Ultimates #2 Also Debuts Strong
January 17, 2005
New Avengers #1 was the best-selling comic in December, topping 240,000 copies sold to comic shops by Diamond.
Also Lower at the Bottom
August 16, 2004
Comic piece sales dropped almost across the board in July vs. the previous issues.
As Must-Have
August 9, 2004
Marvel has announced that it is publishing a Mighty Marvel Must Have collecting Astonishing X-Men 1-3, with an August 25 street date.
Who's Doing X-Men 3?
August 8, 2004
Fox has ended its first-look deal with X-Men and X2 director Bryan Singer.
Sales Estimates for May Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
June 20, 2004
These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during May 2004.
Supes Strong in Comics; Hellboy in Graphic Novels
April 21, 2004
Estimated sales of the top comic titles to comic stores by Diamond Comic Distributors were up in March, with 14 of the top 25 titles showing increases in sales over the previous issues.
X3 Negotiations Ongoing
December 7, 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.
JLA/Avengers Is The Top Dollar Book
October 7, 2003
DC Comics took the #1 spot for comic book sales in September by smashing the 200,000 barrier to smithereens with the final issue of the Jim Lee/Jeph Loeb Batman 'Hush' storyline, which sold an amazing 233,775 copies.
Most Top Books Down
September 15, 2003
1602 , Marvel's new Neil Gaiman miniseries, was Diamond's top book in August, selling over 150,000 copies.
As Development Consultant
September 2, 2003
Videogame maker Activision has hired legendary comic book creator Stan Lee as a consultant for the development of future video games based on Marvel characters. Lee will work closely with Activision's developers during the production process and consult on game design.
