Buddy Saunders of Lone Star Comics in Arlington, Texas saw the column by Steven Bennett on the contents of comics and Allen N. Swords' response and concurs with Bennett's view that the dark themes of comics limit sales.

DC has announced that it will provide one free copy of a special retailer variant of All Star Batman and Robin, the Boy Wonder #1 to attending retail organizations a the Diamond/Alliance Retailer Summits in Baltimore and Fort Wayne.

Hasbro has announced plans for a 'Games Make Great Gifts' marketing campaign, which will launch November 1st and run through the holiday season.

The Right Stuff International has announced that its release of Osamu Tezuka's Kimba: The White Lion will be a limited edition on 11 discs.

Nancy Drew is headed for the big screen in Nancy Drew: The Mystery in Hollywood Hills.

Dynamic Forces and Davis-Anderson Merchandising Corp. have reached an agreement for Dynamic Forces to license Highlander for collectible merchandise.

Allen N. Swords, an English lecturer at Clemson University Department of English in Clemson, South Carolina saw Steve Bennett's column on the contents of comics and the relationship with sales, and decided he 'wanted to spend a few moments taking umbrage to the recent column from Steve Bennett.'

Rob Zombie's The Devil's Rejects will be released in two DVD editions on November 8th.

Rio Grande Games has announced a Reiner Knizia card game adaptation .

NBM Publishing has announced that it will be publishing new stories starring long-time post-underground comics character Omaha the Cat Dancer.

Buena Vista will release a two-DVD special edition set of Sin City in December. The new version will include an extended, unrated version of the film as well as the option of watching each story on its own.

Topps announced Monday that it was ending a seven-month effort to sell its confectionary business because prospective purchasers didn't share Topps' view of its value.