Marvel and DC comic shipments were neck and neck in October, according to Diamond Comic Distributors final report of market share numbers for the month, despite a gap of around 8% in advance order market shares.

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.

In response to ICv2's question about Marvel's Walmart program at the Marvel press conference today, Marvel President Bill Jemas revealed that at least six million Ultimate Spider-Man #1 's are already in print.

Marvel has decided to reprint Amazing Spider-man #36 as part of a 96-page Marvel Must-Have #2 along with Hulk #34 , Daredevil #26 , and X-Men Evolution #1 .

At Marvel's Wednesday press conference Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada announced that the publisher would begin a monthly hardcover program in March of 2002.

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.