Fourth Wall Weekly #37 – Comic Books

COMICS

The last podcast of 2008. Here just in the nick of time.

Mainstream Weekly:

MARVEL

Ultimatum:

• Ultimatum #2 (00:54)
• Ultimate Spider-Man #129 (11:23)
• Ultimate Fantastic Four #59 (14:56)

Dark Reign:

• Ms Marvel #34 (17:02)
• New Avengers #48 (20:40)

Regular Titles:

• Secret Invasion Requiem #1 (27:07)
• Daredevil #114 (28:10)

DC

Regular Titles:

• Batman #683 (31:14)
• Billy Batson And The Magic Of Shazam #3 (37:23)

Independents Day:

DARK HORSE

• Gigantic #2 (39:54)

Trades Show:

This Week’s Top Releases (45:00)

• STATION TP
• THE ALL-NEW ATOM VOL. 4: SMALL WONDER
• ULTIMATES 3 VOL. 1: SEX, LIES & DVD PREMIERE

Next Time:

What’s Coming Out Next Week (47:03)

• Batman #684
• Batman Cacophony #2
• Final Crisis Secret Files #1
• Green Lantern #36
• Superman #683
• Northlanders #13
• Scalped #24
• 30 Days Of Night 30 Days Til Death #2
• Back To Brooklyn #3 (of 5)
• Avengers Initiative #20 (Dark Reign Tie-In)
• Captain America #45
• Guardians of The Galaxy #8
• Incredible Hercules #124
• Stand Captain Trips #4
• Ultimate Hulk Annual #1
• Ultimate X-Men #99
• War Machine #1
• X-Men Magneto Testament #4
• Wolverine #70
• Kick Ass #5
• Incognito #1

The Top 5 Comics Picks of 2008: Submitted by The Members of the Fourth Wall (48:56)

Jesse (50:00)

1. Joker
2. Y: The Last Man
3. Secret Invasion
4. Secret Invasion: Black Panther/ Punisher X-Mas Special
5. Sinestro Corps Wars

Art (55:43)

1. All-Star Superman
2. Incredible Hercules
3. Criminal
4. Buffy Season 8
5. Wonderlost

Freddie (59:13)

1. Omega The Unknown
2. The Roberts
3. XXXombies
4. Marvel 1985
5. The Man Who Loved Breasts

Dan (65:30)

1. Action Comics: Brainic
2. Justice Society: Thy Kingdom Come
3. Green Lantern: Secret Origin
4. Omega The Unknown
5. Joker

Fourth Wall Weekly #37 – Media

MEDIA

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DVD (01:02)
In DVD’s This Week:

MAJOR RELEASES

• The Duchess
• Eagle Eye
• Ghost Town
• Resident Evil: Degeneration
• Savage Grace

NEW ON BLU-RAY

• Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas (Director’s Cut) [Blu-ray]
• Death Sentence (Unrated) [Blu-ray]
• Patriot Games & Sum of All Fears [Blu-ray]

Next Week on DVD :

• Towelhead
• Comedy Central Roast of Bob Saget: Uncensored
• Serenity [Blu-ray]
• An American Carol
• Surfer, Dude

GAMES (08:38)

Jesse’s Top 5 In Games:

1. Grand Theft Auto 4
2. Fallout 3
3. Gears of War 2
4. Left For Dead
5. No More Heroes

FILM (17:01)

In Theaters This Week:

• Bedtime Stories
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Marley & Me
• Revolutionary Road
• The Spirit
• Valkyrie

In Limited Release

• Last Chance Harvey
• Waltz with Bashir

Coming Soon To A Theater Near You:

• Defiance
• Good
• The Lodger
• Cargo 200

Movie News:

• Watchmen Court Case Update

Trailers:

• Che: Part 1
• Adventureland
• 9
• Astro Boy

TV (27:15)

The Reviews:

• Dexter Season 3: In Depth Analysis
• Art’s Top 5 In TV

1. The Shield / The Wire
2. Mad Men
3. Battlestar Galatica
4. Lost
5. Pushing Daisies

The Top 5 Films of 2008: Submitted by The Members of the Fourth Wall

Jesse

1. The Dark Knight
2. The Wrestler
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
4. Let The Right One In
5. Frost/Nixon

Art

1. Let The Right One In
2. In Bruges
3. Wall-E
4. Milk
5. Tropic Thunder

Freddie

1. The Dark Knight
2. Let The Right One In
3. Wall-E
4. Milk
5. In Search of a Midnight Kiss

Handsome Dan

1. JCVD
2. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. Burn After Reading
4. Religulous
5. Gonzo

Fourth Wall Weekly #36 – Comic Books

COMICS

Mainstream Weekly:

MARVEL

On The Invasion Front:

• Mighty Avengers #20 (01:36)
• Avengers – The Initiative #19 (05:23)

Main Titles:

• Dark Reign – New Nation (10:44)
• Ghost Rider #30 (15:18)
• Uncanny X-Men #505 (18:58)
• Spider-Man Noir #1 (22:14)

DC

Main Titles:

• Robin #181 (26:13)
• Supergirl #36 (30:21)

Independents Day:

• Wormwood Gentlemen Corpse – Down The Pub (35:18)
• Air #5 (38:50)
• Ghostbusters – The Other Side #3 (44:28)
• Buffy #20 (48:24)

Lightning Round:

• Ex Machina #40 (51:56)
• Hellblazer #250 (54:38)

• Buckaroo Banzai Prequel 2 (59:51)

Trades Show:

This Week’s Top Releases (1:03:20):

• Silverfish TP
• The Boys Definitive Edition HC
• The Programme Vol 2 TPB
  

Next Week:

What’s On Our Pull Lists For Next Time (1:04:20)

• Batman #683
• Secret Invasion Requiem #1

Quick Mentions:

• Farscape #1
• Gigantic #2
• Billy Batson And The Magic Of Shazam #3
• Daredevil #114
• Ms Marvel #34 (Dark Reign Tie-In)
• New Avengers #48 (Dark Reign Tie-In)
• Army Of Darkness Ashs Christmas Horror
• Ultimate Spider-Man #129
• Ultimatum #2
• City Of Dust #3
• Galveston #2

Fourth Wall Weekly #36 – Media

MEDIA

DVD
In DVD This Week (00:45):

MAJOR RELEASES

• Mamma Mia!
• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor [with review]
• The Women
• The House Bunny [with review]
• Traitor [with review]
• Hamlet 2 [with review]
• Burn After Reading [with review]
• Death Race

ALSO RELEASED THIS WEEK

• Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (Amazon.com Exclusive)
• Louis C.K.: Chewed Up

TV on DVD

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Vol. 6

NEW ON BLU-RAY

• The Third Man [Blu-ray]
• Death Proof [Blu-ray]
• Planet Terror [Blu-ray]
• Into the Wild [Blu-ray]
• Old School (Unrated Edition) [Blu-ray]
• Tommy Boy [Blu-ray]

Next Week on DVD :

• The Duchess
• Eagle Eye
• Ghost Town
• Resident Evil: Degeneration
• Savage Grace

GAMES

Game News: (09:29):

• Possible New Legend of Zelda Coming Out in ‘09
• Trailers Are Out For Batman – Arkam Asylum and the GTA 4: Expansion Pack

FILM

In Theaters This Week (12:34):

• Seven Pounds
• The Tale of Despereaux
• Yes Man

In Limited Release

• Nothing But the Truth
• The Wrestler

What’s Currently Out Now:

• Doubt [with review]
• Slumdog Millionaire [with review]

Coming Soon To A Theater Near You:

Movies Arriving On Christmas Day

• Bedtime Stories
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Last Chance Harvey
• Marley & Me
• The Spirit
• Valkyrie
• Waltz with Bashir

Movies Arriving On The Day After

• Revolutionary Road

Movie News:

• Stephen Crow’s Not Directing The Green Hornet Adaptation
• Updates of the following remakes: Judge Dredd, The Phantom, The Crow, Buck Rogers

TV

The News (21:43):

• Mark Your Calendars: Battlestar Galactica Jan.16 – Lost Jan. 21 – Dollhouse Feb.13
• Watch “Flight of the Conchords’” Season 2 premiere online at Funny or Die
• Season 3 Finale of Dexter [a super quick review]

Fourth Wall Weekly #35 – Comic Books

COMICS

Mainstream Weekly:

MARVEL

On The Invasion Front:

• Secret Invasion: Dark Reign (0:48) – 17 Minute Review!!

Main Titles:

• Punisher War Zone 1 (17:55)
• Astonishing X-Men Ghost Boxes 2 (21:58)

• X-Men Spider-Man 2 (of 4) (28:00)

• Captain Britain and MI 13 8 (33:30) 

• The Wonderful Wizard of Oz 1 (35:40)

DC

Main Titles:

• Final Crisis 5 (37:33) – 13 Minute Review!!
• Action Comics 872 (New Krypton Part 7) (50:28)
• Green Lantern Corps 31 (56:15)
• Detective Comics 851 (Last Rites) (58:10)
• Nightwing 151 (60:30)

Independents Day:

• 30 Days Of Night – 30 Days Til Death 1 (65:00)
• Phonogram 2 – Singles Club 1 (of 7) (72:41)
• Buckaroo Banzai Prequel 2 (of 2) (76:45)

Trades Show: (79:37)

This Week’s Top Releases

• Green Lantern: Secret Origins HC
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 HC
• Batman: Joker’s Asylum
  

Next Week: (80:35)

What’s On Our Pull Lists For Next Time

• Buffy The Vampire Slayer #20
• Fear Agent #25
• Air #5

Fourth Wall Weekly #35 – Media

MEDIA

DVD
In DVD This Week:

MAJOR RELEASES

• The Dark Knight [with review]
• Horton Hears a Who!

ALSO RELEASED THIS WEEK

• Man on Wire

TV on DVD

• THE WIRE: THE COMPLETE SERIES
• DEADWOOD: THE COMPLETE SERIES

NEW ON BLU-RAY

• SIN CITY Blu-Ray
• DUMB AND DUMBER Blu-Ray
• THE MASK Blu-Ray
• SUPER TROOPERS Blu-Ray
• I AM LEGEND Blu-Ray Collector’s Edition
• FROM DUSK TIL DAWN Blu-Ray

Next Week on DVD:

• Mamma Mia!
• The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
• Burn After Reading
• The Women
• Death Race
• House Bunny
• Traitor
• Hamlet 2

GAMES

This Week’s New Releases:

• Prince of Persia PC
• Sonic Unleashed PS3

FILM

In Theaters This Week:

• The Day the Earth Stood Still
• Nothing Like the Holidays

In Limited Release

• Doubt
• Gran Torino
• Timecrimes

Coming Soon To A Theater Near You:

• The Wrestler
• Seven Pounds
• The Tale of Despereaux
• Yes Man

Movie News:

• Dark Horse Comics’ sci-fi adventure series “Fear Agent” is headed for the big screen, according to creator Rick Remender.

TV

The News:

• Golden Globes Noms
• ABC to bring DC’s ‘Fables’ alive
• NBC to give Jay Leno the 10 PM Monday-through-Friday timeslot
• Hugh Jackman to host a totally different Oscars

Reviews of :

• Leverage

Fourth Wall Weekly #34 – Comic Books

COMICS

Mainstream Weekly:

MARVEL

On The Invasion Front:

• Secret Invasion #8 (00:59)

• New Avengers #47 (17:31)

• Secret Invasion Front Line #5 (18:49)

Main Titles:

• The Punisher MAX X-Mas Special #1 (24:37)

• X-MEN Noir #1 (29:55)

• Marvel Zombies 3 #3 (34:32)

• Marvels Eye Of Camera #1 (36:04)

DC

Main Titles:

• Batman #682 (39:35)

• Vixen Return Of The Lion #3 (44:56)

• Supergirl – Cosmic Adventures in the 8th Grade #1 (47:54)

Independents Day:

• Crossed #2 (51:31)

• Zero-G #3 (58:46)

• Sandman Dream Hunters #2 (1:03:58)

Lightning Round:

• Haunted Tank #1 (1:09:08)

• The Boys #25 (1:12:34)

• The Sword #13 (1:13:56)

Trades Show:

This Week’s Top Releases (1:15:10)

• Astonishing X-Men HC Vol 2

• Daredevil Premiere HC Yellow

• Wasteland TP Vol 3 Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos

Next Week:

What’s On Our Pull Lists For Next Time (1:16:31)

• Final Crisis #5 (of 7)

• Final Crisis Revelations #4 (of 5)

• Action Comics #872 (New Krypton)

• Green Lantern Corps #31

• Secret Invasion Dark Reign

Quick Mentions:

• 100 Bullets #98

• Detective Comics #851

• Nightwing #151

• Astonishing X-Men Ghost Boxes #2 (of 2)

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #20

• Phonogram 2 #1 (of 7)

Fourth Wall Weekly #34 – Media

MEDIA

DVD
In DVD This Week (01:31):

MAJOR RELEASES

• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian [with review]

• Step Brothers [with review]

• Wanted [with review]

• X-Files: I Want To Believe [with review]

ALSO RELEASED THIS WEEK

• FROST/NIXON: THE ORIGINAL WATERGATE INTERVIEWS

TV on DVD

• SNL 4th Season

• Metalocalypse Season 2

NEW ON BLU-RAY

• Shawshank Redemption Blu-Ray

• The Original The Day The Earth Stood Still Blu-Ray

• Austin Powers Collection Blu-Ray

• Casablanca Blu-Ray

• Home Alone Blu-Ray

• La Femme Nikita Blu-Ray

• Sin City Blu-Ray

• 12 Monkeys Blu-Ray

Next Week on DVD (14:57):

• THE DARK KNIGHT

• HORTON HEARS A WHO!

• MAN ON WIRE

• THE WIRE: THE COMPLETE SERIES

• DEADWOOD: THE COMPLETE SERIES

• SIN CITY Blu-Ray

• DUMB AND DUMBER Blu-Ray

• THE MASK Blu-Ray

• SUPER TROOPERS Blu-Ray

• I AM LEGEND Blu-Ray Collector’s Edition

• FROM DUSK TIL DAWN Blu-Ray

GAMES

This Week’s New Releases (20:55):

• Prince of Persia PS3 X360

• Grand Theft Auto IV PC

• Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories PS2

• Destroy All Humans! Path of the Furon X360

• Dragon Ball Z: Infinite World PS2

Next Week

• Prince of Persia PC

• Sonic Unleashed PS3

FILM

In Theaters This Week (26:25):

• Punisher: War Zone [with review]

• Cadillac Records

• Extreme Movie

In Limited Release

• Frost/Nixon

• Nobel Son

Coming Soon To A Theater Near You (36:08):

• The Day the Earth Stood Still

• Nothing Like the Holidays

• Guerrilla (Che)

• Gran Torino

Movie News (39:27):

• Dragonball’s new name

• Aliens 5 news

• The Dark Knight re-released in theaters and IMAX January 23^rd

• Heath Ledger wins Australian Award for his performance in Dark Knight

• Adventures in Babysitting remake

• Twilight director fired

• Watchmen music news

• Torso news

• Mickey Rourke not interested in Sin City 2

• David Fincher comedy?

TV

The News (54:43):

• SAG Strike?

• “Lost” will try new story formats, but flashforwards and flashbacks will remain

• “Battlestar Galactica” prequel “Caprica” is a go

• “Pushing Daisies” creator Bryan Fuller is signing a two-year deal with NBC Universal

Quick Mentions:

• After initially ordering a full season, NBC has decided to pull the plug on Knight Rider with four shows to go.

• William Petersen’s “CSI” exit date is set for Jan. 15

• “The Office” earns post-Super Bowl slot

Next Week Reviews of :

• Leverage

• House of Saddam Parts I – II

Fourth Wall Weekly #33 – Comic Books

COMICS

Mainstream Weekly:
DC
Main Titles:

• Batman #681 (00:50)
• Superman #682 (17:18)

MARVEL
Main Titles:

• Captain America #44 (22:51)
• Daredevil #113 (25:10)
• Ms. Marvel #33 (28:05)
• Incredible Hercules #123 (33:45)
• Ultimate Spider-Man #128 (37:12)
• Ultimate X-Men #98 (47:51)

On The Invasion Front:

• Secret Invasion Inhumans #4 (51:41)
• Secret Invasion X-Men #4 (54:53)

Independents Day:

• Welcome To Hoxford #4 (1:00:30)
• Buffy The Vampire Slayer #19 (1:04:24)
• DMZ #36 (1:09:45)
• Transhuman #4 (1:12:28)
• Echoes of the Damned (1:14:09)

Trades Show:
This Week’s Top Releases (1:15:03):

• Captain America Premiere HC Vol 3 Death Of Captain America
• New Avengers Premiere HC Vol 8 Secret Invasion Book 1
• Green Lantern Corps Ring Quest TP
• Sloth TP

Fourth Wall Weekly #33 – Media

MEDIA

DVD
In DVD This Week (00:46):

MAJOR RELEASES

• Hancock [with review]
• Fred Claus
• Meet Dave
• Space Chimps

ALSO RELEASED THIS WEEK

• A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All! [with Review]
• Still Life
• Darker Than Black – Volume 1

TV on DVD

• Freaks & Geeks: Yearbook Edition

NEW ON BLU-RAY

• Bottle Rocket Criterion (Blu-Ray)
• The Kingdom (Blu-Ray)
• Superman Doomsday (Blu-Ray)
• Walk The Line (Blu-Ray)
• Jarhead (Blu-Ray)

Next Week on DVD:

• The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
• Wanted
• X-Files: I Want To Believe
• Step Brothers
• The Real FROST/NIXON Tapes
• SNL 4th Season
• Metalocalypse Season 2
• Cruel Restaurant
• SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION Blu-Ray
• The Original THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL Blu-Ray
• Austin Powers Collection Blu-Ray
• CASABLANCA Blu-Ray
• HOME ALONE Blu-Ray
• LA FEMME NIKITA Blu-Ray
• SIN CITY Blu-Ray
• 12 MONKEYS Blu-Ray
• WHITE DOG – Criterion
• THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE
• THE MESSENGER: THE STORY OF JOAN OF ARC Blu-Ray
• THE RAPE OF EUROPA
• TALES OF THE UNEXPLAINED

GAMES

This Week’s New Releases (10:06):

• Chrono Trigger DS
• Metal Gear Online Meme Expansion PS3
• Watchmen: The End is Nigh

FILM

In Theaters This Week (17:19):

• Australia
• Four Christmases
• Transporters 3

In Limited Release

• Milk

Coming Soon To A Theater Near You

• Cadillac Records
• Punisher: War Zone
• Frost/Nixon

The News (21:00):

• Rob Zombie might be back to film Halloween 2
• New Prequel to Planet of the Apes
• George Miller off Justice League
• Comic Book Straw Man might be a film
• Steve Niles’s Wake the Dead in the works

TV

Reviews of (29:05):

• 24: RedemptionThe Shield Series FinaleSons of Anarchy Season FinaleTrue Blood Season Finale