The subject of Marvel's press conference today was the new Captain America mini-series, The Truth , by Robert Morales and Kyle Baker.

Plans for Free Comic Book Day 2003 are underway, and the first order of business is selecting a date. To do so, the committee charged with organizing the event is taking a comic retailer poll via the Diamond Website between two major comic-based movie releases.

Roger Corman, Hollywood's reigning 'B-Movie King,' is planning a return to theatrical filmmaking with Captain Justice , a superhero-themed feature budgeted at $3 million.

With sales of graphic novels in mainstream bookstores on the rise, and book distributors vying to sign comic publishers, one of the first questions to arise is -- which graphic novel publisher is number one in bookstores?

MGM has licensed three properties, Stargate SG-1 , Species , and Robocop to Avatar Press. The three properties involved started on the big screen, and then migrated to television before getting a chance at four-color immortality.

The Spider-Man Limited Edition Collector's Gift Set includes a DVD of Stan Lee's Mutants, Monsters, and Marvels, a replica of Amazing Fantasy #15 , a replica film cel and other assorted goodies.

The Spider-Man film spurred increased sales of Spider-Man merchandise, a track record that will easily justify additional outreach efforts synchronized with the wallcrawler's video release on Nov.2.

Marvel's Ultimate line was the strongest presence in the top ten comics ordered by U.S. pop culture stores for September, with four of the top ten.

Estimated quantities for initial orders on comics shipping in September 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.

Estimated quantities for initial orders on comics shipping in September 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.