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THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2007

ASPEN COMICS FOR OCTOBER

Aspen Comics has provided The Continuum its solicitations for October.

For the rundown, CLICK HERE.

For previously published solicitations for October, click on the publishers' names below:

* BlueWater Productions.

* Digital Webbing.

* Dark Horse Comics.

* DC Comics.

* Heroic Publishing.

* Image Comics.

* Markosia Publishing.

* Marvel Comics.

* Moonstone Books.

* TwoMorrows Publishing.



HEROES NOMINATED FOR EMMY AWARD

For its first season, NBC's Heroes on Thursday was nominated for an Emmy Award for Best Drama.

Heroes' competition includes Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy, House and The Sopranos.

Heroes' Masi Oka, who plays Hiro Nakamura, was nomianted for Outstanding Supporting Actor In A Drama Series. The show's "Genesis" episode earned nods for Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Drama Series, Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Comedy Or Drama Series and Outstanding Stunt Coordination. The "Gone" episode was nominated for Outstanding Special Visual Effects For A Series.

Hellboy: Sword Of Storms was nominated in Outstanding Animated Programming (One Hour or More) and The Simpsons was again nominated in Outstanding Animated Programming (Less than One Hour).

Smallville and Battlestar Galactica earned nominations for Outstanding Sound Editing For A Series. Battlestar Galactica's Ronald D. Moore also was nominated for Outstanding Writing For A Drama Series.

The Emmy Awards main ceremony will be Sunday, Sept. 16 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles and will be televised by Fox.



KIDS' WB! FOR AUGUST

Kids' WB! has provided The Continuum a rundown of Saturday morning episodes for August.

For a rundown of episodes for The Batman, Legion of Super Heroes and Krypto the Superdog, CLICK HERE.

The Saturday, August 25 episode of The Batman is a repeat of "The Everywhere Man," which guest-starred Superman Returns' Brandon Routh and Smallville's Allison Mack.

Alan Burnett, executive producer of The Batman, told The Continuum that Routh's casting was a result of voice director Andrea Romano's connections.

"I remember Andrea told me he was available, and I just leaped!" Burnett said. "He's just the sweetest guy.

"This was right before Superman was about to break. It was fascinating. You had this feeling in the studio you were looking at him the last time the way he would be. You knew that after Superman, his whole life was never going to be the same."



BLUEWATER PRODUCTIONS' JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS

Bluewater Productions has announced a November launch for its second Ray Harryhausen Presents series, Jason and the Argonauts: Kingdom of Hades.

The four-issue series will be written by by David McIntee, with art by Rantz and Tiago daDilva. Mike Grell is providing covers.

Here's how Bluewater describes the first issue:

"From the writer of Dr. Who comes a new Ray Harryhausen Presents adventure. The quest to find the Golden Fleece is over, but now Jason and his band of Argonauts must embark on a new and more difficult journey -- the journey home. Pursued by a vengeful Aeetes, the Argonauts will brave many dangers, and encounter old friends and new, and old enemies and new. But when the gods play games, noone can avoid reaching the lands of the dead forever."

Grell will be painting covers for the series.

"I met (Bluewater managing editor) Darren Davis at Seattle's Emerald City Con last spring and he told me about the Ray Harryhausen projects Bluewater is doing," Grell said. "Being a huge fan of just about anything Ray ever did, but particularly Jason and the Argonauts, which was one of my favorite movies as a kid, I got very excited and shamelessly pitched him to do covers. It's been a labor of love and a total blast."

Davis also met Rantz at the Emerald City Con.

"I was both honored and shocked to be asked to draw this series," Rantz said. "This series has been a thrill to do thus far, and the team is really great to work with. I've tried to keep true to David's vision as best as possible."

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GARTH ENNIS' STREETS OF GLORY

Avatar Press has announced an October launch for Garth Ennis' newest creator-owned series, Streets of Glory.

With art by Mike Wolfer, Streets of Glory will be a six-issue monthly mini-series.

Here's how Avatar describes the book:

"In the past fifteen years, Joseph Dunn hasn't seen much of the little civilization Montana had to offer in 1899, but his absence along with the death of a generation has rendered the atmosphere unrecognizable. Dunn is the last of the drifters that independently roamed the western frontier of the United States in the 19th century. These were men who fought with nobility, wits, and an easily un-holstered gun at their side. The body count will rise when Dunn's trigger finger is forced to settle new problems with the only solution he knows."

"At first glance, Joe Dunn does appear to be an icon, or a gunslinger, or a lone vigilante," Wolfer said. "But as we move through the lingering gun smoke and step across blood, puddled on dry earth, Garth is going to show us the true worth of this man, set against the backdrop of the wildest and most dangerous era of American history. Joe Dunn is a hero for the ages, and by God, I'm sure glad that he and Garth are our guides."

"I've loved westerns since I was old enough to breathe," Ennis said. "Streets of Glory is my take on the genre; romantic and epic, tragic and melancholy, bad and bloody. Considering the last two in particular, where else could I tell a story like this but Avatar?"

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MARK SPARACIO ON CAPTAIN ACTION

Moonstone Books on Thursday announced that artist Mark Sparacio is teaming with writer Fabian Nicieza on its new Captain Action comic book.

"To say the least, I am very excited to be part of the new Captain Action comic book team," Sparacio said. "As a huge fan of the Ideal Toys action figure and, of course, the first Captain Action comic book that legendary comic creators Jim Shooter, Wally Wood and Gil Kane worked on, I was thrilled when I received the news that I was chosen to be the interior penciller and cover painter for the new Moonstone comic book series.

"I understand that the Captain Action team looked at a lot of talented artists, before choosing me, so I am both honored and flattered for this opportunity. When I was told that Fabian Nicieza would be writing the book, I was blown away. After reading Fabian's script for part one and the terrific back story that he has created for Captain Action, I was totally hooked. I love his approach to Captain Action and I think what he wants to do and where he wants to take Captain Action is going to be incredible!"

"We are proud to bring Captain Action back to comics," said Moonstone editor-in-chief, Joe Gentile. "We think comic fans are going to be really surprised by the very slick direction Fabian has taken with the character. This should appeal to both fans of the classic action figure, as well as fans of cool spy/hero adventure."

Moonstone initally will be producing a short Captain Action story that will appear in two parts as a back-up feature in the upcoming Buckaroo Banzai mini-series.

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MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS

For covers and five- to seven-pages previews of upcoming Marvel Comics titles, CLICK HERE.

Titles include Wolverine: Origins #16, New Avengers/Transformers #2, Omega Flight #5 and Ultimate X-Men #85.

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BRIEFLY

Dynamite Entertainment and Pandemic Studios have announced the signing of an agreement to create a new comic-book series based on the characters and story of the Mercenaries video games.

The Mercenaries series is written by Brian Reed, with art by Edgar Salazar and covers by Michael Turner. Mercenaries #1 will feature two connecting covers by Turner.



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.

* Wednesday, July 11 Smallville, Fantastic Four, First Looks, The Simpsons and Family Guy.

* Tuesday, July 10: Dark Horse Comics for October and First Looks.

* Monday, July 9: Painkiller Jane and Smallvlle. Free Shipping from WBShop.com!

* Sunday, July 8: Transformers and Who Wants To Be A Super Hero?.

* Saturday, July 7: TwoMorrows Publishing for October, First Looks and Transformers.

* Friday, July 6: Marvel First Looks, Image First Looks and DC First Looks.

* Thursday, July 5: Teen Choice nominations, Who Wants To Be A Superhero?, Dark Horse First Looks and Marvel's MAX.

* Wednesday, July 4: Markosia Publishing for October, Marvel First Looks, Archie First Looks and Painkiller Jane.

* Tuesday, July 3: First Looks, Teen Titans for July and Image Comics' Brawl.

* Monday, July 2: Transformers' Shia LeBeouf, First Looks, Second Printings and Moonstone Books for October.

* Sunday, July 1: Transformers' Megan Fox and First Looks.

* Saturday, June 30: The Darkness video game, Heroic Publishing for October, Jeph Loeb talks Wolverine #55 and First Looks.

* Friday, June 29: Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps, Image First Looks, Archie First Looks, Marvel First Looks, Superman animation, Mattel/DC Universe, Ultimate Spider-Man #100 Project and Painkiller Jane.

* Thursday, June 28: Cartoon Network's Fantastic Four, BlueWater Productions for October and First Looks.

* Wednesday, June 27: Superman animation, Marvel First Looks and Virgin Comics.

* Tuesday, June 26: Devil's Due Publishing for September, Mirage Studios for September and First Looks.

* Monday, June 25: Transformers animated, Dynamite Entertainment for September, IDW Publishing for September, Oni Press for September, Dynamite First Looks, Dark Horse First Looks, Marvel First Looks, Archie First Looks and Red 5's Atomic Robo.

* Sunday, June 24: Avatar Press for September and Fangoria Comics for September.

* Saturday, June 23: Aspen Comics for September and Marvel First Looks.

* Friday, June 22: Painkiller Jane, Fantastic Four and Kids' WB! for July.

* Thursday, June 21: Spectacular Spider-Man, Who Wants To Be A Super Hero?, Marvel First Looks and Image First Looks.

* Wednesday, June 20: Image Comics for September, Marvel First Looks and X-Men: Endangered Species.

* Tuesday, June 19: Marvel Comics for September, First Looks, Blade DVD and Mattel's The Dark Knight.

* Monday, June 18: DC Comics for September, Top Cow Productions for September and Archie Comics for September.




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