Comics Continuum by Rob Allstetter: Saturday, September 4, 2010

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2010

SMALLVILLE SEASON 9 DVD

With Season 9 of Smallville arriving on Blu-ray and DVD on Sept 7 from Warner Home Video, The Continuum today begins a series of previews from the package's featurettes.

Today's previews focus on the "Absolute Justice" episode featuring the Justice Society of America.

For the first clip, which focuses on the strengths of the JSA characters and how they compare to their comic-book counterparts, CLICK HERE.

For the second clip, which explains the qualities that the JSA characters bring to the Smallville world, and how breaking the original script into two parts made the episodes financially feasible, CLICK HERE.

For the third clip, which examines the casting process of the guest-stars, CLICK HERE.

Look for more Smallville news on Sunday here in The Continuum.

BOOM! STUDIOS FIRST LOOKS

For covers and six-page previews of BOOM! Studios titles arriving in stores on Sept. 9, CLICK HERE.

Titles include 28 Days Later #14, The Calling: Cthulhu Chronicles #3, Farscpe: Scorpius #5, The Incredibles #13, Irredeemable #17, Toy Story #6 and Uncle Scrooge #395.

IMAGE COMICS FIRST LOOKS

For covers and five-page previews of Image Comics titles arriving in stores on Sept. 9, CLICK HERE.

Titles include Dawn: Not to Touch the Earth, Haunt #9, ShadowHawk #4 and Whatever Happened to Baron Von Shock? #3.

MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS

For cover and five-page preview of Chaos War #1, arriving in stores on Oct. 6 from Marvel Comics, CLICK HERE.

For previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on Sept. 9, CLICK HERE.

BRIEFLY

* The Friday, Sept. 10 episode of The Human Target on Fox will be a repeat of "Salvage & Reclamation," guest-starring Leonor Varela.

* Fox will air three episodes each of The Simpsons and Family Guy on Sunday, Sept. 12. The Simpsons episodes start at 7 p.m. (ET/PT) and will include "Chief of Hearts," "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed" and "To Surveil with Love." The Family Guy episodes start at 8:30 p.m. and will include "Peter-assment," "Go Stewie Go" and "Dial Meg for Murder."