Wednesday, August 17, 2005
NEW MARVEL LEGENDS FIGURES
|
|
|
Toy Biz has provided The Continuum with a preview of upcoming action figures from its Marvel Legends line.
The first two images are of variant figures -- Logan and Wonder Man -- for the Marvel Legends Series 11 - Legendary Riders line.
The third figure is of X-23, who will be part of Series 12, due out next year.
Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For covers and three-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on Aug. 24, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Daredevil vs. Punisher #3, Machine Teen #4, Mega Morphs #2, New X-Men #17 and Spellbinders #6.
For covers and six-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on August 24, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Black Panther #7, Daredevil #76, Fantastic Four #530 and Marvel Knights Spider-Man #17.
For covers and six-page previews of titles arriving in stores on Sept. 9, CLICK HERE.
Titles include X-Men: Colossus -- Bloodline #1, Exiles #69, Ghost Rider #1 and Ultimate Spider-Man #82.
DC COMICS FIRST LOOKS
|
|
|
|
|
For covers and four-page previews of DC Comics titles arriving in stores on Aug. 24, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Batman: Jekyll & Hyde #5, City of Tomorrow #5, Hellblazer #211, Jack Cross #1, JSA Classified #2, Otherworld #6 and Robin #141.
SUPERGIRL COVERS BY MICHAEL TURNER
Confirming comments made by Michael Turner at Wizard World Chicago, DC Comics announced Tuesday that Turner will continue contributing to the return of the Girl of Steel with variant covers for Supergirl #2-4.
The covers will be shipped to retailers in a 50/50 split between Turner covers and covers by regular series artists Ian Churchill and Norm Rapmund.
"I'm just as surprised as everyone who is reading this that Michael is continuing to give our book a boost with his gorgeous covers," said writer Jeph Loeb. "DC has clearly gotten behind Supergirl to create enormous excitement. Both Ian and Mike are doing dazzling things and as we all know, launching a new title is very daunting -- particularly with a female lead.
"It's not about sales; for me it's never about sales. It'ss about our team: myself, (Group Editor) Eddie Berganza, Ian, Mike, Norm Rapmund, Richard Starkings and the brilliance of the Aspen color crew, all working our tails off to create the best book we can. It is very, very rewarding knowing that the maximum number of new readers and longtime fans can enjoy these new adventures of the Girl of Steel!"
Click on the thumbnail above for a larger look at Turner's cover to Supergirl #2.
BATMAN BEGINS UPDATE
IMAX Corporation and Warner
Bros. Pictures on Tuesday announced that Batman Begins: The IMAX Experience is now
IMAX's highest grossing digitally re-mastered 2D release, reaching the
milestone in less than nine weeks.
With total grosses of $14.5 million on 72 worldwide IMAX screens, it eclipses the record set by The Matrix Reloaded: The
IMAX Experience, which grossed just over $14 million in 22 weeks.
For
the three day period from Friday, August 12 to Sunday, August 14 - its eighth
weekend of release - Batman Begins: The IMAX Experience grossed an estimated
$203,000 in 51 North American IMAX theatres, an increase of eight percent
over the prior weekend. The film has now achieved a cumulative domestic per
screen average of nearly $215,000 and continues to show staying
power.
"The fact that Batman Begins set this box office record so quickly and
continues to post great results underscores how perfectly suited the picture
is for The IMAX Experience," said IMAX Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs Richard L.
Gelfond and Bradley J. Wechsler in a joint statement.
"This film's strong performance is a key
reason why IMAX's grosses are up considerably this summer and we're delighted
so many moviegoers are exploring the origins of the Batman legend in IMAX
theatres. IMAX continues to further solidify its position as the place to see
the biggest Hollywood event films in both our unparalleled 2D and IMAX 3D
formats."
THE BATMAN UPDATE
Tara Strong is providing the voice of Vicky Vale in The Batman vs. Dracula, the straight-to-DVD animated movie from Warner Bros.
The movie marks the first appearance of the character in The Batman universe.
Strong also does the voice of Raven in Teen Titans.
The film, due in stores on Oct. 18, is written by Duane Capizzi and directed by Michael Goguen.
Warner Home Video on Wednesday reveal additional images from the film, including the back of the DVD box. Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
In other The Batman news, Kids' WB! has announced that the Sunday, August 27 episodes will be "JTV" at 8 a.m. and "Grundy's Night" at 8:30 a.m.
For the network's complete schedule for the week of August 22, CLICK HERE.
MARVEL'S 50TH MASTERWORKS VOLUME
|
|
|
Marvel Comics is celebrating its 50th volume of Marvel Masterworks with the Sept. 14 release of Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel Vol 1.
This anniversary edition recounts how Captain Marvel went from Kree Captain to Earth defender. It also collects his greatest battles against such foes as the Super-Skrull, Namor, Sentry #459 and Quasimodo the Living Computer.
The 240-page book collects Marvel Superheroes #12, 13 and Captain Marvel (Vol. 1) #1-9. It features the work of Stan Lee, Roy Thomas, Gene Colan, Don Heck and Arnold Drake.
Here's how Marvel describes the story:
"For protecting the people of Earth, the Kree Captain Mar-vell is labeled a traitor to his people by the vicious Colonel Yon-Rogg. To blend in on his new adopted home Earth, Mar-vell assumes the human identity of Walter Lawson and chooses to defend his new home against all interplanetary threats.
"Mar-vell evens finds love on Earth as he becomes smitten with Carol Danvers, the woman who would later become Ms. Marvel, in her very first appearance."
"The Masterworks program started back in 1987. It got off to a great start then sort of disappeared after a few starts and stops. It is a great pleasure to know that in the last year wešve managed to restart the program and to start adding in other silver age titles beyond just the obvious," said David Gabriel, Marvel's director of sales. "2006 will be an exciting year as we continue to add Golden Age titles, Western, and Monster titles to the mix...as well as 12 more Silver Age editions."
BRIEFLY
* Upcoming episodes of Smallville on The WB include "Sacred" on Wednesday, August 31 and "Lucy" on Thursday Sept. 1.
According to TV Guide, Carrie Fisher will appear this season on Smallville as Pauline Kahn, the no-nonsense editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet.
|
|
|
|
* Marvel Comics will go back to press on House of M tie-ins Incredible Hulk #84, Spider-Man: House of M #2, New X-Men #16, and Pulse #10 after they all sold out at Diamond. All of the books will have variant covers and will go on sale on Sept. 7.
Click on the thumbnails above for larger images of the variant covers.
* Marvel is also reporting that NYX #6 and Marvel Must Haves: NYX #1-3 have both sold out at Diamond.
* Less than a week after reaching stores on August 3, Superman #220 has sold out at DC Comics. Written by Mark Verheiden and illustrated by Tony Daniel and Marlo Alquiza, the issue featured the return of the Eradicator and guest-starred Superboy. According to DC, it has no plans to go back to press on the issue.
* Best Buy is offering the first issue of the Sin City comic series A Dame to Kill For as a free promotion exclusively to Best Buy customers who purchase the Sin City movie DVD. The promotion is good while supplies last.
* Below is the first look at covers to Amazing Fantasy #12, Arana: Heart of the Spider #8, Fantastic Four: House of M #3, Iron Man: House of M #3, Marvel Team-Up #12, Spider-Girl #90 and Uncanny X-Men #464. Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* Coming Thursday: Movie news -- and much more.
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
|
|
|
|
|
In case you missed The Continuum's recent coverage, here are some links:
* For Thursday, Aug. 11, including Dark Horse Comics' solicitations for November, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, Aug. 10, including Marvel and DC First Looks and a rundown of DC's upcoming trade paperbacks, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, Aug. 9, including Ultimate Avengers DVD news, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, Aug. 8, including Infinite Crisis news and Vertigo, Spider-Man and Aspen panels at Wizard World Chicago, CLICK HERE.
* For Sunday, Aug. 7, including Top Cow, House of M and Ultimate panels at Wizard World Chicago, CLICK HERE.
* For Saturday, Aug. 6, including Cup O' Joe, Marvel Knights, Brian Michael Bendis and DC Comics panels at Wizard World Chicago, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, Aug. 5, including WildStorm's panel at Wizard World Chicago, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, Aug. 4, including Sin City news, CLICK HERE.
* For Wednesday, Aug. 3, including exclusive contracts for Tony Daniel and Brian Michael Bendis, and Marvel and DC First Looks, CLICK HERE.
* For Tuesday, Aug. 2, including Cartoon Network's schedule of DC Comics show through Sept. 4, CLICK HERE.
* For Monday, Aug. 1, including Superman Returns news, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, July 29, including news from Michael Turner and J. Scott Campbell, CLICK HERE.
* For Thursday, July 28, including Marvel movie news and Top Cow's Necromancer, CLICK HERE.
Copyright © 2005, The Comics Continuum