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Byrne) Thundercats: Hammerhand's Revenge TPB (Fiona Avery) Wonder Woman: Challenge of The Gods TPB (George Perez) November 2004 Arkham Asylum HC (Grant Morrison) Authority Vol. 2: Harsh Realities TPB (Robbie Morrison) Batman: As The Crow Flies TPB (Judd Winick) Batman: Detective No. 27 TPB (Michael Uslan) Batman: Hush Vol. 2 TPB (Jeph Loeb) Devlin Waugh: Swimming in Blood TPB (John Smith) ElfQuest: The Grand Quest Vol. 5 TPB (Richard Pini/Wendy Pini) Fables: March of The Wooden Soldiers TPB (Bill Willingham) Golden Age Sandman Archives Vol. 1 HC (Gardner Fox) JSA: Savage Times TPB (Geoff Johns) Lovecraft HC (Hans Rodionoff/Keith Giffen/Enrique Breccia) Milo Manara's Odysseys of Giuseppe Bergman TPB (Milo Manara) My Faith in Frankie TPB (Mike Carey) Plastic Man Archives Vol. 6 HC (Jack Cole) Plastic Man: On The Lam TPB (Kyle Baker) Red Razors TPB (Mark Millar) Sandman Mystery Theater: The Face TPB (Matt Wagner) Son of The Gun TPB (Alexandro Jodorowsky) Superman: Birthright HC (Mark Waid) Superman: Man of Tomorrow Archives Vol. 1 HC (Jerry Siegel) Superman: True Brit HC (Kim Johnson) Teen Titans: Family Lost TPB (Geoff Johns) Teen Titans Go!: Truth, Justice, Pizza! Vol. 1 Digest (J. Torres) Teen Titans Go!: Heroes on Patrol Vol. 2 Digest (J. Torres) December 2004 Catwoman: Relentless TPB (Ed Brubaker) DC Comics Rarities Archive Vol. 1 HC ElfQuest Archives Vol. 2 HC (Richard Pini/Wendy Pini) Green Lantern: Legacy - The Last Will and Testament of Hal Jordan TPB (Joe Kelly) Hawkman Archives Vol. 2 HC (Gardner Fox) Jimmy Olsen Vol. 2: Adventures by Jack Kirby TPB (Jack Kirby) JLA: The 10th Circle TPB (Chris Claremont) Spirit Archives Vol. 15 HC (Will Eisner) Superman/Batman: Return of Supergirl HC (Jeph Loeb) January 2005 Batman: The World's Finest Comics Archives Volume 2 HC DC: The New Frontier Vol. 1 TPB (Darwyn Cooke) Doom Patrol Archives Vol. 2 HC (Arnold Drake) ElfQuest: The Grand Quest Vol. 6 TPB (Richard Pini/Wendy Pini) Justice League of America: Another Nail TPB (Alan Davis) Superman: For Tomorrow HC (Brian Azzarello) T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents: Archives Vol. 5 HC (Wally Wood) COMIX-FAN NEWS BRIEFS - JULY 11, 2004 NEWSFLASH! Sony has created an Official Website for the Spider- Man 2 Score. The site includes track listings and music samples, as well as the cover for the album. NEWSFLASH! Producer Tony Adams and Marvel Comics are looking to fashion Spider-Man into a musical, Variety reports. If all goes as planned, book writer would be Neil Jordan, and songwriters Bono and the Edge of U2. Julie Taymor is on board to direct. NEWSFLASH! Fans of Spider-Man 2 can watch a spoof of the film at Yahoo! Movies, as Spider-Man battles Doctor Octopus in a world comprised solely of LEGO pieces. The four-minute short, titled The Peril of Doc Ock, was created by Spite Your Face Productions, whose previous work includes the LEGO sequence from the Monty Python and the Holy Grail DVD and the Star Wars LEGO short, The Han Solo Affair. NEWSFLASH! Spider-Man 2 has been racking up box office records like crazy. Among the records amassed so far are: The biggest first six days ever with $180.1 million, surpassing The Matrix Reloaded, which earned $146.9 million. The top 4th of July opening in history with $88.3 million from Friday to Sunday, passing Men in Black II, which earned $52.1 million. The three-day total is also the biggest opening weekend ever for the month of July, passing Austin Powers in Goldmember, which earned $73.1 million. Spider-Man 2 surpassed the $200 million mark in eight days, with an 8-day total of $202.12 million, beating the previous record of nine days set by Spider-Man. NEWSFLASH! Sam Raimi recently spoke with the Irish Examiner, saying he was "flabbergasted" with the record-breaking box office of Spider-Man 2. Raimi said he and his brother were currently working on the story for Spider-Man 3, saying "We were working on it at the hotel last night and this morning. But I don't know what is going to happen yet." NEWSFLASH! Hellboy director Guillermo del Toro provided a quick update on the official Hellboy message board. Del Toro wrote that the Director's Cut DVD will come out in November, with three discs, all the same extras (minus the original commentary track), and with an extra disc full of features. He said the disc has his preferred cut and a new commentary track, and the special box edition will have a Sideshow Hellboy mini-bust. As for Hellboy 2, del Toro wrote, "The storyline for it has been approved Revolution and we are now clear to start the script." NEWSFLASH! USA Today spoke to I, Robot star Shia LaBeouf at the film's premiere, where he discussed possibly playing Jimmy Olsen in the new Superman movie. In the interview, LaBeouf said, "I met with McG today and talked about Jimmy Olsen and who's going to be playing who. The production's so locked down they said I can't even take the script home. I have to go to Warner Bros. to read it and then leave it there." LeBeouf did reveal several pieces of casting info, saying Jake Gyllenhaal is apparently no longer in the running for Superman and that "They're going to go with an unknown." He also added that McG is trying to lure Scarlett Johansson for Lois Lane and Johnny Depp for Lex Luthor. NEWSFLASH! The first teaser trailer for Warner Bros. Batman Begins will be shown with 20th Century Fox's I, Robot, Cinescape reports. I, Robot hits theaters on July 16, and Cinescape reports that the trailer will run at one minute, five seconds. NEWSFLASH! Ian McKellen posted an update on X-Men 3 in his latest Epost. McKellen wrote, "I hear positive news about the second sequel, which is likely to include Magneto. The start date, considering Bryan Singer's other commitments, couldn't be much before September 2005. There is as yet no script nor am I signed up." COMIX-FAN NEWS BRIEFS - JULY 17, 2004 NEWSFLASH! Empire Online recently spoke with Avi Arad about The Fantastic Four, where he described the film as a "funny, high adventure," confirming rumors that the movie will be primarily a comedy. "Buy you are going to tear up too. It's a bittersweet comedy." He also said, "Dr. Doom is going to be amazing.... Human, and serious." Empire Online also spoke with Ioan Gruffudd, who has been cast as Reed Richards. Gruffudd revealed that he hasn't seen a script for the film yet. Gruffudd revealed that the costumes will remain true to the comic, saying costumes will be a traditional, Spandex, blue Lycra suit with black leather boots, and that he will have Reed's traditional graying temples after he gains his superpowers. NEWSFLASH! Newcomer Erica Durance has landed the role of Lois Lane on the WB series Smallville, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. According to the trade, Durance will play Lois as a college freshman with no interest in journalism who comes to Smallville to investigate the death of her cousin, Chloe Sullivan. Sci Fi Wire has learned that Durance is contracted for 13 episodes, with the possibility of more if her character works well within the context of the show. Executive producer Miles Millar said at the WB's fall press preview that the Lana/Clark relationship has been "strip-mined," so they wanted to bring in some new faces and reenergize the romance in the show and get some new triangles going. Millar said that Durance just shot her first scene with Tom Welling, and the chemistry was "just awesome." Meanwhile, Jensen Ackles has been added to the cast as a regular. He will play the stubbornly independent heir to a rich Metropolis financial firm who becomes romantically involved with Lana. NEWSFLASH! Sci Fi Wire spoke with Smallville executive producer Miles Millar at the WB's fall press preview on the upcoming fourth season, getting a number of updates. Millar confirmed that Tom Welling will be seen flying in the season premiere, saying though "He doesn't fly as Clark. He flies as Kal-El. The first episode is all about visualizing the internal fight between Clark and Kal-El." Millar also revealed that Clark will discover a new power this year, though it will not be flight. Millar said the upcoming season will focus on Clark's senior year of high school, saying, "Clark Kent, at the end of this year, will really graduate. And we're introducing a whole new mythology as well that will involve Lana, Lex and Clark. And at the end of the season we pay off something that is huge in the Superman mythology. It all leads towards something. Diehard fans of the mythology will realize what it is pretty quickly, others won't." NEWSFLASH! 20th Century Fox has moved the release date for Elektra up from February 18 to January 14, 2005. NEWSFLASH! Jason Isaacs confirmed that he has filmed a small role for Elektra in an interview with About.com. Watch out for spoilers, though, as the actor describes his role in some detail in the interview. NEWSFLASH! X3movie.net has new quotes form production designer Guy Dyas about the use of the Danger Room in the X-Men movies. Dyas said he completed a very unique design for it that would allow Bryan Singer to do "all sorts of crazy things with the action, stunts and visual effects." He said he storyboarded the sequence with Adam Kubert. He planned to have Wolverine training in the Danger Room in X2, and that the set was half built and Hugh Jackman was trained and ready to go, though "production simply ran out of time." NEWSFLASH! Rebecca Romijn-Stamos will return as Mystique in X-Men 3, News.com.au, reports. Romijn-Stamos said, "I know because I signed on for a third, beginning in May, is what I heard." NEWSFLASH! Michelle Forbes has landed the central role of the mysterious Miranda Zero in Global Frequency, a midseason drama pilot for the WB Network, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Global Frequency is based on the DC Comics series by Warren Ellis. KryptonSite also reports that Aimee Garcia has been cast in the role of Aleph. NEWSFLASH! Spider-Man 2 will indeed open in select IMAX theaters on July 23. The IMAX Website has a full listing of which theaters the film will be playing in. NEWSFLASH! Maria Bello is in talks to star opposite Viggo Mortensen in New Line Cinema's A History of Violence, The Hollywood Reporter reports. The film is based on John Wagner and Vince Locke's graphic novel, and was adapted by Josh Olson and will be directed by David Cronenberg. Viggo Mortensen plays a father who receives unwanted national attention for a seemingly vigilante-style self-defense killing at his diner. Bello would play his wife. NEWSFLASH! Writer/director David Goyer recently answered some fan questions on the official Blade Trinity Message Board. Among the topics discussed, Goyer mentioned the following information: Goyer has talked with the studio about a possible Blade 4 and Nightstalkers spinoff movie, saying "Anything's possible." Goyer doubts Wesley Snipes will star in Black Panther, saying that "He's already so entrenched as Blade that another Marvel hero might be overkill." Goyer would definitely not be involved in a Daredevil sequel, saying "any sequels from here on out would be from films of my own." There will definitely be a boxed set of the three Blade films, probably around a year after Blade Trinity comes out. Goyer wrote, "We've tossed around the idea of Norrington, del Toro, and myself doing a joint commentary for all three films." Goyer hasn't been approached at all for the new Superman film, though he did write, "But I am talking to Warners about another potential DC property..." "Deadpool is on hold right now. I will definitely be doing another movie with Ryan [Reynolds] and Jess [Biel] (possibly with both of them in the same film). We're talking about various possibilities." "Will I do comics again? Some day. Probably with my buddy Geoff Johns." X-MEN'S SINGER FLIES OVER TO SUPERMAN According to various sources including Variety, Warner Bros. Pictures' upcoming Superman movie project has nabbed director Bryan Singer (X-Men, X2: X-Men United) for production that is expected to begin later this year. The much talked about Superman silver screen revival has experienced many a change in its cast and crew that go back several long years of fan anticipation. Production names that have been attached to the project in the past include screenwriter Kevin Smith (Jersey Girl), director Wolfgang Petersen (Troy), and most recently, director McG (Charlie's Angels movies). After McG left due to the time-honoured creative differences, Warner Bros. was faster than a speeding bullet to tap Singer for the project. Exactly whose script Singer will work from now in directing the Superman movie is still unconfirmed. But he is expected to bring along with him his two X2 cohorts, screenwriters and self- admitted comic fanboys, Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris. Whether or not this means Singer, Dougherty, and Harris will remain involved with the third X-Men installment is still unclear. Though, if Fox insists on a Summer 2006 release, it seems unlikely because of the scheduling conflicts that would occur. "My interest in Superman dates back many, many years," said Singer, "I feel that Superman has been late in his return and it is time for him to fly again." +++++ From the DC Comics Online Newsletter at http://www.dccomics.com THE VILLAGE VOICE REVIEWS GOTHAM CENTRAL AND IT'S A BIRD July 14th, 2004 - "A dark, vengeful enigma, Batman has terrorized the underworld of Gotham City for 65 years. In the new graphic novel Gotham Central, he's more akin to a black hole-an unseen but implacable force perturbing the urban dystopia. Like the title characters in Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, who bumble through an existence defined only by their brief interactions with Hamlet, Gotham's cops see their leading man as more than a trifle nuts. World-weary from slogging after kidnappers, thieves, and murderers, Gotham's finest are outgunned when an arch-criminal like Mr. Freeze wreaks spectacular mayhem. The cops grimly pursue these "wacko costumed freak[s]," resenting that only "The Bat," with his secret fortune and preternatural invincibility, can finally vanquish them." "Teddy Kristiansen's kaleidoscopic watercolor styles-emulating everything from Attic vases to lo-res photojournalism-deftly track the characters' flights of fantasy and depressions. Icons bear our hopes and ideals, and through this personal story Seagle broadens Superman's shoulders just a little bit more." To read the entire article click here. http://www.dccomics.com/news/%3cbr%3e%3cbr%3ehttp:/www.villagevoi ce.com/print/issues/0428/baker.php THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS WINS 2004 LOCUS AWARD July 14th, 2004 - The winners of the 2004 Locus Awards have been named, with Neil Gaiman's THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS from VERTIGO taking the award for "Nonfiction/Art" title. DC ONLINE ANNOUNCES SEARCHABLE GRAPHIC NOVELS CATALOG July 14th, 2004 - DC Online is proud to announce the launch of an expanded and SEARCHABLE Graphic Novels and Collection Editions Section of the DC Comics, Wildstorm, and Vertigo sites. For many months, we've been hard at work behind the scenes to fill out the backlist information for all of your favorite DC, WildStorm, Vertigo, Paradox and MAD titles. There are now over 700 entries, most of which include downloadable excerpts of interior art! That's thousands of pages of comics art - absolutely free to you. And, best of all, you don't have to go searching through long lists trying to find your favorite graphic novel or artist. For the first time ever, the Graphic Novels section is fully searchable. To check out the new digs, visit the Graphic Novels section now! DC ONLINE ANNOUNCES DC DISPATCH NEWSLETTER July 14th, 2004 - Hey, wouldn't it be great if you could get a list of DC, WildStorm, and Vertigo titles that are hitting stores this week, delivered right to your email inbox? Now you can! DC Online is pleased to announce the imminent arrival of the DC DISPATCH, a weekly email newsletter that will do just that! But that's not all .... the DISPATCH will also clue you in to news about upcoming projects, new stuff on the Web site, and more! CARTOON NETWORK AND DC COMICS ANNOUNCE COLLABORATION July 19th, 2004 - Cartoon Network and DC Comics, a Warner Bros. Entertainment company, have entered a partnership that will bring innovative and high-quality new items to the collectors' market. DC Direct, a leading source for character collectibles, will produce, market and distribute new collectibles featuring characters from Cartoon Network's massive and growing library of animated favorites. Planned for release in 2005 are cold-cast porcelain statues featuring: Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy, the highly rated, rollicking comedy about three best friends who share the same first name Megas XLR , a new comedic action/adventure series about two normal guys, a female warrior from the future and their 80-foot- tall robot Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, the whimsical comedy from Craig McCracken, creator of The Powerpuff Girls. Other Cartoon Network properties to get the DC Direct treatment will be announced as they are closer to development. "Cartoon Network first launched into the collectibles space in 2001," said John Friend, Senior Vice President of Cartoon Network Enterprises. "Working with DC Direct, the leader in collectible products, expands our reach, quality and breadth of product into the marketplace." "This partnership broadens the reach of DC Direct's product line and provides us with a whole new universe to play with," says Cheryl Rubin, DC's Senior Vice President - Brand Management. "We are delighted to collaborate with our colleagues at Cartoon Network on bringing their wonderful treasure trove of characters to collectors." The initial wave of developmental concepts for the statues will make their debut on display at Comic-Con International: San Diego, July 21-25, at the DC Direct area of the DC Comics booth. Collectors will be able to view varying stages of creating a statue from concept drawings to painted prototype. These items will be offered to the comics specialty market and other markets simultaneously. +++++ From The SCOOP! at http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/ Action #1 To Be Auctioned With Opening Bid at Ten Cents! Industry News, Scoop, Friday, July 16, 2004 One of the finest copies of the fabled Action #1 comic book, the book that introduced Superman, is being offered at eBay auction by Lelands.com, the celebrated New York-based sports and pop culture auction house. The comic comes from The Charlie Sheen Collection. The actor obtained it in the mid-1980s from noted comic dealer Robert Rogovin, and it has been in his possession ever since. It has been graded a remarkable 6.5 (Fine+), with Slight Professional restoration (SP), by industry leader Comics Guaranty, LLC (www.cgccomics.com). So impressed were the people at CGC, in fact, that they have offered to display it at their booth at the San Diego Comic-Con show, which runs from July 22-25. Comic-Con is the leading comic book show annually in the US. The auction itself will begin at 7 p.m. PDT (10 p.m. EDT), on Sunday, July 18, 2004, and will end the Wednesday following the Comic-Con Show, (http://www.comic-con.org), July 28, at 7 p.m. PDT (10 p.m. EDT). It can be found on eBay by going to the seller site "Lelands.com." The comic will have an opening bid of 10 cents - the original cover price! "This is one of the ten best copies of this classic ever graded by CGC," noted Joshua Leland Evans, the founder and chairman of Lelands.com. "The comic will come with a letter of authenticity identifying it as the one and only 'Sheen Copy,' and that will make this one of the most special Action #1's out there. Action #1 is the most desired comic book in the world, and the 'Sheen Copy' may become one of the most coveted of the species." DST To Announce New Line at Comic-Con International Industry News, Scoop, Friday, July 16, 2004 Diamond Select Toys and Collectibles, LLC. (DST) will announce its next exciting collectibles line - based on all-new, original concepts by one of the comic book industry's leading creators - during a press conference held at the toy manufacturer's booth (Booth #2401) at Comic-Con International: San Diego on Friday, July 23 at 1:00 p.m. "We're joining forces with one of the comics industry's premier talents, which is big news - so big, in fact, that we're going to reveal it at one of North America's largest pop culture-related trade shows," said Diamond Select Toys and Collectibles Sales and Marketing Coordinator Scott Braden. "As for the details behind this announcement, both representatives of the media and fans attending this year's Comic-Con International: San Diego will learn more when they stop by our booth at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, July 23." Please note that during the press conference, a full-color, limited-edition print will be unveiled to the public based on designs of a forthcoming collectible release from the line. 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