Comics Continuum by Rob Allstetter: Monday, April 29, 2013

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MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013

IRON MAN 3: JON FAVREAU

The Continuum continues its preview of Iron Man 3 with interview sound bites from Jon Favreau, who directed the first two Iron Man movies and returns to play Happy Hogan and executive produce the third movie.

To watch the interview, CLICK HERE.

DC COMICS FIRST LOOKS

For cover and five-page previews of DC Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, May 1, CLICK HERE.

Titles include Action Comics #20 and The Movement #1.

IMAGE COMICS FIRST LOOKS

For cover and five-page previews of Image Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, May 1, CLICK HERE.

Titles include Son of Merlin #4, Artifacts #27 and Spawn #231.

For previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, May 1, CLICK HERE.

For previews of Dark Horse Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, May 1, CLICK HERE.

For previews of Valiant Entertainment titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, May 1, CLICK HERE.

For previews of Aspen Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, May 1, CLICK HERE.

For previews of Oni Press titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, May 1, CLICK HERE.

ARROW: "SACRIFICE"

The CW has released a description for "Sacrifice," the Season 1 finale of Arrow airing on Wednesday, May 15.

Here's how the episode is described:

"Oliver (Stephen Amell) and Diggle (David Ramsey) race to stop the Dark Archer (John Barrowman) from unleashing his vengeance on The Glades. However, they run into a roadblock after Detective Lance (Paul Blackthorne) picks up Felicity for questioning. Tommy (Colin Donnell) and Oliver's already tumultuous relationship takes a turn for the worse after Oliver makes a confession about Laurel (Katie Cassidy).

"After hearing of the danger in The Glades, Thea (Willa Holland) races to find Roy (Colton Haynes), inadvertently putting herself directly in the line of fire for Malcolm's (John Barrowman) devious plan.

""On the island, Oliver, Slade (Manu Bennett) and Shado (guest star Celina Jade) are locked in a life-or-death struggle against Fyers (guest star Sebastian Dunn) as his missiles lock on a full Ferris Air jetliner."

"David Barrett directed the episode with the teleplay written by Marc Guggenheim and Andrew Kreisberg and story by Greg Berlanti.

BRIEFLY

* UNVEILING: Marvel Comics has unveiled Marko Djurdjevic's variant cover to August's Infinity #1.

Here's how the six-part story -- by Jonathan Hickman, Jim Cheung, Jerome Opena and Dustin Weaver-- is described:

"Earth has been marked as an 'Avengers World,' protected by Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and more from the deadliest threats facing humanity. A powerful and destructive race is on a collision course with Earth and the only thing in their path is the Avengers! But even Earth's Mightiest Heroes realize the one hope of defeating this dire threat is to unite every great hero across the cosmos...because only with a united Avengers Universe is there any chance of survival!

"With our heroes at the other end of the universe, who is left to protect Earth? Enter Thanos, the galaxy's most ruthless threat and an unparalleled force of brutality who brings order to the chaos of life through murder. The greatest threat to the Mad Titan's work -- and perhaps the universe's greatest hope -- is something he created leaving no world safe. Earth's last hope may lie in the hands of a man who can level cities with a single whisper – Black Bolt, king of the Inhumans. But can the fearsome leader of a race hated and feared by his world, lead his people against Thanos? If they fall, so does the Earth -- and the entire universe with it."