Marvel has hired David Maisel, at one time the Director of Corporate Development and Strategic Planning at Disney, as President and COO of Marvel Studios.

The mutant-based TV series Mutant X has been renewed for a fourth season.

Marvel Enterprises Inc. announced the appointment of Ames Kirshen as Manager of Game Development, a new position at Marvel where Kirshen will serve as 'an in-house Executive Producer and creative liaison' for Marvel's interactive licensees and game developers.

These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during December 2003.

Ultimate Fantastic Four #1 came in at 173,441 copies sold by Diamond U.S. in December, the best-selling performance by a regular Marvel title since the final issue of Origin nearly two years ago.

The Return of the King dominated the box office for the third straight weekend with an estimated total of $30,750,000.

Adrian Askarieh's Prime Universe Productions and Chuck Gordon's Daybreak Productions have optioned the film and TV rights to the as yet unpublished comic book series Killer Stunts, Inc .

While comic book sales sagged in October, they slipped even more in November. Only one new title debuted in the Top 25 for November.

These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during November 2003.

Bryan Singer, director of the highly successful first two X-Men films, has signed a two-year deal with Twentieth Century Fox to develop new projects for movies, TV shows, and videogames.