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Chris Bleistein, Executive Director of The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, has resigned after serving in that position for the past 13 months.

News from the archives of Internal Correspondence, the print predecessor of ICv2.com. This news from the February, 1987 issue.

News from the archives of Internal Correspondence, the print predecessor of ICv2.com. This news from the February 1992 issue.

Jenette Kahn will be leaving her position as President of DC Comics and Mad Magazine by the end of the year, Barry M. Meyer, CEO of DC parent Warner Brothers, announced today.

The American Family Association Website reported that Taco Bell shut down its Cardcaptors promotion in response to complaints that the 'clow cards' from Cardcaptors are 'similar in appearance to tarot cards used in occult practices.'

No comic publisher has ever assembled a more formidable phalanx of films based on its characters than Marvel Comics, which has no fewer than five major motion pictures set for theatrical release during the next 18 months.

Initial comic and graphic novel orders to Diamond US from pop culture stores were up sharply again this month, with a 19% increase over February 2001, and a 10% increase over the stronger numbers in 2000.

DC's Dark Knight Strikes Again was the top-selling comic for the third consecutive month, according to orders placed with Diamond US from pop culture stores. The initial raw order was over 171,000 copies, which was around 10% over initial orders on #2, and nearly as high as the initial orders on #1.

Estimated quantities for initial orders on graphic novels shipping in February 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.