From Marvel Entertainment
Sept. 26, 2011
Castle: Deadly Storm Appears on Tonight’s All-New Episode of ABC’s CASTLE!
Do super heroes roam the streets of New York City? That’s the question everyone’s asking on an all-new episode of the hit series Castle, airing 10:01-11:00 p.m., ET on the ABC Television Network, which also features an on-air appearance the hotly anticipated Castle: Richard Castle’s Deadly Storm original graphic novel! When an ex-con is mysteriously slain in an alley, Castle and Beckett believe a vigilante is behind the murder. But efforts to identify their suspect are thwarted when they discover that he roams the city dressed as a super hero -- and may just be one! It’s a race against time to stop this killer before he strikes again!
Check out an exclusive clip from the episode right now at:http://marvel.com/news/story/16712/castle_deadly_storm_appears_on_tonights_all-new_episode
And don’t miss the release of Castle: Richard Castle’s Deadly Storm on September 28th, everywhere books and comics are sold, as well as on the Marvel Comics app for iOS devices.
For more about Castle: Richard Castle’s Deadly Storm please visit ABC.com and Marvel.com.
CASTLE: RICHARD CASTLE’S DEADLY STORM (JUL110726)
Written by BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS & KELLY SUE DECONNICK
Art by LAN MEDINA
Cover by CARLO PAGULAYAN
Rated T+…$19.99
ON SALE SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
ISBN: 978-0-7851-5327-6
“Castle” stars Nathan Fillion as Richard Castle, Stana Katic as NYPD Detective Kate Beckett, Susan Sullivan as Martha Rodgers, Molly Quinn as Alexis Castle, Ruben Santiago-Hudson as NYPD Captain Roy Montgomery, Tamala Jones as Medical Examiner Lanie Parish, Jon Huertas as NYPD Detective Javier Esposito, and Seamus Dever as NYPD Detective Kevin Ryan.
“Castle” is produced by ABC Studios. Andrew Marlowe is the show’s creator/executive producer, along with executive producers Rob Bowman, David Amann, Laurie Zaks and Armyan Bernstein.
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Well, just looking at the blurb there, the storyline involves a superhero, and they have tended to look a bit more believable on the printed page than on TV shows.
Having read Supergods, perhaps this is another example of superheroes trying to edge into the world. Cop shows are a little more realistic than superhero comics, so this is half a step toward a superhero appearing in a cop show - sorta.
Also, it's Bendis, so it is very intriguing to see what he might do with bringing a superhero into a detective show, when he has built a career on bringing noir movies/ detective shows into superhero comics.
All-in-all ... interesting.
(Oops, just realised that perhaps the superhero/vigilante may not appear in the graphic novel. Still.... Bendis.)
BTW, to answer Rich's question above, it's not so much that something about the series Castle is worthy of a comics adaptaion, but according to the press release, the series spotlights "his rise from a private eye, to globe-hopping for the CIA". Thus we see stuff in the GN that wouldn't be possible in the series. TV detective shows don't really do globe-hopping (or convincing depctions of people and places as they appeared 10 and 20 years ago...)
Sadly, from the point of view of how 'necessary' this GN is to fans of the TV show, I have no doubt that the GN will not be 'canon' in that the writers of the TV show won't hesitate to contradict anything shown here should they get the whim.
No, they actually treated this with logic and some skepticism.
"Lone Vengence" appeared to be several separate inviduals...and the investigative team had to work their way through the script/plot to identify suspect after suspect, and then eliminate each one of them. So, in a sense, they identified the sap in the homemade costume, cleared him, identified another martial arts trained individual, and cleared them, and a writer/artist creator who confessed, but cleared him... and eventually came full circle back to the culpret, whom they had initially cleared and ignored.
Not bad, over all, really. clever dialog, interesting subject matter, and logical solution.
I enjoyed it. (Hows that for a non spoilery review?
Figserello said:
Cool, thanks. I must look out for this episode.
I wonder are costumed vigilantes going to be part of 'the world that's coming'. This is a little incursion into the pseudo-realistic area of the entertainment landscape, at least.
Not bad, over all, really. clever dialog, interesting subject matter, and logical solution.
Agreed. I liked that Beckett is a closet comics fan. (Even has a pull list.)
Notice how, even though the episode wore its Marvel affiliation on its sleeve, Sin City got name-checked but they managed to discuss how Lone Vengeance's secret identity might by "mild mannered" without actually saying the words "Clark Kent"?
They *did* mention Batman, though; that surprised me.
I liked it. And right now I'm kicking myself trying to place the real name of the comic shop on the show. My first thought was it was a redressed Forbidden Planet, but I don't think that's it.
Oh, and Figs, I'm pretty sure the GN is not a Castle story, but a story "written" by Castle, featuring his character Derrick Storm. That's the way it looks from the cover, anyhow.
I was surprised they just didn't decide to stake out the city's comic shops on a Wednesday.
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