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SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 2008

COMING MONDAY

DC Comics for November, Archie Comics for November -- and much more!

THE DARK KNIGHT PASSES STAR WARS

The Dark Knight passed Star Wars for second place all time over the weekend.

The Batman sequel has a domestic total of $471.4 million to Star Wars' $460.9 million. Titanic is the all-time champion at $600.7 million.

The Dark Knight finished second over the weekend with $16.7 million to Tropic Thunder's $26.0 million. It ended The Dark Knight's four-week reign atop the box office.

Star Wars: Clone Wars opened in third place with $15.5 million.

Hellboy II: The Golden Army ($74.6 million total), Wanted ($133.3 million), Iron Man ($317.0 million) and The Incredible Hulk ($134.1 million) have all fallen out of the top 15.

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FIRST LOOKS

For covers and three- to seven-page previews of upcoming titles, CLICK HERE.

Titles include Marvel Illustrated: The Odyssey #1 from Marvel Comics and Star Wars: The Clone Wars #1 -- The Shipyards of Doom from Dark Horse Comics.

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OCTOBER SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP

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

* Archie Comics.

* Aspen Comics.

* Bluewater Productions.

* Bongo Comics.

* Dabel Brothers Productions.

* Dark Horse Comics.

* DC Comics.

* Dynamite Entertainment.

* IDW Publishing.

* Image Comics.

* Marvel Comics.

* Moonstone Books.

* Oni Press.

* Oni Press.

* Top Cow Productions.

* Viper Comics.

* Virgin Comics.



BRIEFLY

* Fox has released a new promotional image for the upcoming season of Family Guy.

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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, August 12: Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Marvel Comics First Looks, Fringe, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Gemini Division.

* Monday, August 11: Dark Horse Comics for November, George Lucas talks Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Dini Cartoons at Top Cow Productions, Red 5 Comics First Looks, Virgin Comics First Looks and Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow.

* Sunday, August 10: The Dark Knight.

* Saturday, August 9: Dynamite Entertainment First Looks, The Dark Knight box office and Marvel Comics First Looks. Get FREE SHIPPING. Use code CSJCF8.

* Friday, August 8: Iron Man, Marvel Comics First Looks, Boom! Studios First Looks and Archie Comics First Looks.

* Thursday, August 7: Watchmen, Elfquest, The Middleman, First Looks and Battlestar Galactica.

* Wednesday, August 6: The Dark Knight, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, First Looks, Greg Horn, Marvel Comics roundup, DNAgents and Viz titles.

* Tuesday, August 5: Batman: The Brave and the Bold's Tom Kenny, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' Shirly Manson, Marvel Studios, The Dark Knight, Heroes and Bluewater Productions' manga.

* Monday, August 4: The Middleman, Morgan Freeman in accident, Bluewater Productions for November, Moonstone Books for November, Marvel Comics roundup, Dark Horse First Looks, Image First Looks, Boom! Studios First Looks and Top Cow's Berserker.

* Sunday, August 3: The Dark Knight and Avatar Press for October.

* Saturday, August 2: The Spectacular Spider-Man, The Dark Knight and First Looks.

* Friday, August 1: Watchmen movie, Marvel Comics First Looks, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks, Image Comics First Looks, Hasbro's 3.75-inch Marvel figures, Heroes and Boom!'s 2 Guns at Universal.

* Thursday, July 31: Heroes, Knight Rider, Dark Horse's Comic-Con announcements, Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow and War Heroes.

* Wednesday, July 30: Magdalena movie, Top Cow Productions for October, Dynamite Entertainment for October, IDW Publishing for October, Viper Comics for October, Dabel Brothers Productions for October and Marvel Comics First Looks.

* Tuesday, July 29: Virgin Comics for October, Punisher: War Zone, IDW Publishing's plan, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks and Archie Comics First Looks.

* Monday, July 28: From Comic-Con International: Smallville, Wolverine and the X-Men and Terminator Salvation.

* Sunday, July 27: From Comic-Con International: Marvel animation, Heroes, DC Universe, Aspen Comics, Final Crisis, Vertigo, Batman, Geoff Johns and Jim Lee.

* Saturday, July 26: From Comic-Con International: Wonder Woman animated, Ultimate Universe, Secret Invasion, Black Panther animated, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Bryan Singer to produce Freedom Formula movie, The Spirit, Family Guy, DC Nation, Superman, J.G. Jones and Bill Willingham.

* Friday, July 25: From Comic-Con International: Watchmen movie interviews, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, The Spectcular Spider-Man, Image Comcs, Marvel Studios, Knight Rider, Marvel's Cup O' Joe, Ed Brubaker, Red Sonja, Punisher War Zone and Devil's Due; plus: Marvel First Looks.

* Thursday, July 24: From Comic-Con International: X-Men Origins: Wolverine's Hugh Jackman, Wolverine vs. Hulk, X-Men, G.I. Joe, Grant Morrison's MBX, Darwyn Cooke's Parker, Landscape Entertainment's Pretty, Baby, Machine, Afro Samurai, Peter Berg to direct Hercules and Firebreather animation; Red 5 Comics for October.



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