Superman/Batman Public Enemies Movie

I just saw from the DC Comics website that they will be launching Superman/Batman Public Enemies the Movie. It has been quite a while since I read the comic book however as far as I can remember this is one of the Superman/Batman story arcs that is just so-so. If you were to ask me they should have made the one with Supergirl and Darkseid into a movie.

But let’s see, maybe the movie turns out to be good after all. Official release will be on September 29, 2009 in DVD and HD-DVD format.

Ultimate Avengers 1

The Next Generation Part 1 Hawkeye meets up with Nick Fury, recruiting him to lead a team to capture Captain America as he has just gone rogue upon learning the truth about the Red Skull. We are then taken to a flashback the day before where Hawkeye and Captain America are attacking two helicopters. As soon as they take over the first helicopter, Cap jumped to the next helicopter only to be confronted by the Red Skull. Captain America was badly beaten and thrown outside the helicopter unconscious. Hawkeye jumped to save him, launching the parachute that Captain America was wearing saving them both. After they landed on the ground safely, Cap whispered to Hawkeye that Red Skull claimed that he was his son. Other Events: Carol Danvers, Director of Shield has just found Ironman in a strip club after going AWOL, leaving Captain America and Hawkeye for themselves.

Ultimate Spider-Man 1

The New World According to Peter Parker Six Weeks after the Ultimatum Wave destroyed New York City, Peter Parker is working in a fast food chain. New to the job, he offends an old lady by explaining to her sarcastically what makes French fries. At some store downtown, an attempted robbery was stopped by mysterious man dressed in red robes. Upon arriving at the scene, Spiderman has his job done for him already and was praised by the guards at the scene for his heroics during the Ultimatum Wave. As he gets back to his apartment, he is welcomed by Gwen Stacy who was already waiting in his room. As they were eating, a member of the Fantastic Four, Johnny Storm came to their house and collapsed into Peter’s arms. At Kingpin’s office, we see him getting blasted through the window by Mysterio.

Batman and Robin 4

Revenge of the Red Hood Part 1: Red Right Hand A villain with a violet armor robs someone in Gotham City when suddenly the Red Hood and his new sidekick (the girl with a dollatron face) appears. They kill the guy, first slicing his neck then shooting him until he falls off a building. At a party Dick Grayson was introduced to a certain Oberon Sexton who appears to be a crime fighter himself. One night, Batman and Robin are stalking Penguin and a group of criminals while they are in a meeting. They were however attacked first by the Red Hood, killing everyone and even injuring Penguin. When Batman and Robin got to the scene, they were able to get face to face with the Red Hood which Batman recognized to be Jason Todd.

Batman and Robin 3

Batman Reborn Part 3: Mummy Made of Nails

Batman interrogates one of Pyg’s men by dragging him all over the city in his bike until he spills. Robin, who was captured last issue is tied to a chair while Pyg goes on a monologue. Damien somehow found a way to escape from his bindings and attacked them.

Somewhere in the city, Batman apprehended a dollatron thinking he has a bomb around his waist. To his surprise, it weren’t bombs they were carrying but germs.

Damien continues his attack and gets help from one of the victims who was already turned into a dollatron. With him chasing Pyg, he however failed to rescue the girl and was dragged out of the building by Pyg, riding one of those coasters in the carnival. Damien was knocked out by Pyg when suddenly Batman came to his rescue.
The police finally came to put an end to the whole thing. Pyg was revealed to be a Circus Boss named Lazlo Valentin. He invented an addictive identity destroying drug he used to control the town and hold it ransom.
At the hospital the girl Damien failed to save got into a rage and killed his father and the two guards that attempted to restrain her. As she walks out of the room, she bumps into a new villain who calls himself the “Red Hood”.

Red Robin 4

The Grail Conclusion Tim Drake was immediately detained by US troops upon arriving at the airport in Baghdad after being blamed for the burglary in Berlin. Z, however came to his rescue and convinced the guards that they had the wrong guy. That night, Tim and Z got to talk a bit and Tim was told that they actually came across each other in the past when the League of Assassins resurrected Ra’s Al Ghul. One night, Tim stumbled into a cave where a bat was carved. At the end of Final Crisis, we saw Batman at this very same cave, right after his alleged “death”. It was now clear in his mind that Batman is still alive. Upon exiting the cave, The Widower attacked them and killed all three of Tim’s companions, leaving him with a stab would himself. Other Events: In Gotham, Dick, now the new batman attempted to talk to Tim about his obsession with finding Batman alive. Being as stubborn as he is, Tim got into a fist fight with Dick who eventually let him go.

Red Robin 3

The Grail Part 3 Tim Drake is in a building in Berlin, looking for clues about Batman’s whereabouts. While doing so, he was walking to Ra’s Al Ghul the whole time who was trying to get Tim to work for him. All he’s asking is for Tim to share all the knowledge he gets about Batman. His infiltration however was soon discovered by the guards, led by the Wild Huntsman(a huge man dressed in a Viking suit with 3 dogs as hit pet). During their fight though, we was aided by Owens, Z and Prudence, the three assassins who tried to kill him before. They were apparently instructed by Ra’s to aid him. Hours later, Tim flew to Baghdad again followed by the three who is now calling him boss. Other events: Before setting off to be the Red Robin, Robin had a talk with Cassey in front of Bruce’s grave. They were all offering him help and that he was not alone in all this. As usual, Tim turns them all away. The killings of members of the League of Assassins continue as one called vial, who uses poisons to kill his enemies was again killed by a webbed like trap.

Red Robin 2

The Grail Part 2

The last issue ended with three men on a rooftop about to shoot Tim with sniper rifle. We later found out that they were all working for Ra’s Al Ghul. Tim was able to escape his assassination when he detected them due to the reflection from their scope.

Before Tim could finish them off, they were called off by their boss and were asked to return to base. Back at his home, Tim accidentally attacked Spoiler who apparently sneaked up on him. Everyone of Tim’s friends were worried about his disappearance and despite all their concern, Tim prefers to be alone in his quest to find Bruce Wayne. In the end, we see him talking to the phone with Ra’s Al Ghul.

Other events: At South Africa, the Director of Public Prosecutions in Cape Town was assassinated by a member of the League of Assassins. However, he was also killed by someone through some weird web-like lightning strike.

Astro Boy The Movie

Astro Boy will be shown on October 2009 and will take place in the futuristic city of Mexico. Several well-known stars are cast as voice actors like Nicolas Cage as the brilliant scientist Tenma. Astroboy is endowed with several super powers like super strength, x-ray vision, speed and flight.

For more information, you can visit the official Astro Boy Movie website, http://www.astroboy-themovie.com/

Ironman Armored Adventures - Review and Summary of Episode 1

Ironman Armored Adventures has been released on April this year. I just came across it this week and decided that maybe I can give it a try. Marvel has been releasing these kinds of projects recently and to be honest they have not been very successful. A total rehash of some of the stories really enrage some of the fans. However, I decided to give this a try and maybe follow it for a few episodes.

The series focuses on a young Tony Stark (16 years old if I’m correct) as he looks for answers and avenge his father’s death at the hands of Obidiah Stane, now the CEO of Stark Enterprises. After a dispute about a certain business deal, Obidiah decided to take over the company and sabotaged the plane where Tony and his father were riding. Tony managed to survive due to the ironman armor he designed himself. The armor actually looked thinner than we are used to.

The first half of the episode was okay, introducing us to some of the characters like Pepper Potts and Rhodey Rhodes (War Machine) who are all in their teens by the way. After the death of his father, the Rhodes family acted as Tony’s guardian. The only action in this movie was when Tony tried to save a train from a serious accident, thereby getting some public exposure.

I will be giving some more synopsis of the succeeding episodes in the days to come so stay tuned!

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