Comics Continuum by Rob Allstetter: Tuesday, May 18, 2010

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TUESDAY, MAY 18, 2010

MARVEL COMICS FOR AUGUST

Marvel Comics has released its solicitations for August.

For a rundown, with images, CLICK HERE.

For a rundown of trade paperbacks, with images, CLICK HERE.

IDW PUBLISHING FIRST LOOKS

For covers and six-page previews of IDW Publishing titles arriving in stores on May 19, CLICK HERE.

Titles include The Ghoul HC, G.I. Joe #18, Kill Shakespeare #2, Tank Girl: The Royal Escape #3 and Transformers: Last Stand of the Wreckers #5 .

IMAGE COMICS FIRST LOOKS

For covers and five-page previews of Image Comics titles arriving in stores on May 19, CLICK HERE.

Titles include Dead@17: The Witch Queen #3, Fade to Black #3, God Complex #6 and The Walking Dead #72.

DC COMICS FIRST LOOKS

For covers and five-page previews of DC Comics titles arriving in stores on May 19, CLICK HERE.

Titles include Brightest Day #2, DC Universe Legacies #1 and Supernatural: Beginnings #5.

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RED 5 COMICS FIRST LOOKS

For cover and six-page preview of Atomic Robo Vol. 4 #3, arriving in stores on May 19 from Red 5 Comics, CLICK HERE.

Look for more Red 5 news soon here in The Continuum.

JONAH HEX MOVIE ROUNDUP

Warner Bros. has released four character banner images from the Jonah Hex movie.

The posters feature Josh Brolin as Jonah Hex, John Malkovich as Turnbull, Megan Fox and Leila and Michael Fassbender as Burke.

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In other Jonah Hex movie news, DC Coimcs has announced a movie variant edition cover for Jonah Hex #56.

The issue -- written by Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti, with art by Phil Winslade and C.P. Smith -- serves as a jumping-on point with Hex's origin.

Jonah Hex will be in stores on June 2.

ABC'S NO ORDINARY FAMILY

No Ordinary Family, a live-action series about a family with super powers, will air on ABC on Tuesdays at 8 p.m., according to the new season schedule released by the network.

The series stars Michael Chiklis, who played Ben Grimm/the Thing in the two Fantastic Four movies and is the creator of IDW Publishing's The Pantheon comic book.

Here's how the network describes No Ordinary Family:

"The Powells are about to go from ordinary to extraordinary. After 16 years of marriage, Jim and Stephanie's relationship lacks the spark it once had, and their family life now consists of balancing work and their two children, leaving little time for family bonding. During a family vacation set up by Jim in an attempt to reconnect, their plane crashes into the Amazon River. But this is where the fun starts for the Powells, as they soon discover that something's not quite right. Each of them now possesses unique and distinct superpowers. But saving and savoring their family life will be equally important, as they try to find purpose for their new powers and embark on a journey to find out what defines and unifies them. The Powells are a totally relatable family who happen to be a little bit amazing."

Chiklis stars as Jim Powell, Julie Benz as Stephanie Powell, Romany Malco as George St. Cloud, Tate Donovan as Mitch McCutcheon, Autumn Reeser as Katie Andrews, Christina Chang as Yvonne Cho, Kay Panabaker as Daphne Powell and Jimmy Bennett as JJ Powell.

The pilot was written and executive-produced by Jon Feldman. The series is executive-produced by Feldman, Greg Berlanti, Morgan Wandell and David Semel, who also directed the pilot. Joe Hartwick, Jr. serves as producer. No Ordinary Family is from ABC Studios.