Daredevil: Father #1
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Friday, August 19, 2005
IMAGE COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and five-page previews of upcoming Image Comics titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include ShadowHawk #4, NYC Mech: Beta Love #3, Death, Jr. #3 and Godland #3.
VAMPIRELLA REVELATIONS
Harris Comics has provided The Continuum with a look at the covers to November's Vampirella Revelations #1.
The covers are by Jose Gonzalez and Mark Texeira.
Here's how Harris describes the story, written by Mike Carey:
"Vampirella is back! Confused, desperate for answers, Vampirella turns to a mystic to unravel the tangled threads of her origin. He takes her on a journey to hell and back, deep down into the murky waters of her past -- her real past. What she finds brings her face to face with her mother, her home, and the very moment of her birth."
Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
ALIAS' CHRONO MECHANICS
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Chrono Mechanics, an action adventure humor book from Art Thibert and Richard Birdsall, will be published by Alias Comics in November with a new story and new look in Chrono Mechanics: Silver.
"We're excited, of course, to be a part of what Alias is doing. They have an incredibly impressive and diverse library of titles, and really seem to know how to market cartoon styled books," Thibert said. "Our goal with this book is to help it to find the widest audience possible, and we believe Alias can help the readership of Chrono Mechanics continue to expand.
"We are also publishing the Silver story in color, which will add a new dimension to the artwork and help readers enjoy the story even more."
In Chrono Mechanics, a team of repairmen are dispatched to fix the problems that occur when the machine that is Time breaks down. In the new story, the Mechanics are forced to cut short their much-needed vacations to repair a problem of incredible proportions. As they track down a faulty Reality Filter Prism that has the potential to alter every time line in existence, things go from bad to worse as reality begins to resemble an abstract painting. But the real surprise comes as they discover what -- or who -- has caused the crisis.
"The best thing about Chrono Mechanics: Silver is that it's a complete story in a single book," said Mike S. Miller, president of Alias Comics. "This isn't a 22-page monthly series; it's more like a series of novels that fit together as a whole, but donšt need to be read in any particular order. Anyone who missed the original Chrono Mechanics should pick it up, of course, but it's not necessary to have read it to enjoy the new book.
"We are also in talks right now about reprinting the first Chrono Mechanics through Alias, and in color as well."
Chrono Mechanics: Silver will be 52 pages.
For Alias' complete solicitations for November, CLICK HERE.
BRIEFLY
* Marvel Comics is reporting that the Ultimates and Ultimate Spider-Man annuals have sold out.
"Am I happy about this? Of course, but more relieved than
anything else because the orders for this were ridiculously high for a
four dollar book and-- I swear to God-- my greatest fear was that
retailers had ordered too many and would be feeding these things to pets
and children for years to come," said Ultimates writer Mark Millar. "But we sold out! And that's great. And what's even weirder is that there's a huge re-order activity going on
too which is completely bloody brilliant so cheers for that. I really
should relax more, but I'm more surprised than anyone when this stuff
happens. It's insane!"
The Ultimate Spider-Man book introduced Spidey's new girlfriend.
"Making a big change like this in Peter's life is a scary proposition and I can't thank everyone enough for being so open to it," said writer Brian Michael Bendis. "Look forward to all kinds of new story possibilities in the months ahead."
*Dark Horse has announced the promotions of staff members Dirk Wood to marketing director and Michael Gombos to Japanese licensing manager.
* Coming Saturday: Movie news -- and much more.
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
In case you missed The Continuum's recent coverage, here are some links:
* For Saturday, Aug. 13, including Teen Titans animated news, CLICK HERE.
* For Friday, Aug. 12, including July's sales figures and second printings from DC Comics, CLICK HERE.
* 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.
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