Moore Creations, which specializes in creating collector-oriented toys, has just announced three new characters that are slated for the company's second series of figures based on the WB television series, Angel .

ICv2 has learned that DC Comics is planning to publish a comic based on the hot new television series Smallville .

Variety reports that a Korean company is planning a $50 million dollar Kung Fu extravaganza featuring the martial arts superstar himself, Bruce Lee.

The venerable Simpsons top two categories in our Top 10 Cool lists for October, compiled from reports submitted by retailers across the country.

Marvel's no reprint policy was on retailers' minds again this week with the news that Amazing Spider-man #36, which is selling very rapidly coast-to-coast, will not be reprinted as a stand-alone issue but will instead by re-issued as part of a Marvel Must-Have book in December.

We've continued to receive comments on Marvel's Walmart program from pop culture stores. This is the fourth such series of comments we've published.

When asked at its Wednesday press conference this week whether Marvel would be able to get its books on schedule, Marvel's editorial management expressed confidence.

Kidscreen Magazine is reporting that the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , which sold over $4 billion dollars in merchandise in the decade between 1983 and 1993, are set to make a small screen comeback.

The retailer response to our coverage of Marvel's Wal-Mart program has been strong, and is still coming in.

The independent pop culture retailers contacted by ICv2 are nearly unanimous in their conviction that the The Fellowship of the Ring ( the first film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy), which debuts in December, is the best fit for the tastes and interests of their customers.