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Shop Talk, January 2025
January 21, 2025

All this and more in Shop Talk, our roundup of comic and game store news.

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Two 'BattleTech: Salvage Box' Blind Box Displays Head to Retail
'Battlefield Support' and 'Mercenaries'
January 21, 2025
Catalyst Game Labs will release two BattleTech: Salvage Box blind box displays, for the miniatures games, into retail.
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'Ascending Empires: Zenith Edition' Incoming
Long-awaited Science Fiction Empire-Building Game Finally Heads to Retail
January 21, 2025
Play to Z will release Ascending Empires: Zenith Edition , an updated version of the science fiction board game, into retail.
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WizKids Unveils New 'D&D: 2024 Monster Manual' Miniatures
New 'D&D Icons of the Realms' Booster Set
January 21, 2025
WizKids unveiled the D&D Icons of the Realms: Monster Manual Collection , a new miniatures booster set.
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'Daredevil: Born Again' Trailer; Supergirl's Parents Cast; Gaiman Denies Allegations; Sailor Moon Musical on Tour; Stop-Motion Transformers; R.I.P. David Lynch
Showbiz Round-Up
January 21, 2025
As Hollywood gets back to normal after the Los Angeles fires, the news flow returns, and we round it up here.
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Rolling for Initiative -- The FTC Pepsi Lawsuit: A Potential Shakeup for the Industry
Column by Scott Thorne
January 21, 2025
This week, columnist Scott Thorne looks at a recent case filed by the Federal Trade Commission that could have a big impact on the games business.
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December 2024 Circana BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, Superhero Graphic Novels
Familiar Favorites Fill the Charts
January 20, 2025
Shoppers stuck with familiar properties in December.
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PRO: December 2024 Circana BookScan - Top 20 Author, Manga, Superhero Graphic Novels with Actual Sales
Sales Drop, Best-Sellers Hit Harder
January 20, 2025
Sales were down across all three categories, compared to December 2023, with big dips at the top of the charts.
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Tokyopop Adds $10,000 to Binc Matching Gifts
For Los Angeles Fire Relief
January 20, 2025
Tokyopop has added $10,000 to the matching gifts being accumulated by the Book Industry Charitable Foundation as the industry responds to the fires in Los Angeles.
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Cartoonist Charged with Child Pornography
Some AI-Generated
January 20, 2025
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Darrin Bell was charged with possession of child pornography, including some videos generated by AI.
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Preview: 'Invincible Universe: Battle Beast' #1 Variant Covers
From Image Comics/Skybound
January 17, 2025
Check out the covers for Invincible Universe: Battle Beast #1, by Robert Kirkman & Ryan Ottley.
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Repos Production's 'For a Crown' Comes to N.A.
Through Asmodee
January 17, 2025
Asmodee is releasing For a Crown, a game about dynastic intrigue from Repos Productions.
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