Marvel’s Secret Invasion event is in full swing and it helped boost sales in September with seven titles in the top 25.

The nearly two-decade-old Watchmen trade paperback, still smoking from from the effect of the trailer shown in conjunction with Dark Knight , the top movie of the year, was the top dollar book sold to comic stores in August, with an astounding 43,000+ copies sold.

The bestselling comics in comic stores were an extraordinarily weak bunch in February, with the top title, X-Force #1, selling only around 105,000 copies.

These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during November 2007.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during March 2007.

Marvel's Civil War #4 was the best-selling comic for September with an estimated total of 272,573 copies.

Dean Phillips of Krypton Comics in Omaha, Nebraska saw our coverage of the Barnes & Noble exclusive Ultimate Spider-Man hardcover and the retailer responses, and sent us his solution.

Marvel reported a vastly improved second quarter this year, with a net profit of $4.2 million (after preferred dividend) vs. a loss of $11.4 million in the year ago period, with the release of the Spider-Man movie getting lots of direct and indirect credit.

Free Comic Book Day, the first-ever industry-wide promotion for comics, was held May 3, 2002. Mimi Cruz of Night Flight, Gail Burt of Metropolis Downey and Bob Brynildson of Source Comics and Games share their thoughts on how FCBD went for their respective stores.

On Saturday, May 4, Bookery Fantasy (Fairborn, OH) gave away thousands of free comics, introducing hundreds of new potential readers to the exciting world of illustrated adventure.