The battle is now joined between the bankrupt estate of Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. and publishers that sold to Diamond on a consignment basis over Diamond’s plans to seize and sell off consignment inventory in its warehouse.  Three groups of creditors and numerous individual publishers filed objections by Wednesday's deadline, and deadlines to object were extended until Friday for Image Comics and the Unsecured Creditors Committee.

The objections were to a motion proposed by Diamond to seize and sell inventory in its warehouses that belongs to publishers that were selling to Diamond Comic Distributors and Diamond Book Distributors on a consignment basis, and put the money into a pool to pay all creditors, rather than the publishers that owned the inventory (see "Diamond Seeks to Take").  The move has caused some to call the inventory "hostage inventory," and to predict severe damage to publishers and the marketplace if it proceeds (see "Reynolds on ‘Hostage Inventory’").

One group, the "Ad Hoc Committee of Consignors," filed on behalf of 11 companies which were not identified, noting that the objection was also "in the best interest of similarly-situated consignors."  As an exhibit, the objection included the agreement between Diamond and Paizo, inc. Paizo was a client of Diamond Book Distributors, and has announced that its August and September releases would not be available to the book channel (see "Paizo Gets Caught in Diamond Mess").  A likely un-named member of the group is Green Ronin Publishing, which has raised over $35,000 for legal fees via a GoFundMe (see "Green Ronin vs. Diamond"), and said in an update on the campaign that it had joined a group effort with other affected companies.

A second group consisted of 13 companies, 12 comic publishers, including Dynamite Entertainment, Magnetic Press, Massive Publishing, Oni Press, Graphic Mundi, Black Mask Studios, Aspen Comics, Heavy Metal, Alien Books, Titan Comics, Vault Comics, and DSTLRY, plus Panini UK (see "Diamond Consignment Suppliers Uniting"). Surprisingly, the group did not include Fantagraphics Books or Drawn & Quarterly, which the announcement of the group named as two of the organizers.

A third group objection was filed by GAMA on behalf of "certain of its members," with two named: Roll for Combat (see "Roll for Combat") and Snowbright Studio.

Individual objections were filed by Humanoids, NBM, William M. Gaines Agent, Abstract Studio, Graphitti Designs, Magma Comics, and TwoMorrows Publishing.

Grounds for the objections varied.  A number of the objections asked that rather than ruling on the motion, the dispute be changed to an adversary proceeding to determine who owned the inventory before ruling on how it could be sold.  Objections argued that Diamond's motion misinterpreted the law or mischaracterized the facts.  And some noted that creditors, especially the bank (which did not include consignment inventory in Diamond's asset roster as security), knew that Diamond primarily sold consignment inventory (see "Consignors Can Win").