He Doesn't Like It
November 6, 2001
Retailer Russ Toney of C&C Comics in St. Albans, West Virginia had some comments on Marvel's Ultimate reprints for Walmart...
Nation's Largest Retailer Gets Hard-to-Find First Issues
November 6, 2001
ICv2 has learned this week that Marvel has reprinted Ultimate X-Men #1 and Ultimate Spider-man #1 for Walmart -- the nation's largest retailer.
By Catch 23 Entertainment
November 6, 2001
Movie rights to Just a Pilgrim , the Black Bull comic by Garth Ennis, have been acquired by Catch 23 Entertainment. The first comic series debuted in March 2001, and has now been collected into a trade paperback.
Who Gets the Growth?
November 3, 2001
Marvel and DC are pulling out all the stops for December in a contest to see which publisher will gain the most customers from an expected wave of new consumers surging into comic stores that month.
Now Two Volumes
November 5, 2001
DC is joining September 11 , the previously announced comic benefit project organized by Dark Horse and Chaos.
Marvel Keeps G.I. Joe
November 1, 2001
Titan Books has announced that it has the North American rights to reprint Transformers comics through 2002 in addition to its U.K. rights.
MTV Last Weekend, EW this Weekend
October 29, 2001
The amazing Marvel public relations blitz continues to reach audiences not currently buying comics, and to direct interested consumers to pop culture stores.
Reprints, not Overprints
October 28, 2001
We continue to get comments from retailers on Marvel's reprint and overprint policies. This one is from Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics, Cards, and Collectibles in Downey, California. ' While I basically like the no over print policy, what I would like to see is a RE-print.'
At $5 Each
October 28, 2001
In a move destined to arouse controversy, Marvel is bypassing Diamond and selling an 'error' edition of Elektra #3 directly to a handful of retailers across the country.
Marvel the Big Reason
October 26, 2001
Strong month-over-month trends as well as the anecdotal evidence from retailers are confirmed by an 8% year-over-year improvement between November 2000 and November 2001 dollar orders to Diamond North America from pop culture stores.
