WEDNESDAY, MAY 13, 2009
BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD: "LEGENDS OF THE DARK MITE"
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The creators of Batman: The Brave and the Bold make an appearance in "Legends of the Dark Mite," the Friday, May 29 episode airing on Cartoon Network.
The scene -- definitely played for fanboy laughs -- shows Bat-Mite (voiced by Paul Reubens) moderating a panel from a Fifth Dimension convention and fielding questions from a group of Batman-clad audience members.
The panelists are taken from last summer's Brave and the Bold panel at Comic-Con International in San Diego. They're shown sitting in the same positions and wearing the same clothes.
The question asked was cobbled together from "message board haters" and is the creator's defense of the show's more humorous approach.
From left to right, the panelists are Andrea Romano, Dietrich Bader, Michael Chang, Ben Jones, Brandon Vietti, Michael Jelenic, James Tucker and Sam Register.
Paul Dini, who wrote the episode, and longtime Warner Bros. producer Bruce Timm are also in the episode.
Look for more images and clips from the episode soon here in The Continuum.
IRON MAN: ARMORED ADVENTURES: "WHIPLASH"
"Whiplash," a new episode of Iron Man: Armored Adventures, is scheduled to air on Friday on Nictkoons.
Here's how the network describes the episode:
"Pepper Potts sets out to discover who put her father in the hospital. Her father, an FBI agent, had been track a myserious arms dealer named Mister Fix. When Pepper is abducted, Iron Man must save her from Fix's cybernetic hatchet man, Whiplash, all the while trying to hide his true identity from Mister Fix and Pepper."
To the right is a look at model sheet for Whiplash. Click on the thumbnail for a larger image.
Whiplash is voiced by Peter Kelamis.
For a video preview of the episode, CLICK HERE.
IDW'S MEGATRON EXPANSION
IDW Publishing has released details of the expansion of its Transformers: All Hail Megatron series.
Starting with #13 in July, IDW will publishing four monthly issues that will detail with the aftermath of previous 12 issues of the All Hail Megatron series and help set up IDW's next big Transformers storyline.
"The All Hail Megatron series is hugely popular with fans, and for good reason, it's striking off in a bold new direction while showing Transformers to the classic Transformers series," said Andy Schmidt, IDW's Transformers editor. "We decided to do the extension because we didn't want to leave fans hanging, and because we wanted to segue into our upcoming Transformers series."
In Transformers: All Hail Megatron #13, Ironhide and Optimus Prime deal with the fallout of All Hail Megatron, and the Decepticons begin to probe the mysteries of the Autobot Matrix. All Hail Megatron #14 offers a glimpse into the motivations of the traitorous Sunstreaker, while Galvatron undergoes a major transformation, setting up important events to come.
The short stories in Transformers: All Hail Megatron #13-16 feature a team of writers and artists, including Simon Furman, Shane McCarthy, Mike Costa, Andy Schmidt, Denton Tipton, Nick Roche, Zander Cannon, Guido Guidi, Chee, Emiliano Santalucia, Andrew Griffith, Casey Coller and Don Figueroa. Each issue will feature variant covers by the cover artist of the series, Trevor Hutchison.
ARCHIE COMICS FIRST LOOKS
For covers and two- to three-page previews of Archie Comics titles arriving in stores on May 20, CLICK HERE.
Titles include Archie Digest #254 and Jughead #195.
For an interview with Jughead writer Craig Boldman, CLICK HERE.
MARVEL COMICS FIRST LOOKS
For covers and a five-page preview of War of Kings #4 from Marvel Comics, CLICK HERE.
Look for more Marvel First Looks soon here in The Continuum.
JULY SOLICITATIONS ROUNDUP
For previously posted July solicitations, click on the publishers' names below:
* Antarctic Press.
* Aspen Comics.
* Archie Comics.
* Bluewater Productions.
* Bongo Comics.
* BOOM! Studios.
* Dark Horse Comics.
* DC Comics.
* Devil's Due Publishing.
* Dynamite Entertainment.
* IDW Publishing.
* Image Comics.
* Marvel Comics.
* Mercury Comics.
BRIEFLY
* Warner Bros. Home Video has announced a July 21 release for Watchmen on DVD and Blu-ray. The film will be available in standard, Speciel and Director's Cut editions.
* DC Comics has announced an August launch for Batman: The Widening Gyre, a mini-series from Kevin Smith and Walt Flanagan.
The mini-series will run 12 issues total. Six issues will for a first volume and be followed by another six-issue mini-series a half year later.
* According to Variety, Fox has picked up the pilot for Human Target -- based on the DC Comics title -- as a series. Fox will announce its new lineup on Monday and has not confirmed the report.
* According to Variety, Scott Milam will adapt Dark Horse Comics' The Secret for a movie from Universal Pictures. Creator Mike Richardson will produce with Scott Stube.
* Image Comics has announced that Spawn #191 has sold out.
* Jonathan Maberry is the new writer of Marvel Comics' Black Panther beginning with #7 in August.
COMICS CONTINUUM BACK ISSUES
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If you missed The Continuum's coverage over the past month, following are links. Click on the date to get the day's full report.
* Friday, May 8: Dark Horse Comics for August, Marvel Comics First Looks, Image Comics First Looks and BOOM! Studios First Looks.
* Thursday, May 7: Archie Comics First Looks, Top Cow Productions First Looks, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Marvel Super Hero Squad, Iron Man: Armored Adventures and Dear Dracula.
* Wednesday, May 6: IDW Publishing First Looks, Green Lantern: First Flight, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Marvel Super Hero Squad, Deadpool movie, Wolverine and the X-Men, Bluewater Productions for August, DC Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and Stewie Griffin in Bones.
* Tuesday, May 5: Aspen Comics First Looks, Moonstone Books for August, Marvel Super Hero Squad's Jennifer Morrison, Iron Man: Armored Adventures and Marvel Comics roundup.
* Monday, May 4: Kevin Sorbo voices Ka-Zar in Marvel Super Hero Squad, MTV Movie Award nominations, The Simpsons, DC Comics First Looks, Image Comics First Looks and Dynamite Entertainment First Looks.
* Sunday, May 3: X-Men Origins: Wolverine box office.
* Saturday, May 2: X-Men Origins: Wolverine box office.
* Friday, May 1: Marvel Comics First Looks, BOOM! Studios First Looks, Batman: The Brave and the Bold and The Simpsons.
* Thursday, April 30: IDW Publishing First Looks, Image Comics First Looks, Archie Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and Smallville.
* Wednesday, April 29: Dynamite Entertainment for July, Antarctic Press for July, Green Lantern: First Flight and Top Cow Productions First Looks.
* Tuesday, April 28: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men animated, Devil's Due Publishing for July, BOOM! Studios for July, Marvel Comics First Looks and Red 5 Comics First Looks.
* Monday, April 27: IDW Publishing for July, Red 5 Comics for July, Bluewater Productions First Looks, Image Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks, DC Comics First Looks and X-Men DVD.
* Sunday, April 26: Oni Press for July and IDW Publishing First Looks.
* Saturday, April 25: Dollhouse, Family Guy, Smallville, Viper Comics for July and DC Comics First Looks.
* Friday, April 24: Marvel Comics First Looks, BOOM! Studios First Looks, Bluewater Productions First Looks and Aspen Comics for July.
* Thursday, April 23: Heroes, Angel, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Iron Man 2, Bongo Comics for July, Image Comics for July and Mercury Comics for July.
* Wednesday, April 22: X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Smallville, Heroes, The Simpsons, Archie Comics First Looks, Marvel Comics First Looks and Shadowline's Descendant.
* Tuesday, April 21: Marvel Comics for July, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Radical Pubishing for July, Family Guy and DC Comics First Looks.
* Monday, April 20: DC Comics for July, Archie Comics for July, G.I. Joe, X-Men Origins: Wolverine and DC Comics First Looks.
* Sunday, April 19: Iron Man: Armored Adventures.
* Saturday, April 18: The Simpsons, Smallville and DC Comics First Looks.
* Friday, April 17: Top Cow Productions, Marvel Comics First Looks, IDW Publishing First Looks and BOOM! Studios First Looks.
* Thursday, April 16: Batman: The Brave and the Bold, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Iron Man: Armored Adventures, DC Comics First Looks and Marvel Comics First Looks.
* Wednesday, April 15: Image Comics First Looks, Smallville, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Marvel Comics First Looks, Archie Comics First Looks and DC Comics First Looks.
* Tuesday, April 14: Top Cow Productions roundup, Lauren Shuler Donner talks X-Men: First Class, Hellboy II: The Golden Army on Cinemax, Marvel Comics roundup, DC Comics roundup and DC Comics First Looks.
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