This week, Bennett continues his discussion of comic content and its impact on sales.

Allen N. Swords, an English lecturer at Clemson University Department of English in Clemson, South Carolina saw Steve Bennett's column on the contents of comics and the relationship with sales, and decided he 'wanted to spend a few moments taking umbrage to the recent column from Steve Bennett.'

These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during July 2005.

All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #1 is the best-selling full-priced comic since we started tracking comic sales in early 2001, and may be the best-selling comic since sometime in the mid-90s.

This week, Bennett talks about the wide variety of people that walk into a comic store.

At Wizard World Chicago, Marvel launched a powerful counterattack against archrival DC Comics by announcing a number of exclusive signings.

DK Publishing's Jay Henry (Director of Marketing) and Bess Braswell (Marketing Manager) told ICv2 about DK's plans to publish the Marvel Comics Encyclopedia.

Marvel's summer comic crossover event, House of M, got off to a brilliant start in June with the first issue selling more than 233 thousand copies.

According to the Hollywood Reporter Warner Bros. Production President Jeff Robinov 'is committed to producing a Conan film within the next year.'

Free Comic Book Day 2006 has been set for Saturday, May 6th.