Solar Flare: Science Fiction News

Welcome to the latest edition of my weekly comic book reviews. It was something of a quiet week for me as far as new books are concerned, so I went looking a little further afield for things to review and the end result is my largest review column so far (plus it’s not all Marvel books so…

The new Fantastic Four animated series will premier on the Cartoon Network this Saturday (2nd September 2006). Below are air dates and some details for the first five episodes of the Fantastic Four cartoon:

TRIAL BY FIRE - airs Saturday, Sept 2 at 20:00

Johnny is put on trial for crimes against the Kree Empire by Ronan the Accuser after destroying the latest in a line of Kree Sentries, alien robots that have…

I only have a couple of comic book reviews for you this week. Rather than review every issue I read, I’m picking out significant issues. Beginnings and ends of stories primarily.
Image via Wikipedia
Annihilation #1
Writer: Keith Giffen
Artist: Andrea Divito
Publisher: Marvel

Annihilation is Marvel’s other summer event series. The lead up to this four mini-series featuring Nova, The Silver Surfer, Ronan…

So it’s official, the seque to the Fantastic Four will be called. Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer and will feature a computer graphic version of the Surfer who is the a herald for Galactus, the planet consuming cosmic entity.

Principal photography begins in two weeks in the Vancouver area. Director Tim Story made a pos at his MySpace blog yesterday giving some insight into how things are progressing. Highlights…

It looks like we’re going to get lots of animated Fantastic Four to enjoy as the Cartoon Network has ordered a full 26 episode season of the new animated show from Marvel. Fantastic Four is set to debut on the Cartoon Network in fall 2006 according to the Hollywood reporter.

The animated Fantastic Four will feature the adventures of Mr. Fantastic, the Invisible Woman, the Human Torch and the Thing as…