Up Almost 16% to 25,500 Attendees
June 2, 2004
Wizard Conventions has announced that Wizard World Philadelphia had a paid and promotional attendance total of 25,500, up almost 16% from last year's show.
Marvel Runs Licensing
June 2, 2004
It appears that Marvel has taken over both the operations and most of the revenues from the Marvel-Sony joint venture that licenses the Sony movie properties based on Marvel characters.
Details Not Disclosed
May 31, 2004
Marvel Enterprises and Sony Pictures have settled all of the pending litigation between the two companies related to Spider-Man .
'Cut It Out'
May 27, 2004
Peter DeFelice of Pyramid Comics and Cards in Sparta, New Jersey sent us his thoughts on the Astonishing X-Men #1 variant.
Back Near $20
May 27, 2004
After two of Marvel's top execs, Isaac Perlmutter and Avi Arad, sold significant percentages of their Marvel holdings last Friday, the stock price dropped around 5%; but share prices have rebounded to near their price before the announcement.
Miniseries
May 26, 2004
Dynamic Forces has announced that it plans to release a 'remastered' Six from Sirius four-shot miniseries by Doug Moench and Paul Gulacy.
For Eight Animated Features
May 25, 2004
Marvel Enterprises and Lion's Gate Entertainment have signed a deal under which Lion's Gate will produce eight direct-to-video animated features based on Marvel characters.
For Marvel
May 25, 2004
Warren Ellis will write Ultimate Nightmare , a five-issue mini-series from Marvel launching in August.
Most Top Circs Down from March
May 23, 2004
Diamond shipped over 230,000 copies of Superman #204 to North American comic stores in April, the best single-copy piece sale since Batman #619 last September.
'Hunker Down, Boys and Girls'
May 20, 2004
Daniel McAbee of The Tangled Web in Spartanburg, South Carolina saw the news on Barnes and Noble's exclusive Ultimate Spider-Man hardcover, and the response from John Miller of Lost Realm and sent us this comment on his strategies for competing with big box competition.
