Marvel May Have to Pay $1.25 Million in Legal Costs
June 26, 2005
Marvel may have to pay up to $1.25 million in legal fees to cover the costs of the WWE's defense against a lawsuit brought by Toy Biz/Marvel in 2002.
18% of U.S. Market
June 26, 2005
Back in the year 2000 sales of TV series on DVD amounted to just $160 million -- by last year that total had morphed to a robust $2.8 billion.
Out in October
June 26, 2005
Eden Studios has announced Worlds of the Dead for the All Flesh Must Be Eaten RPG .
'Downplay Collectibility'
June 23, 2005
John Riley of Grasshopper's Comics in Williston Park, New York saw the coverage of the current game market in the last ICv2 Retailers Guide to Games and feels that better long-term growth for games can be achieved if the trade downplays collectibility.
With Four Variant Covers
June 23, 2005
IDW is launching its Transformers comics in October with Transformers: Infiltration #0 with a cover price of 99 cents.
Disney to Produce Sequel Itself
June 23, 2005
At the Licensing Show in New York the head of Disney Consumer Products, Andy Mooney, announced that the studio is proceeding with the production of Toy Story 3 for release in the summer of 2008.
Movie Opening June 29th
June 23, 2005
In its Wednesday edition USA Today covered three illustrated War of the Worlds volumes.
The Dark Knight Makes His Appearance
June 23, 2005
Fruits Basket Vol. 9 has now spent 4 weeks atop the BookScan list and Batman has begun his climb up the charts.
Warcry Expansion, Warhammer 40K, RPG
June 23, 2005
Sabertooth Games has announced a trio of releases for October.
Appellate Court Decision Unanimous
June 23, 2005
An Appellate Court panel of five judges unanimously agreed that Judge Charles Ramos had overstepped his bounds in a ruling in the lawsuit brought by Brian Hibbs against Marvel Comics in which the Judge rejected the settlement worked out by the two sides.
Four-Issue Mini-Series in 2006
June 22, 2005
America Online's KOL service for kids has announced a licensing agreement with DC Comics to develop comic books based on its popular Princess Natasha 'webisode' series.
CSG Out in August
June 22, 2005
WizKids Inc. has launched a Website for its new CSG, Rocketmen: Axis of Evil.
