Marvel announced at the recently concluded Diamond Retailer Summit in Baltimore that J. Michael Straczynski will script a Thor ongoing series.

The rumors we've been hearing for weeks have been confirmed. Dabel Brothers Productions will become an imprint of Marvel Comics, effective immediately.

Brian K. Vaughn and Adrian Alphona will end their run on Marvel's Runaways with #24; the new team will be Joss Whedon and Michael Ryan.

This week, Bennett offers suggestions for how to keep sales going in the wake of Civil War delays.

Ed Brubaker won the 2006 Harvey Award for best writer for his work on Captain America as Marvel Comics dominated the Harvey Awards for the first time.

Marvel has released the cover image and a description of the Civil War: Choosing Sides .

According to the Cartoon Network the debut of the new Fantastic Four cartoon series was an unqualified success.

This week, Riley talks about signal theory as it applies to retailing, and to the Civil War delays.

Steve Saffel, an independent editor, packager and intellectual property developer from Forest Hills, NY, saw recent coverage about direct-to-DVD animated features and suggests that retailers also check out several Batman , Superman , and Justice League animated DVDs:

Rich Lukes of Comic Collector in Riverside, IL, saw the news that Marvel's Civil War books would be delayed and urges retailers attending the Diamond Summits to tell publishers and Diamond to solicit titles only when the books are in-hand and will be delivered on time: