Marvel has expanded its licensing relationships with Unilever Ice Cream and Brach's Confections, and signed a new deal with BrandSource.

Marvel Enterprises reported slightly lower earnings of twenty-five cents per share for the first quarter of 2005.

Robert Scott of Comickaze in San Diego, California saw the comment from Sara Grey on the Spider-Man 2 movie going out free with the first million of Sony's new portable game platform and feels there are better ways to capitalize on media tie-ins to drive traffic to comic stores.

Charles Brownstein, Executive Director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund wrote this remembrance of Will Eisner for another venue and was kind enough to share it with ICv2.

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Nick Cassavetes is in negotiations to direct Marvel's Iron Man film, due out in 2006.

More c om ic titles showed growth in sales in October than in September, with nine of the top 25 c om ics, eight Marvels and one DC, growing vs. their previous month sales.

Marvel has released its book schedule for the first five months of 2005, and it includes 92 titles in hardcover and paper combined.

Pressman Toy Corporation has unveiled a Spider-Man Vs. Doc Ock Game.

Dean Phillips of Krypton Comics in Omaha, Nebraska saw the results of the Free Comic Book Day election and explains his concerns about the results.

Topics Entertainment is preparing to release The Amazing Spider-Man Fortieth Anniversary Collection .