The Clown Prince of Crime regained his throne at the top of the weekend box office charts as The Joker narrowly beat out Disney's Maleficent: Mistress of Evil in a battle of holdovers during the typically "soft" Halloween weekend.

Rob Salkowitz joins in the Gifts Week fun with his picks for great gift items for comic fans.

This week, Steve Bennett discusses Brian Michael Bendis, Superman being the "best version of himself," and the not so distant future of Artificial Intelligence writers.

This week's home entertainment slate is dominated by the release of Disney's The Lion King.

This week, Scott Thorne examines ways to boost credibility when making a retail sale.

Disney’s live-action sequel Maleficent: Mistress of Evil took the box office crown from The Joker, but opened 45% below its predecessor.

This week, Scott Bennett chimes in on Kevin Feige taking control of Marvel TV and Publishing as well as the wisdom of producing a He-Man and She-Ra Christmas Special for a modern audience.

In his column this week, Rob Salkowitz investigates a comment by GFE/Diamond Comic Distributors' Chris Powell at the ICv2 Insider Talks.

This weekend’s home entertainment offerings include this summer’s stealth horror film hit, Alexander Aja’s Crawl, plus a dark comedy that claims to subvert toxic masculinity, but the best stuff for this week comes from TV in the form of the superb TV ghost story series, The Haunting of Hill House, and new Blu-ray releases of classic 1960s tokusatsu series from Eiiji Tsuburaya, Ultra Q and Ultraman.

This week, Scott Thorne poses four hypothetical marketing questions for retailers to ask themselves before they offer a new gaming item in their store.

Todd Phillips' The Joker slipped just 43% in its second frame, earning $55 million as it easily topped the weekend box office.

This week, Steve Bennett looks at DC's new inserts featuring Chicago horror-host Svengoolie and reviews the history of inserts in comics.