Milton Bradley's new Heroscape boardgame includes a three-dimensional game board, 30 detailed miniatures and features an epic battle between champions from across the ages.

This week Bates gives us a three-parter on store employees. This is Part 1.

Emil Novak of Queen City Bookstore in Buffalo, New York is concerned about the out-of-stocks on key comic trade paperbacks.

The Meredith Corporation has signed a multi-year deal with Marvel Enterprises to develop and publish a portfolio of children's books.

Diamond's sales of comics and graphic novels to North American comic stores were up 10% in August vs. August 2003.

Steve Geppi, founder and President of Diamond Comic Distributors, has accepted a seat on the Board of Directors of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.

David Goyer has signed a one-year, first-look writing, producing, and directing deal with Warner Bros.

Canadian police raided the Canadian Comic Book Expo and carted away two truckloads of still-packaged replica weapons.

Buddy Saunders of the Lone Star Comics chain in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex saw the comments from Teresa Moran of Acadiana Book & Comic Shop and Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics on comic movies and feels that there's a lot to be learned from the comic movies that have been successful.

Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics in Bellflower, California saw Teresa Moran's Talk Back comment on Comic Movies, and agrees.