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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2008
COMING SATURDAY
Batman news -- and much more!
Previously announced as the voice of Green Arrow, James Arnold Taylor is also providing the voice of Guy Gardner in Cartoon Network's upcoming Batman: The Brave and the Bold animated series, The Continuum has learned.
Taylor, 39, has worked with Warner Bros. Animation on several DC Comics-inspired projects. His credits include Captain Cold in Justice League: The New Frontier and Mekr Ranzz in Legion of Super Heroes.
Taylor is also the voice of Obi-Kenobi in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Harry Osborn in The Spectacular Spider-Man.
In other Batman: The Brave and the Bold news:
* James Tucker -- the series' producer -- is providing a cover for the first issue of DC Comics' new title based on the show.
Matt Wayne, a writer on the television series, is writing the comic, with art by Andy Suriano and Dan Davis. The series will launch in January.
Click on the thumbnail to the right for a larger image.
* To the left is a new promotional image from the show.
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BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and six-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on Oct. 22, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Criminal #6, Daredevil #112, Marvel Adventures Super Heroes #4, Ms. Marvel #32, New Avengers #46, Runaways #3, She-Hulk #34, Samurai: Legend #2, Thor: Truth of History #1, True Believers #4, Ultimate Spider-Man #127 and X-Men: Legacy #217.
Look for more Marvel First Looks soon here in The Continuum.
SMALLVILLE: DOOMSDAY
The Doomsday arc of Smallville will kick up a notch with "Prey," next Thursday's episode on The CW. The network teased Doomsday at the end of Thursday's epsiode, "Committed."
Sam Witwer joined the cast of Smallville this season as the paramedic Davis Bloome, who becomes Doomsday. Blackout spells begin to reveal the character's true nature.
"He finds out that he is innately the opposite of whatever he wanted to be," Witwer said. "Hopefully the telling of that story will be very sad and psychologically messed up, and it will be probably very easily the darkest stuff Smallville's ever done.
"Eventually he is Doomsday, and he will eventually resemble the character that DC Comics fans are expecting."
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Witwer acknowledged Smallville's Doomday is an intrepretation of the character from the comics, and hopes fans respond positively.
"It's with the blessing of DC Comics, and we are not invalidating any of the backstory that Doomsday's had previously," he said. "But we are interpreting and adding to that backstory, and hopefully the fans dig on it, and I'll take my best shot at that guy."
Witwer, formerly of Battlestar Galactica, said he's happy to be part of another franchise.
"It's really great because as a kid I was a huge Superman fan and watched all the movies with my parents," Witwer said. I'm a big sort of pop culture/mythology guy, so stories like the Superman mythology and Stars Wars mythology are significant and important because I think they're great tools for teaching basic morality, especially to kids."
To listen to the complete interview from Comic-Con International with Witwer and Cassidy Freeman (Tess Mercer), CLICK HERE.
For a synopsis and images from the "Prey" episode, CLICK HERE.
DECEMBER SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted December solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Antarctic Press.
* Ape Entertainment.
* Archie Comics.
* Aspen Comics.
* Avatar Press.
* Bluewater Productions.
* Bongo Comics.
* Boom! Studios.
* Dabel Brothers Publishing.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
* DC Comics.
* Digital Webbing.
* Dynamite Entertainment.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Marvel Comics.
* Mirage Studios.
* Moonstone Books.
* Oni Press.
* Red 5 Comics.
* Radical Publishing.
* Top Cow Productions.
* UDON Studios.
* Viper Comics.
BRIEFLY
* Legion of Super Heroes #50 will be the final issue of the DC Comics series.
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.
* Sunday, October 12: Devil's Due Publishing First Looks and Family Guy.
* Saturday, October 11: Heroes, Dark Horse Comics First Looks, Smallville and Knight Rider.
* Friday, October 10: Marvel Comics First Looks, Image Comics First Looks and X-Men.
* Thursday, October 9: Dark Horse Comics for January, Wolverine and the X-Men, Marvel animation and Heroes.
* Wednesday, October 8: Captain America scene in Incredible Hulk, new Avengers animated series, Marvel Comics First Looks, Archie Comics First Looks and Batman and Superman Motion Comics.
* Tuesday, October 7: Smallville, DC Comics First Looks, Jon Sable movie, Marvel Studios, Heroes and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
* Monday, October 6: Doug Jones, Chris Claremont, Alan Davis, Marvel Comics First Looks, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks, Boom! Studios First Looks, Wolverine and the X-Men, Hack/Slash, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
* Sunday, October 5: The Simpsons, Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe and First Looks.
* Saturday, October 4: Family Guy, Smallville and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
* Friday, October 3: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Marvel Comics First Looks, AAA-Markosia Publishing First Looks, Heroes and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
* Thursday, October 2: Robert Kirkman's Image guarantee, Heroes, The Simpsons, Daredevil, DC Comics First Looks and Image Comics First Looks.
* Wednesday, October 1: Amazing Spider-Man variant, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, The Graysons at The CW, The Simpsons, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Dark Horse Comics First Looks and Archie Comics First Looks.
* Tuesday, September 30: Iron Man DVD, DC Comics First Looks, Top Cow Productions First Looks, Devil's Due Publishing First Looks and Knight Rider.
* Monday, September 29: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks, Boom! Studios First Looks, Devil's Due Publishing for December, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Family Guy.
* Sunday, September 28: The Simpsons and UDON Entertainment for December.
* Saturday, September 27: The Dark Knight on DVD/Blu-ray, Heroes, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Smallville, Image Comics First Looks and Marvel Comics roundup.
* Friday, September 26: Smallville, Marvel Comics First Looks and Star Wars: The Clone Wars.
* Thursday, September 25: Hellboy II: The Golden Army, Heroes, Family Guy, Bluewater Productions for January, Moonstone Books for January, Marvel Comics First Looks, Image Comics First Looks and Archie Comics First Looks.
* Wednesday, September 24: Stephen Colbert in Amazing Spider-Man, Antarctic Press for December, Bongo Comics for December, Liquid Comics and Knight Rider's Deanna Russo.
* Tuesday, September 23: Avatar Press for December, Ape Entertainment for December, Digital Webbing for December, Heroes, Dark Horse Comics First Looks, Knight Rider and Hillary Clinton comic.
* Monday, September 22: Boom! Studios for December, Oni Press for December, Dabel Brothers Publishing for December, Radical Publishing for December, Heroes' Hayden Panettiere, Boom! Studios First Looks and Knight Rider.
* Sunday, September 21: Aspen Comics for December, Mirage Studios for December and Heroes' Brea Grant.
* Saturday, September 20: Dynamite Entertainment for December, Red 5 Comics for December, Viper Comics for December, Heroes, Smallville, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles and Marvel First Looks.
* Friday, September 19: Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Top Cow Productions for December, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks, Image Comics First Looks and Marvel Comics First Looks.
* Thursday, September 18: Image Comics for December, First Looks, The Hulk 100 Project and Top Cow Pilot Season winners.
* Wednesday, September 17: Wolverine and the X-Men, Heroes, Marvel Comics First Looks, Archie Comics First Looks, Dark Horse Comics First Looks, The Simpsons and Top Cow's Dinicartoons.
* Tuesday, September 16: Marvel Comics for December, Framelight's comics movies, William Shatner teams with Bluewater Productions, Heroes and First Looks.
* Monday, September 15: DC Comics for December, IDW Publishing for December, Archie Comics for December, Image Comics First Looks and DCU online game.
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