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SUNDAY, MAY 11, 2008
IRON MAN NO. 1 AT BOX OFFICE
Iron Man topped the box office for a second consecutive weekend, easily blowing past the premiere weekend for Speed Racer.
Iron Man brought in an estimated $50.5 million over the weekend to push its domestic total to $177.1 million.
Speed Racer placed second with $20.2 million, below industry estimates and barely edging What Happens in Vegas' $20.0 million.
Four of the last five Marvel movies -- Iron Man, Spider-Man 3, Ghost Rider and X-Men: The Last Stand -- have spent their first two weeks on top of the box office.
Iron Man now trails only Spider-Man ($403.7 million), Spider-Man 2 ($373.6 million), Spider-Man 3 ($336.4 million), X-Men: The Last Stand ($234.4 million) and X2 ($214.9 million) among Marvel films and it could catch X2 within the week.
JULY SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted July solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Archie Comics.
* Aspen Comics.
* Avatar Presss.
* Bluewater Productions.
* Bongo Comics.
* Boom! Studios.
* Dabel Brothers Productions.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* Desperado Publishing.
* Dynamite Entertainment.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Marvel Comics.
* Moonstone Books.
* Oni Press.
* Radical Comics.
* Red 5 Comics.
BRIEFLY
* Upcoming repeat episodes of Smallville on The CW will include "Kara" on Thursday, May 29 and "Fierce" on Thursday, June 5.
Click on the thumbnail for a larger image from "Fierce."
* Jetix will air Green Goblin-themed episodes of the 1990s Spider-Man animated series this week every day at 7 p.m.
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, May 6: Iron Man, The Spectacular Spider-Man, The Simpsons, Marvel's Secret Invasion, MTV Movie Awards, First Looks and Aspen Comics for July.
* Monday, May 5: Iron Man sequel, Avengers films, Smallville, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Virgin Comics First Looks and Dynamite Entertainment First Looks.
* Sunday, May 4: Iron Man box office and Battlestar Galactica.
* Saturday, May 3: Iron Man, Family Guy and DC Comics First Looks.
* Friday, May 2: Iron Man's Jeff Bridges, Michael Rosenbaum exits Smallville, Batman Gotham Knight's Alan Burnett, The Middleman, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Marvel First Looks and Dark Horse First Looks.
* Thursday, May 1: Iron Man's Robert Downey Jr. and Leslie Bibb, Spectacular Spider-Man's Peter MacNicol, The Batman and Legion get Emmy nominations, Image First Looks, Moonstone Books for August, Archie Comics First Looks and DC Universe 0 second printing.
* Wednesday, April 30: The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man's Terrence Howard and First Looks.
* Tuesday, April 29: Iron Man's Jon Favreau, IDW Publishing's Galaxy Quest, IDW collects Love and Capes, Devil's Due's Drafted and First Looks.
* Monday, April 28: Iron Man's Gwyneth Paltrow, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Smallville and First Looks.
* Sunday, April 27: Iron Man and Smallville.
* Saturday, April 26: DC Comics First Looks and Marvel Comics roundup.
* Friday, April 25: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Marvel First Looks, Iron Man movie and Boom! Studios First Looks.
* Thursday, April 24: Iron Man, Hellboy II: The Golden Army's Selma Blair, The Spectaculer Spider-Man's Vanessa Marshall, Battlestar Galactica, Smallville and Image Comics First Looks.
* Wednesday, April 23: Dynamite Entertainment for July, Desperado Publishing for July, Viper Comics for July, First Looks, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and The Simpsons.
* Tuesday, April 22: The Incredible Hulk, Wanted, Speed Racer, Smallville, Avatar Press for July, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks, DC Comics First Looks, Virgin and Stan Lee team and Marvel roundup.
* Monday, April 21: Iron Man movie, Boom! Studios for July, First Looks, Family Guy, The Simpsons and from New York Comic Con: Vertigo, Top Cow and Boom! Studios.
* Sunday, April 20: From New York Comic Con: Incredible Hulk producers, Marvel's Cop O' Joe and Chesterquest panels; and Red 5 Comics for July.
* Saturday, April 19: From New York Comic Con: The Spirit, The Dark Knight, The Incredible Hulk, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Wanted and Make Mine Marvel panel; Image Comics First Looks, Smallville and Dabel Productions for July.
* Friday, April 18: From New York Comic Con -- DC Nation panel, Secret Invasion panel and Mondo Marvel panel; Marvel First Looks, Image Comics for July, Black Panther animated and The Spectacular Spider-Man.
* Thursday, April 17: Bongo Comics for July, Oni Press for July, Invincible Iron Man variant and Archie Comics First Looks.
* Wednesday, April 16: Platinum Studios' Atlantis Rising optioned, Stan Lee's Legion of 5, Radical Publishing for July, Transformers: Animated in May and Dark Horse First Looks.
* Tuesday, April 15: Marvel Comics for July, The Simpsons, DC Comics' Prototype and First Looks.
* Monday, April 14: DC Comics for July, Archie Comics for July, Smallville, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks and Battlestar Galactica.
* Sunday, April 13: Family Guy, The Spectacular Spider-Man and First Looks.
* Saturday, April 12: Dark Horse Comics First Looks and DC Comics First Looks.
* Friday, April 11: The Spirit, Marvel Comics First Looks, Image Comics First Looks, The Spectacular Spider-Man and Kabillion's Spider-Man.
* Thursday, April 10: Smallville, Batman Gotham Knight, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Comic Book Tattoo and Archie Comics First Looks.
* Wednesday, April 9: The Batman: Brave and the Bold's Diedrich Bader, The Spectacular Spider-Man, Bluewater Productions for August and First Looks.
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