Monday, January 23, 2006
DIAMOND SELECT FOR APRIL
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Diamond Select has released its solicitations for April.
For a rundown of products, with images, CLICK HERE.
MS. MARVEL RETURNS
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Marvel Comics on Monday provided The Continuum with a preview of Giant-Size Ms. Marvel #1,
Here's how Marvel describes the book:
"After seeing how great a superhero she can really be during the events of House of M, Ms. Marvel has begun to put her troubled past behind her and move forward. Carol Danvers has decided to get her game together and fulfill her potential as the greatest hero in the Marvel Universe starting in Giant-Size Ms. Marvel #1.
"Spinning out of events in House of M, Giant-Size Ms. Marvel #1 contains an all-new 16 page story by the creative team of Brian Reed and hot new penciler Rob De La Torre; the same team launching Ms. Marvel into her first ongoing series in two decades coming this March."
Giant-Size Ms. Marvel #1 also reprints Captain Marvel #18, which features the first appearance of Ms. Marvel, her untold secret origin from Ms. Marvel #1-2 as well as the first appearance of her signature costume in Ms. Marvel #20.
Giant-Size Ms. Marvel #1 will be 96 pages for $4.99 and will go on sale on Feb. 15. The new ongoing Ms. Marvel title launches on March 1.
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IMAGE COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and five-page previews of Image Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Spawn #152, Savage Dragon #122 and Casefiles: Sam & Twitch #21.
Look for more First Looks on Tuesday here in The Continuum.
STEVE ENGLEHART TALKS BLACK RIDER
Writer Steve Englehart announced on Monday that he and Marshall Rogers are teaming up again for Black Rider, a one-shot that is part of Marvel's upcoming Western event.
"Marshall Rogers and I
got the gig because of Dark Detective - Black Rider dresses in black,
and he's mysterious, see - but we decided to run with that," Englehart said. "So
instead of doing an actual Western, we had BR come east, to New York in 1881, when the city ended at 97th street and Manhattan island north was its own frontier. BR, in his normal identity of 'kindly Doc Masters,[ is a hick in the big city -- but the Black Rider is hunting down a Chinese prostitution ring, and the Black Rider is a very
twisted individual.
"One telling detail: in the Kirby origin story from back in the day, he trained his horse to have a secret identity before he decided he himself needed one!. People have tried
to claim that the Batman is insane, but we won't be having that argument over BR.
"But that's not all, because in Chinatown, BR meets a gentleman both Marshall and I have met before: a gentleman who'll one day become known as the Ancient One. And Yao, as we call him -- don't tell anyone, but it stands for Young Ancient One -- has a few more peculiar
friends. They might even form their own peculiar group -- but that would come in future issues of Black Rider, and those will only appear if the one-shot sells."
On the DC front, Englehart said there will be another Dark Detective later this year, and he's working on a four-part JLA Classified and a three-part JSA Classfied. Both are unscheduled.
ULTRAVIOLET UPDATE
Sony Pictures has released nine new images and the one-sheet from the upcoming film Ultraviolet.
The movie, based on a European comic book, stars Milla Jovovich.
The images show Jovovich as Violet, William Fichtner as Garth and Cameron Bright as Six.
The film is from Screen Gems, which had the No. 1 movie last weekend in Underworld: Evolution. Ultraviolet has been rated PG-13.
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BRIEFLY
* Marvel Comics has announced a second printing for the sold-out Marvel Zombies #1. The printing, which will have a variant cover, will be in stores on Feb. 8.
"I couldn't be more thrilled to hear about the success from this series," writer Robert Kirkman said. "I think one thing to take note of with this book is that Marvel has gone above and beyond to allow me to do whatever I want with this series. I'm actually pretty amazed with how far they've let me and artist Sean Phillips go and the risks they've taken in doing so. The amount of creative freedom I've been given with this project has only been exactly the same as what I've been given on my creator-owned books."
* Coming Tuesday: DC Comics news -- and much more!!!
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
In case you missed The Continuum's recent coverage, here are some links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.
* Wednesday, Jan. 18: X-Men, Marvel Knights, Marvel and DC First Looks and Oni Press for April.
* Tuesday, Jan. 17: Marvel Comics for April, Golden Globes, Dan Jurgens exclusive to DC, Family Guy at Devil's Due, Alias and Image First Looks.
* Monday, Jan. 16: DC Comics for April, Image Comics for April and Image Comics First Looks.
* Sunday, Jan. 15: Teen Titans, Smallville, Family Guy and The Simpsons.
* Saturday, Jan. 14: Ultimate Avengers, Strangers in Paradise and First Looks.
* Friday, Jan. 13: Top Cow First Looks, Dark Horse First Looks, December sales and Who Wants to Be a Super-Hero?.
* Thursday, Jan. 12: Black Panther/Storm wedding, Marvel First Looks and Image First Looks.
* Wednesday, Jan. 11: Blade TV, X3, DC First Looks and Marvel First Looks.
* Tuesday, Jan. 10: Dark Horse Comics for April, DC Comics First Looks, Justice League Unlimited, Moonstone Books for May and Green Lantern.
* Monday, Jan. 9: Justice League Unlimited, Marvel teams with Hasbro, Aquaman casting, SLG toys and First Looks.
* Sunday, Jan. 8: The Batman, Justice League Unlimited and Ultimate Avengers.
* Saturday, Jan. 7: Rosario Dawson's comic, Smallville, Claypool Comics for April and First Looks.
* Friday, Jan. 6: X3, Virgin Comics/Animation and First Looks.
* Thursday, Jan. 5: Marvel and DC First Looks, Superman Returns, Wolverine: Origins and G.I. Joe vs. Transformers.
* Wednesday, Jan. 4: Teen Titans, Sam Kieth exclusive to DC, First Looks and Red Sonja/Claw the Unconquered.
* Tuesday, Jan. 3: Wolverine: Origins, Justice League Unlimited, X-Factor, Parts Unknown and Dead Me Tell No Tales.
* Monday, Jan. 2: Justice League Unlimited, Iron Man animation, Jonah Hex, First Looks and Heroic Publishing for April.
* Sunday, Jan. 1: The Batman DVD, Heroic Publishing for April and Dark Horse First Looks.
* Friday, Dec. 30: X3, Teen Titans and Dark Horse First Looks.
* Thursday, Dec. 29: Marvel and DC First Looks and Smallville.
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