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Entries from July 2008

Review X-men #500 review “There Back !!”

July 30th, 2008 · Comments

I have been really disappointed by the X-men comics over the past 2 or 3. I enjoyed the recent Messiah complex story line but it seemed like a way to relaunch the new Cable and X-force books than a legitimate story. I was really suspect about the move to San Fransisco and the whole hippie [...]

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Quick Review: X-Files I Want to Believe

July 28th, 2008 · Comments

I want to believe too.  That this movie was going to be stellar.  But it turns out to be just one supersize episode.  For most X-Philes, that would be enough.  However, 10 years would seem to be enough time for Chris Carter to come up with an amazing script and story worthy of the big [...]

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The Return of Cloak and Dagger

July 27th, 2008 · Comments

Valerie D’Orazio announced at SDCC that Cloak and Dagger will get a new on-going series.  Click image for full story.

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Static and other Milestone characters to join DCU

July 27th, 2008 · Comments

Source: Comicbookresources
By Matt Brady
As just announced at the DC: A Guide to Your Universe panel at San Diego Comic-Con, the Milestone characters are coming to the DC Universe in a big way.
The characters and universe, originally created in the mid ‘90s by Dwayne McDuffie, Denys Cowan, Michael Davis and Derek T. Dingle were owned by [...]

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BET Panel: SDCC

July 27th, 2008 · Comments

Source: Comicbookresources
by Hannibal Tabu, Columnist
Reginald Hudlin, fresh off of the late running Black Panel started a panel for BET’s entertainment intitiatives in animation and traditional programming. Featured on the panel were VP of animation Denys Cowan, Evan Burse, artist John Romita Jr, and Marvel West’s Cort Lane. The show will launch in February.
A sizzle reel [...]

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Black Panel SDCC

July 27th, 2008 · Comments

Source: Comicbookresources
Polarizing personality Michael Davis moderated a panel on the roles of people of African descent in comics, peopled with an eclectic and laugh-filled panel of names and notables. Featured on the panel were musician Method Man, poet Faith Cheltenham, animation and comics legend Dwayne McDuffie, filmmaker Rusty Cundieff, Marvel’s John Dokes and representing BET [...]

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Tags: Animation · Comics

Trailer for the Black Panther Animated Series

July 27th, 2008 · Comments

Source: Newsorama

Newsorama has posted the trailer for the Black Panther animated series that’s coming to BET.  It looks promising.  I kinda like the animation style.  But I still have my doubts about BET’s animation division getting this right.
Click here to see the trailer.

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“Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel” by Grevioux

July 25th, 2008 · Comments

Source: Comicbookresources
Marvel Comics announced at Comic-Con that the two would team on “Adam: Legend of the Blue Marvel,” a six-issue miniseries starting in November based on an original concept , who also writes “New Warriors” for the publisher. The Chicago, Illinois native also wrote the original “Underworld” movie and has acted in dozens of films [...]

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War Machine to get new on-going series

July 25th, 2008 · Comments

Source: Comicbookresources
The Variable Threat Response Battle Suit, AKA: the War Machine armor, is one of the most dangerous things Tony Stark has ever built. It was designed for all-out warfare and is the most heavily armed of any of Stark’s designs, so there’s really only man Stark would trust with it: his friend and confidant, [...]

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Djimon Hounsou to star as Thulsa Doom (from Conan) in feature film

July 25th, 2008 · Comments

Source: Variety
Djimon Hounsou has partnered with Dynamite Entertainment to star in and produce a bigscreen feature about immortal sorcerer Thulsa Doom, a central figure in the Conan the Barbarian and Kull comicbooks.
Character will be featured in his own comicbook series, published by Dynamite, an imprint of Dynamic Forces, next year.
He originally appeared in the Robert [...]

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