08.14.2013 - THE FIGHT FOR FOREVER BEGINS IN INFINITY #1 – ON SALE NOW!

As war erupts across the entire Marvel Universe, the comics event of 2013 is finally here with Infinity #1! Storming comic shelves everywhere today,  Infinity #1 ignites an era-defining Avengers epic that will have readers talking for years to come! From the superstar creative team of New York Times best-selling writer Jonathan Hickman (Avengers, Avengers VS. X-Men) and artists Jim Cheung (Avengers: Children’s Crusade) Jerome Opena (Avengers, Uncanny X-Force), and Dustin Weaver (Avengers, Uncanny X-Men), Earth’s  Mightiest are suddenly split between two battlefronts that could change everything they know about the Marvel Universe! With their backs against the wall, how will the Avengers endure not just the species-slaughtering World Builders, but the Mad Titan himself—Thanos?
 
Every issue of Infinity includes a code for a FREE digital copy of that same comic on the Marvel Comics app for iOS and Android devices. Additionally, each issue of Infinity features special augmented reality content available exclusive through the Marvel AR app – including cover recaps, behind the scenes features and more that add value to your reading experience at no additional cost.

But the adventure doesn’t end there! The fight for the cosmos kicks into overdrive with Infinity: Against The Tide Infinite Comic #1, the first Infinite Comics issue in a two part Infinity tie-in! Marvel Infinite Comics uses tablets and smartphones as the canvas for comic book storytelling, taking advantage of modern technology while staying true to the medium’s greatest strengths. Written and storyboarded by Infinite Comics star Jason Latour (Wolverine: Japan’s Most Wanted),  this special tie-in is now available for free on the Marvel Comics app! When the Silver Surfer is all that stands between a Builder armada and Earth, will the Power Cosmic be enough to stop the unstoppable?

With Earth’s Mightiest Heroes distracted in their galaxy-wide rally against the world-razing Builders, Thanos finally puts the Earth in his crosshairs! Featuring the Guardians of the Galaxy, the Inhumans, and countless other Marvel characters, the stakes have never been higher in Infinity #1,  on sale now in comic shops everywhere, and on the Marvel Comics app!
 
For more on Infinity, please visit www.marvel.com/infinity, or join the conversation on Twitter with #MarvelINFINITY!

The year’s most anticipated comics event will change the Marvel Universe’s landscape—forever!

The Biggest Heroes.  The Boldest Threats. The Bravest Sacrifices. This is Marvel’s Infinity!

INFINITY 1 (JUN130572)
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Art by JIM CHEUNG
Cover by ADAM KUBERT
ON-SALE TODAY!

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Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing. For more information visit www.marvel.com

08.12.2013 - FIRST LOOK: ARCHIE AND FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #30 and THE BEST OF ARCHIE COMICS BOOK 3 TPB

ARCHIE AND FRIENDS DOUBLE DIGEST #30
Reggie hasn't been himself lately which should be a welcome change! However no one can bear to see a friend hurt, and when Betty and Veronica discover his new change in personality is tied to the loss of his beloved teddy bear, they set out to get it back for him. But is his lifelong buddy gone for good, or can they track him down and get the old Reggie back and do they really want to? Find out in "Grin and Bear It!"
Script: Bill Golliher
Art: Fernando Ruiz, Rich Koslowski
Cover: Fernando Ruiz, Rich Koslowski, Tito Pena
On Sale at Comic Specialty Shops: 8/14
160-page, full color comic
$3.99 US.



THE BEST OF ARCHIE COMICS BOOK 3 (TPB)
The third volume of the bestselling BEST OF ARCHIE series is here! This fun, full-color collection features over 400 pages of all-time favorite stories, hand-picked and introduced by Archie creators, editors, historians and famous fans from over 200,000 pages of material. A must-have edition for anyone who's ever enjoyed Archie Comics, or a great introduction to a new generation of Archie fans!
Script: Various
Art: Various
Cover: Dan Parent
978-1-936975-61-7
$9.99/$10.99CAN
5 1/4 x 7 1/2"
Trade Paperback
416pp, Full Color
Direct Market On-sale: 8/14

07.31.2013 - ITS TIME! Your First Look At X-MEN: BATTLE OF THE ATOM #1!

Marvel is pleased to present your first look at X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1! From the blockbuster creative team of Brian Michael Bendis, Jason Aaron, Brian Wood, Frank Cho, Stuart Immonen, Chris Bachalo, David Lopez & Giuseppe Camuncoli, comes an event  so exhilarating,  and so groundbreaking that fans will be talking about it for years to come!

Hank McCoy brought the original X-Men into the present in the hopes of changing the course of history and stopping Scott Summer’s mutant revolution before it even begins. But as the young and confused X-Men try to cope with their devastating futures, the team begins to unravel from the inside. And just as mutant civil war is about to hit its boiling point, an unexpected third party comes in to change the game—the future X-Men! They’ve traveled back in time with a warning—the original X-Men need to go back to their rightful time or they will be the final nail in mutantkind’s coffin. They risked everything to come to the past and won’t leave until the All-New X-Men are back in the past.

Beginning in September and ending in October, no fan can miss this 10-part weekly event:

Part 1: X-Men Battle of the Atom #1
Part 2: All-New X-Men #16
Part 3: X-Men #5
Part 4: Uncanny X-Men #12
Part 5: Wolverine & The X-Men #36
Part 6: All-New X-Men #17
Part 7: X-Men # 6
Part 8: Uncanny X-Men #13
Part 9: Wolverine & The X-Men #37
Part 10: X-Men: Battle of The Atom #2

Three X-Men universes collide in the biggest war mutantkind has ever seen, and you won’t believe how it all plays out. One thing’s for sure—no reader will come out unscathed!

Who will become unlikely allies? What is S.H.I.E.L.D.’s master plan? What are the consequences for altering time and space? Most importantly, what will determine the fate of our favorite superheroes?

It’s monumental! It’s earth-shattering! It’s X-Men: Battle of the Atom!

Join the conversation on Twitter with hash tag #XMenBotA, and don’t forget to follow us at @Marvel [www.twitter.com/Marvel]!

For more on X-Men: Battle Of The Atom, please visit www.marvel.com.


X-MEN: BATTLE OF THE ATOM #1 (JUL130658)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art by FRANK CHO
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
Wraparound Variant by FRANK CHO
Variant Cover by JOE MADUREIRA
FOC - 8/12/2013, On Sale - 9/4/2013

ALL-NEW X-MEN #16 (JUL130663)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art by STUART IMMONEN
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
Variant by STUART IMMONEN
Variant Cover by ADI GRANOV
FOC - 8/12/2013, On Sale - 9/4/2013

X-MEN #5 (JUL130666)
Written by BRIAN WOOD
Art by DAVID LOPEZ
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
Variant by TERRY DODSON
FOC - 8/19/2013, On Sale - 9/11/2013

UNCANNY X-MEN #12 (JUL130670)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS
Art by CHRISTOPHER BACHALO
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
Variant by CHRISTOPHER BACHALO
Emma Frost Variant by MILO MANARA
FOC - 8/26/2013, On Sale - 9/18/2013

WOLVERINE & THE X-MEN #36 (JUL130673)
Written by JASON AARON
Art by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI
Cover by ARTHUR ADAMS
Variant by KRIS ANKA
FOC - 9/2/2013, On Sale - 9/25/2013

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Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing. For more information visit www.marvel.com

07.31.2013 - JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE FLASHPOINT PARADOX," THE NEXT DC UNIVERSE ANIMATED ORIGINAL MOVIE, IN STORES NOW FROM WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT ON BLU-RAY AND DVD.

When time travel allows a past wrong to be righted for Flash and his family, the event’s temporal ripples prove disastrous, creating a fractured, alternate reality where the Justice League never formed, and even Superman is nowhere to be found. Amidst a new world being ravaged by a fierce war between Wonder Woman’s Amazons and Aquaman’s
Atlanteans, Flash must team with a grittier, more violent Batman and government agent Cyborg to restore the continuity of Flash’s original timeline.

Grey's Anatomy stars Justin Chambers and Kevin McKidd, the voices of Barry Allen/Flash and Thomas Wayne/Batman, respectively, unite with numerous greats of television and film to voice the famed animated roles. Adding to the celebrity-laden cast are Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale, Friday Night Lights, Chronicle) as Cyborg, C. Thomas Howell (Southland, The Outsiders) as Thawne/Professor Zoom, Nathan Fillion (Castle) as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Ron Perlman (Hellboy) as Slade and Deathstroke, Dana Delany (Body of Proof) as Lois Lane, Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride) as Aquaman, Danny Huston (Magic City) as General Lane, Sam Daly (The Office, The Daly Show) as Superman, and Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series) as Batman.

Screenwriter Jim Krieg delivers an action-packed vision of the legendary comic book miniseries FLASHPOINT, by Geoff Johns & Andy Kubert. Jay Oliva (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns) is director and James Tucker (Superman: Unbound) is producer.

07.30.2013 - U.S. MOONSCOOP LLC & ARCHIE COMICS PARTNER TO CO-PRODUCE THE NEW ANIMATED SERIES, IT'S ARCHIE

YOU KNOW THEM! THE WORLD ADORES THEM! THEY'RE BACK IN EXTRAORDINARILY ABSURD ADVENTURES AS TWEENS!

U.S. based Moonscoop LLC and Archie Comics have partnered to co-produce the new animated series, 'It's Archie,' featuring the iconic beloved characters of 'Archie,' 'Betty,' 'Jughead,' 'Veronica' and 'Reggie' as 12-year-olds in their home town of 'Riverdale,' it was announced today by Moonscoop LLC CEO Mike Young. Season One of It's Archie and its cast of rambunctious pre-teens, set in the contemporary world blending slapstick comedy in outlandish, exuberant, off-the wall novel adventures, is available in 52 x 11' episodes and will be offered at MIP Junior and MIPCOM, Oct. 5-10 in Cannes.

"These wonderful kids of It's Archie are a bit younger than we've ever seen them before, but possessed with the same basic personalities that have endeared them since their introduction in the Archie Comics over 70 years ago," says Young.

"It's Archie is the first NEW Archie animation in many years. We are very excited to be working with Moonscoop and can't wait for a new generation of cartoon fans to embrace Archie, Betty, Veronica and the entire Riverdale gang," says Archie Comics Publisher and; Co-CEO Jon Goldwater.

The world renowned Archie Comics, published since 1941, have sold over 2 billion comics worldwide. Since first offered, their digital app has been downloaded in excess of 4 million times with over 11 million digital Archie Comics and books sold. For the last seventy-five years, Archie Comics has been the world's best loved cast of high-schoolers. 'Archie,' 'Betty,' 'Jughead,' 'Veronica' and 'Reggie' have entertained generations with their universal storylines of love, hate, jealousy, envy, paranoia, malicious trickery, goofiness, fights, food, chocolate malts, clueless parents, and befuddled teachers.

It's Archie rolls back a few developmental years, catching 'Archie' and his friends 'Betty,' 'Jughead,' 'Veronica' and Reggie' on the cusp of transitioning to teens, as twelve year-olds at a modern-day Riverdale Jr. High. As with most seventh graders, 'Archie' and his friends struggle with the normal, everyday issues such as peer pressure, boy vs. girl competition, pie eating contests, shyness, family chores and homework. On the other hand, in the It's Archie world, enter some very loopy, disparate elements such as mad scientists, extraterrestrials taking up residence in janitorial closets, enchanted fog, pirates, various beasties populating local lakes, even 'Jughead's' beanie holding the secret to saving the world! In the It's Archie quixotic world of Riverdale, love is measured in puppy portions, exuberance is in the air and the impossible can always be solved with a dose of kid ingenuity.

Firmly rooted in their past but yet kids of today, the always sunny It's Archie characters of 'Archie,' 'Betty', 'Jughead,' 'Veronica' and 'Reggie' could be watching videos and posting on-line, texting, downloading an app or heading to 'Pop Tate's Chok'lit Shoppe,' a block away from Riverdale Jr. High, to use the Wi-Fi. Upbeat, playful and four years away from their coveted driver's licenses, these It's Archie pre-teens are not yet affected by teenage brooding, surly attitudes, or peevish behavior.

'Archie Andrews' - the small town, freckled-face innocent, who stumbles into trouble taking everyone along with him.

'Betty Cooper' - the gullible/adorable neighbor who enters every adventure with boundless cheer and wide-eyed naivety.

'Jughead Jones' - the loyal sidekick who acts Zen in the face of every obstacle-whether that's due to his cool confidence or because he's napped through it is yet to be determined.

'Veronica Lodge' - the empire building mini-mogul who has the contacts, know-how, and funds to make her friends' schemes a reality.

'Reggie Mantle' - the burgeoning bully who is envious of 'Archie's' swagger, 'Jughead's' ease, 'Veronica's' savvy, and 'Betty's' joie de vivre.

A co-production of U.S. based Moonscoop LLC and Archie Comics, It's Archie is an animated 2D production.

ABOUT ARCHIE COMICS:
Archie Comics is one of the leading mass market comic book publishers in the world and the home to a wide array of the most popular humor, action-adventure and superhero characters in entertainment, including Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, Reggie, Kevin Keller, Josie and the Pussycats, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The New Crusaders, The Shield, Li'l Jinx and many more. Archie Comics have sold 2 billion comics worldwide and are published around the world in a number of languages. In addition to comics, Archie characters have been featured prominently in animation, television, film and music in various popular incarnations. Go to www.ArchieComics.com for more information.

ABOUT U.S. BASED MOONSCOOP LLC
Specializing in children's entertainment, Moonscoop LLC is an innovator, developer and producer of original animated television series, properties & brands which are implemented across all digital platforms of the media.  The company's library contains content airing in more than 160 territories worldwide.   Among Moonscoop's key brands licensed in markets worldwide and produced by their talented animation production staff include: Chloe's Closet™, Dive Olly Dive!™, Hero:108™,Growing Up Creepie™, Pet Alien™ and Todd World™.  Moonscoop's current new series production slate includes: Sabrina Secrets of a Teenage Witch™ and Chloe's Closet - Season II.   As a production company hired by outside content owners, Moonscoop has produced animated series for a number of high profile brands, such as Care Bears™, Clifford The Big Red Dog, Lalaloopsy™, Strawberry Shortcake™, Bratz®, Zhu Zhu Pets® and He-Man Masters of the Universe.

07.30.2013 - NOTHING LASTS FOREVER – Your First Look At AVENGERS #18 !

This August, the Marvel Universe fights for survival in the biggest battle it’s ever faced – but first, Marvel is proud to unveil your first look at Avengers #18 – a tie in to Infinity! From the blockbuster creative team of Jonathan Hickman & Leinil Francis Yu, the Avengers must act fact to unite the entire Marvel Universe against the unrelenting Builder fleet! In order to do so, Earth’s mightiest must join with the likes of the Skrull Empire, the Brood & Annihilus.  Can Captain America bring together every space race of the galaxy before it’s too late?

Every issue of Avengers includes a code for a free digital copy of that same comic on the Marvel Comics app for iOS and Android devices. Additionally, each issue of Avengers features special augmented reality content available exclusive through the Marvel AR app – including cover recaps, behind the scenes features and more that add value to your reading experience at no additional cost.

This August, Hickman, & Yu prepare the Avengers for the worst in Avengers #18!

Join the conversation on Twitter with hash tag #MarvelINFINITY, and don’t forget to follow us at @Marvel [www.twitter.com/Marvel]!

For more on Marvel’s Infinity, please visit www.marvel.com.

AVENGERS #18 (JUN130586)
Written by JONATHAN HICKMAN
Art & Cover by LEINIL YU
FOC- 07/29/13 On-Sale – 08/21/13

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07.26.2013 - GET READY FOR THE NEXT ALL-NEW DC UNIVERSE ANIMATED ORIGINAL MOVIE JUSTICE LEAGUE: THE FLASHPOINT PARADOX Coming JULY 30, 2013 FROM WARNER BROS. HOME ENTERTAINMENT

Primetime TV Stars & Justice League Alumni Fill Stellar Voice Cast Including Justin Chambers, Kevin McKidd, Michael B. Jordan, C. Thomas Howell, Nathan Fillion, Ron Perlman, Dana Delany, Cary Elwes, Danny Huston and Kevin Conroy

The world is turned upside down as one of earth’s greatest super heroes – Flash – wakes up devoid of his super powers in the all-new Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox – the next entry in the popular, ongoing series of DC Universe Original Animated Movies. Produced by DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation, this all-new, PG-13 rated film arrives July 30, 2013 from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Blu-Ray™ Combo Pack ($24.98 SRP), DVD ($19.98 SRP) and Digital Download. The Blu-ray™ Combo Pack will include UltraViolet™*.

When time travel allows a past wrong to be righted for Flash and his family, the event’s temporal ripples prove disastrous, creating a fractured, alternate reality where the Justice League never formed, and even Superman is nowhere to be found. Amidst a new world being ravaged by a fierce war between Wonder Woman’s Amazons and Aquaman’s Atlanteans, Flash must team with a grittier, more violent Batman and government agent Cyborg to restore the continuity of Flash’s original timeline.
“Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox has all the elements of another great film – dynamic forceful villains, treacherous twists and turns and internal tensions amongst heroes,” said Mary Ellen Thomas, Warner Home Video Vice President, Family, Animation and Partner Brands Marketing. “Showcasing a cast that brings together some of today’s popular primetime television actors with many fans’ favorite voices from the original series, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment is proud to release this title as the next DC Universe Animated Original Movie.”

Primetime television stars Justin Chambers (Grey’s Anatomy) and Kevin McKidd (Grey’s Anatomy), the voices of Barry Allen/Flash and Thomas Wayne/Batman, respectively, unite with numerous greats of television and film to fashion the famed animated roles. Adding to the celebrity-laden voice cast and providing thrilling additions to the Justice League series are Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale, Friday Night Lights, Chronicle) as Cyborg, C. Thomas Howell (Southland, The Outsiders) as Thawne/Professor Zoom, Nathan Fillion (Castle) as Hal Jordan/Green Lantern, Ron Perlman (Hellboy) as Slade and Deathstroke, Dana Delany (Body of Proof) as Lois Lane, Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride) as Aquaman, Danny Huston (Magic City) as General Lane, Sam Daly (The Office, The Daly Show) as Superman, and Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series) as Batman.

Screenwriter Jim Krieg delivers an action-packed vision of the legendary comic book miniseries FLASHPOINT, by Geoff Johns & Andy Kubert, adding to the over 13 million DC Universe video units produced to date. Jay Oliva (Batman: The Dark Knight Returns) is director and James Tucker (Superman: Unbound) is producer.

Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox Blu-ray™ has over three hours of exciting extra content, including:
•    A Flash in Time: Are there other dimensions?  Can time travel get us there?  And if The Flash existed, could he really travel through time?  Interviews with experts in mythology, theoretical physics and top DC writers will examine the science and legacy of the storytelling behind the fiction.
•    My Favorite Villians! The Flash Bad Guys: Acclaimed DC Comics writer Geoff Johns and others share their favorite Flash villains in this short film that gives viewers a glimpse into the Flash’s world through the eyes of some of the nefarious characters he has encountered over the past 70 years!
•    A Sneak Peek at the next DC Universe animated movie:. An in-depth look into the next DC Animated feature film, spotlighting the cast and crew.
•    From the DC Comics Vault:  Bonus cartoon episodes
•    The Flashpoint Paradox Audio Commentary


About Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc.:
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (WBHE) brings together Warner Bros. Entertainment's home video, digital distribution, interactive entertainment, technical operations and anti-piracy businesses in order to maximize current and next-generation distribution scenarios. An industry leader since its inception, WBHE oversees the global distribution of content through packaged goods (Blu-ray Disc and DVD) and digital media in the form of electronic sell-through and video-on-demand via cable, satellite, online and mobile channels, and is a significant developer and publisher for console and online video game titles worldwide. WBHE distributes its product through third party retail partners and licensees, as well as directly to consumers through WBShop.com.

About DC Entertainment:
DC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash, etc.), Vertigo (Sandman, Fables, etc.) and MAD, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating across Warner Bros. and Time Warner.  DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment, and interactive games.  Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Entertainment is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world.

JUSTICE LEAGUE and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and ©DCComics. (s13)

About Warner Bros. Animation
Warner Bros. Animation (WBA) is one of the leading producers of animation in the entertainment industry, with an innovative and talent-rich roster boasting some of the most accomplished writers, producers and artists working today. The studio is on the cutting edge of animation technology and has both CG and traditionally animated projects in current production and development. For TV, WBA produces series such as The Looney Tunes Show, MAD and Teen Titans Go!, as well as the forthcoming Beware The Batman,and The Tom and Jerry Show for Cartoon Network. WBA also produces series and additional original content — including animated shorts — for Cartoon Network’s multiplatform branded DC Nation programming block. In addition to TV programming, WBA produces theatrically released CG cartoon shorts featuring iconic Looney Tunes characters, rendered in stereoscopic 3D. WBA also creates the highly successful series of DC Universe Original Animated Movies for DVD. Producing for multiple platforms including TV, digital and home entertainment both domestically and internationally, WBA is highly respected for its creative and technical excellence, as well as for maintaining the Studio’s rich cartoon heritage. It is also the home of the iconic animated characters from the DC Comics, Hanna-Barbera, MGM and Looney Tunes libraries. One of the most-honored animation studios in history, WBA has been honored with six Academy Awards®, 35 Emmy® Awards, the George Foster Peabody Award, an Environmental Media Award, a Parents’ Choice Award, the HUMANITAS Prize, two Prism Awards and 20 Annie Awards (honoring excellence in animation).