WizKids has announced the new Shredder’s Return set for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles HeroClix game will release in March 2017.

As expected Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows took the weekend box office crown, but its estimated $35.25 million opening was soft, 46% lower than its predecessor, magnifying a trend from last weekend when both the X-Men and Alice sequels disappointed.

Some 28+ years ago, when The Killing Joke shipped to comic stores as a “direct only” (i.e., no newsstand distribution) title, things were different.

As expected this weekend’s two big new releases topped the box office charts, but X-Men: Apocalypse’s debut was 30% below that of the previous film in the franchise ( Days of Future Past ), and James Bobin’s Alice Through the Looking Glass opened 70% below Tim Burton’s 2010 Alice in Wonderland.

Pop culture historian and former comic retailer Robert Conte shared his thoughts on the passing of Gary Brodsky of Solson Publications.

WizKids will release the Heroes In A Half Shell box set for its Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Dice Masters game.

This week’s home entertainment offerings include a lost Doctor Who serial featuring the Second Doctor, Ben Stiller’s Zoolander 2 , the latest season of the best police procedural on American TV, a rare 1970s Hanna Barbera animated drama, the DVD debut of the late 1970s newspaper drama Lou Grant , plus a second Tokyo Ghoul series heading a strong slate of anime releases.

These are estimates of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during April 2016.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during April 2016.

Dynamite has released covers for its key trade paperback and hardcover releases during July and August. Chief among them is the YouTube sensation Grumpy Cat & Pokey .