SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2007
COMING SUNDAY
Movie news, TV news -- and much more!
DIGITAL WEBBING FOR DECEMBER
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Digital Webbing has provided The Continuum its solicitations for December.
For a rundown with cover images, CLICK HERE.
For previously published solicitations for December, click on the publishers' names below.
* BlueWater Productions.
FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and four- to six-page previews of upcoming titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Buffy the Vampire Slayer #7 from Dark Horse Comics, The Odyssey Presents: Venus from Bluewater Productions and Iron Man: Enter the Mandarin #2 from Marvel Comics.
For previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on Sept. 19, CLICK HERE.
THE BATMAN: SEASON 5
Kids' WB! has provided The Continuum with four new images from "The Batman/Superman Story," a two-part episode that kicks off The Batman's fifth season on Saturday, Sept. 22.
Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
In additional, the network revealed several new details about the upcoming season:
* Hawkman will be one of the heroes with whom Batman will team.
* Lucius Fox, voiced by Louis Gossett Jr., will be a recurring character.
* A new Batarang will be part of Batman's ShadowTek arsenal.
* Count Vertigo will be one of the new villains. Firefly will return as Phosphorus.
* Jerry O'Connell will return as the voice of Nightwing. Desperate Housewives' Gwendoline Yeo will also provide a guest-voice.
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LEGION OF SUPER HEROES: SEASON 2
Kids' WB! has provided The Continuum with four new images from "Man From the Edge of Tomorrow," a two-part episode that kicks off Legion of Super Heroes' second season on Saturday, Sept. 22.
Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
In additional, the network revealed several new details about the upcoming season:
* The Future Superman goes by the name Kell-El.
* The original Superman will have a better understanding of his powers and is more capable than the Superman from the first season.
* In the opener, Kell-El brings the Legion to the 41st Century to help defeat Imperiex. But Imperiex turns the tables on the gang, traveling back to the 31st Century to crush the Legion's headquarters and free all of the LOSH's deadliest enemies, thus creating an army of super villains.
* The Legion members will discover old and lost relatives.
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BRIEFLY
* The Universal HD channel is running a marathon on Saturday of episodes of Painkiller Jane that have aired so far on SciFi Channel. The marathon runs through 10 p.m.
* Superman guest-stars in DC Comics' Birds of Prey #113.
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.
* Monday, September 10: Superman Doomsday's Bruce Timm, Marvel movie roundup and Bluewater Productions First Looks.
* Sunday, September 9: The Batman, Family Guy and First Looks.
* Saturday, September 8: Family Guy, The Batman, Top Cow's Michael Broussard and Kong: King of Skull Island.
* Friday, September 7: Marvel First Looks, Image First Looks and Who Wants to Be a Super Hero?
* Thursday, September 6: First Looks, Warner Bros. to launch T-Works.
* Wednesday, September 5: Smallville, Legion of Super Heroes, The Batman, Heroes, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks and Transformers on DVD.
* Tuesday, September 4: Iron Man's Gwyneth Paltrow, The Batman's John Larroquette, TwoMorrows Publishing for December and Superman Confidential.
* Monday, September 3: Legion of Super Heroes, Archie All-Stars and First Looks.
* Sunday, September 2: Family Guy, Flash Gordon and Dark Horse First Looks.
* Saturday, September 1: The Simpsons, Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer DVD and First Looks.
* Friday, August 31: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, The Simpsons and First Looks.
* Thursday, August 30: Legion of Super Heroes, Heroes, Flash Gordon, Marvel First Looks and Archie First Looks.
* Wednesday, August 29: Flash Gordon, First Looks, Image Comics roundup and The Spectacular Spider-Man.
* Tuesday, August 28: Legion of Super Heroes, The Batman, Heroes, DC's Showcase Presents, Moonstone Books for December, Fangoria Comics for November and Archie Comics.
* Monday, August 27: Superman/Doomsday, Heroes DVD, Bluewater Productions for December, Heroic Publishing for December, First Looks, Gene-Fusion, The Spectacular Spider-Man and Marvel Zombies.
* Sunday, August 26: Dynamite Entertainment for November and Cartoon Network's Teen Titans.
* Saturday, August 25: Devil's Due Publishing for November and First Looks.
* Friday, August 24: Superman animation roundup, Marvel Comics First Looks and Archie Comics First Looks.
* Thursday, August 23: The Batman, Legion of Super Heroes, Marvel First Looks, Image First Looks, Top Cow Productions for November and Aspen Comics for November.
* Wednesday, August 22: Avatar Press for November, Image Comics for November, The Spirit's Eva Mendes, Feedback's movies and First Looks.
* Tuesday, August 21: Marvel Comics for November, Marvel First Looks and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
* Monday, August 20: DC Comics for November, Archie Comics for November, Eva Mendes joins The Spirit, Feedback in Mega Snake and First Looks.
* Sunday, August 19: 30 Days of Night, Zenescope First Looks and Archie Comics First Looks.
* Saturday, August 18: Smallville's Erica Durance, Digital Webbing for November and First Looks.
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