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UDON Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Street Fighter Comics

In August 2003, UDON Entertainment made its first foray into publishing with the release of Street Fighter #0. The realization of UDON founder Erik Ko’s desire to pay tribute to the video game series he loved, Street Fighter quickly became one of the bestselling comics in the industry and marked …

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Dynamite Announces Art of Dejah Thoris and the Worlds of Mars Hardcover Art Book

Dynamite announced the December release of The Art of Dejah Thoris and the Worlds of Mars, a hardcover collection featuring over 250 pages of full color artwork from some of the finest illustrators of modern fantasy comics.  Depicting cover artwork and pin-ups from Dynamite’s exceedingly popular line of Warlord of Mars and Dejah Thoris comic …

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Dynamite Bringing Back the Man of Bronze

Dynamite  signed a new agreement with Condé Nast that will bring back the legendary man of action Clark Savage Jr. in an all-new Doc Savage comic book series scheduled to debut in December 2013.  The second project developed as part of their licensing partnership with Condé Nast, the newDoc Savage follows on the heels of …

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Glass and Santos Get Furious

Writer Bryan J. L. Glass (Mighty Marvel: Women of Marvel, Thor: First Thunder) and artist Victor Santos (Ghosts, Polar: Came from the Cold, Filthy Rich), two-thirds of the Harvey Award–winning Mice Templar team, will join forces once again for a creator-owned superhero series: Furious!  Furious is a five-issue miniseries where celebrity, fame, and superheroes meet. “Furious, the character, …

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‘Outlander’ Adds Cast Members

Starz in association with Sony Pictures Television has announced that Graham McTavish (The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, “24”) will play Dougal MacKenzie and Gary Lewis (Billy Elliot, Gangs of New York) will play Colum MacKenzie in the highly anticipated original series “Outlander.” The series will be adapted from Diana Gabaldon’s international …

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Marvel Hits The Road

Marvel Entertainment announced The Marvel Experience, a traveling experience that will feature dozens of Marvel Super Heroes. Slated to begin touring in 2014, the attraction will be a first-person experience that lets fans step into the Marvel Universe and become part of the action. The experience will be housed inside a …

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Ben Affleck’s Batman Debut Set For July 2015

In a revelation that begs the question, “Didn’t anyone at Warner Bros. see Daredevil?” Ben Affleck has been set to star as Batman, a.k.a. Bruce Wayne. Affleck and filmmaker Zack Snyder will create an entirely new incarnation of the character in Snyder’s as-yet-untitled project—bringing Batman and Superman together for the …

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Marvel Announces Guardians Of The Galaxy Apparel

Marvel Entertainmentunveiled new deals for apparel and accessories based on their new film franchise Guardians of The Galaxy. Mad Engine and C-Life will create tees and fleece for boys and men, while New Era will develop headwear and hats “Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is an intergalactic spectacle that will introduce amazing new …

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Miss Fury Teams with Black Sparrow and The Shadow

Dynamite announced the November release of Noir, a new comic book miniseries that unites Miss Fury, one of the first female superheroes, with the Black Sparrow, a villainess featured in the bestselling comic series, The Shadow.  Written by acclaimed crime novelist and respected comic author Victor Gischler and illustrated by Andrea Mutti, Noir is …

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Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World Hammers Onto IMAX 3D

Marvel’s Thor: The Dark World, starring Chris Hemsworth, will be digitally re-mastered into the immersive IMAX3D format and released into IMAX 3D theatres internationally beginning Oct. 30. Chris Hemsworth has played Thor, the god of Thunder in two highly successful Marvel films, 2011’s Thorand 2012’s Marvel’s The Avengers, which collectively grossed nearly $2 billion at the global box office. …

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