Doctor Who : New season to premiere on BBC

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BBC America has announced that the new season of Doctor Who will debut on September 1 at 9 p.m. ET, EW has confirmed. The network will broadcast five episodes of the 49-year-old British science fiction show this fall, starting with season premiere, “Asylum of the Daleks” and ending with an episode which will feature both the Weeping Angels and the departure of the Doctor’s companions Amy and Rory. The second half of the season is set to be broadcast next year. “We have, I think, our biggest range of stories…

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Comic Con 2012: The Judge Dredd World Premiere

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Lionsgate and the Masters of the Web panel co-sponsored the world premiere of Dredd 3D to a packed house at San Diego Comic Con Wednesday night. Dedicated fans lined up around the block for a chance to get into the screening, and the chance to hear stars Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby intro the film. The two play judges in a burned-out, post-apocalyptic metropolis, and as Urban cautioned before the screening, rambunctious crowd grabbing Dredd tickets better like their movies to be “dark and gritty.” Needless to say, that got…

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Green Lantern Annual #1 Preview Rise of the Third Army

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Media Release; Next week marks the launch of the next big storyline in the Green Lantern comics, Rise of the Third Army. For a long time now, the Guardians of the Universe have been planning to extinguish the Green Lantern Corps — and they’re finally putting their plan into motion. Plus, Black Hand is back and apparently, Hal Jordan is set to become the greatest Black Lantern of them all. Could that explain his absence from the previously released covers for October’s GL books? Green Lantern Annual #1 offers up…

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UNCANNY AVENGERS #1 Adi Granov variant cover

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Media Release — Marvel is pleased to present your first look at the jaw dropping Uncanny Avengers #1 Granov Variant from superstar artist Adi Granov! From the ashes of Avengers VS. X-Men an all-new, all-different Avengers assemble – enter the Uncanny Avengers! From the blockbuster creative team of Rick Remender & John Cassaday, Captain America and Wolverine begin a quest to create a sanctioned Avengers unit cast from the ranks of the Avengers and the X-Men. This October in Uncanny Avengers #1, watch as Captain America, Wolverine, Havok, Thor, Rogue,…

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DC Announces JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA

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MEDIA RELEASE: DC Comics announced at the DC Entertainment-All Access Sunday panel at Fan Expo Toronto that a new League will be forming. Launching in 2013, DC Comics will publish a new ongoing comic book series, JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA, written by Geoff Johns and drawn by David Finch. “This is a very different kind of team book,” says Geoff Johns. “On first glance, people might think the heroes of the JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA stand in the shadows of Superman, Wonder Woman and the rest of the JUSTICE LEAGUE,…

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Justice League 12 Superman and Wonder Woman?

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In the pages of this week’s Justice League #12, Wonder Woman and Superman begin a relationship, something that’s been hinted for the last few issues. DC released a new cover by series artist Jim Lee that shows Superman and Wonder Woman kissing, with her golden lasso wrapped around the caped hero. And according to series writer Geoff Johns, it’s no longer flirtation, but a new partnership that he intends to continue in future issues. This isn’t the first time a relationship between the Man of Steel and the Amazon Princess…

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STAR WARS The Clone Wars Season 5 Preview

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Season 5 of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars television series is scheduled to premiere on September 29, 2012 at 10:30 AM, unlike past seasons of The Clone Wars which aired on Friday nights. Season 5 will be the last according to the producers and will feature many stories in one. One big plot turn in Season 5? Anakin Skywalker helps start a rebellion! That’s right, the future Darth Vader sets in motion events that will later come to be his bane. As Filoni explained in the short film, pockets…

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Avengers VS X-Men #11 Fatality! Who Dies?

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Marvel has shown us the cover of  AvX Consequences #1 about the after math of the Avengers Vs X-Men series. It clearly shows there is a casualty in the series. We can guess who it might be, some names have been suggested, but there are also hints within the cover art and future titles that will be released in November as part of the Marvel NOW! release. We will set forth possibilities of who this may be. 1. PROTECTOR – formerly known as Marvel Boy this character has played a…

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Marvel Now What Will It Look Like

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Here are the titles and descriptions for Marvel solicitations in November because a lot of you have been asking what the Marvel Now universe will looks like will here is. INDESTRUCTIBLE HULK #1 MARK WAID (W) • LEINIL FRANCIS YU (A&C) VARIANT Cover by JOE QUESADA YOUNG BABY VARIANT by SKOTTIE YOUNG ARTIST VARIANT by WALT SIMONSON Blank VARIANT Cover also available Sketch Variant by JOE QUESADA Design Variant by LEINIL FRANCIS YU Hulk – Indestructible force more weapon than man. Banner – smartest man alive. Combined they are the…

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The Great Joe Kubert Dies

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Joe Kubert, a legend in the world of comic book art and founder of the school in Dover that bears his name, has died. He was 85. Kubert, who lived in Dover, died Sunday at Morristown Medical Center, following a short illness. He is best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock and Hawkman. His sons, Andy Kubert and Adam Kubert, have themselves become successful comic-book artists. Kubert’s first known professional job was penciling and inking the six-page story “Black-Out”, starring the character Volton, in Holyoke…

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Fantastic Four #1 MarvelNOW Edition

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Media Release — This November, Marvel’s First Family embarks on a adventure unlike any before in Fantastic Four #1, kicking off the all-new ongoing series from the blockbuster creative team of Eisner Award Winning writer Matt Fraction and legendary artist Mark Bagley! As part of Marvel NOW!, Fantastic Four joins a number of titles that will take the Marvel Universe in an exciting all-new direction, as the industry’s top creators join the top Super Heroes to deliver all-new ongoing series, great for new and veteran readers alike! Four adults. Two kids.…

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Indestructible Hulk Coming in November

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Media Release: Green, Indestructible, yup, that Marvel NOW! teaser was in fact the Hulk written by Mark Waid and drawn by Leinil Yu. Interestingly though, the Indestructible Hulk is the actual title, with the first issue hitting November 2012 as part of the Marvel NOW! relaunch at Marvel Comics. In a first interview with CBR, Waid and Yu talked about their plans for the green goliath and his alter ego Bruce Banner, saying it started with Waid “fantasizing about what it would be like to take the core concept a…

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Thor God of Thunder #1 in November

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Media Release — This November, the all-powerful Thor embarks on a journey that hurtles him through space and time in Thor: God Of Thunder #1, kicking off the all-new ongoing series from the blockbuster creative team of writer Jason Aaron and artist Esad Ribic! As part of Marvel NOW!, Thor: God Of Thunder joins a number of titles that will take the Marvel Universe in an exciting all-new direction, as the industry’s top creators join the top Super Heroes to deliver all-new ongoing series, great for new and lapsed readers…

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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1

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It’s been a decade since Bruce Wayne hung up his cape, following most of the other superheroes who had been forced into retirement. Facing the downside of middle age, a restless Bruce Wayne pacifies his frustration with race cars and liquor – but the bat still beckons as he watches his city fall prey to gangs of barbaric criminals known as The Mutants. The return of Harvey Dent as Two-Face finally prompts Wayne to once again don the Dark Knight’s cowl, and his dramatic capture of the villain returns him…

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More on Green Arrow on CW “The Arrow” This Fall

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Billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island. He has been changed by his ordeal and must hide the truth about the man he’s become while making amends for the actions he took as a boy. Arrow lets loose Wednesday, Oct. 9 on The CW. Beefing up the roster of villainous types in Arrow, Michael Rowe has been cast as Deadshot. He’ll be first appearing in the third episode, The Lone Gunman. We have Kelly Hu as China…

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