WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2007
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and five- to six-page previews of upcoming Marvel Comics titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Mighty Avengers #3, Marvel Adventures The Avengers #13, Exiles #94 and X-Factor #19.
SPIDER-MAN 3 ROUNDUP
The Spider-Man 3 tour moved to Rome on Tuesday for the Italian premiere.
The event was held at the Warner Village Cinemas Moderno.
Click on the thumbnails for larger images from the red carpet.
In other Spider-Man 3 news:
* Starz's On the Set: Spider-Man 3 special will premiere at 10:55 p.m. (ET/PT) on Saturday, following the cable network's premiere of Cars.
For a Windows Media preview, CLICK HERE.
* Although some chains are already releasing materials, Burger King announced its Spider-Man 3 tie-in officially begins on April 30.
The five-week promotion features the "Which Spidey Suits You?" scratch-and-win game pieces on specially marked Burger King menu items while supplies last.
There will be 10 Super D toys in Kids Meals, including the new black Spider-Man costume and all of Spidey's new film foes.
* Look for more on Spider-Man 3 later on Wednesday here in The Continuum.
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FANTASTIC FOUR: RISE OF THE SILVER SURFER ROUNDUP
Through a myspace page for the film, 20th Century Fox has released more than a dozen new images from Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
If Sue Storm's hair looks different from the first film, it's because Jessica Alba is wearing a wig this time.
Also note the '4' on The Thing's costume has been moved to the middle.
One image is of Andre Braugher, whose character's name is General Hager. Some of the images are from Reed's bachelor party.
Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
In other FF movie news:
* The London Eye will be one of the film's locations, although no shooting was done there.
* The film's novelization, by Daniel Josephs, is now in stores.
* Look for more on Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer soon here in The Continuum.
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FAMILY GUY: "IT TAKES A VILLAGE IDIOT, AND I MARRIED ONE"
Fox has released a promotional image from "It Takes a Village Idiot, and I Married One," the Sunday, May 13 episode of Family Guy.
Here's how the network describes the episode:
"When Lois runs for mayor of Quahog, she isn't the front-runner until she 'dumbs down' her political views. Once in office, she's corrupted by the power and starts accepting bribes so that she can buy herself expensive trinkets.
"Meanwhile, Peter's enjoying being the "first lady" and all of the perks that go along with it."
Click on the thumbnail for a larger image and look for more Fox animation news on Thursday here in The Continuum.
JULY SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted July solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Archie Comics.
* Aspen Comics.
* Avatar Press.
* BlueWater Productions.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
* Desperado Publishing.
* Digital Webbing.
* Dynamite Entertainment.
* Heroic Publishing.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Marvel Comics.
BRIEFLY
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* Parody Press Comics has announced a July release for Hewoes #1, a comic-book satire of NBC's Heroes. The title is written and illustrated by longtime comics veteran Bill Maus and will ship with two different covers, a "Good Hewoes" cover and a "Bad Hewoes" cover.
"When cheerleader Klair Bendit discovers her weird flexibility powers playing Twister and her dad's secret project involving strangers from around the world, the fun begins," said publisher and editor-in-chief, Don Chin. "Bill Maus has a keen eye at poking fun at pop culture, and his art style on this book is much in the vein of the classic Mad Magazine satires, complete with grey art tones and square word balloons."
"In Hewoes," Maus said, "readers will be introduced to Klair, the enigmatic Pastrami brothers, Internet Weathergirl Sniki Sanders, constipated Japanese office worker Hewoe, and Mohinder Night Shalaman, who is trying to make sense of the whole thing while a berserk hairdresser named Styler is on the rampage!"
Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
* According to the Los Angeles Daily News, Eric Roberts has signed to play a crimelord in The Dark Knight. Roberts is currently a guest-star on NBC's Heroes.
* Brett Ratner, director of X-Men: The Last Stand, will be one of the judges on Fox's On the Lot.
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
In case you missed The Continuum's coverage over the past month, here are some links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.
* Friday, April 20: Spider-Man 3, Smallville, Painkiller Jane and Image First Looks.
* Thursday, April 19: Spider-Man 3, Smallville, Painkiller Jane, Devil's Due Publishing for July, Avatar Press for July and Teen Titans.
* Wednesday, April 18: Dynamite Entertainment for July, Mirage Studios for July, Marvel First Looks and Image First Looks.
* Tuesday, April 17: Marvel Comics for July, Image Comics for July, Top Cow Productions for July, Archie Comics for July, Smallville and Dynamite Entertainment First Looks.
* Monday, April 16: DC Comics for July, Edward Norton in Incredible Hulk and IDW Publishing for July.
* Sunday, April 15: Spider-Man, The Batman, DC Comics for July preview and Marvel Comics for July preview.
* Saturday, April 14: Painkiller Jane, Smallville, Devil's Due First Looks and Archie First Looks.
* Friday, April 13: Painkiller Jane, Virgin Comics for July and First Looks.
* Thursday, April 12: Spider-Man 3, Iron Man, Smallville, Marvel First Looks, Image First Looks and The Simpsons.
* Wednesday, April 11: Spider-Man 3, Top Cow's First Born, Marvel First Looks, Fantastic Four animated, The Ultimates and Flash Gordon.
* Tuesday, April 10: Painkiller Jane, Aspen Comics for July, Marvel First Looks and Dynamite First Looks.
* Monday, April 9: Painkiller Jane's Kristanna Loken, Ghost Rider on DVD, First Looks and Archie Comics Digests.
* Sunday, April 8: Spider-Man 3, Painkiller Jane, 300 box office and Archie First Looks.
* Saturday, April 7: Teen Titans DVD and First Looks.
* Friday, April 6: Spider-Man 3, Digital Webbing for July, Devil's Due First Looks and Transformers: The Game.
* Thursday, April 5: Dark Horse Comics for July, Smallville and Marvel First Looks.
* Wednesday, April 4: Legion of Super Heroes, The Batman, Image First Looks and The Simpsons.
* Tuesday, April 3: Spider-Man 3, Painkiller Jane and Marvel First Looks.
* Monday, April 2: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Spider-Man 3, Heroes, The Batman and Dynamite First Looks.
* Sunday, April 1: Painkiller Jane, 300 and TMNT box office and DC Comics First Looks.
* Saturday, March 31: TwoMorrows Publishing for July, Fantastic Four Extended Edition and First Looks.
* Friday, March 30: Spider-Man 3, Smallville, World of Quest, Archie Comics First Looks and Dynamite Entertainment.
* Thursday, March 29: Smallville, Marvel First Looks and Image First Looks.
* Wednesday, March 28: Painkiller Jane, Marvel First Looks and Oni Press for June.
* Tuesday, March 27: Virgin Comics for June, Marshall Rogers dies and First Looks.
* Monday, March 26: BlueWater Productions for July, Heroic Publishing for July, Moonstone Books for July, First Looks, Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man's Todd Nauck and Avatar Press' Black Summer.
* Sunday, March 25: BlueWater Productions' Isis, TMNT tops weekend box office, First Looks and AC Ccomics for June.
* Saturday, March 24: TMNT, Marvel First Looks and After Shock Comics for June.
* Friday, March 23: Dark Horse First Looks, Archie First Looks and The Simpsons.
* Thursday, March 22: Image Comics for June, Dynamite Entertainment for June, Marvel Comics First Looks, Spider-Man 3, Battlestar Galactica and Spider-Man: Back in Black.
* Wednesday, March 21: Wolverine and the X-Men, Image Comics First Looks, Fox's Them, Markosia Publishing for June, Dynamite's Zorro and The New Adventures of Superman on DVD.
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