After a week delay in it’s release we finally get the much anticipated first book of the Gargoyles comic. There’s not much to say about this as it’s pretty much just a retelling of half an episode of the TV show. Waiting for some new material which we should be seeing in book 3 according to some liner notes in this issue. Still I managed to put together a 6 minute review so do enjoy it!

Check out this page for some older info on the book and some samples of what the art looks like.

I don’t make a habit of watching G4, but I caught a little bit of an old show about the history of the NES, and during the commercial break, they were advertising floor coverage of San Diego Comic Con, not unlike their floor coverage of E3.

Anyway, they said on July 21st (or sometime that week) they’ll have some kind of major announcement about the Transformer movie. Phil Bond sarcastically remarked its probably just the trailer, but considering Dreamworks put that big truck on the floor last year, theres still a chance they’ll do something to surprise us.

Diamond Select Toys are continuing their line of busts in commemoration of the 10th Anniversary of the Age of Apocalypse storyline from Marvel Comics. They have chosen Weapon X as next in the line followed by Phoenix and Psylocke. I was hoping more of these busts would be based upon Joe Madureira’s character designs, but it seems Art Asylum doesn’t agree. Weapon X is, however, based on art by Chris Bachalo, another artist that I am a fan of. Although, I’m not so sure how representative this bust is of his art though.

  

According to this article, Futurama is returning to Comedy Central. Fox will supposedly get the chance to air new episodes first, but most likely will not. The primary voice actors signed this week sealing a deal for 13 more episodes. Katey Sagal broke the news on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, which was later confirmed by sources of Don Kaplan of the New York Post.

We heard rumors of this before, but they were quickly quashed.

According to Cobra Island, BigBadToyStore has 4 new 2.5″ Sigma Six Vehicle Sets up for pre-order. They actually all look pretty cool, particularly the Mech and the HISS Tank, but we are still wondering why Hasbro came out with a 2.5″ line in the first place, when there was already a successful 8″ line for the franchise.

The new sets are:

• Rhino Copter
• HISS Tank
• Razor’s Edge
• Devastator Mech

Anime New International is reporting the announcement of 3 new figures to the up and coming Revoltech line. New figures include Evangelion 03 (pre-angel), Shin-Getter 2, and Rebecca from Black Lagoon. I have added pictures of the new figures that were posted on ANI after the jump. The Eva looks like it has some cool accessories and Getter 2 looks somewhat promising.

I managed to track down a Shin-Getter 1 from the first wave of this line and hope to be sharing many pictures and a review later on.
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According to TFW2005.com, they have been informed the Target listing for a Prime vs. Megatron 2-pack is actually not the upcoming Primal vs. Megatron Beast Wars anniversary 2-pack, but instead a classic G1 looking Prime with more articulation and a green tank Megatron that will come with a dvd called “Battle Through the Ages’. Both figures will be packaged in vehicle form. It is not clear if this will be a Target exclusive or not just yet.

Their sources have also revealed that the reissue of 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime will actually be a repaint without the battle damage, in addition to having long smoke stacks. Packaged with the figure will be a dvd with the original animated Transformers: The Movie

[EDIT – Crazy: Hasbro has stated that 20th Prime will have SHORT smoke stacks. Long smoke stacks was apparently incorrect information. Interestingly though, they did not say anything else was incorrect. ]

Multiple sources are reporting that the first teaser trailer will be available online July 4th, 2006 on the movie’s website. Three days later a trailer will get a theatrical release with Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man’s Chest.