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New ‘The Avengers’ TV Spot Featuring Iron Man !!!

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Check out this awesome new TV Spot featuring Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man.  The positive buzz surrounding this movie is suffocating, so I’m sure I’ll like what I see when ‘The Avengers’ is released on May 4, 2012.  What’s your favorite Marvel movie so far?  For me it’s a tie between Thor and the first Iron Man film.  Let us know what you think in the comments section below.

-Synopsis: Marvel Studios presents in association with Paramount Pictures “Marvel’s The Avengers”–the Super Hero team up of a lifetime, featuring iconic Marvel Super Heroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as S.H.I.E.L.D., finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.

Starring Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner and Samuel L. Jackson, and directed by Joss Whedon, “Marvel’s The Avengers” is based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series “The Avengers,” first published in 1963 and a comics institution ever since. Prepare yourself for an exciting event movie, packed with action and spectacular special effects, when “Marvel’s The Avengers” assemble in summer 2012. In “Marvel’s The Avengers,” superheroes team up to pull the world back from the brink of disaster when an unexpected enemy threatens global security.

-Source:  Collider


First Look at Frank Quitely’s BATMAN, INCORPORATED #1 Variant !!!

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DC Comics caught me off guard this morning. We’re all looking forward to the new BATMAN, INCORPORATED series. Grant Morrison and Chris Burnham are going to deliver big things but today DC exclusively revealed the Frank Quitely variant for the first issue.

It may not fully reflect what’s going on inside. It may be a simple image of Batman and Robin. But it just looks so good.

BATMAN, INCORPORATED is on sale May 23, 2012.

GO GO Power Rangers as they take over MetaCon 2012 …..

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MetaConMedia Release — MetaCon 2012, the newest and hottest comic, sci-fi, and anime con to come to Minneapolis is excited to announce stars of Power Rangers: Time Force and Power Rangers: Wild Force, Jason Faunt and Jessica Rey, will be appearing at the 2012 Meta Convention. MetaCon will gather thousands of fans of TV, comics, sci-fi, anime, and popular culture at the Doubletree by Hilton in Bloomington, Minnesota for a three-day weekend celebrating fan culture. Jason and Jessica will be joined by numerous other guests soon to be announced, in addition to previously announced anime-star Todd Haberkorn and Internet hacker YTCracker. MetaCon lasts for three days, from August 31 to September 2, 2012.

Jason Faunt was born outside of Chicago, IL. After years of playing college and then a brief stint in pro baseball he hung up the cleats and decided to move out to L.A. to pursue a longtime dream of becoming an actor.  Initially having some success on the commercial and print side Jason started doing bit work on soap operas which led to his role of ‘Kane’ on Port Charles and ‘Carson’ on Passions. Soon after he booked the lead as the Red Ranger on Power Rangers Time Force, playing two different characters, one from both the present and the future.

Since Power Rangers Jason has had continued success on both the commercial and print side; along with co-Producing and starring in  his own film that appeared and received festival acclaim in several national festivals. The film is entitled ‘Pact’.

The past year Jason has been working in the motion capture world as the lead character in a yet to be released video game franchise. Until they announce it we are not able to say any more. Stay tuned for that announcement later this year. Jason resides in Newport Coast, CA with his wife Stephanie and two daughters Keira and Makayla. Ages 6 and 4

Jessica Rey was raised in Orange County, where she graduated from Cal State Fullerton with her BA in Business. Immediately upon graduation, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her MBA at Loyola Marymount University. She began working as an actress, appearing in numerous national television commercial campaigns, including Kellogg’s, Jeep, Nokia, T-Mobile, and Gillette.

While finishing her MBA, she landed the role as Alyssa, the White Power Ranger on Power Rangers Wild Force. She has made guest appearances on Days of Our Lives, The Young & the Restless, The Stones, General Hospital, Las Vegas, and Rules of Engagement. Jessica currently designs her own line of vintage-inspired swimsuits: www.ReySwimwear.com and is producing her own television series.

MetaCon is a multi-genre fan convention that brings together every fan culture for an exciting weekend filled with autograph sessions, costume contests, tournaments, and events. Fans of anime will be treated with signings and panels from voice actors, while fans of music can enjoy concerts and DJs. Steampunk fans can get tips from professional costumers, and technophiles can talk about the gadgets they love. All types of geeks will come together for one of the largest three-day conventions to ever draw people to Minneapolis. Registration for MetaCon is just $25 in advance for attendees, and can be found online at http://www.metaconvention.com/

 

What Happened After RAW – Cenas Birthday Bash !!!

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Credit: Charles Cress & PW Torch

After RAW went off the air, they set up the dark main event.

John Cena & WWE champion C.M. Punk beat Chris Jericho & Kane. During the match, Punk did some more funny staggering and saluted John Laurinaitis.

After the match, WWE threw John Cena a birthday party. Vince McMahon, Triple H, and the wrestlers in street clothes came out to sing Happy Birthday to Cena. Great Khali sang solo. The Divas then came out for a “pig pile” on Cena.

Marvel Anime DVD Giveaway !!!

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Comics and anime, some feel they could go hand-in-hand and others feel they should remain separate. Marvel Television, Sony Pictures Entertainment Japan (SPEJ) and Madhouse have recently shown us that the two can be combined. Those with the cable network, G4, are fully aware of what these shows are like.

Each DVD includes 12 episodes and bonus features. The X-Men anime picks up with the team getting back together after they went their separate ways following the death of one of their teammates. Iron Man has Tony Stark arriving in Japan with the plan to get closer to world peace by building an Arc Reactor which will provide limitless (and free) energy to the world. Obviously his plan to retire from being Iron Man won’t last long.

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment have provided us with some copies to give away. We have three sets and we’ll make this easy. In the comments below, tell us what Marvel character you feel is best suited for being re-imagined in an anime style. It could be any of the characters that have already received anime series or it could be one that you’re hoping to see someday in this form.

  • Three winners will be chosen at random.
  • One entry per person.
  • And our lawyers insist the contest is open only to those in the United States. (Yes it’s a bummer but our hands are tied by all the legal red tape).
  • The contest will begin immediately and end Sunday, April 29, 2012 at midnight PT.

Here’s a clip from each to whet your appetite.

I’ll post my thoughts on the episodes in the next couple days.

Marvel Announces New Digital Storefront, Free Digital Comics With In-Store Purchase

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Earlier today Marvel unveiled their Marvel Digital Comics Shop, the latest place where you can purchase your Marvel comics digitally on both your iOS and Android tablet. But wait, it gets better. Marvel also unveiled plans to make all their super hero comic books priced at $3.99 available for download digitally for free with the purchase of said comic. That means that every $3.99 Marvel comic book, starting in June, will include a code for free download using one of Marvel’s various platforms.

Then, come June – all Marvel super hero comics priced at $3.99 at your local comic shop will include codes for free digital copies of those same issues on the Marvel Comics app for Apple iOS and Android devices, the Marvel Digital Comics Shop and the Comics by comiXology app and web store all at no extra cost! That’s right, the most-talked-about comics in the industry—including Avengers, Captain America, Invincible Iron Man, Mighty Thor,Amazing Spider-Man. Wolverine & The X-Men and more—will come packed with a code to ensure fans have the most critically acclaimed stories with them anytime, anywhere.

The fact that these books will be available for download for free with in-store purchase is a pretty big deal and makes Marvel appear to support local comic shops. So will this change digital comics? Well, it will certainly put an edge of DC Comics, who started their day and date digital initiative last September, but continue to charge an additional dollar for their digital comics — even if you’ve already purchased the hard copy. What do you think about Marvel’s new digital storefront? Do you think that by giving the digital comic away will make Marvel books appear more enticing to readers? Does this influence the way you view digital comic books?

A Behind The Scenes Look of “The Avengers” Featuring Scarlett Johansson !

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We’re now less than two weeks away from the release of Marvel Studio’s ‘The Avengers,’ starring Chris Hemsworth, Robert Downey Jr. and Scarlett Johansson.  Here’s a behind the scenes look featuring the Black Widow herself.  Let us know what you think in the comments section below.

The Avengers Assembled… A SuperHero In Every Aisle — at Target !!!

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A new Target ad campaign titled “A Superhero in Every Aisle” has assembled the  Avengers from a wide variety of household objects, ranging from action  figures to pencils to an inordinate number of Dr. Pepper cans with their logos  prominently on display. Product placement… too strong… to resist! Much like  the recent line of super-cool kids toys, the ad campaign unfortunately omits  the only female member of the line-up (along with Hawkeye), so I guess we’ll  never know what Scarlett Johansson would look like if she were made out of golf  balls and iPods. Read on to the see the rest, which are admittedly pretty  cool-looking. [via Gizmodo, Nerd Approved]

Tags:   target  – the avengers – the avengers  movie – TheAvengers – TheAvengersMovie

Read More:  http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/04/23/avengers-target-ads-assembled/#ixzz1suJKr8uV

 

DC Unveils First Images Of Their ‘Second Wave’ of DC 52 Books

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As we near the release date of DC’s upcoming ‘Second Wave’ titles, the more we see of the books. DC Comics recently gave readers a peek at some of the concept art and several interior pages to books like WORLD’S FINEST, EARTH 2, THE RAVAGERS, BATMAN, INC. and many more.

The publisher will be releasing a total of eight new books starting in May. Below are some images from the upcoming books from creators like Nicola Scott (EARTH 2), Chris Burnham (BATMAN, INC.), George Perez (WORLD’S FINEST), and many more. The photos were taken of the binder images where DC keeps assets of all of their upcoming projects.

But wait, that’s not all. The folks at CNET recently visited the DC offices and have posted images of their trip, giving fans a clearer picture of the inner workings of the comic book publisher. Over at Buzzfeed we got a look at some concept art for their upcoming BEFORE WATCHMEN books.

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Valiant Entertainment Reinterprets Their Logo ….

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To officiate its return to monthly publishing this May, Valiant Entertainment is proud to unveil a new interpretation of the iconic Valiant compass logo by award-winning graphic designer Rian Hughes. The newly redesigned logo — along with Valiant’s new distinctive trade dress, also designed by Hughes — will first see print on May 2nd with the release of X-O Manowar #1 by New York Times best-selling author Robert Venditti (The Surrogates) and Eisner Award-winning artist Cary Nord (Conan).

“It is always a challenging and interesting project to design the visual identity of a publisher from the ground up in every detail — logo, trade dress, title logos — and to cohesively pull all these elements together so one strong visual identity emerges. Rebooting the Valiant line’s design has been one such great project. The Valiant characters have a strong fanbase and heritage, and so the new logos are fresh and modern as befits a forward-looking publisher while still paying tribute to the originals, just as has been done with the characters themselves,” said Hughes, whose previously published work includes logos and design pieces for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, MTV Networks, Virgin Airlines, Penguin Books, Archaia Entertainment, and the BBC, among many others.

Originally founded in 1989, Valiant Comics is one of the most successful comic publishers of all time and has featured work by many of the industry’s top creative talents, including Jim Shooter, Bob Layton, Barry Windsor-Smith, Joe Quesada, David Lapham, Bryan Hitch, Steve Ditko and many more. Reincorporated as Valiant Entertainment in 2007 by CEO Jason Kothari and Chief Creative Officer Dinesh Shamdasani, the company is set to return to monthly comics publishing this summer with four new monthly titles featuring its most popular characters — X-O Manowar #1 in May, Harbinger #1 in June, Bloodshot #1 in July, and Archer & Armstrong #1 in August.

“Rian and our Executive Editor Warren Simons put an incredible amount of energy into making sure that the new logo and the look of the books themselves accurately reflect our perspective on what the Valiant Universe was and can be,” said Shamdasani.

“The day that Valiant titles return to the shelves of comics shops worldwide is one that fans have been eagerly awaiting for some time,” said Kothari. “This powerful, yet versatile new logo is the perfect way to signify a new era for Valiant both as a company and a premier creative brand.”

This is the just the latest in a series of creative endeavors Valiant has announced to coincide with its “Summer of Valiant” relaunch. Most recently, the publisher announced that it would be the first to produce animated, QR code-augmented covers for X-O Manowar #1 and Harbinger #1, as well as a series of “Pullbox Exclusive Variant” covers available only to comic shop customers who subscribe to Valiant’s new #1 issues.

For more information, visit ValiantUniverse.com.