TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 2007
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DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT FIRST LOOKS
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For covers five- to six-page previews of Dynamite Entertainment titles arriving in stores on June 6, CLICK HERE .
Titles include New Battlestar Galactica #10, Battlestar Galactica: Cylon Apocalpyse #4, Lone Ranger #6 and Raise the Dead #3.
For previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on June 6, CLICK HERE.
IMAGE COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and four to 14-page previews of upcoming Image Comics titles, CLICK HERE .
Titles include Bad Planet #2, Full Color and Sorrow #1.
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
For covers and five-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on June 27, CLICK HERE .
Titles include Black Panther #28 and Silver Surfer: Requiem #2.
MARVEL'S CHAMPIONS NOW THE ORDER
Marvel Comics on Tuesday announced that its new title, originally titled The Champions, will now be titled The Order.
Heroic Publishing currently publishes a titled named The Champions.
Here's how Marvel describes the book, which is written by Matt Fraction and drawn by Barry Kitson:
"Spinning out of Civil War, a new super hero team has been formed by Tony Stark (a.k.a. Iron Man); one that embodies everything hešs fought for over the last year. Branded by Stark himself, The Order is the first team to launch as part of the Fifty-State Initiative. Culled from the best and the brightest America has to offer, these everyday super heroes are the First Super Hero Team of Tomorrow. This L.A.-based team will not only have to deal with a demanding boss in Stark, but also the challenges of being celebrities, scrutinized for their every move and constantly targeted by villains who don't realize that in California, the good guys always win!"
"The Order is a modern super-hero book, in terms of how it's been created and how it's managed, and, behind the scenes, in terms of how Barry and I are telling their stories," Fraction said. "But below the surface, everything about the team -- how it's run, who's on it, and what they can do -- follows a classical tradition by being modeled after the Greek pantheon of Gods... the first Order, if you will, of heroes. Inside and out, The Order is organized around the same principals that held together those twelve legends. Tony Stark sits on top, playing the role of Zeus. His girl Friday and the on-site leader of The Order is Pepper Potts, playing the symbolic role of Hera. And on and on, down through the ranks. All of our characters have a mythical, symbolic role they fulfill, along with their quite-literal new superhuman identities.
"The Greek gods were really kind of the original superhero team -- and if Barry Kitson and I were going to be launching a superhero team of our own, it seemed like following the order of the oldest and the best wasn't such a bad idea!"
The Order #1 will be in stores on July 18. Click on the thumbnails above for the first issue's cover and variant cover.
AUGUST SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted August solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Archie Comics.
* Aspen Comics.
* Avatar Press.
* BlueWater Productions.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* Desperado Publishing.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
* Dynamite Entertainment.
* Fangoria Comics.
* Heroic Publishing.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Marvel Comics.
* Mirage Studios.
* Moonstone Books.
* Oni Press.
BRIEFLY
* NBC has released an image from Jessica Alba's appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Monday night. Alba introduced a clip from Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer where Sue touches Johnny and takes on the Human Torch's powers.
Click on the thumbnail for a larger image.
Look for more Fantastic Four news very soon here in The Continuum.
* Marvel Comics will be offering a sketch variant to the cover of New Avengers #31 by Leinil Francis Yu.
Click on the thumbnail for a larger image.
* Justice Society of America #8 will arrive in stores with an Alex Ross cover spotlighting Liberty Belle. The Power Girl cover that appeared in DC Comics' August solicitations will run with issue #9 instead.
* The new series 009-1 premieres June 14 on Anime Network.
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
* Thursday, May 31: The Dark Knight, Image Comics First Looks, Mattel's Summer Exclusives, Marvel Comics First Looks, DC Comics December Collected Editions and Dynamite Entertainment for August.
* Wednesday, May 30: Smallville, The Flash, Top Cow First Looks, Freshmen II, Marvel Comics First Looks, Teen Titans, Fangoria Comics for August and DC Collected Editions for November.
* Tuesday, May 29: Cartoon Network's Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer's Don Payne, The Dark Knight, Painkiller Jane, Marvel First Looks, Avatar Press for August, BlueWater Productions for September, Moonstone Books for September, Heroic Publishing for September and Devil's Due First Looks.
* Monday, May 28: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Oni Press for August and First Looks.
* Sunday, May 27: Spider-Man 3 and Incredible Hulk movie.
* Saturday, May 26: First Looks and Dark Horse's Elfquest busts.
* Friday, May 25: Marvel First Looks and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.
* Thursday, May 24: Image Comics for June, Image First Looks, Sci Fi's Flash Gordon and DC Comics collections.
* Wednesday, May 23: Top Cow Productions for August, Legion of Super Heroes DVD, BlueWater Productions First Looks and Spider-Man 3.
* Tuesday, May 22: Marvel Comics for August, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and Devil's Due Publishing for August.
* Monday, May 21: DC Comics for August, IDW Publishing for August, Archie Comics for August, Aspen Comics for August, First Looks and April sales.
* Sunday, May 20: DC Comics for August preview and Spider-Man 3.
* Saturday, May 19: Spider-Man 3 and DC First Looks.
* Friday, May 18: New Avengers #31, Digital Webbing for August and First Looks.
* Thursday, May 17: Smallville, Thor, Marvel First Looks, Image First Looks, Tomb Raider and The Dark Knight.
* Wednesday, May 16: Doctor Strange movie, The Spirit movie, 300 DVD, Dark Horse First Looks, Top Cow First Looks and Marvel First Looks.
* Tuesday, May 15: Smallville, Super Bad James Dynomite movie, Incredible Hulk and First Looks.
* Monday, May 14: Aspen Comics' Iron and the Maiden, Heroes: Origins, Painkiller Jane, First Looks and Image Comics' PX! Book One.
* Sunday, May 13: Heroes, Spider-Man 3, Cinemax for July, Avatar Press' 2001 Maniacs.
* Saturday, May 12: Spider-Man 3 box office, Devil's Due First Looks, Dark Horse First Looks.
* Friday, May 11: Witchblade, Marvel First Looks and HBO in July.
* Thursday, May 10: Image First Looks, Marvel First Looks, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Heroes and Family Guy.
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