Donna Dunlap

Kudos to Michael for figuring out the solution to the recent texts from our mystery informant:

April 1 text -
"I had a girl _ was her name. Since she left me, I've never been the same."
This is "Donna" from the song by Ritchie Valens in 1958.

April 8 text -
“I'm a small village located in Peoria County, Illinois.”

After a brief search on Wikipedia, there is a list of villages in Peoria. In each bio, they are mentioned as villages but only in Dunlap is it mentioned as a small village.

Putting the two clues together shows that Evs is pointing us to the name Donna Dunlap.

Chuck Kim confirms this result in an article (**WARNING: This article contains 360/Evolutions spoilers**) for Entertainment Weekly

Writers' Strike implications; Tim Kring apology

I have been getting an inbox full of questions regarding the writers' strike, so here is what we currently know about its impact on the world of Heroes:

- HEROES: ORIGINS -
We announced earlier that the writers' strike claimed one of it's first victims before it even began -- stopping the production of Heroes: Origins. Fortunately, they are being careful to call it "indefinitely postponed" (as mentioned in our announcement). When addressing the situation on The Post Show last week, Tim Kring confirmed that it is NOT permanently off the table.

- ALTERNATE CHAPTER 11 -
As many of you know, Chapter 11, set to air on Dec. 3rd, is being redone so that it can act as a potential season finale, should they run out of written material. According to an article in TVGuide, "Originally, the episode was only supposed to serve as the conclusion of the current "Generations" arc. Should an 11th-hour agreement be reached and a strike averted (fingers crossed!), the alt ending would likely be scrapped." As we now know, the strike was not averted, but perhaps it can be ended in time to keep the season intact?

Tim Kring has also apologized to fans for the shortcomings of season two, in a recent article for Entertainment Weekly, but promises a turnaround for the series. Tim also describes the alternate Chapter 11 as a way to give the series "a clean slate" for Volume 3. [Thank you, Fil, for sending this in.]

- GRAPHIC NOVELS -
We don't know for certain what will happen with the graphic novels but Jason Badower, one of the artists, has given us a bit of info in his blog:

"I was recently contacted, by my editor, Frank about doing a HEROES story. The script by Chuck (0.07%) Kim came through. It's called "The Ten Brides of Takezo Kensei" and it's a ripper of a story.

Unfortunately, due to the strike, Chuck asked that the script be pulled. Apparently he also had a specific artist friend of his in mind to draw it. That's a huge shame as I would have knocked this one out of the park. This one is so up my alley it's not funny. So when you do see it, you can try to imagine if I'd drawn/painted it.

But to answer your question, this script is set after the events of episode 11 (it specifically says so). So they've pulled the web comic episode that's set after the week of episode 11. I have no idea if the stories before it have been pulled. But now you know that is your thin red line as far as the HEROES graphic novels go."

- HEROES: EVOLUTIONS -
The impact of the strike on Heroes: Evolutions is, of course, of the utmost interest to us here at Heroes-Clues. Unfortunately, it is one of the biggest unknowns. Online content appears to be an important point of contention in the negotiations (the writers are looking for their fair cut in this growing medium), so things could definitely change. I will continue to update you as I hunt for info.


For now, let's all keep our fingers crossed that this strike ends soon.

Get your video fix here!

It's Monday, but the next airing of Heroes still feels like it's too far away, right? Fortunately, we have some great contributions that will help to soothe your Heroes cravings:

Our NBC friend has let us in on EW's new Heroes video feature. It should be going live sometime today, and will be updated with new video until the season finale.

A big thank-you to Steve for sending us to a link to 3 video clips and an episode description from tonight's chapter (needless to say, it contains SPOILERS) over at CBR.

[ETA: The videos are also available here, with their embed code.]

Still need more? Okay, how about this funny video featuring Noah Gray-Cabey? (Many thanks to People.com for keeping us posted!)

Entertainment Weekly promo - covers & clues

We've gotten word that Entertainment Weekly will be doing a promo that will be going up on the EW site and on newsstands tomorrow:

There are five covers, each of which feature different Heroes. EW's done collectible covers before, but these are a bit special--Each cover has 2-3 clues about what's going to happen in the upcoming episodes, and when you arrange the 5 covers correctly, they form a picture of the destruction of New York.

Stay tuned for more details, as there is a lot to this promo. In the meantime, here's a sneak-peak at the covers:

ETA: There is now info up at the EW website. Also, I've uploaded the high-res copies for the first two (I'll add the others if I can get my digital hands on them). Do not hotlink.

You can purchase a bundle of all 5 of them at EW's website. According to our NBC insider, the package also includes a “Vote Petrelli” button, which has a special URL printed on it that leads to a page with behind-the-scenes video from the EW cover shoot, Heroes cast videos, interviews, and more.

Covers pieced togetherSo, what clues have you found?

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ETA: Thanks to Katie for letting us know that one of the articles also indicated that YamagatoFellowship.org will soon be a new site involved in the Heroes 360.