2009 is almost over and Lionsgate Home Entertainment is pulling out all the stops with DVD Collections from comic book fans’ favorite characters including 2 new DVD offerings each from Wolverine and the X-Men and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It’s a jam-packed fall and winter line-up but take particular note of our Halloween release of the cult classic Mad Monster Party (a brand new Special Edition!). And guaranteed to be the biggest holiday gift of the season for your fans will be the Marvel Animation: 6 Film Gift Set – it’s the very first time that the entire collection of Marvel Animated DVD releases have been packaged together and made available.

You can check out the official announcements for all 6 of our upcoming DVDs below:

September 1st
1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 8
Bodacious! The 25th Anniversary of everyone's favorite martial arts master Turtles continues with the first-time ever DVD release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 8 from the classic TV series. Grab some pizza and watch as Leonardo™, Michelangelo™, Raphael™ and Donatello™ take adventure to the max in these eight shredding episodes from the classic TV series. $14.98

September 8th
2. Mad Monster Party: Special Edition
Mad Monster Party, the beloved animated Halloween classic, comes to Special Edition DVD this September from Lionsgate. Mad Monster Party: Special Edition is a hilariously spooky classic that includes a brand-new retrospective featurette and two fun sing-a-longs, and is encased in frighteningly fun neon O-card DVD packaging - making it the perfect treat for Halloween this year! $14.98

October 13th
3. Marvel Animation: 6 Film Gift Set.
Marvel Enterprises and Lionsgate unveil the most exciting new gift of the holiday season with the very first compilation of the mightiest super heroes in the Marvel Universe with the DVD release of the Marvel Animation: 6 Film Gift Set. This complete collection is a must-have for comic fans everywhere as it includes all six of the Marvel full-length animated features currently released on DVD: Ultimate Avengers: The Movie, Ultimate Avengers 2, The Invincible Iron Man, Doctor Strange, Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow and Hulk Vs. $49.98

November 3rd
4. WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN: BEGINNING OF THE END - Enemies from the Past and Future Collide In The Third Volume of The Hit Animated TV Series
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5. WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN VOLUMES 1-3 - Witness the Launch of a Legendary Series with the Three DVD Set!
This November, Marvel Animation and Lionsgate will bring fans the ultimate showdown between humans and mutants with the eagerly awaited third volume of the hit animated series Wolverine and the X-Men, as well as a boxed set containing the first three volumes of this fan-favorite show. Wolverine and the X-Men: Beginning of the End follows Wolverine and the X-Men as they face potential demise in five apocalyptic episodes featuring audio commentary from the show’s creators, and a glossed/embossed O-card. With the release of the third volume, new fans can jump on board in time for the holiday season with the release of the new box set Wolverine and the X-Men Volumes 1-3. The set is encased in bookcase sleeve packaging and comes complete with a unique collectible WXM Laser Cel (while supplies last) sure to appeal to collectors everywhere. $14.98, while Wolverine and the X-Men Volumes 1-3 is available for $29.98 -- an incredible value vs. buying each DVD individually!

6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Complete Season 7 Set in one awesome DVD package for an incredible value just in time for the holiday. The 25th Anniversary of everyone’s favorite crime-fighting amphibians continues with this collection, now available for the first time together in one complete set for half the price of buying each of the four volumes individually. The previous four volumes of the classic TV Series comprising the collection sold over 160,000 units. Leonardo™, Michelangelo™, Raphael™ and Donatello™ fight the likes of Shredder™ and his evil Foot Clan through all 27 episodes from Season 7, packaged in a glossy O-card with four discs inside. Lionsgate is offering the collection as part of a year-long shell-ebration for the heroes-in-a-half-shell just after the franchise announced plans to release a live-action film in 2011. $29.98.