These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during October 2007.

ICv2 caught up with Marvel Publisher Dan Buckley to talk about the company's launch of Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited to find out more about the service, its goals, and the potential impacts of the new site on the comic market.

Marvel has launched a new Website service, Marvel Digital Comics Unlimited, where it will offer access to thousands of Marvel comics in a high resolution format for a monthly subscription fee.

Marvel reported a net income of $36.3 million for the third quarter compared with just $13.2 million in Q3, 2006.

Sharpening the Sword is a regular column by retailer John Riley of Grasshopper's Comics, a 1300 square foot comic and games store in Williston Park , New York . This week, Riley talks about the trend of superheroes cast as villains in many of today's comics.

Robust performances by toys tied into the Transformers and Spider-Man 3 movies helped Hasbro post a very strong third quarter.

Superman Returns writers Michael Dougherty and Dan Harris have decided not to craft a screenplay for a sequel.

Confessions of a Comic Book Guy is a weekly column by retailer Steve Bennett of Mary Alice Wilson's Dark Star Books in Yellow Springs , Ohio . This week, Bennett talks about the joy of Golden Age Comics and war.

In April Upper Deck will release the Marvel Ultimate Battles TCG , a new superhero card game designed especially for kids.

Gains in the combined sales of periodical comics and graphic novels slowed from 13% during the first half of 2007 to 6% in Q3.