Comics Continuum by Rob Allstetter: Friday, January 27, 2012

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012

NEW YOUNG JUSTICE ON CARTOON NETWORK

In what might be the start of DC Nation, Cartoon Network has scheduled a new episode of Young Justice, "Misplaced," to premiere on Saturday, March 3 at 10:30 a.m. (ET/PT).

The episode will follow a repeat of the first-half hour of the one-hour premiere of Green Lantern: The Animated Series at 10 a.m.

Repeats of the Green Lantern and Young Justice will also air on Sunday, March 4 beginning at 10 a.m.

Although not formally announced by Cartoon Network, the one-hour block seems to signal the beginning of the DC Nation programming initative.

Here's how Cartoon Network describes the "Misplaced" epsiode of Young Justice:

"When every adult on the planet disappears, only the team, Zatanna and Billy Batson are left to defeat the five most powerful sorcerers on Earth."

MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS

For covers and four- to five-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, Feb. 1, CLICK HERE.

Titles include Avengers Academy #25, Avengers: X-Sanction #3, The Defenders #3, Fear Itself: The Fearless #8, Hulk #48, The Punisher #8, Thor: The Deviants Saga #4, The Twelve #9, Uncanny X-Force #21, Uncanny X-Men #6, Venom #13, Villains for HIre #3, X-Club #3 and X-Factor #231.

AVATAR PRESS FOR APRIL

Avatar Press has released its solicitations for April.

For a rundown, with images, CLICK HERE.

ANTARCTIC PRESS FOR APRIL

Avatar Press has released its solicitations for April.

For a rundown, with images, CLICK HERE.

CHRONICLE CLIPS

20th Century Fox has released four clips from Chronicle, which opens in theaters on Feb. 3.

For the "Spider" clip, CLICK HERE.

For the "Baseball" clip, CLICK HERE.

For the "I Parked it Right Here" clip, CLICK HERE.

For the "That's Direct Influence" clip, CLICK HERE.

DC COMICS NEWS ROUNDUP

DC Comics has announced a Sept. 18 release for The Judas Coin, a 94-page hardcover graphic novel written and illustrated byWalter Simonson.

DC unveiled the cover for the book, which will feature characters from across the DC Universe.

"The cover for The Judas Coin was designed and drawn with inspiration provided in part by movie posters from the '60s and '70s," Simonson said. "In particular, I was thinking of the posters of Bob Peak, who did such beautiful work back then with montage. Peak was a master at creating a strong central image and surrounding it with smaller, often fairly loose images derived from various scenes in the movie.

"I make no claims to Peak's draftsmanship, but for a work like The Judas Coin, comprised as it is of six separate but related stories, I wanted a cover that would provide both a strong visual image at its core, and a series of small drawings that would reflect the structure of the book's interior. Batman and Two-Face, eternal enemies, provided a good focal point. The vignettes around them echo the individual stories within the book."

In other DC news:

* A second printing of Batman #4 is scheduled to be in stores on Feb. 22.

* Superman: The Action Comics Archives Vol. 6 will be resolicited.

BRIEFLY

* Dark Horse Comics has released a third "It's All Going to Hell in 2012" teaser image for B.P.R.D.

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* Zenescope Entertainment has announced that Alice in Wonderland #1 has sold out, with an initial print run of 19,000. According to the publisher, there are no plans for a second printing.

* FX will rebroadcast Wanted on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 2:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.