ComicsAlliance’s Complete News Summary from Comic-Con 2011

Final week’s San Diego Comic-Con International spawned scores of news stories, pop culture insights and cosplay photographs. In reality, we’re nevertheless catching our collective breath at ComicsAlliance. In the spirit of guiding our valued readers to the objects they may possibly have missed although in the belly of the news-consuming beast this previous weekend, we’ve place together a beneficial recap to efficiently deliver links to the things you may possibly have missed, or basically want to indulge in yet again. Hit the jump for a breakdown of our coverage by way of Comic-Con 2011.
Marvel

- Hugh Jackman filled fankind in on The Silver Samurai’s function as the central antagonist in the upcoming The Wolverine movie. [Hugh Jackman Reveals Silver Samurai as 'The Wolverine' Film Villain [Comic-Con]]
- Disney released a gag teaser The Muppets with Sam the Eagle posing as Captain America. [Sam the Eagle of 'The Muppets' Dons Captain America's Costume]
- Sony’s The Incredible Spider-Man movie poster showed off much more of Spidey’s super textured costume. ['The Incredible Spider-Man' Movie Poster Swings into Comic-Con]
- The Wonderful Spider-Man star Rhys Ifans supposedly acted a tool and was detained throughout the display for it. [Rhys Ifans Seems as The Lizard, Gets Arrested for Misdemeanor Battery Right after Spider-Man Panel]
- While his co-star behaved badly, next summer’s Spider-Man Andrew Garfield poured his heart out to fans while wearing a Spidey costume. [Costumed Spider-Man Fan at Comic-Con Panel Pulls Off Mask to Reveal Andrew Garfield [Video]]
- Jeph Loeb announced he and longtime collaborator Ed McGuinness are teaming for a new Cable series beginning in December. [Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness Reunite to Resurrect 'Cable' [Comic-Con]]
- Spinning out of Concern Itself, Matt Fraction will pen The Defenders, while Jason Aaron will take above a duality-filled The Amazing Hulk. [Matt Fraction to Write 'Defenders,' Jason Aaron Scripting 'Hulk' Relaunch]
- Right after a number of days of releases, The Avengers film concept art posters lastly assembled into one particular huge image. [Marvel Assembles Full Concept Art Poster For 'The Avengers' Film [Comic-Con]]
DC

- DC introduced attendees to much more of the “New 52.” Turns out Superman’s girl Lois is entirely acquiring it on with an additional dude in the new continuity. Poor Clark. [DC's New 52: Jim Lee and Dan DiDio Behind the Scenes of the Relaunch]
- The Superman panel shed some light on the difference amongst the Man of Steel’s old and new continuities. A super vague timeline of DC’s reboot plans was also offered, as panelists indicated someplace among much more than a handful of months and much less than two many years. Grant Morrison was forthright and stated he’d been functioning on Action Comics since March. [Superman Panel: The Brief New Cape, Deconstructed Superboy and Super Abstinence for Superman [Updated]]
- In the course of the Justice League panel, DC sort of addressed its lack of female creators, Ryan Choi’s fate and what’s up with the historically wonky Power Girl. Jim Lee mentioned Geoff Johns also emphasized the new JL’s tone will emphasize “humanity and humor.” ['Justice League' Panel: Ryan Choi, Power Girl, Diversity, Batman on Two Teams [Comic-Con]]
- Sinestro will mysteriously resume his role as a Green Lantern in the new DCU, whilst Hal Jordan lives as a homeless man with no ring powers. [Green Lantern Panel: Sinestro, Hobo Hal Jordan, Dex-Starr, and Classic Teen Titans in DCnU [Comic-Con]]
- A quantity of characters had bits of their fate in the “New DCU” revealed. Geoff Johns also stated that he’s trying to inject far more humor and civilian interaction into his operate. ['DC: The New 52' - Teen Titans Reside, Lady Luck, Female Creators and 'Batman: Odyssey']
- DC Comics Co-Publisher Jim Lee, VP of Art and Layout Mark Chiarello and artist Cully Hamner showed fans sketches of character designs coming in the new DC Universe. [The DC Comics Sketch Gallery of Redesigned Characters from the New 52 [Comic-Con]]
- The characters of DC’s “The Edge” and “The Dark” lines like Swamp Factor, Animal Man, Frankenstein, I, Vampire, Demon Knights, Stormwatch, Deathstroke, Suicide Squad, O.M.A.C., Blackhawks Guys of War and All-Star Western got fleshed out by their creators. [DC's 'Dark' and 'Edge' Creators Sell Fans on New Books [Comic-Con]]
- Fans got a load of the 1st many (unlettered) pages of Geoff Johns and Jim Lee’s Justice League #1. [Behold Jim Lee's Unlettered 'Justice League' #1 Preview [Comic-Con]]
Image

- Brian K. Vaughn announced his upcoming project, Saga, with artist Fiona Staples coming from Image in 2012. [Brian K. Vaughan Announces 'Saga,' New Ongoing Sci-Fi Series at Image Comics [Comic-Con]]
IDW

- IDW took fans by way of their upcoming projects in 2012 which includes a new 30 Days of Evening ongoing series, the relaunched Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Memorial, Monocyte, Code Word: Geronimo, Godzilla, Frankenstein Alive, Alive! and Dead Increasing. [IDW Panel: 30 Days of Night, Godzilla, TMNT, Popeye, Code Word: Geronimo & Much more [Comic-Con]]
- Wally Wood, Will Eisner and John Romita will have their operate reprinted by IDW in unique Artist’s Editions hardcovers. [IDW Announces Reprints of Eisner's Spirit, Romita's Spider-Man and Wood's EC Comics [Comic-Con]]
Dark Horse

- Dark Horse Digital is now offering digital versions of its Star Wars titles. The rollout starts with 50 Star Wars comics — which includes materials 1st published by Marvel Comics — with far more added weekly for the cost of free of charge-$ 1.99. ['Star Wars' Comics The two New & Archival Now Obtainable on Dark Horse Digital [Comic-Con]]

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Gaming

- The complete checklist of new characters coming to Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom leaked on the internet. ['Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3' Character Roster Includes Rocket Raccoon, Phoenix Wright]
- Activision released yet another look at Spider-Man: Edge of Time, showing off Black Cat and more bad dudes kind the September release. [Black Cat, Anti-Venom Menace Two Spideys in New 'Spider-Man: Edge of Time' Trailer]
- Gotham City Imposters continued to engage Batman and the Joker wanabees in deadly FPS combat in an additional video teaser. The title also got a 2012 release time frame. ['Gotham City Imposters' Set for 2012 Release [Video]]
Toys

- Hasbro showed off new versions of Thor, Captain America and Iron Man from its upcoming The Avengers toy line. This would be the first of a couple of important glimpses into the film’s future. ['The Avengers' Action Figures Featuring New Movie Costumes Crop up at Comic-Con]
- Prototypes for Lego’s upcoming line of toys based on Marvel and DC Comics superheroes popped up at the company’s booth. [Lego's Official Marvel and DC Minifigs Surface at Comic-Con]
- We played with several of Hasbro’s Comic-Con exclusives, which includes the large Marvel Universe Sentinel, G.I. Joes, Transformers and a My Tiny Pony. [The Packaging is Half the Enjoyable of Hasbro's Comic-Con Exclusive Toys [Comic-Con]]

- Boba Fett Wolverine proved that his costume-generating expertise have been bountiful, bub. [Comic-Con Cosplay: Boba Fett Wolverine]
- Hello Kitty adopted the ultimate cosplay trope. [Comic-Con Cosplay: Hello Kitty Slave Leia]
- Homer Simpson and Dragon Ball Z’s Vegeta fused for some East-meets-West cosplay. [Comic-Con Cosplay: Dragon Ball Homer Simpson Wields Sprinkled Donut]

- Comedy Central set up its very own South Park city for fans to visit close to the convention center. ['South Park: Year of the Fan Experience' Creates a Pop-Up Town at Comic-Con [Video]]
- We hit the “Museum of Conan Art” for a appear at its several Flaming C pieces. [Take a Look Within Conan O'Brien's The Flaming C Art Gallery [Comic-Con]]
Animation

- The Green Lantern: The Animated Series panel itself showed many clips from the upcoming show that sported the CG version of Bruce Timm’s signature style. Hal Jordan and Kilowog will face an army of Red Lanterns in the very first season. ['Green Lantern: The Animated Series' Pits Hal Jordan and Kilowog Against the Red Lantern Corps [Comic-Con]]
- Nickelodeon gave fans a look at a teaser for the Avatar: The Final Airbender sequel, The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra. ['The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra' Comic-Con Teaser Arrives On-line [Video]]
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