Scott Walston of Scott's Comics in Raleigh, North Carolina sent us this comment on Marvel's new terms.

Marvel and Canadian Niagara Group announced plans to launch Marvel's Adventure City, which will feature rides and games, as well as a retail center featuring exclusive Marvel merchandise.

Marvel's press conference today was devoted to the major change in its trade terms which it recently announced for retailers serviced by Diamond.

Manga titles continue to dominate bookstore bestseller lists, with 40 of the top 50 graphic novel bestsellers in bookstores drawn from that category in the most recent week's BookScan list.

Twentieth Century Fox and Marvel Enterprises announced that they've settled the lawsuit filed by Fox over the Mutant X television show almost two years ago.

Michael Tierney of Collector's Edition and the Comic Book Store of North Little Rock and Little Rock, Arkansas, respectively, saw the news of the new Marvel terms for retailers and retailer Jerry Ringi's comments on them and had this to say.

P. Margolin of Compleat Comics Company on Maui, Hawaii, saw our article on Marvel's new terms, and sent these comments.

In a bold move, Marvel Comics has changed its terms of sale to eliminate the monthly order form as the basis for calculating wholesale prices, and to delay the date by which orders must be finalized to as little as three weeks prior to release date.

Marvel released its Q4 and full year 2002 results on Monday, beating its own recently increased guidance, and raised its guidance for 2003.

Gabriel Hagmann of DreamStrands Comics in Seattle, Washington sent us this comment on Marvel's new trade terms for comics purchased through Diamond.