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Comics shipping April 4, 2007

DARK HORSE COMICS

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Pop Artifact! Popeye radio

Vintage comic book ad

New Fantastic Four 2 pics





See the Best Fantastic Four Sites on the Web.

Pop Culture Roundup April 3, 2007

From Bedazzled: "Star Trek" outtakes and bloopers.

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Datajunkie presents some sci-fi pulp art by Alex Schomburg.

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Here's the box art for Warner Home Video's upcoming collection of remastered Popeye shorts out July 31 on four DVDs. We'll have more details as they surface.

Lost preview: upcoming episodes

Highlight the hidden text for slightly spoilerish teasers for the April 11 and April 18 episodes:

JACK'S REUNION WITH HIS FELLOW SURVIVORS IS LESS THAN JOYOUS WHEN
HE IS ACCOMPANIED BY ONE OF "THE OTHERS," AND CLAIRE IS STRICKEN
BY A MYSTERIOUS, LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS, ON ABC'S "LOST"

"One of Us" - Jack's joyous reunion with his fellow survivors is cut short when they realize that accompanying him is one of "The Others," and Claire is stricken by a mysterious, life-threatening illness, on "Lost," WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

"Lost" stars Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond, Emilie de Ravin as Claire, Michael Emerson as Ben, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet, Dominic Monaghan as Charlie and Terry O'Quinn as Locke.

Guest starring are Robin Weigert as Rachel, William Mapother as Ethan Rom, Brett Cullen as Goodwin, Andrew Divoff as Mikhail, Nestor Carbonell as Richard Alpert, Joah Buley as other dude and Tyrone Howard as airport guard.

"One of Us" was written by Carlton Cuse & Drew Goddard and directed by Jack Bender.

CHARLIE QUESTIONS WHETHER DESMOND HAS HAD ANOTHER "FLASH"
FORESHADOWING HIS DEATH WHEN COAXED INTO JOINING A TREK
ACROSS THE JUNGLE, AND JEALOUSY MOTIVATES KATE TO TURN TO
AN UNSUSPECTING SAWYER, ON ABC'S "LOST"

"Catch-22" - Desmond coaxes Charlie, Hurley and Jin on a trek across the jungle after experiencing one of his future-prophesizing "flashes" -- but is he purposely placing Charlie's life in harm's way? Meanwhile, Kate turns to an unwitting Sawyer after seeing Jack alone with Juliet, on "Lost," WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18 (10:00-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.

"Lost" stars Naveen Andrews as Sayid, Henry Ian Cusick as Desmond, Emilie de Ravin as Claire, Michael Emerson as Ben, Matthew Fox as Jack, Jorge Garcia as Hurley, Josh Holloway as Sawyer, Daniel Dae Kim as Jin, Yunjin Kim as Sun, Evangeline Lilly as Kate, Elizabeth Mitchell as Juliet, Dominic Monaghan as Charlie and Terry O'Quinn as Locke.

Guest starring are Sonia Walger as Penny Widmore, Jack Maxwell as Derek, Joanna Bool as Ruth, Andrew Connolly as Brother Campbell, Andrew Trask as older monk and Marsha Thomason as Naomi.

"Catch-22" was written by Jeff Pinkner & Brian K. Vaughan and directed by Stephen Williams.




See the Best "Lost" Sites on the Web.

CD new releases April 3, 2007

New CD releases April 3, 2007

Traffic and Weather by Fountains of Wayne

Birthday by The Idle Race

Idle Race/Time Is by The Idle Race

Open Your Box (Remixes) by Yoko Ono

Vampires Cowboys Spacemen & Spooks: Very Best of Joe Meek's instrumentals by Joe Meek

Dylanesque by Bryan Ferry

Seventh Sojourn by Moody Blues

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour by Moody Blues

The Honeydrippers by Robert Plant & The Honeydrippers

Principle of Moments by Robert Plant

Now & Zen by Robert Plant

Dreamland by Robert Plant

Complete Motown Singles V.1: 1959-1961 by Various Artists

My Tennessee Mountain Home by Dolly Parton

Jolene by Dolly Parton

Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Future Is Unwritten by Joe Strummer

Back Porch Bluegrass/Pickin' and Fiddlin' by The Dillards

Time & Time Again by Paul Motian, Bill Frisell, and Joe Lovano

Momento by Bebel Gilberto

Mastercuts by James Brown

Vol. 1-Champion Records Story by Champion Records Story

More upcoming CDs

DVD new releases April 3, 2007

The Good Shepherd (Widescreen Edition)

Twin Peaks - The Second Season

Charlotte's Web (Widescreen Edition)

Entourage - Season Three, Part 1

Volver

Law & Order - The Fifth Season (1994-95 Season)

Roseanne - Season 7

Bedazzled

Lost Room (Mini-series Full Frame)

She-Ra - Princess of Power - Season One, Vol. 2

Godzilla Raids Again

Mothra Vs Godzilla

The Brady Bunch - The Complete Series (Seasons 1-5 + Shag Carpet Cover)

The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection, Volume 5 - Ant Aardvark

Gene Autry Collection: Home in Wyomin

Betty Boop Collector's Edition with Free Betty Boop Key Chain

More upcoming DVDs

Pop Artifact! Popeye wind-up guitar

Vintage comic book ad

Pop Culture Roundup April 2, 2007

TIP! was off last week and missed the news about the unfortunate passing of Marshall Rogers, one of the all-time best Batman artists. Fred Hembeck has a nice tribute and there's an obituary here. Rogers also did wonderful work on Doctor Strange and the Silver Surfer. He'll be greatly missed.



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Here's cover art for the extended version of the first Fantastic Four film. The 2-DVD set also includes a bio film about FF co-creator Jack Kirby. You can pre-order it now for $20.19 at Amazon.



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The Onion A.V. Club interviews EC Comics great Al Feldstein.

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The third season of "Doctor Who" has started in Britain and is a ratings hit.

It saw off competition from ITV 1's Harry Potter film, which attracted an average of 4.7 million viewers.

The new season will see the Doctor meeting Shakespeare and the Daleks.


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Lost clues: "Exposé" Ep. 14, Season 3

Synopsis:

In the present, both Nikki and Paulo keel over. Doing some detective work, Hurley, Sawyer and Charlie determine the couple has evidently killed one another over a diamond heist gone wrong.

In flashbacks, we see how Nikki, an actress, and Paulo, a chef, poison an elderly TV producer and steal his diamonds. They're on their way from Australia to Los Angeles with the loot when their plane crashes.

On the island, Paolo finds the luggage containing the diamonds, but doesn't tell Nikki. He fears she's just after the money and will dump him if she has it. Without the diamonds, he has a chance at a future with her.

Nikki, however, learns the truth, and flings a poison spider at Paulo. The critter, Nikki learned from the later Dr. Artz, has a bite that paralyzes its victims. In humans, the bite paralyzes for up to eight hours and a victim's heartbeat become virtually undetectable. Something Nikki forgot thought is that, once released, the female spider attracts equally poisonous males from miles around. So, moments after Paulo gets bitten she does, too.

The couple meets an ironic end, buried alive but seemingly dead by their fellow crash survivors.



Clues, observations, speculation:

* We see that Nikki and Paulo discovered the Pearl station before anyone else did, but kept the information to themselves.

* Hiding the diamonds in the bathroom of the Pearl station, Paulo overhears Ben and Juliet spying on Jack. Ben reveals how he intends to convince Jack to operate on him. This sets into motion to whole process of luring Michael to go in search of Walt and the eventual captivity of Sawyer, Kate and Jack.

* Soon after the crash, we see Ethan Rom come up to Nikki and Paulo pretending to be a fellow passenger offering them help.

* Paulo stole a walkie talkie from the Pearl and Sawyer and the rest discovered it. Will this help them eavesdrop on the Others?

* In "The Man from Tallahassee" Locke is seen watching "Exposé," the show Nikki guested on.



* Sun learns it was Charlie, not one the Others, who attempted to abduct her. The whole thing was rigged as a diversion for Sawyer to steal the guns from the Hatch.

Upcoming CDs

New CD releases March 27, 2007

Grindhouse: Planet Terror by Robert Rodriguez and Graeme Revell

British Beat: Best of the 60s by Various Artists

Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane by Turtle Island Quartet

Anthology by Sneaky Pete

Joe Meek's Freakbeat: 30 Freakbeat Mod & R&B Nuggets by Joe Meek

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About by The Rubinoos

BBC Sessions 1967 - 1970 by Moody Blues

Stand in the Fire by Warren Zevon

Envoy by Warren Zevon

Excitable Boy by Warren Zevon

Strangelet by Grant-Lee Phillips

Vol. 6-Garage Beat '66 - Various Artists

Six Litanies for Heliogabalus by John Zorn

Sebastian Cabot,Actor..Bob Dylan,Poet by Sebastian Cabot

WILLIE NELSON: LIVE AT BILLY BOB'S TEXAS LIMITED EDITION CD/DVD COMBO by Willie Nelson

Yardbirds Story: 1963-66 by The Yardbirds

Keep the Faith: Northern Soul Box Set by Various Artists

Waiting for the Sun by The Doors

Soft Parade by The Doors

Morrison Hotel by The Doors

L.A. Woman by The Doors

Strange Days by The Doors

The Doors by The Doors

New CD releases April 3, 2007

Traffic and Weather by Fountains of Wayne

Birthday by The Idle Race

Idle Race/Time Is by The Idle Race

Open Your Box (Remixes) by Yoko Ono

Vampires Cowboys Spacemen & Spooks: Very Best of Joe Meek's instrumentals by Joe Meek

Dylanesque by Bryan Ferry

Seventh Sojourn by Moody Blues

Every Good Boy Deserves Favour by Moody Blues

The Honeydrippers by Robert Plant & The Honeydrippers

Principle of Moments by Robert Plant

Now & Zen by Robert Plant

Dreamland by Robert Plant

Complete Motown Singles V.1: 1959-1961 by Various Artists

My Tennessee Mountain Home by Dolly Parton

Jolene by Dolly Parton

Coat of Many Colors by Dolly Parton

Future Is Unwritten by Joe Strummer

Back Porch Bluegrass/Pickin' and Fiddlin' by The Dillards

Time & Time Again by Paul Motian, Bill Frisell, and Joe Lovano

Momento by Bebel Gilberto

Mastercuts by James Brown

Vol. 1-Champion Records Story by Champion Records Story

More

Upcoming DVDs

DVD new releases March 27, 2007

The Shield - The Complete Fifth Season

Full House - The Complete Sixth Season

The Addams Family - Volume 2

Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman - Volume 1

Curse of the Golden Flower

The Errol Flynn Signature Collection, Vol. 2 (The Charge of the Light Brigade / Gentleman Jim / The Adventures of Don Juan / The Dawn Patrol / Dive Bomber)

7th Heaven - The Complete Fourth Season

Touched by an Angel - The Fourth Season, Vol. 1

Sonic The Hedgehog - The Complete Series

One Foot in the Grave - Season 1

One Foot in the Grave - Season 2

Whose Line Is It Anyway (British) - Seasons 1 & 2

The Jeffersons - The Complete Sixth Season

Family Affair - Season 3

Best of Flatt & Scruggs TV Show 1 (B&W)

Best of Flatt & Scruggs TV Show 2 (B&W)

DVD new releases April 3, 2007

The Good Shepherd (Widescreen Edition)

Twin Peaks - The Second Season

Charlotte's Web (Widescreen Edition)

Entourage - Season Three, Part 1

Volver

Law & Order - The Fifth Season (1994-95 Season)

Roseanne - Season 7

Bedazzled

Lost Room (Mini-series Full Frame)

She-Ra - Princess of Power - Season One, Vol. 2

Godzilla Raids Again

Mothra Vs Godzilla

The Brady Bunch - The Complete Series (Seasons 1-5 + Shag Carpet Cover)

The Pink Panther Classic Cartoon Collection, Volume 5 - Ant Aardvark

Gene Autry Collection: Home in Wyomin

Betty Boop Collector's Edition with Free Betty Boop Key Chain

More

New comics

See complete lists:
DC Archives
DC Showcase
DC Trade Paperbacks
Marvel Masterworks
Marvel Essentials
Marvel Trade Paperbacks
Upcoming Trade Paperbacks - Graphic Novels


Comics shipping March 28, 2007

DARK HORSE COMICS

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Pop Artifact! Tarzan's Revenge movie poster



Vintage comic book ad

Pop Culture Roundup March 22, 2007

As rumored, Paul McCartney has signed a deal with the new Hear Music label, launched by Starbucks and the Concord Music Group. His first release under the new arrangement is due out in June.

"This is something I’ve been working on for a little while now," McCartney said of the David Kahne-produced album...."A lot of it’s very personal to me.Tthe songs are in some ways a little bit retrospective. Some of them are of now, some of them hark back to the past, but all of them are songs I’m very proud of."

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The first one isn't even out yet, but another "Nancy Drew" film is already planned.

Warners opens "Nancy Drew" on June 15, reviving the franchise after a decades-long absence from the bigscreen. Pic, directed by Fleming, has the teen detective accompanying her father on a business trip to Los Angeles, where she happens upon clues to a murder mystery involving a movie star.

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The Sci Fi Channel has upped its order of season 4 "Battlestar Galactica" episodes from 13 to 22.

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Yet more teasers and pics from the upcoming third season are up at the official "Doctor Who" site.

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Beatles LP covers in Lego!

Details on Filmation "Superman" and "Batman" DVDs

UPDATED: Click links to pre-order either set.

Warner Bros. will release Filmation's 1960s "New Adventures of Superman" and 1970s "New Adventures of Batman" animated series on June 26.

Release details
In 1966, Superman, Lois Lane and Perry White were animated into 36 action packed 6-minute episodes that were the forerunner shows leading into subsequent animated hero programming on CBS. In 1977, CBS aired an animation series featuring the voices of Adam West and Burt Ward as DC Comics' Super Heroes, Batman and Robin. Now, Warner Home Video will bring the animation back to life when they release "The New Adventures of Superman" and "The New Adventures of Batman" as two separate 2-Disc Collector sets on June 26, 2007.

"The New Adventures of Superman"
The 6-minute vignettes that comprise The New Adventures of Superman depict Superman and Lois Lane in animated form for the first time since they were immortalized in the iconic Superman live-action short films of the 1940s. The series also marked the animation debut of Jimmy Olsen and classic Superman villains like Lex Luthor and Brainiac. The 2-Disc Collector set features 36 action-packed episodes with the legendary super heroes and great bonus features.

Extras include:
  • Superman in 66 - In 1966 the comics industry was booming. This was also a hallmark year for Superman and an amazing year for the country. It was also the year The New Adventures of Superman debuted on CBS. This piece will explore how the 60's era influenced the character of Superman and led to his Filmation debut on this groundbreaking show.


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"The New Adventures of Batman"
This show featured the voices of Adam West and Burt Ward, who starred in the live-action show Batman. Voicing the animated versions of Batman and Robin was the first time the two had reprised their famous roles since the live-action show was cancelled in 1968. In The New Adventures of Batman, Batman, Robin and Batgirl battle various villains in Gotham City and gain fandom for their heroic actions. One fan of the Dynamic Duo is Batmite, a dimensional imp who insists on helping Batman & Robin, regardless of their wishes. The 2-Disc Collector set features 16 action-packed episodes with the dynamic-duo and great bonus features.

Extras include:
  • Dark Versus Light - Filmation and the Batman - 1977 marked Batman's return to television in Filmation's New Adventures of Batman. With interviews ranging from the President & Publisher of DC Comics to the President of Warner Bros. Animation, the legacy of Filmation, will be examined from animation style to how this core DC character was depicted in the series. Among the themes explored will be the unique split between the lighter, comedic version of Batman made popular by Filmation and the darker, brooding character seen in Detective Comics at the time.
  • Bat-Commentary - An audio commentary from Filmation historian Michael Swanigan and Filmation founder Lou Schiemer on two of the episodes from the series. The special feature will be denoted with a selectable button indicating the respective episode from which the commentary is derived.


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Lost clues: "The Man from Tallahassee" Ep. 13, Season 3

Synopsis:

Having spotted Jack in the Others' settlement, Kate, Sayid and Locke decide to make contact with him.

However, Kate and Sayid are soon captured. Locke, meanwhile, is on his own mission--to confront Ben.

We learn that Locke doesn't want to contact the outside world. The island, which somehow enabled him to walk again, is a special place that should be protected. To ensure that, he wants to use the explosives he took from the Flame station to blow up the Others' submarine.

Meanwhile, Jack tells Kate about his deal with Ben--that he's heading back to the outside world in morning. He promises to return to rescue Kate and the other crash survivors. We also learn that Juliet is going with Jack--on the submarine Locke is about to blow up.

While captive, Sayid reveals to Alex that he knows her mother. She believes her mother is dead, but Sayid has planted doubts.

In flashback, we see how Locke lost the use of his legs. His father, the con man Anthony Cooper, pushed him through a high-rise window during an angry confrontation.

In the present, Ben reveals he knows all this about Locke and understands his anger. Ben, who Locke is holding at gunpoint, tries to dissuade Locke from blowing up the sub. Ben recognizes that Locke has some sort of special attachment to the island and hints that he can tell Locke more about the island's mysteries. He makes reference to a box on the island that can provide his fondest wishes.

But ultimately Ben can't stop Locke.

As the Others bring Juliet and Jack to the dock, Locke is captured. But it's too late. He's already planted the explosives and the sub blows up before anyone reaches it.

Later, Ben visits Locke--now a captive of the Others. He says Locke's destruction of the sub was a good thing. In enables him to keep Jack on the island without having broken any promises and without looking weak to his people, the rest of the Others.

Then he tells Locke he wants to show him something. It's a wish, but not in the magic box. Going down a hallway, he tells Locke to open a door. When Locke does so, he sees his father inside held captive, gagged and bound in a chair.



Clues, observations, speculation:

* Is there really a magic box, or was Ben just hinting he had access to what Locke most wanted: Locke's father?

* How did Anthony Cooper end up on the island? He's obviously the "man from Tallahassee" Ben asks Richard (the same man who recruited Juliet to come to the island) to retrieve. It's logical to believe the Others' already had Cooper for some time and planned to use him to manipulate Locke at some point. With Locke holding him captive, Ben figured this was the time.

* Ben, in a wheelchair after his spinal surgery, also wants to see if there's some way the island can restore his ability to walk as it did for Locke.

* Since there's a good chance (the way this show works) that Cooper is also the con man who destroyed Sawyer's family, he could be used to manipulate Sawyer too.



* Sawyer pulled cons in Florida and was jailed in Tallahassee. Kate lived in Florida for a time and Juliet lived in Miami.

* Any chance Cooper isn't really a captive, but is part of a larger con in cahoots with the Others?

* Have the Others captured other people from the crash surivors' lives?

* Again, how do the Others know so much about the crash survivors? Detective work in the outside world? Psychic powers? The smoke monster? What is their purpose in keeping the survivors in the dark and on the island when they had the ability to bring them home or at least contact help?

* Locke sees the island as a paradise that shouldn't be tampered with--an Eden or utopia. We get the sense that maybe the Others see it that way, too, with their focus on "good" people and keeping their society separate from the crash survivors and the outside. What's driving this philosophy? Is it a cult? A renegade branch of the Dharma Initiative? And, since it's hinted that Ben isn't the head honcho, who is?

* The Dharma orientation film makes reference to utopian social...something before it cut out. Are the Others/Ben related to this aspect of the project?

* It seems Ben's hold over the rest of the Others is tenuous at the moment. Why?



* Before he pushes Locke out the window, Cooper pours two glasses of MacCutcheon scotch. This is the same brand favored by Desmond's would-be father-in-law in episode 8.



* As mentioned previously, MacCutcheon is a character in Jules Verne's "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." Verne's "Mysterious Island," like "20,000 Leagues," features the character Captain Nemo. From Wikipedia:

In Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea [Nemo]states that the laws of the world on the surface do not apply to him any longer, and that he has fled to the sea to escape the barbarism of the human race, with its wars and oppression. He claims to have no interest in the affairs of the world above, but occasionally intervenes to aid the oppressed, giving salvaged treasure to Cypriots resisting a Turkish invasion, or by sinking warships.

That attitude may gibe with the Others' worldview. And "The Mysterious Island" would seem to be a big influence on "Lost." More on the book here.

* Why did Tom, the Other, warn Jack about being careful about what he said to Kate? He made hand motions as if to remind Jack that he and Kate were being observed by cameras or with an audio bug. Was he warning Jack not to plan something sneaky, or is he sympathetic to Jack?

* Lots of posters on various boards have mentioned what seems like a new tattoo on Jack. But, apparently, we've seen it before. A lot of us just hadn't noticed in previously.

* This whole blowing-up-the-submarine thing isn't going to help Locke's relationship with Jack any.