Comics Continuum by Rob Allstetter: Friday, January 9, 2015

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 2015

MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS

For covers and three- to six-page previews of Marvel Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, Jan. 14, CLICK HERE.

Titles include All-New Captain America #3, All-New Ghost Rider #10, All-New Ultimates #12, Amazing X-Men #15, Avengers #34.2, Avengers #40, Captain Marvel #11, Cyclops #9, Daredevil #12, Deathlok #4, Deadpool #40, George Romero's Empire of the Dead: Act Two #5, Guardians 3000 #4, Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man #9, Marvel Universe Avengers Assemble Season Two #3, Nightcrawler #10, S.H.I.E.L.D. #2, Silver Surfer #8, Star Wars #1, Spider-Verse #2, Thanos vs. Hulk #2, Wolverines #2 and X-Force #14.

For previews of Aspen Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, Jan. 14, CLICK HERE.

For previews of Valiant Entertainment titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, Jan. 14, CLICK HERE.

ADVENTURE TIME: "EVERGREEN"

Cartoon Network has released imagery and a clip from "Evergreen," the episode of Adventure Time premiering Thursday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. (ET/PT).

To watch the clip from the episode, CLICK HERE.

Here's how the episode is described:

"In a distant age, the wizard Evergreen quests to save the world."

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ASPEN COMICS FOR APRIL

Aspen Comics has released its solicitations for April.

For a rundown, with images, CLICK HERE.

MARVEL COMICS TOPS 2014 SALES

With nine of the top 10 individual selling titles, Marvel Comics topped sales for 2014, according to figures released by Diamond on Friday.

Marvel had 34.38 percent of the market share for the year, to second-place DC Comics' 28.86 percent. Marvel had 36.78 percent dollar share to 32.47 percent for DC.

For the top publisher chart, CLICK HERE.

The top 10 books were:

1.) Amazing Spider-Man #1, Marvel Comics.

2.) The Walking Dead #132, Image Comics.

3.) Rocket Raccoon #1, Marvel Comics.

4.) Death of Wolverine #1, Marvel Comics.

5.) Death of Wolverine #4, Marvel Comics.

6.) Thor #1, Marvel Comics.

7.) Original Sin #1, Marvel Comics.

8.) Death of Wolverine #2, Marvel Comics.

9.) Death of Wolverine #3, Marvel Comics.

10.) Superior Spider-Man #31, Marvel Comics.

Saga Vol. 3 was the top-seller among trade paperbacks and graphic novels. Image Comics had nine of the top-10 selling trade paperbacks.

THE FLASH: "THE SOUND AND THE FURY"

The CW has released a description for "The Sound and The Fury," the Tuesday, Jan. 27 episode of The Flash.

Here's how the episode is described:

"Dr. Wells' (Tom Cavanagh) former protege, Hartley Rathaway (guest star Andrew Mientus), returns to seek revenge on his mentor after being affected by the particle accelerator explosion. Now able to manipulate sound waves, the brilliant Rathaway is a dangerous threat to both Wells and The Flash (Grant Gustin).

"Meanwhile, Iris (Candice Patton) is thrilled when she's hired by the Central City Picture News as their newest cub reporter. Unfortunately, her editor (guest star Tom Butler) pairs her with aveteran reporter, Mason Bridge (guest star Roger Howarth), who wants nothing to do with her.

"Cisco (Carlos Valdes) recalls his first day on the job at S.T.A.R. Labs when he met Hartley and Caitlin (Danielle Panabaker). Joe (Jesse L. Martin) asks Eddie (Rick Cosnett) for a favor but asks him to keep it a secret from Barry."

The episode was directed by John Showalter and was written by Alison Schapker and Brooke Eikmier.

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DEADPOOL TO DIE IN FINALE

Marvel Comics has announced an extra-sized finale for Deadpool #45 in April, which it claims will be Wade Wilson's 250th overall issue and will feature the death of the character.

Here's how Marvel describes the issue's contents:

"First, Gerry Duggan, Brian Posehn and Mike Hawthorne serve up a 30-page main story as, the villainous Ultimatum finally makes their move. They're coming at Deadpool for revenge -- all of them! And we mean ALL OF THEM. It"s going to be a bloodbath, but Wade's not going down without a fight though.

"Then -- Gerry, Brian and Scott Koblish bring you a long lost, full-length Deadpool tale. Remember that time Deadpool got a hold of the Infinity Gauntlet? No? Don't worry -- we're going to tell you. And yes, you should be very worried that Deadpool now has control over space, time and reality. First order of business? Summoning the entire Marvel Universe for the Roast of Deadpool.

"Finally – a killer (pun intended) line-up of celebrities, comedians and friends of ol' Wade have come to pay tribute to the Merc With a Mouth. Cap off Wade's final adventure with new stories from Paul Scheer and Nick Giovannetti, Scott Aukerman, Ben Acker and Ben Blacker, Jason Mantzoukas, Mike Drucker and more!"

"This is something we've been naturally building towards," Duggan said. "This isn't being done lightly. It always comes down to what we think is right and Marvel has been very kind and gracious with us and let us get away with murder: in a literal sense.

"I have no problem telling you I've always wanted to kill Deadpool and not just kill him but kill him in the way that we are killing him."

BRIEFLY

IMAGE COMICS FIRST LOOKS: For cover and six-page preview of A Voice in the Dark: Get Your Gun #2, arriving in stores on Wednesday, Jan. 14 from Image Comics, CLICK HERE.

JUSTICE LEAGUE CLIP: For a clip from the Justice League: Throne of Atlantis movie, arriving in stores on Tuesday, Jan. 27, CLICK HERE.

ARROW TRAILER: For a trailer for "The Left Behind" episode of The Arrow premiering on The CW on Wednesday, Jan. 21, CLICK HERE.

AGENT CARTER CLIP: For a clip from the "Time & Tide" episode of Marvel's Agent Carter premiering Tuesday on ABC, CLICK HERE.

INFINITE CRISIS PROFILE: For a featurette on Hawkgirl, available on the free-to-play Infinite Crisis MOBA beginning Jan. 21, CLICK HERE.

VERY BRIEFLY: Valiant Entertainment has announced Tom Brennan has been named to the position of associate editor. Brennan worked at Marvel Comics for six years. ... Paul Jenkins is the new writer of Image Comics' Spawn.