WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2009
MARVEL SUPER HERO SQUAD: TAMERA MOWRY
Tamera Mowry is providing the voice of Misty Knight for Cartoon Network's upcoming Marvel Super Hero Squad animated series.
Misty will appear on the show with her frequent cohorts from the comics, Iron Fist and Luke Cage.
Mowry, 30, is probably best known from the late 1990s series Sister, Sister. She recently has appeared on the ABC Family series Roommates.
Twenty-six episodes of Super Hero Squad will begin airing late this year.
In other Super Hero Squad casting news, 16-year-old Antony Del Rio is providing the voice of Reptil.
Look for more on the series soon here in The Continuum.
HEROES ROUNDUP
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Madeline Zima will appear in multiple episodes of the fourth season of NBC's Heroes.
Also a cast member of Showtime's Californication, Zima will play Gretchen a "quirky" college student who rooms with Claire.
In other Heroes news:
* Universal Studios Home Entertainment has announced a Sept. 1 release for Season 3 of Heroes on DVD and Blu-ray.
The six-disc set will include all 25 episodes.
For box art and a rundown of bonus features for both DVD and Blu-ray, CLICK HERE.
WITCHBLADE #128 HOMAGE COVER
Top Cow Productions has unveiled an homage cover variant by artist Luke Ross for Witchblade #128, due in stores on July 8.
Ross' cover depicts a dramatized pose of Dani holding a mortally wounded Sara as other characters look on from the background. It is a direct homage to the 1980 John Byrne cover of Marvel Comics' Uncanny X-Men #136 and is similarly inspired by the George Perez cover of DC Comics' Crisis on Infinite Earths #7.
The use of the homage cover for Witchblade #128 signifies the major plot developments and character conflicts that are central to the "War of the Witchblades" story arc. The issue is the fourth part of a six-part story arc by Ron Marz and Stjepan Sejic.
"Obviously things don't look too promising ... for Sara or anyone else ... by the end of Witchblade #127," Marz said. "The Luke Ross cover for issue #128 definitely takes that in account, and gives us a chance to homage two of the great covers in the history of comics in John Byrne's Uncanny X-Men #136 shot, as well as the George Perez Crisis #7 image. If there was ever a time for this kind of cover on Witchblade, it's now."
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MARVEL COMICS ROUNDUP
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Marvel Comics has released a teaser image for The Iron Patriot Acts, scheduled for September.
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In other Marvel news:
* The publisher has announced a second printing for Planet Skaar Prologue. The new printing will feature the interior art of Dan Panosian on the cover and will be in stores on July 1.
* Look for more Marvel news later on Wednesday here in The Continuum.
DC COMICS FIRST LOOKS
The Continuum has added Gen13 #30 and Titans #14 to its DC Comics First Looks of titles arriving in stores on June 10.
For all the DC previews posted thus far, CLICK HERE.
ARCHIE COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and two- to five-page previews of Archie Comics titles arriving in stores on June 10, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Archie & Friends #132, Pals 'N' Gals Double Digest #132 and Sonic the Hedgehog #201.
And for an interview with Archie & Friends writer Arie Kaplan, CLICK HERE.
DARK HORSE COMICS FIRST LOOKS
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For covers and three-page previews of upcoming Dark Horse Comics titles, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Rex Mundi #18, Conan: The Frazetta Cover Series #3, B.P.R.D.: War on Frogs #3 and The Cleaners #4.
AUGUST SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted August solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Antarctic Press.
* Archie Comics.
* Aspen Comics.
* Avatar Press.
* Bluewater Productions.
* Bongo Comics.
* BOOM! Studios.
* Dabel Brothers Productions.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
* Dynamite Entertainment.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Marvel Comics.
* Mercury Comics.
* Moonstone Books.
* Oni Press.
BRIEFLY
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* Activision has released three new screenshots from Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. Click on the thumbnails for larger images.
* Phil Morris is reprising his role of Jonah Hex for "Duel of the Double Crossers!," the Friday, June 12 episode of Batman: The Brave and the Bold on Cartoon Network.
* Saturday's episode of TMNT: Back to the Sewers on The CW 4Kids will be a repeat of "Future Shellshock!"
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
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.
* Friday, May 29: Marvel Comics First Looks, DC Comics First Looks and Wolverine and the X-Men.
* Thursday, May 28: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Avatar Press for August, Zenescope Entertainment for August, DC Comics First Looks and Image Comics First Looks.
* Wednesday, May 27: Green Lantern: First Flight, IDW Publishing First Looks, DC Comics First Looks, Archie Comics First Looks, Dabel Brothers Publishing for August, Mercury Comics for August, Bluewater Productions' Logan's Run and Archie Comics First Looks.
* Tuesday, May 26: IDW Publishing for August, BOOM! Studios for August, Dynamite Entertainment for August, BOOM! Studios First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and Iron Man: Armored Adventures.
* Monday, May 25: Marvel Comics First Looks, Dynamite Entertainment First Looks and weekend box office.
* Sunday, May 24: Antarctic Press for August, Red 5 Comics for August and Bongo Comics for August.
* Saturday, May 23: Image Comics First Looks and DC Comics First Looks.
* Friday, May 22: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Marvel Comics First Looks, DC Comics First Looks, Top Cow Productions First Looks, Iron Man: Armored Adventures and Wolverine and the X-Men.
* Thursday, May 21: Aspen Comics for August, Devil's Due Publishing for August, Oni Press for August, IDW Publishing First Looks and Smallville.
* 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.
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