Wednesday, November 24, 2010

STAN LEE
EXPLODES ONTO THE IPHONE
& IPOD TOUCH WITH
STAN LEE'S THE TRAVELER IN
SPLIT-SECOND MAYHEM
A NEW EXCITING VIDEO GAME
AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD TODAY!

November 24, 2010 - Los Angeles, CA - Alongside the much anticipated release of the time-bending superhero saga STAN LEE'S THE TRAVELER #1, comes the debut of STAN LEE'S THE TRAVELER in SPLIT-SECOND MAYHEM available now in the iTunes store for the iPhone & iPod Touch and brought to you by Stan Lee, BOOM! Studios, GameSalad, and D7!

In this fast-paced puzzle game, you play as The Traveler battling against the Split-Second Men to defeat evil and save the future! Speed up or slow down time to navigate citizens through perilous traps and dangerous encounters with the Split-Second Men. Straight from the pages of STAN LEE'S THE TRAVELER, SPLIT-SECOND MAYHEM makes you the hero and puts you in control of the adventure!

“Comic and game fans will have tons to enjoy with STAN LEE'S THE TRAVER in SPLIT-SECONDE MAYHEM,” says BOOM! Studios Marketing Director Chip Mosher. “SPLIT-SECOND MAYHEM gives fans a deeper look at the latest superhero from Stan Lee while being fun, fast-paced and excitingly addicting game on its own! If you loved STAN LEE'S THE TRAVELER and you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, be sure to download this game today!”

“Stan Lee is the gold standard in the comics world, and BOOM! Studios has been on the forefront of expanding comics into the digital arena,” says GameSalad CEO Steve Felter. “We couldn’t be more thrilled with this partnership or with this game.”

STAN LEE'S THE TRAVELER in SPLIT-SECOND MAYHEM is available as a free lite version on the iTunes store with a full paid version to be released soon. For more information be sure to visit: www.gamesalad.com/traveler.

STAN LEE'S THE TRAVELER in SPLIT-SECOND MAYHEM represents the premiere title in GameSalad’s new Accelerator program, where top GameSalad developers like D7 are brought together with high-level brands to produce top-notch iOS titles. Built with GameSalad Creator, a free-to-use, groundbreaking, visually-based game creation software platform that enables any user to develop games without prior programming knowledge.

In stores today, STAN LEE'S THE TRAVELER is the second of three new ongoing superhero series brought to you by BOOM! Studios and Stan Lee. STAN LEE'S SOLDIER ZERO #1 hit store shelves this October, quickly becoming the bestselling BOOM! book of all time. Written by Paul Cornell and drawn by Javier Pina, STAN LEE'S SOLDIER ZERO #1 has garnered praise from all quarters. This December, New York Times bestselling author Chris Roberson writes STAN LEE'S STARBORN, drawn by Khary Randolph.

STAN LEE'S THE TRAVELER #1 in stores now is written by Eisner and Harvey Award-nominee Mark Waid (KINGDOM COME, IRREDEEMABLE) with art by Chad Hardin (AMAZING SPIDER-MAN) and ships with seven covers, including A & B covers in a 50/50 split by Scott Clark and Chad Hardin respectively, a 1-in-25 incentive by Joe Benitez, a 1-in-50 Undressed Scott Clark Variant, a 1-in-75 Undressed Chad Hardin variant, a 1-in-150 Undressed Joe Benitez Variant, and a special 1-in-300 Stan Lee signed variant cover with all new cover art by Paul Rivoche. STAN LEE'S THE TRAVELER #1 carries a Diamond Code of SEP100889.

About BOOM! Studios
BOOM! Studios (www.boom-studios.com) 2009 "Best Publisher" of the year, generates a wide-ranging catalog of multiple Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated comic books and graphic novels featuring some of the industry’s top talent, including Philip K. Dick's DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?, 20th Century Fox's 28 DAYS LATER and DIE HARD, The Henson Company's FARSCAPE, and the original Mark Waid series IRREDEEMABLE. This fall sees BOOM! teaming up with the legendary Stan Lee, creator of Marvel Comics’ characters Spider-Man, The Hulk, and The X-Men for a line of original superhero series, the legend’s first new superhero creations in nearly 20 years. BOOM!'s youth imprint, BOOM Kids!, is an undisputed industry leader publishing Disney/Pixar's THE INCREDIBLES, CARS, and TOY STORY, as well as Disney's THE MUPPETS, DONALD DUCK, UNCLE SCROOGE and WALT DISNEY'S COMICS AND STORIES. This year, BOOM! Studios celebrates its fifth anniversary.

About GameSalad, Inc.
GameSalad blends powerful, accessible, and rapid game creation technologies with interactive web services. GameSalad’s flagship product, GameSalad Creator, is a collection of tools and services for game designers. GameSalad enables non-programmers to create sophisticated 2D casual games for Apple’s mobile iOS platforms, such as the iPhone and iPad. GameSalad has offices in Los Angeles, CA and Austin, TX. For more information, please visit www.gamesalad.com

About D7 Studios Inc.
D7 Studios is an original content studio currently developing TV, Video Game and feature film projects for theatrical, televised and digital distribution. D7 Studios has a history of quality broadcast productions for both commercial entertainment clients as well as Business to Business solutions, on the web, on DVD and theatricaly. For more information please visit www.d7studios.com

About POW! Entertainment
(Purveyors of Wonder) Entertainment, Inc.(Pinksheets: POWN) (www.powentertainment.com), an advanced media and entertainment company with a first-look deal with Disney that owns a 10% equity stake in POW!, was founded by world-famous comic book and motion picture icon Stan Lee, together with award-winning producer Gill Champion and intellectual property specialist Arthur Lieberman, Esq. POW!’s principals have extensive backgrounds in the entertainment industry encompassing the creation, production and licensing of original intellectual properties, including some of the most successful entertainment franchises of all time. POW!, capitalizing on this combined expertise, specializes in franchises for the entertainment industry, including animation and live-action feature films, plus television, DVDs, transmedia, merchandising and related ancillary markets, all of which contribute to global expansion. POW! partners with other individuals and entities of entertainment’s top echelon, including studios and networks, in the creation, licensing and distribution of new POW! character franchises. www.powentertainment.com

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