Hasbro reported its Q1 sales and earnings on Monday, and although worldwide sales were up 3%, the company lost $4.9 million in the period, vs. a $3.7 million loss in the year ago period.

FSG imprint Hill and Wang has announced three non-fiction comic titles, to be released this fall under their new 'Novel Graphics' imprint.

David Gabriel, Marvel's Vice President of Sales, will experience a brief change of title when he becomes an official comic book retailer.

This week, Bennett finishes off a two-parter about this summer's competition between the Big Two comic publishers.

The Wall Street Journal did a major piece on product placement in comics at the Big Two comic publishers on Tuesday, including two new deals to place cars in comic stories.

Papercutz has announced its August releases, and there are several graphic novel products with strong commercial potential.

License Magazine has released its annual list of the 101 Leading Licensors, and Marvel held its #4 slot, growing from $4 billion to $5 billion in retail sales based on its brands. Pokemon USA , now on its own, was in 23rd, with a staggering $1.3 billion in sales in its 9th year!

Marvel's Toy Biz division has announced that it will release a new series of Marvel Legends figures exclusively through Wal-Mart in May.

Diamond sold almost 202,000 copies of Infinite Crisis #5 to comic stores in March, around an 11% increase over its sales of #4.

This week, Bennett looks at the publishing events being mounted by the Big Two comic publishers this summer.