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SATURDAY, JULY 8, 2006

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Movie and Image Comics news -- and much more!!!

BLADE: THE SERIES UPDATE

Spike TV has released titles, guest-cast lists and descriptions of episodes through No. 11 of the first season of Blade: The Series.

For the rundown, CLICK HERE.

In other Blade news:

* Spike TV has released more than two dozen images from "Descent," this Wednesday's episode.

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* Comics artist Ethan Van Sciver, from whom the name of Blade's main villain was drawn, told The Continuum he got a kick out of seein his surname used in the show. "My dad gave me a hard time about it," Van Sciver laughed.



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LEGION OF SUPER HEROES ANIMATED UPDATE

Commercials airing on Kids' WB! for next Saturday's event, Behind the Shield, provided the first moving images of the upcoming Legion of Super Heroes animated series.

The commercial refers to the lead character as "Superman" and not "Superboy."

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In other Legion news:

* Writers for the first season will include David Slack, Matt Wayne and Amy Wolfram.

* Shawn Harrison is providing the voice of Timber Wolf.



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FANTASTIC FOUR ON HBO

Fantastic Four -- the live-action movie starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans and Julian McMahon -- will premiere on HBO on Sunday, Sept. 10 at 8 p.m., The Continuum has learned.

Other air dates and times include:

Monday, Sept. 11 at 5 a.m.; Wednesday, Sept. 13 at 12:30 p.m. and 8 p.m.; Saturday, Sept. 16 at 9 a.m. and 8 p.m.; Tuesday, Sept. 19 at 8:15 a.m. and 8 p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 24 at 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 p.m.; Wednesday, Sept. 27at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.; and Saturday, Sept. 30 at 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

In other Fantastic Four news, producer Ralph Winter told The Continuum it's possible the Fantastic Four sequel will be part of 20th Century Fox's presentation at Comic-Con International on Friday, July 21, but nothing has been confirmed yet.

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WHO WANTS TO BE A SUPERHERO? CONTESTANTS

Sci Fi Channel has released individual images of constestants from Stan Lee's upcoming reality series, Who Wants to Be a Superhero?.

The top row above includes Tonya Kay as Creature, Mary Votaya as Monkey Woman, Chris Watters as Major Victory, Nell Wilson as Fat Momma, Matthew Atherton as Feedback and Tonatzin Mondragon as Lemuria.

The bottom row above includes Chelsea Weld as Cell Phone Girl, Darren Passarello as Nitro, E. Quincy Sloan as Ty'veculus, Tobias Trost as Levity and Steel Chambers as The Enforcer.

The show debuts on Thursday, July 27. Click on the thumbnails for larger images.



SUPERMAN RETURNS BOX OFFICE

As expected, Superman Returns fell off the box-office perch on Friday, with the record-setting debut of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

Pirates brought in an estimated $55.5 million, which would break the one-day record held by Star Wars: Episode 3 -- Revenge of the Sith. The film also expected to break Spider-Man's three-day opening weekend record of $114.8 million.

Superman Returns placed second on Friday with an estimated $7.1 million, a drop-off of 57 percent from the previous Friday. Its 10-day total now stands at $127.9 million.

X-Men: The Last Stand pulled in $0.3 million to place 12th, pushing its total to $230.7 million.

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BRIEFLY

* SLG Publishing has announced that the 10,000-copy first printing of Gargoyles #1, one of four properties published under SLG's Disney licensing agreement, had all but sold out. "We are going to be shipping our last copies to Diamond immediately, but sadly there will not be enough to satisfy all of the reorders being placed," said SLG Publishing president Dan Vado.

SLG will reprint the issue, written by Gargoyles animated series creator Greg Weisman, drawn by David Hedgecock and colored by Will Terrell. The new printing is expected in August.

* The director for Marvel Studios' Incredible Hulk movie was listed as a guest at the studio's panel for Comic-Con International -- without a name given. Marvel representatives did not return requests for comment.

* Top Cow has announced that it will follow its Witchblade and Tomb Raider compendium editions with one for The Darkness in October.

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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.

* Monday, July 3: Wolverine: Origins' Daniel Way, First Looks and Who Wants to Be a Superhero?

* Sunday, July 2: DC Comics' 52 and Marvel panels at Heroes Con, Superman Returns box office and Narwain's Fiendish Fables.

* Saturday, July 1: DC Nation, Joe Quesada and Warren Ellis panels at Heroes Con, Superman Returns, Blade: The Series and First Looks.

* Friday, June, 30: Rosario Dawson panel at Heroes Con, Blade: The Series, Who Wants to Be a Superhero, Aspen Comics' Soulfire: Dying of the Light, Blue Water's Lost Raven and The Batman.

* Thursday, June, 29: Image Comics First Looks, Superman Returns, Image Comics' The Cross Bronx and Dynamite Entertainment roundup.

* Wednesday, June, 28: Superman Returns, Marvel Comics First Looks, DC Comics First Looks and Krypto the Superdog in July.

* Tuesday, June, 27: Spider-Man 3, Marvel Comics First Looks, Civil War, Wolverine: Origins, Top Cow's Freshmen, Arcana Studio for September, The Batman in July, Lone Ranger and DC First Looks.

* Monday, June, 26: Civil War special, Superman Returns, Spider-Man 3, Teen Titans episodes, Komikwerks for September and Silent Devil's Antigone.

* Sunday, June, 25: Blade: The Series, Superman Returns, Oni Press for September and First Looks.

* Saturday, June, 24: Spider-Man 3, Starz's Comics on Film, Ali Russell writes Isis, Image Comics First Looks and Archie Comics First Looks.

* Friday, June, 23: Iron Man movie, NBC's Heroes, Zack Snyder to direct Watchmen, Marvel Comics First Looks, Heroic Publishing for September and Family Guy's 100th episode.

* Thursday, June, 22: Superman Returns, Devil's Due for September, Marvel Comics First Looks and Criminal.

* Wednesday, June, 21: Ultimate Avengers 2, Blade: The Series, Marvel First Looks and DC First Looks.

* Tuesday, June, 20: Marvel Comics for September, Image Comics for September, Civil War #2 second printing, Marvel First Looks and Top Cow First Looks.

* Monday, June, 19: DC Comics for September, Archie Comics for September, Boom! Studios for September, Civil War: Cable and Deadpool and First Looks.

* Sunday, June, 18: Image Comics First Looks, Justice League DVD, Witchblade animated and Teen Choice awards.

* Saturday, June, 17: Sci Fi's Amazing Screw-On Head, Spider-Man 3, Lois & Clark DVD, After Hours' Impossible Tales and First Looks.

* Friday, June, 16: Spider-Man Unmasked, IDW Publishing or September, Superman: Brainiac Attacks, BlueWater/Alias First Looks, DC tops May orders and Ezra model winner.

* Thursday, June, 15: Aspen Comics for September, Civil War #5 cover, Civil War press conference, First Looks, Superman Returns and Liberty Meadows: Cover Girl.

* Wednesday, June, 14: Superman Returns, Marvel First Looks, DC First Looks, Sam Noir: Samurai Detective, 12 Gauge's James O'Barr and Cully Hamner and Snakes on a Plane comic.

* Tuesday, June, 13: Ray Harryhausen comics from BlueWater, Superman Returns, Legion of Super Heroes animated, Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo, Marvel First Looks, Image First Looks and JLA Classified.

* Monday, June, 12: Superman Returns' Kevin Spacey, Ultimate Fantastic Four variant, Archie's Halloween comics and First Looks.

* Sunday, June, 11: Dark Horse Comics for September, X-Men: The Last Stand box office, Superman Returns' Parkey Posey and Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman.

* Saturday, June, 10: Superman Returns interviews with Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth and Sam Huntington, Marvel Comics' Beyond!, Image expands Afterworks 2 and X-Men: The Last Stand box office.




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