From the Golden Age of Speculation & Overproduction
October 9, 2003
Back in the early 1990s, when speculation on comic books and trading cards was rampant, publishers got creative when disposing of their overstock, sending excess product overseas.
Stock Price Rises 15%
October 9, 2003
Citing improvements in licensing revenue, Marvel Enterprises raised its quarterly earnings targets for the third quarter from the original estimate of 25 to 30 cents per share to 37 to 41 cents a share.
Artist Pat Broderick Returns
October 9, 2003
After a brief dalliance with Future Comics, the Micronauts property is back with Devil's Due.
'I Very Strongly Disagree'
October 8, 2003
Ilan Strasser of Fat Moose Comics in Whippany, New Jersey saw the news on Avengers #71 and the reaction of Derek Garrison and Jim Crocker and disagrees with their reactions.
'I Need To Know What I'm Selling'
October 8, 2003
Well-known retailer Joe Ferrara of Atlantis Fantasyworld in Santa Cruz, California saw the news on Avengers #71 changing ratings and offers his view.
'Disappointed'
October 8, 2003
Michael Tierney of The Comic Book Store in Little Rock, Arkansas shares his reaction on the rating change for Avengers #71.
After the Success of Taken
October 8, 2003
Flush with the success of the epic 20-hour Steven Spielberg Presents Taken , the Sci-Fi Channel has embarked on another mega-project with Spielberg, writer Les Bohem, and Dreamworks Television.
'Unfair'
October 7, 2003
Beverly Kranz of Collectors Ink in Chico, California saw that Marvel is going to change the rating on Avengers #71 and feels it's unfair.
Sales Estimates for September Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
October 7, 2003
These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during September 2003.
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.
