In Part 1, we discuss recent market trends in comic stores and the book market, and the nature of those changes.

Check out the new Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe variant covers, on sale throughout July.

Rob Liefeld will write, draw, and produce covers for what he’s calling his "final" Deadpool story.

The charts are dominated by popular series, but some intriguing new titles appear as well.

Year over year manga sales were down, but not as much as last year, while Author and Superhero sales continue to increase.

These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American graphic novels (and manga) around the world.

These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American graphic novels (and manga) around the world.

These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American comics around the world.

These are unit and dollar sales rankings based on sales tracked at point-of-sale by the ComicHub system at stores selling American comics around the world.

In Part 2, we talked about Marvel Comics' structure, direct market distribution, Marvel’s title count, Marvel’s publishing plan, including a new program for kids comics, and Marvel’s themes for the year.