Videogame maker Activision has hired legendary comic book creator Stan Lee as a consultant for the development of future video games based on Marvel characters. Lee will work closely with Activision's developers during the production process and consult on game design.

Game publisher White Wolf, Inc. and author Nancy Collins filed suit yesterday in U.S. District court in Atlanta, Georgia charging defendants Sony Pictures, Screen Gems and Lakeshore Entertainment with 17 counts of copyright infringement for the film Underworld.

DC Comics has developed exclusive Batman content for both video games and a daily online Batman comic strip that will appear this fall on AOL's new KOL (Kids On Line) service.

A Lancaster, California retailer of comics, games, and sports cards shot and killed a burglar during a 3 a.m. break-in.

Steven Bates from Bookery Fantasy in Fairborn, Ohio saw James Deckert's comments (on his Free Comic Book Day missive, and feels that retailers shouldn't complain about paying for advertising.

Mark Amoroso of Blackthorn Gamecenter in Dickson, Tennessee saw our recent coverage of Free Comic Book Day and sees a larger issue that's a threat to pop culture stores.

CrossGen is using an in-house toy group to develop board games, articulated statues, solid statues, busts, and other toy products based on its properties.

ICv2 has announced that it is launching a new subscription drive to encourage retailers to subscribe to its free e-mail newsletter by offering a free fabric briefcase to each new retailer subscriber.

Fast Forward Entertainment, Inc. has added four RPG products based on Margaret Weis' popular DragonVarld series of fantasy novels to its 2004 schedule of releases.

Wizards of the Coast has launched an in-store organized play program for the board games of Avalon Hill. Called Avalon Hill Frontline , the program kicks off this month with in-store tournament kits for Risk 2210.