Comic Book Resources: SOLD OUT “BLUE BEETLE” #1 GOES BACK TO PRESS
Now what did I tell you…
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SOLD OUT “BLUE BEETLE” #1 GOES BACK TO PRESS
by John Reha, Guest Writer
Posted: April 6, 2006
Official Press Release
BLUE
BEETLE #1, the premiere issue of the new series written by Keith Giffen
& John Rogers and illustrated by Cully Hamner, has sold out at DC
Comics and is going back to press for a new printing!
BLUE BEETLE #1 Second
Printing (FEB068133) will feature a preliminary, black and white
version of the original cover by Hamner, and is scheduled to arrive in
stores on May 3.To ensure delivery on
May 3 retailers must place orders by Sunday, April 23; please note that
quantities will be limited and may sell out before April 23.Retailers may order the
issue by contacting their Diamond Customer Service Representative or DC
Sales Representative, or by email at reorders@diamondcomics.com.
Upcoming issues of BLUE BEETLE are available as follows:
* BLUE BEETLE #2 (FEB060260) is available for advance reorder and is scheduled to arrive in stores on April 26.
* BLUE BEETLE #3 (MAR060313) is solicited in the March Previews (Vol. XVI #3) and is scheduled to arrive in stores on May 24.
* BLUE BEETLE #4 (APR060206) is solicited in the April Previews (Vol. XVI #4) and is scheduled to arrive in stores on 6/28.
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Comic Book Resources: FIRST SCREEN SHOTS FROM “JUSTICE LEAGUE HEROES” GAME
This looks like fun, I just might have something to play on Xbox afterall…
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FIRST SCREEN SHOTS FROM “JUSTICE LEAGUE HEROES” GAME
by Jonah Weiland, Executive Producer
Posted: April 6, 2006
Warner Bros. has provided CBR News with two screenshots from the
upcoming “Justice League Heroes” video game. This follows the release
earlier this week of a teaser trailer for the game that just whetted fans appettites for more. We’ve got the images below as well as a fact sheet from the game.
FACT SHEET
GAME OVERVIEW
Justice League Heroes, published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, is
an action game with role playing customization featuring DC Comics’ most powerful
and renowned team of super heroes. For the first time ever on current generation
consoles, 1-2 players can play as Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash,
Green Lantern, Zatanna and Martian Manhunter – plus other unlockable super heroes
- together to save the world against a legion of notorious DC Comics’ villains.
Developed by Snowblind Studios?, the game employs the fourth generation of their
renowned current generation console technology and also includes a detailed visual
style, an intense cooperative combat system, customizable super powers unique
to each character and an engaging storyline by Emmy Award-winning writer Dwayne
McDuffie.
STORY
Brainiac and his villain cronies have developed a master plan to conquer the
world and eliminate the Justice League forever. Using the extraordinary super
powers and expert fighting techniques of Batman, Superman, Green Lantern, The
Flash, Wonder Woman and other favorite DC Comics super heroes, players must join
the Justice League to ultimately save humanity from Brainiac’s destruction and
the even darker forces that are lurking in the universe.
FEATURES
? 7 playable super heroes, plus other unlockable characters, each with unique
super powers and combat styles based on the iconic characters? Compelling gameplay featuring both hand-to-hand and air-to-ground cooperative,
combat using a vast arsenal of character-specific super powers? Rich and diverse visual style throughout multiple gameplay levels boasting
high quality graphics and interactive, destructible environments? Engaging storyline from award-winning comic and animation writer Dwayne McDuffie
told through in-game banter and 3D cinematic cut scenes? Unique upgradable system allows players to customize and enhance their favorite
super powers resulting in specialized controls and fighting-styles
PLATFORMS: Xbox?, PlayStation?2, PSP?
GENRE: Action
AVAILIBILITY: Fall 2006
PUBLISHER: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment – WB Games
DEVELOPER: Snowblind Studios
JUSTICE LEAGUE HEROES Software ? 2006 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All other
elements ? 2006 DC Comics. SNOWBLIND STUDIOS is a registered trademark of
Snowblind Studios, Inc. “PSP” is a trademark and “PlayStation” and the “PS”
Family logo are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Memory
Stick DuoTM may be required (sold separately). Microsoft and Xbox are either
trademarks or registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the U.S. and/or
other countries and are used under license from Microsoft. All other trademarks
and copyrights are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.
JUSTICE LEAGUE HEROES and all related characters and elements are trademarks
of and ? DC Comics.
Comic Book Resources: PUNISHER 2, HELLBOY 2, X-MEN 3, SMALLVILLE: APRIL 6TH COMIC REEL WRAP
Filed under: Comic Book Movie\TV News, From the Blogverse
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PUNISHER 2, HELLBOY 2, X-MEN 3, SMALLVILLE: APRIL 6TH COMIC REEL WRAP
by Hannibal Tabu, Staff Writer
Posted: April 6, 2006
HELLBOY 2IESB talked to actor Doug Jones
(better known as Abe Sapien) about the upcoming sequel. “Doug reveals
that while shooting Pan’s Labyrinth in Spain, del Toro stated that Abe
will indeed have more screen time and that this time he gets a chance
to fight some baddies. He admits that he has not yet read the script
but that Guillermo promises that Abe will be on an equal playing level
with Hellboy.”
PUNISHER 2
Despite earlier reports that they’re still working on a script, Moviehole claims that “‘Punisher 2′ is a go, and should be in theatres next year.”
X-MEN 3
Latino Review has all three clips shown on Fox TV Monday night.
SMALLVILLE
What does the legal dispute between the Siegels and DC mean for everybody’s favorite farm town? CBR’s own Brian Cronin has all the answers in an in-depth legal analysis.
Meanwhile, Devoted to Smallville (registration required) and Kryptonsite both have preview images from the April 20th episode, “Mercy.”
CNN.com – Sources: McKinney case heading to grand jury – Apr 6, 2006
For crying out loud. Don’t we have anything else better to do?? Just have the two of them shake hands and forget about it…
CNN.com – Sources: McKinney case heading to grand jury – Apr 6, 2006
Sources: McKinney case heading to grand jury
Question is whether to charge lawmaker in confrontation with police
Reuters.com: Pentagon says improper data in security database
Funny how news of this got quiet so fast…
Politics News Article | Reuters.com
Pentagon says improper data in security database
Wed Apr 5, 2006 1:36 PM ETBy Will Dunham
WASHINGTON
(Reuters) – The Pentagon said on Wednesday an internal review launched
after revelations that it had collected data on U.S. peace activists
found that some information stored in a database of possible terrorist
threats should not have been kept there.Pentagon spokesman Bryan
Whitman said that “less than 2 percent” of the more than 13,000 entries
in the database provided through the so-called Talon reporting system
“should not have been there or should have been removed at a certain
point in time.”Whitman declined to state the nature of these
entries or the people they involved, noting that the contents of the
database were classified.In disclosing results of the internal
review, Whitman also said the Pentagon was putting in place new
safeguards and oversight intended to prevent data from being improperly
stored in the database.The review was announced in December
after revelations that the database, a repository of data on potential
terrorist threats to Pentagon personnel or facilities, included
information on American citizens including peace activists and others
who did not represent a genuine security threat.The Pentagon is
legally restricted in the types of information it can gather about
activities and individuals inside the United States.Under the
Talon system, Defense Department personnel, both civilian and military,
are asked to report on activities they deem suspicious. These reports
are placed in the Cornerstone database, handled by a Pentagon agency
called the Counterintelligence Field Activity, or CIFA.Some
critics have pointed to similarities in the Pentagon’s activities
during the Iraq War and those of the Vietnam War period, when it spied
on antiwar activists.“If the Pentagon has been collecting
information improperly on Americans, it should provide a full
accounting of what kind of information it collected, on whom and why,
subject only perhaps to protecting the privacy of individuals,” said
Kate Martin, director of the Center for National Security Studies, a
civil liberties advocacy organization interested in government
surveillance.“It’s only with that kind of full accounting that
you can have any assurance that the practice has stopped and will be
prevented,” Martin added.
Comic Book Resources: UNDERDOG, THOR, CONAN: MARCH 31ST COMIC REEL WRAP
Now this is all interesting news
Comic Book Resources – CBR News – The Comic Reel
UNDERDOG
According to Variety
(subscription required), Peter Dinklage has signed on to play the bad
guy in Walt Disney Pictures and Spyglass Entertainment’s “Underdog.”
Live-action version of the popular kids cartoon starts shooting April
10 in Rhode Island under the helm of Frederik Du Chau.
THOR
There’s a story at Hollywood.com
that claims that John Travolta’s nephew Rikki Lee Travolta has
reportedly landed the role of “Thor” in an upcoming film adaptation of
the Marvel comic book character. A director for the Thor film has yet
to be announced but “Batman Begins” screenwriter David Goyer, who is
penning the script, has shown interest in taking charge of the project.
CONAN
Cinescape
has a note from a Warner Brothers executive saying, “The only thing I
can tell you at this time is that the WB does want more than one Conan
film since the property is seen as a franchise which has spawned toys,
comic books, video games etc. I can also tell you that if Arnold wants
to make two more ‘Conan’ films, we will gladly make that deal happen.”
X-MEN 3
XMenFilms has a new interview
with director Brett Ratner, who answered fan questions, reinforcing the
idea that the franchise has come to a crossroads. “‘X-Men: The Last
Stand’ is part of a trilogy, so it was my goal to have this film work
as a finale to the other 2 films. Bryan and the actors created a
wonderful tone, and my job was to keep that tone consistent and focus
on the performances and the emotion of the new story.”
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