NYCC Saturday Round Up

Sunday, February 8th, 2009

New York City Comic Con, February 6-8, 2009Emma Frost wasn’t mentioned at all in Saturday’s NYCC panels. But some Emma-related information was mentioned. Boring? A little bit.


Marvel’s Cup O’ Joe Panel
From Newsarama
A fan asked about Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes being 16 pages of story for $3.99. Buckley said it was a mistake and it won’t happen again.
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From CBR
“Astonishing X-Men: Ghost Boxes” was 16 pages for $3.99. What’s up with that?
Buckley: That was wrong. We fully admit it. You will not see that again.
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Wolverine and the X-Men, Promotional Art.Marvel Animation
From CBR
Two weeks into its run on the cable network Nicktoons, “Wolverine and the X-Men” increased the channel’s viewership by 808% from last year in its first episode and 1055% in its second. A DVD of the series’ first arc will see an April 21st release, subtitled “Heroes Return,” and a second season of 26 episodes has been green lit for the show.
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Marvel’s Ultimate Revamp
From IGN
(It should be noted that Marvel is giving the Ultimate Universe an entire revamp. No news on Emma Frost’s role because she is a minor character in that universe, however, Ultimate X-Men will restart with issue #1, volume 2.)
Prior to the relaunch, the Ultimate line will see a series of Requiem specials. Aron Coleite and Joe Pokaksi will be helming the Ultimate X-Men [...].
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