Todd Phillips' The Joker slipped just 43% in its second frame, earning $55 million as it easily topped the weekend box office.

This week, Steve Bennett looks at DC's new inserts featuring Chicago horror-host Svengoolie and reviews the history of inserts in comics.

Todd Phillips' The Joker set a new October weekend box office record with an estimated $93.5 million debut, but it still wasn't enough to insure a year-over-year win as the total box office was down 18.2% from the same weekend last year when Venom debuted with $80.2 million.

DC Comics will launch a new Black Label limited series by Jimmy Palmiotti and Amada Conner.

Dreamworks Animation’s Abominable brought in an estimated $21 million, topping a lackluster fall weekend that saw revenues drop about 14% from the same frame a year ago when the comedy Night School debuted with $27.5 million.

Knight Models plans to release Legion of Doom and Lex Corps miniatures sets for the DC Universe Miniatures Game into U.S. Distribution for October.

A movie based on the popular ITV series Downton Abbey (seen here on PBS) easily topped the weekend box office in a crowded field in which new films took the top three spots and helped the weekend box office to a solid 33.5% gain over the same frame a year ago.

Over December and January, DC Comics will release four trade paperback collections and a Dollar Comic version of the original first issue.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during August 2019.

The second portion of Warner Bros.' adaptation of Stephen King’s It, dropped just 55% in its second weekend as it took its second consecutive box office crown while Hustlers, the female ensemble crime drama, posted a strong $33 million debut, and Warner Bros.' The Goldfinch bombed.