MONDAY, MAY 25, 2009
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
For covers and eight-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on May 28, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Amazing Spider-Man #595 and Amazing Spider-Man: The Short Halloween #1.
For previously previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on May 28,CLICK HERE.
For previews of DC Comics titles arriving in stores on May 28,CLICK HERE.
For previews of Archie Comics titles arriving in stores on May 28,CLICK HERE.
For previews of IDW Publishing titles arriving in stores on May 28,CLICK HERE.
For previews of Image Comics titles arriving in stores on May 28,CLICK HERE.
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and five- to 16-page previews of Dynamie Entertainment titles arriving in stores on May 28, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Garth Ennis' Battlefields: The Tankies #2, Red Sonja #44, Garth Ennis' Battlefields: Dear Billy and The Death-Defying 'Devil.
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE
X-Men Origins: Wolverine placed sixth at the box office over the four-day Memorial Day weekend.
The X-Men prequel brought in an estimated $10.1 million to push its total to $165.3 million.
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is now the seventh-best Marvel film at the box office, trailing the three Spider-Man films, Iron Man, X2 ans X-Men: The Last Stand. It doesn't figure to catch X2's $214.9 million for sixth place.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithosian opened at top position at the box office over the weekend with $70.0 million, followed by Terminator: Salvation at $53.8 million ($67.2 million total), Star Trek with $29.4 million ($191.0 million total), Angels & Demons with $27.7 million ($87.8 million total) and Dance Flick with $13.1 million.
AUGUST SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted August solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Antarctic Press.
* Aspen Comics.
* Bluewater Productions.
* Bongo Comics.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Marvel Comics.
* Moonstone Books.
* Oni Press.
BRIEFLY
* Disney XD will air several episodes of The Spectacular Spider-Man on Friday. Episodes will include "Natural Selection" at 9 a.m., "Market Forces" at 9:30 a.m., "Competition" at 10 a.m., "The Invisible Hand" at 10:30 a.m. and 9 p.m., "Catalysts" at 9:30 p.m., "Reaction" at 10 p.m., "The Uncertainty Principle" at 10:30 p.m., "Persona" at 11 p.m. and "Intervention" at 11:30 p.m.
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
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If you missed The Continuum's coverage over the past month, following are links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.
* Wednesday, May 20: DC Comics First Looks, Green Lantern: First Flight, BOOM! Studios First Looks, Archie Comics First Looks, Top Cow Productions First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and Teen Titans.
* Tuesday, May 19: Marvel Comics for August, Thor movie, Heroes, Human Target television series, Wanted, Aspen Comics First Looks and Marvel Comics First Looks.
* Monday, May 18: DC Comics for August, Human Target on Fox, Thor movie, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Image Comics for August, Marvel Comics First Looks and Image Comics First Looks.
* Sunday, May 17: Top Cow Productions First Looks, DC Comics First Looks and weekend box office.
* Saturday, May 16: Kick-Ass' Yancy Butler, Mitch Breitweiser, Archie Andrews gets married, BOOM! Studios First Looks and Top Cow Productions for August.
* Friday, May 15: Moonstone Books for September, Radical Publishing for August, Marvel Comics First Looks and Tyrese Gibson's Mayhem.
* Thursday, May 14: Green Lantern: First Flight director Lauren Montgomery, IDW Publishing First Looks and DC Comics First Looks.
* Wednesday, May 13: Transformers, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Archie Comics First Looks and Marvel Comics First Looks.
* Tuesday, May 12: DC Comics roundup, Image Comics' G-Man, Dark Horse Comics First Looks and Marvel Super Hero Squad.
* Monday, May 11: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Terminator Salvation, Eminem teams with Family Guy, King City, Marvel Comics roundup and Dynamite Entertainment First Looks.
* Sunday, May 10: X-Men Origins: Wolverine box office and First Looks.
* Saturday, May 9: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, DC Comics First Looks and Friday box office.
* Friday, May 8: Dark Horse Comics for August, Marvel Comics First Looks, Image Comics First Looks and BOOM! Studios First Looks.
* Thursday, May 7: Archie Comics First Looks, Top Cow Productions First Looks, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Marvel Super Hero Squad, Iron Man: Armored Adventures and Dear Dracula.
* Wednesday, May 6: IDW Publishing First Looks, Green Lantern: First Flight, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Marvel Super Hero Squad, Deadpool movie, Wolverine and the X-Men, Bluewater Productions for August, DC Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and Stewie Griffin in Bones.
* Tuesday, May 5: Aspen Comics First Looks, Moonstone Books for August, Marvel Super Hero Squad's Jennifer Morrison, Iron Man: Armored Adventures and Marvel Comics roundup.
* Monday, May 4: Kevin Sorbo voices Ka-Zar in Marvel Super Hero Squad, MTV Movie Award nominations, The Simpsons, DC Comics First Looks, Image Comics First Looks and Dynamite Entertainment First Looks.
* Sunday, May 3: X-Men Origins: Wolverine box office.
* Saturday, May 2: X-Men Origins: Wolverine box office.
* Friday, May 1: Marvel Comics First Looks, BOOM! Studios First Looks, Batman: The Brave and the Bold and The Simpsons.
* Thursday, April 30: IDW Publishing First Looks, Image Comics First Looks, Archie Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and Smallville.
* Wednesday, April 29: Dynamite Entertainment for July, Antarctic Press for July, Green Lantern: First Flight and Top Cow Productions First Looks.
* Tuesday, April 28: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men animated, Devil's Due Publishing for July, BOOM! Studios for July, Marvel Comics First Looks and Red 5 Comics First Looks.
* Monday, April 27: IDW Publishing for July, Red 5 Comics for July, Bluewater Productions First Looks, Image Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks, DC Comics First Looks and X-Men DVD.
* Sunday, April 26: Oni Press for July and IDW Publishing First Looks.
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