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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2010
YOUNG JUSTICE: "INDEPENDENCE DAY"
Warner Bros. Animation has released a video clip and a gallery of images from "Independence Day," the series premiere of Young Justice, scheduled for Friday, Nov. 26.
"Robin, Speedy, Aqualad and Kid Flash are finally granted access to the headquarters of the Justice League. But when that access turns out to be little more than a glorified backstage pass, Speedy walks, and the other three sidekicks go on a mission of their own...to Project Cadmus, where they make a startling discovery."
Click on the thumbnails for larger images and look for more on Young Justice this weekend here in The Continuum.
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
For covers and four- to nine-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on Nov. 24, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Amazing Spider-Man #649, Astonishing Thor #1, Avengers & The Infinity Gauntlet #4, Black Widow #8, Captain America #612, Chaos War: Alpha Flight #1, Deadpool #29, Deadpool Pulp #3, Deadpool Team-Up #887, Fantastic Four #585, Incredible Hulks #617, Incredible Hulks: Enigma Force #3, Invincible Iron Man #32, Klaws of the Panther #3, Marvel Adventures Spider-Man #8, Namor: The First Mutant #4, New Mutants #19, Avengers vs. Pet Avengers #2, Secret Avengers #7, Secret Warriors #22, Shadowland: Blood on the Streets #4, Shadowland: Power Man #4, Thor The Mighty Avenger #6, Thunderstrike #1, Ultimate Comics Avengers 3 #4, Ultimate Comics Spider-Man #150, Uncanny X-Force #2, Uncanny X-Men #530, X-Men Forever 2 #12 and X-Men Legacy #242.
PETER CHUNG TALKS FIREBREATHER
The Continuum today kicks off daily coverage leading into the Nov. 24 premiere of the Firebreather animated movie on Cartoon Network with comments from director Peter Chung.
Chung talks about how he became involved with the project, what he liked about the property and the decision to use computer-generated animation.
* Josh Keaton, who provided the lead voice in The Spectacular Spider-Man, is the voice of Troy, Duncan's bully nemesis in the movie.
THE SUPER HERO SQUAD SHOW: "WHOM CONTINUITY WOULD DESTROY!"
Marvel has released four images from "Whom Continuity Would Destory!," Saturday's new episode of The Super Hero Squad Show on Cartoon Network.
Here's how Marvel describes the episode:
"Thanos wants the Mind Stone and he's going to get it by pitting the Squaddies against a team of rough-and-tough baddies from a different universe - The Squadron Supreme! Led by Nighthawk, the team of Power Princess and Hyperion have a few things to say to our Squaddies...and they're saying it with their fists! Plus, The Grandmaster makes his stunning debut!"
Adam West, star of the 1960s Batman series, provides the voice of Nighthawk. Susan Eisenberg, voice of Wonder Woman in Justice League/Justice League Unlimited, provides the voices of Power Princess. One-time host of The Family Feud, John O'Hurley, provides the voices of The Grandmaster.
The episode was written by animation veteran Stan Berkowitz.
"I can tell you the voice recording session was one of the most entertaining ones I've ever attended," Berkowitz told The Continuum. "The regulars are always great -- they improvise a lot, and they're hilarious. I think Marvel should make audio recordings of these sessions and sell them; they'd make a fortune. And the guest actors! Susan Eisenberg and Adam West, playing a somewhat cracked crusader in a cape -- delicious!"
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THE AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES MARATHON
Disney XD will stage a 13-hour marathon of episodes of The Avengers: Earth's Mightest Heroes on Friday, Nov. 26 beginning at 3 p.m. (ET).
The marathon will be highlighted with the premiere of the two-part "Gamma World" episode.
Michael Ryan wrote parts of the episode from a story by Joshua Fine and Christopher Yost. Vinton Heuck directed the first part, and Sebastian Montes directed the second part.
ONI PRESS FOR FEBRUARY
Oni Press has released its solicitations for February.
Marvel Comics has announced the return of Marvel's Greatest Comics in March, with collected editions.
"This program was a huge success last year," said David Gabriel from Marvel's sales and circulation divisoin. "In our ongoing efforts to help retailers we're offering a new group of titles at one dollar that serve as primers for some of our best collections."
The schedule includes:
March: Astonishing X-Men #1 - Astonishing X-Men Vol.1: Gifted TPB; The Ultimates #1 - The Ultimates Vol. 1: Super-Human TPB; X-23 #1 - X-23: Innocence Lost TPB; Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #1 - Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born TPB; Reborn #1 - Captain America: Reborn TPB; and Ultimate Spider-Man #1 - Ultimate Spider-Man Vol. 1: Power & Responsibility TPB.
April: House Of M #1 - House Of M TPB; Ultimate Fantastic Four #1 - Ultimate Fantastic Four Vol. 1: The Fantastic TPB; Thor #7 - Thor By J. Michael Straczynski Vol. 2 TPB; Ultimate X-Men #1 - Ultimate X-Men Vol. 1: The Tomorrow People TPB.
May: X-Force #1 - X-Force Vol. 1: Angels And Demons TPB; Cable & Deadpool #1 - Deadpool & Cable Ultimate Collection Book 1 TPB; Wolverine #20 - Wolverine: Enemy Of The State Ultimate Collection TPB.
In other Marvel news:
* Philippe Briones is the artist of Iron Man Legacy #10.
* Invincible Iron Man #500 will now be 72 pages, not 104 as originally solicited.
BRIEFLY
* 2000AD has posted an image of Karl Urban from the new Judge Dredd movie on its message board.
The film, titled Dredd, is shooting in South Africa. Pete Travis is directing from a script by Alex Garland.
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* Top Cow Productions has unvelled its VA Comicon variant for Artifacts #3 by Billy Tucci. The publisher ends its 2010 convention tour at the event on Saturday and Sunday in Richard, Va.
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* Smallville will be pre-empted on Friday, Dec. 17 as The CW is staging a week of two episodes of The Vampire Diaries per night.
* Ape Entertainment has announced that Shrek #1 has sold out.
* Archaia Comics has announced a second printing for the sold-out Return of the Dapper Men.
* Dynamite Entertainment has signed a comprehensive license agreement with NBC Universal Television, DVD, Music and Consumer Products Group for comic books based on the Syfy series Warehouse 13.
FEBRUARY SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted February solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
