Nation's Largest Retailer Gets Hard-to-Find First Issues
November 6, 2001
ICv2 has learned this week that Marvel has reprinted Ultimate X-Men #1 and Ultimate Spider-man #1 for Walmart -- the nation's largest retailer.
By Catch 23 Entertainment
November 6, 2001
Movie rights to Just a Pilgrim , the Black Bull comic by Garth Ennis, have been acquired by Catch 23 Entertainment. The first comic series debuted in March 2001, and has now been collected into a trade paperback.
Caused by Discount E-Commerce from CrossGen 'Mall'
November 5, 2001
In response to criticism of the new e-commerce area on its website, CrossGen has made changes to its site and created a new program for brick and mortar retailers that stock its books.
Who Gets the Growth?
November 3, 2001
Marvel and DC are pulling out all the stops for December in a contest to see which publisher will gain the most customers from an expected wave of new consumers surging into comic stores that month.
Now Two Volumes
November 5, 2001
DC is joining September 11 , the previously announced comic benefit project organized by Dark Horse and Chaos.
Continues Story Begun in Anime
October 31, 2001
Viz is preparing to publish The Big O manga series, which is written and drawn by Hitoshi Ariga ( Rockman ).
Q1 2002
October 31, 2001
Along with the release of Ultima Online: Lord Blackthorn's Revenge McFarlane Toys will release a collection of six action figures and two comics.
Kung Fu Comics Revisited
October 30, 2001
Comics One has licensed Wing Shing Ma's Storm Riders comic series for release in North America.
Summer of 2002 Debut
October 30, 2001
Toy giant Hasbro has reached an agreement with Sony Pictures for the right to produce a full line of toys for Sony's summer blockbuster sequel Men in Black 2 .
Anime Encyclopedia Is Here
October 30, 2001
This fall the Stone Bridge Press published the one book that every anime fan and every retailer who deals in anime should have.
