New, Notes, and Updates: April 17th, 2007
You Can Be In A Marvel Movie!

All aspiring actors, and regular comic nerds who want to be in one of Marvel's upcoming movies needs to read the following press release.......
NEW YORK -- Marvel Entertainment is conducting a sweepstakes and one lucky winner will win the walk-on role of a lifetime in an upcoming Marvel Studios movie.
From the company that touts world-famous Super Heroes including Spider-Man, the Hulk, Iron Man, Captain America, the X-Men and Fantastic Four, this sweepstakes will offer one Grand Prize winner the chance to be immortalized in Marvel movie history.
You can enter the sweepstakes here.
Three lucky First Prize winners will win a collected edition of Marvel comics and 15 Second Prize winners will receive a 12 issue subscription to one of Marvel’s hottest comic series.
The sweepstakes begins at 3:00:00 p.m. Eastern Time (“ET”) on April 16, 2007 and runs until 11:59:00 p.m. (ET) on August 10, 2007. You can only enter once, but once might just be enough to win the trip to Hollywood and onto the silver screen alongside one of your favorite Marvel heroes.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. To enter, you must be a legal U.S. resident of the 48 contiguous United States or the District of Columbia, who is 18 or older. Sweepstakes is void elsewhere and where prohibited by law. There is no guarantee that the winner will appear in the finished film once it is edited. For official rules, including complete prize descriptions, odds of winning and full details, visit www.marvel.com/be_in_a_marvel_movie.
Another part of that press release that gave me a chuckle was this line: There is no guarantee that the winner will appear in the finished film once it is edited.
Loners #1 Sells Out!
The critically acclaimed first issue has sold out at Diamond. The Runaway's spinoff series seems to be a hit in the making, so run out and get your copies today! Here's the cover to issue #2..........

Punisher War Journal #7 Preview!
Pure Punisher awesomeness awaits all people who click on each page to view at regular size..........
  
Previews Galore!
Okay, let's get the ball rolling with a preview of Nova #2....
  
Cover to Nova #2 by Adi Granov 
Now, let's swing by Image Comics to check out five free pages of After the Cape #2, which has actually sold out already!
  
Now, lets check out some preview art from New X-Men #38!






Finally, let's head over to the Xavier Institute to check out a 6 page preview of the X-Men: First Class Special......
Kevin Nowlan Cover......

Mike Allred providing pencils..........

Nick Dragotta's work...........


Kevin Nowlan on art.........
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