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SUNDAY, APRIL 6, 2008
COMING MONDAY
First Looks -- and much more!
IRON MAN MOVIE ROUNDUP
Robert Downey Jr., star of the upcoming Iron Man movie, said he hopes the film has a unique place among comic-book movies.
"We were always trying to put our own fingerprint on it, so it didn't seem like you were just caught up in that technical realm," he said. "You can smell it when you're watching a movie. You just see that everybody gave up the ghost so that the machinery would be in frame."
Downey acknowledged the positive reaction to his casting probably fed his determination for the role.
"I'm not an incurable perfectionist, but I'm a hard worker and I take it real serious, seriously enought to know by the end of the day, by the time you're shooting it and you've exhausted every opportunity to make it watchable, then you relax and enjoy it," he said.
"There some enjoyment doing Iron Man. There was a lot of moments of just pure bliss and understanding and feeling at one with the movie universe and the whole thing. But for the most part, we cranked and rocked and worked our asses off and tried to figured out how to not do this scene in the super-hero movie ever again the way we've seen it 10 times."
In other Iron Man news, Diamond has announced that one of its exclusives for the New York Comic Con on April 18-20 will be an
Iron Man Mark 1 Armor Battle-Damaged Wobbler from Funko. Cast in vinyl and 7 inches tall, the Wobbler will be limited to 1,500 pieces.
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FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and three- to five-page previews of upcoming titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Gen13 #19 from DC Comics, Amazing Spider-Man #556 from Marvel Comics and A Dummy's Guide to Danger: Lost at Sea #2 from Viper Comics.
For previews of DC Comics titles arriving in stores on April 9, CLICK HERE.
For previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on April 9, CLICK HERE.
For previews of Image Comics titles arriving in stores on April 9, CLICK HERE.
For previews of Archie Comics titles arriving in stores on April 9, CLICK HERE.
For previews of Red 5 Comics titles arriving in stores in April, CLICK HERE.
JUNE SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted June solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Antarctic Press.
* Ape Entertainment.
* Arcana Studio.
* Archie Comics.
* Aspen Comics.
* Avatar Press.
* Big City Comics .
* Bongo Comics.
* Boom! Studios.
* Dabel Brothers Productions.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
* Digital Webbing.
* Desperado Publishing.
* Dynamite Entertainment.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Marvel Comics.
* Moonstone Books.
* Oni Press.
* Radical Publishing.
BRIEFLY
* Aspen has an April 30 release for the Fathom: Kiani Statue-Lava Edition. Designed by Aspen creator and founder Michael Turner and sculpted by Dene Mason, the Lava Edition features an alternate paint application by Dan Cope and sword sculpt adjustments by Erick Sosa.
Limited to 300 statues produced, The Fathom: Kiani Statue-Lava Edition includes a host of new and varied accessories. Measuring over 18 inches tall and 7 inches wide, the new Lava Edition Kiani statue features Kiani in her lava armor and wielding the dual-blade lava sword ripped directly from the mini-series Fathom: Kiani. The statue's intricate water base has been transformed into lava in this version.
* Superhero Movie placed sixth at the box office over the weekend with an estimated $5.4 million, pushing its total to $16.9 million.
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.
* Tuesday, April 1: Battlestar Galactica's Katee Sackhoff, Witchblade DVD, The Simpsons and First Looks.
* Monday, March 31: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Jim Mooney dies, Battlestar Galactica, First Looks, Archie Comics' "Freshman Year" and Aspen Comics for June.
* Sunday, March 30: Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Archie First Looks.
* Saturday, March 29: Smallville, DC First Looks and Marvel First Looks.
* Friday, March 28: Marvel First Looks and Image First Looks.
* Thursday, March 27: The Batman, Teen Titans, Dark Horse First Looks, Radical Publishing for June and Arcana Studio for June.
* Wednesday, March 26: Dynamite Entertainment for June, Antarctic Press for June, Desperado Publishing for June, First Looks and Image Comics' Aletheia.
* Tuesday, March 25: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Legion of Super Heroes, Hugh Jackman at Virgin Comics, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks, Zenescope Entertainment for June and Battlestar Galactica.
* Monday, March 24: Battlestar Galactica: "Six of One," Avatar Press for June, Red 5 Comics for June, Dabel Brothers Productions for June, First Looks, Image Comics' War Heroes and
* Sunday, March 23: Boom! Studios for June, Big City Comics for June, Dark Horse Comics First Looks and Archie Comics First Looks.
* Saturday, March 22: Marvel First Looks, Viper Comics for June and Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer on HBO.
* Friday, March 21: Devil's Due Publishing for June and Marvel First Looks.
* Thursday, March 20: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Y: The Last Man movie, Batman Gotham Knight voices, Oni Press for June, First Looks and The Incredible Hulk video game.
* Wednesday, March 19: Image Comics for June, Bongo Comics for June, IDW's Transformers: All Hail Megatron, SciFi Channel's new projects, First Looks and Transformers: Animated in April.
* Tuesday, March 18: Marvel Comics for June, Top Cow Productions for June, Marvel Comics First Looks, IDW Publishing's Angel plans, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Legion of Super Heroes and Battlestar Galactica.
* Monday, March 17: DC Comics for June, IDW Publishing for June, Archie Comics for June, Sgt. Rock movie and Marvel Studios/FX deal.
* Sunday, March 16: From Wizard World Los Angeles -- Mondo Marvel and Avatar Press panels; and DC First Looks.
* Saturday, March 15: From Wizard World Los Angeles -- Secret Invasion, X-Men, DC Universe, Lou Ferrigno and Aspen Comics panels.
* Friday, March 14: From Wizard World Los Angeles -- Cup O' Jeph, Spider-Man, DC Nation and Arthur Suydam panels; Universal/Dark Horse deal, Marvel First Looks and Image First Looks.
* Thursday, March 13: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Aspen postpones Soulfire, Bluewater Productions First Looks and Archie Comics First Looks.
* Wednesday, March 12: Incredible Hulk movie, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Moonstone Books for July and First Looks.
* Tuesday, March 11: The Spectacular Spider-Man's Ben Diskin, X-Men Origins: Wolverine's Dominic Monaghan, Legion of Super Heroes, Paramount options Harbinger, First Looks and DC Comics roundup.
* Monday, March 10: Incredible Hulk movie, First Looks, IDW's Snaked optioned and Transformers on Cinemax.
* Sunday, March 9: Dark Horse First Looks, Boom! First Looks and Image First Looks.
* Saturday, March 8: Smallville's James Marsters, Dark Horse Comics for June and First Looks.
* Friday, March 7: Heroes' Eriko Tamura, The Spectacular Spider-Man's Crispin Freeman and Marvel First Looks.
* Thursday, March 6: Watchmen, Wanted, The Spectacular Spider-Man, First Looks and Image Comics' The Safest Place.
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