Sales rankings obtained by ICv2 for one recent week's sales in U.S. bookstores as compiled by a major industry reporting service showed eighteen of the top twenty graphic novel slots and all of the top ten held by manga titles.

Following the trend established in October, comic store orders on most top comics slipped again in November, with only five of the top twenty-five posting increases (all below #15).

One of the three segments on Sixty Minutes II on Wednesday was titled 'The Superheroes,' and dealt with the current resurgence in the comics business. The movies were the largest area of focus, with Spider-Man the anchor property.

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Orders on the top comic titles almost uniformly dropped in October compared to September orders, with only one of the top 25 titles, Daredevil , eking out a gain.

A Paid Advertisement. Diamond Select has teamed with the inmates of the Art Asylum to bring fans 'The Death of Captain Marvel,' the first in a new 1/6th scale line of hyper-detailed, high-quality statues, in scale with previous Marvel full-sized statues.

Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane battled in court today, in a dispute that McFarlane's attorney called in his opening statement a case about 'two realities, Neil's reality and Todd's reality.'

Hasbro is announcing that a number of new Stikfas products will be out before the end of the year, including a green military figure in September, a tan figure in November, and a firefighter, a samurai, and a knight on a black stallion in December.

Viz Communications has announced its lineup for the American edition of Shonen Jump and there is a strong TV connection evident in the choice of material for the magazine, which makes sense given Viz's goal of attaining mass market success with a circulation of one million in two years.

J.J. Abrams' Alias, the lone bright spot in ABC's 2001-2002 season, garnered eleven Emmy nominations and a Golden Globe Award for lead actress Jennifer Garner (who plays Elektra in the new Daredevil film).