pleasantly surprised by the overwhelming response to the new series. I attribute it to
the great creative team we've assembled," said Image co-founder and
ShadowHawk creator Jim Valentino.
The new Shadowhawk is co-plotted by Valentno and written by Jim Keplinger with art
by newcomer Carlos Rodriguez.
For September, Image is releasing a 136-page trade paperback ShadowHawk: Born Anew, which collects the first four issues of the series and The Return of Shadowhawk issue. The book will cost $12.95.
THE SIMPSONS UPDATE
Liam Neeson, who is starring in the upcoming Batman Begins, provides a guest-voice during the two-episode season finale of The Simpsons on Fox on Sunay, May 15.
In the episode, Bart's expulsion from school lands him in an affordable Catholic private school where Father Sean (Neeson), an Eminem-quoting priest, uses graphic stories and comic books to turn Bart on to the cooler parts of Catholicism.
The episodes are "Home Away From Homer" and "The Father, The Son And The Holy Guest Star."
Jason Bateman also guest-stars as himself.
Click on the images for larger and fulller images.
PRELUDE TO INFINITE CRISIS
Prelude to Infinite Crisis Special, a 96-page collection of the key stories leading up Infinite Crisis, will be released by DC Comics on June 22.
Prelude to Infinite Crisis features a composite cover with images by Ian Churchill and Norm Rapmund, Jesus Saiz, Ed McGuinness and Dexter Vines, and Ivan Reis and Marc Campos.
The book will cost $5.99.
Prelude to Infinite Crisis collects the crossover story from The Flash #219 and Wonder Woman #214 in their entirety, plus the lead story from Superman Secret Files 2004. Along with these are select pages from nearly two dozen other DCU comics, with new text adding context to each story sequence.
BRIEFLY
* Here's a first look at Hard Hero's Thor statue. Click on the thumbnail for a larger image.
* Coming Monday: Movie news -- and much more!!!
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
In case you missed The Continuum's recent coverage, here are some links:
* For Monday, May 2, including The Crow: Wicked Prayer news, CLICK HERE.
* For Saturday, April 30, including an interview with Man-Thing screenwriter Hans Rodionoff, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, April 29, including Fantastic Four movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, April 28, including Aspen news, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, April 27, including Batman Begins news, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, April 26, including The Batman DVD news, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, April 25, including Batman Begins news, CLICK HERE.
* For Saturday, April 23, including Painkiller Jane television news, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, April 22, including Superman Returns movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, April 21, including Smallville news, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, April 20, including Batman Begins news, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, April 19, including Batman Begins news, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, April 18, including Marvel and Image solicitations for July, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, April 15, including Devil's Due solicitations for July, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, April 14, including Fantastic Four movie news, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, April 15, including Cindy Margolis promoting the Tenth Muse, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, April 12, including Batman Begins and Fantastic Four movie updates, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, April 11, including DC Comics' solicitations for July, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, April 8, including IDW Publishing's solicitations for August, CLICK HERE.
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