Comics Continuum by Rob Allstetter: Saturday, September 29, 2012

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2012

THE SIMPSONS: ZOOEY DESCHANEL

Zooey Deschanel guest-stars in "Moonshine River," the season premiere of Fox's The Simpsons on Sunday night.

To watch a featurette on Deschanel's role in the episode, CLICK HERE.

Here's how the episode is described:

"America's favorite Midwestern family travels to New York City in search of Bart's long-lost love Mary Spuckler (guest voice Deschanel), who he wants to reconnect with since she has left Springfield and her hillbilly family there to reinvent herself in the Big Apple. Lisa and Marge look forward to experiencing all the city has to offer but when they realize their budget won't allow a Broadway play they settle for the free 'Shakespeare In the Park,' which doesn't go as planned.

Look for more on The Simpsons on Sunday here in The Continuum.

GRANT MORRISON'S MULTIVERSITY

DC Comics has announced that Grant Morrison's Multiversity will be hitting stores in late 2013.

Multiversity is an 8-issue series comprising six one-shots and a two-part conclusion, with each issue featuring a 38-page lead story and an 8-page backup.

Here's how DC describes the series:

"Each issue takes place on a different parallel world from the main DC Earth and functions as a number one issue. Each world in the Multiverse publishes comic books about the heroes on the OTHER worlds. Once the characters realize this, they then unite to respond to the villains!"

DC unveiled an early look at Pax Americana #1, drawn by Frank Quitely. Pax Americana takes the original Charlton Comics characters and presents them in a way that DC describes as "both new and familiar at the same time."

ARROW: "HONOR THY FATHER"

The CW has released images and description from the "Honor Thy Father" episode of Arrow, which is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 17.

Here's how the network describes the episode, which guest-stars Kelly Hu:

"Oliver (Stephen Amell) heads to the courthouse to get his death certificate repealed and is pleasantly surprised to run into Laurel (Katie Cassidy), who is there prosecuting Martin Somers (guest star Ty Olsson), a criminal with ties to the Chinese Triad. Oliver recognizes Martin's name from his father's book and sets his sights on taking him down.

"Martin orders the Triad to 'take care of' Laurel so they send their top mercenary -- China White (Hu) -- after her, an act that culminates in a battle between Arrow and China White.

"Meanwhile, Moira (Susanna Thompson) and Walter (guest star Colin Salmon) ask Oliver to take over the company."

The episode was written by Andrew Kreisberg and Marc Guggenheim from a story by Greg Berlanti and Guggenheim, and was drected by David Barnett.

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THE AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES: "WINTER SOLDIER"

Marvel has released a clip from "Winter Soldier," the episode of The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes that premieres on Disney XD on Sunday.

To watch the clip, CLICK HERE.

Here's how Marvel describes the episode:

"After the Red Skull's capture, Captain America learns the truth behind the Winter Soldier and must track his former partner down in order to stop the rest of HYDRA's Sleepers."

ALPHAS: "LIFE AFTER DEATH"

Syfy has released a gallery of images and a promo clip from "Life After Death," the episode of Alphas, scheduled for Monday at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).

To watch the promo, CLICK HERE.

Here's how the episode is described:

"Dani's shocking death at the hands of Parish leaves Rosen and the team grasping for lifelines."

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BOOM! STUDIOS FIRST LOOKS

For covers and five- to six-page previews of BOOM! Studios titles arriving in stores on Oct. 3, CLICK HERE.

Titles include Garfield #6, The Hypernaturals #4 and Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm #2.

For previews of Aspen Comics titles arriving in stores on Oct. 3, CLICK HERE.

BRIEFLY

* Hotel Transylvania topped the Friday box office with an estimated $11.0 million. In its second week of release, Dredd has already fallen out of the top 10, placing 11th with $0.6 million to push its total to $9.2 million.