In September Top 10 Cool Lists
October 21, 2002
Evergreen properties were atop all five product categories of our Top 10 Cool lists for September. Batman was #1 in both comics and toys,...
How about Halloween?
October 6, 2002
Jay Bardyla approves of the choice made to hold the second Free Comic Book Day the first weekend in May 2003, when the second X-Men movie is released, but feels that the industry should look at a different weekend as the permanent choice.
Quantity Estimates Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
October 2, 2002
Estimated quantities for initial orders on graphic novels shipping in October 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond US.
X-Men 2 Beats Hulk
October 2, 2002
Diamond Comic Distributors has announced the results of its retailer poll on the preferred weekend for Free Comic Book Day in 2003.
Make Sure Hobby Has Product When They Need It
September 29, 2002
Mark Amoroso of Blackthorn Gamecenter in Dickson, Tennessee saw our article on Toys R Us adding Wizkids' Marvel HeroClix to its mix nationwide and sent us his opinions on it.
10-Year Deal with Vivendi Universal
September 22, 2002
In what Marvel COO Bill Jemas referred to as 'by far the largest and best electronic game deal in the history of Marvel,' the 'House of Ideas' has licensed Vu Games, a subsidiary of Vivendi Universal to create a worldwide, multi-lingual, massively multi-player on-line game based on Marvel's universe of more than 4,700 characters.
Behind-the-Scenes Turmoil
September 6, 2002
In spite of the obvious success that comic book-based films have had in Hollywood over the past year, and despite the fact that fellow AOL/Time Warner company DC Comics has an enormous roster of characters, Warner Brothers has been unable to pull the trigger and squeeze off another round in the battle of cinematic superheroes.
Spider-Man, Clones, LotR, More
September 2, 2002
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.
Magic Still on Top
August 21, 2002
The robust sales patterns that have characterized the Spider-Man-influenced summer of 2002 continued to make their mark on ICv2's Top Ten List for July. Even more than usual, big ticket items tended to dominate the lists this month.
Lawsuit Crimps Licensing
August 7, 2002
Although three actors from Mutant X were signing at the Inkworks booth in San Diego, and we thought we were being told with a nod and a wink that Inkworks had the license (and reported it as fact for about 16 hours on Thursday), it turns out it was just a nod and a wink--don't look for Mutant X trading cards any time soon.
