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.

Avi Arad, the Head of Marvel Studios, provided industry analysts with an update on the progress of various movie projects based on Marvel comics during Marvel's Q4 conference call on Tuesday.

A couple of high profile comic series have completely sold out their most recent offerings prompting Image to schedule a second edition of G.I. Joe Vs. Transformers #1 and Marvel to collect the sold-out issues #34 and #35 of the Ultimate X-Men into a Marvel Must Have reprint.

Marvel has announced final details of its May Insert program, which will encompass every comic the publisher will release that month to sample the additional readers that are expected to pick up comics as a result of the Spider-Man movie.

Here are a few of the tidbits from presentations of major comic publishers at the Diamond/Alliance Retailer Summit held in Las Vegas last week.

Check out the new Black Costume variant covers, celebrating the 40th anniversary of Spider-Man's iconic black costume, on sale in May.

This June, enjoy Skottie Young's iconic Marvel Comics artwork with 27 new variant covers, one epic poster, and the release of Giant-Size Little Marvels #1.

The Valiant Hero Universe Origins collection offers an ideal entry point for new readers. 12 volumes of regular comic book format, at a cover price of $24.99, paint the picture of the world of Valiant Entertainment characters.

Celebrating its 5th anniversary, Marvel: Crisis Protocol from Atomic Mass Games is powering ahead with releases featuring characters from across the Marvel Universe.

Atomic Mass will release Marvel Crisis Protocol Affiliation Packs , featuring Cabal, Spider-Foes, and Avengers, in May.