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Featuring the unique art style of legendary comic book artist Joe Madureira, Darksiders puts players in the role of War, one of the four horsemen of the Apocalypse. Gamers will explore Earth set 100 years after the biblical Apocalypse, traveling through expansive dungeons, battling demons and angels and striking deals with unsavory characters in an epic quest to restore the balance between Heaven and Hell.

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After an eternity, the Apocalypse is almost here! It’ll officially be here when Joe Mad finishes something (…oops, did I say that?). Anyways, a third trailer premiered @ E3, but still no release date.

The game looks good, but with Kratos coming out again in 2010, we’ll see who the REAL God of War is.

The Ultimates Face The Brotherhood—‘Nuff Said!

They’ve lost one of their own, but the Ultimates must now contend with the full wrath of The Brotherhood! In the red-hot Ultimates 3 #2 (of 5), from the dream team of Eisner-Winning, Emmy-nominated author Jeph Loeb and the acclaimed art team of Joe Madureira & Christian Lichtner, the action packed thrill ride kicks it up a notch as Spider-Man and another familiar face join the fray. How will the team react to last issue’s shocking conclusion that has the Internet buzzing? Just why has the Brotherhood decided to launch an all-out offensive at this time? And Valkyrie versus…Thor? Wrapped up in two stunning covers—one by Madureira & Lichtner, the other by superstar Michael Turner—this is the action-packed extravaganza no Marvel fan can miss!

“Ultimates 3 is off to a very good start,” gushed Jon Judy of SilverBulletComicBooks.Com. “A real fun read…Loeb and Madureira handle this brilliantly.”

“We are in for one heck of a thrill ride,” said Marc Haines of ComicInfo.News.

Marvel urges readers to check their orders on Ultimates 3 #2 and all issues of this series, as the hotly anticipated first issue sold-out at Diamond in less than 24 hours! If you think the first issue packed in action, intrigue and suspense like never before, then you ain’t seen nothing yet, True Believers! It’s Ultimates 3 #2—and the Ultimate Universe will never be the same again!

ULTIMATES 3 #1 (of 5) SECOND PRINTING VARIANT WRAPAROUND COVER (OCT078510)
Written by JEPH LOEB
Art & Cover by JOE MADUREIRA & CHRISTIAN LICHTNER
Parental Advisory …$2.99
FOC—12/20/07, On-Sale—1/16/08

Jeph Loeb’s writing hasn’t worked for me since Batman: The Long Halloween, and I never really “got” Joe Madureira, and I’d stopped reading The Ultimates back around issue 5 when I got tired of reading about the Avengers recast as shallow and vicious Blackwater operatives. So I didn’t have any great hopes for ULTIMATES 3. Rather than ignore the book, though, I looked on it as an opportunity – an opportunity to give Loeb, Madureira, and The Ultimates each a second chance. It’s December, after all, and I’m told that forgiveness and second chances are part of some holiday you all have coming up.

Turns out I really shouldn’t have bothered. The book isn’t completely terrible or anything, but it’s almost aggressively bland. As much as I despise Mark Millar, he has a surface veneer of cleverness, and at least Bryan Hitch brought the widescreen-action of The Authority to the party and made the original Ultimates somewhat new and exciting (though the elements of that style have now made their way outwards and are now commonplace, the way contemporary pop songs started showing up ironically in mainstream films a few years after Kenneth Anger’s Scorpio Rising cut scenes from a movie about Jesus together with The Shangri-Las’ “Leader of the Pack”).

Madureira’s art just looks like the ’90s, his manga-influenced style not looking nearly as odd or different in this manga-infused decade. The coloring by Christian Lichtner casts a muddy-brownish red over everything, turning all the visuals into a non-dynamic mush, making the whole book just look like one of the lesser Virgin Comics titles. Jeph Loeb’s writing also reeks of the ’90s, only with the new Ought-friendly elements of secret porn tapes, incest, slobbery drug overdoses and gory holes through people’s hands. Anybody remember when the Ultimate line was supposed to be appropriate for eight-year olds?

Speaking of the Ultimate LINE, the biggest problem with this book is that it is, at its core, just another superhero book in a line of superhero books. It only took about six years or so, but the Ultimate line seems to be showing the same kind of inbred storytelling sense that mars almost all of the superhero books from the major companies. None of the characters are introduced beyond being labeled on a splash page with their name in a box during a huge fight scene. Scenes of character tension fall flat without any back-story to explain what the hell they’re about. This thing might say “issue 1″ on it, but if I gave a copy to a new reader they’d never read a comic book again.

Really, the whole systemic problem can be diagnosed by looking at the inside cover house ad for Ultimate Secrets, which asks in bold letters at the top of the page: “IS ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN A CLONE” (Nothing says ’90s like that question, huh?). Ultimate Secrets is a HANDBOOK. You remember handbooks, right? They’re those mildly diverting novelties that have absolutely no bearing on any form of storytelling recognized by intelligent human beings. And they’re back! Ultimate-style!

In an alternate-universe 1930’s metropolis, Michael Iron is a loyal member of the powerful Syndicate — a vicious crime organization led by the boisterous Big Daddy. He is a soldier in the three-way battle for power between The Syndicate, The Government, and the ominous religious group known only as “The Order.” Created by Jason Rubin, world-renowned video game developer and creator of the multi-million selling Crash Bandicoot and Jak and Daxter franchises, Iron and the Maiden features character designs by industry heavyweights, Joe Madureira and Jeff Matsuda! This debut issue ships with two covers in a 50/50 ratio — one by Francis Manapul, the other by Madureira & Matsuda! This debut issue is also available signed by either artist Francis Manapul, or Michael Turner (with a cover based on his signed print)! • 40 pg, FC

RACK UP SOME EXTRA POINTS WITH UDON’S BONUS STAGE
Comics’ Biggest Names Team Up in Street Fighter® Vol.4: Bonus Stage

Toronto, ON – July 18, 2007 – UDON’s ‘jumbo manga’ size trade paperbacks have been a big hit with fans who missed out on the original Street Fighter® and Street Fighter® II monthly comic series. But until now something has been missing– those hard to find backup stories by comics’ biggest names! Now, Street Fighter Vol.4: Bonus Stage collects every single Street Fighter backup story in one volume.

Here’s a complete run down! Featured are stories drawn by Adrian Alphona, Kaare Andrews, Carlos Barberi, Ale Garza, Keron Grant, Hyeung-Tae Kim, Salvador Larroca, Kevin Lau, Mark Lee, Joe Madureira, Josh Middleton, Andy Seto, SVEN, Chris Stevens, LeSean Thomas, Adam Warren and Skottie Young. Also included are guest covers and the hilarious Cheap Shots comedy pages by Cory ‘REY’ Lewis.

Street Fighter Vol.4: Bonus Stage hits comic shop shelves August 2007. For news on this and other Capcom® comic books head on over to www.CapcomComics.com.

STREET FIGHTER VOL.4: BONUS STAGE
US Price: $12.95 ISBN: 978-1-897376-00-3
Diamond #: JUN073931
Format: 144pgs, Full Color, 8 ¼ x 5 ¾”

Also Available:

STREET FIGHTER® VOL.1: ROUND ONE: FIGHT! (OCT068047)
US Price: $9.99 ISBN: 0973865202

STREET FIGHTER® VOL.2: THE NEW CHALLENGERS (OCT068048)
US Price: $13.99 ISBN: 097386527X

STREET FIGHTER® VOL.3: FIGHTER’S DESTINY (MAY063447)
US Price: $13.99 ISBN: 0973865288

STREET FIGHTER® LEGENDS VOL 1 SAKURA TP (OCT063730)
US Price: $11.95 ISBN: 0978138643

ABOUT UDON ENTERTAINMENT
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UDON is an award-winning Canadian-based art collective formed in 2000 to provide high-quality creative services to the entertainment industry. Its client list reads like a who’s who of the business and includes Alliance/Atlantis, Capcom, DC Comics, Gamepro, Harmony Gold, Hasbro, Konami, Marvel Comics, Nintendo, Random House, Score, TDK Interactive, ToyBiz, White Wolf, Wizards of the Coast and Wiz Kids amongst others. In addition to client work, UDON also publishes official comics, manga, and artbooks based on Street Fighter, Darkstalkers™, Rival Schools™ and Exalted.

ABOUT CAPCOM

Capcom is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment for game consoles, PCs, handheld and wireless devices. Founded in 1983, the company has created hundreds of games, including best-selling franchises Resident Evil®, Street Fighter®, Mega Man® and Devil May Cry®. Capcom maintains operations in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Tokyo and Hong Kong, with corporate headquarters located in Osaka, Japan. More information about Capcom can be found on the company web site, www.capcom.com.

Capcom, Resident Evil, Mega Man and Devil May Cry are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Capcom Co., Ltd., in the U.S. or other countries. Street Fighter is a registered trademark of Capcom U.S.A., Inc.