Mark Farace of All American Collectibles took exception to the content of Spider-Girl #53, and connected it to the ad that recently appeared on the back covers of some Marvel comics.

Marvel has announced that it's hiring Michael Doran of Newsarama as Marketing Communications Director, effective November 14th.

Jerry Ringi of Amazing Fantasy Comics in Chesapeake, Virginia takes issue with Marvel's policy of limiting the information it puts into Previews about its books, and feels that he could do a better job of selling them with more informaiton.

In a print exclusive in the ICv2 Retailers Guide to Anime/Manga, which is reaching retailers this week, ICv2 has analyzed the market size of both the anime and manga markets.

IDW, whose CSI comic series debuts in January, is going for the marketing jugular with an exclusive 3-page self-contained story that will appear in the mega-circulation TV Guide magazine in January.

Universal has picked up the rights to the Whiteout graphic novels written by Greg Rucka, illustrated by Steve Lieber and published by Oni Press.

The Sci-Fi Channel has ordered 22 new episodes of Stargate SG-1, renewing the series for its seventh season.

An Official ICv2 Release . ICv2.com has announced that it welcomed its one millionth unique visitor during October, which was an extremely strong month over-all.

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission dated November 6, Marvel announced that Chairman Stan Lee was contemplating a lawsuit against Marvel if he fails to receive 10% of the profits derived by the company from movies and TV programs using the characters that he helped to create.

The prolific Mike Boze of HawgHead Comics in Fort Smith, Arkansas responded again to Bill Jemas' Open Letter to Retailers and Marvel's quick scheduling of a Must Have for The Truth with this anecdote illustrating the impact of sell-outs on key books.