Comic store sales of the top comic titles were overwhelmingly down on a piece basis in December, with 21 of the 23 continuing series in the top 25 showing issue-over-issue sales declines.

Marvel Entertainment announced a five-year licensing agreement with Hasbro.

Richard Branson's Virgin Books will form new Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation divisions in cooperation with Deepak Chopra, Shekhar Kapur, and Gotham Entertainment.

Zoom Suit #1, which will be solicited in the February Previews and ship in April, will be sold to retailers at 75% off its $2.95 cover price.

This week, Bennett looks at comic strips.

Marvel has announced that it will launch a new Wolverine series, Wolverine: Origins , in April, with story by Daniel Way and art by Brit veteran Steve Dillon.

The subject of Tuesday's Marvel press conference was an epic 14-issue Hulk story arc.

In this column, Riley talks about the 2005 trends that are shaping his business.

Writing in Variety Stephen Zeitchik wonders if Marvel and DC have run out of top tier characters.

This week, Bennett continues his discussion of comic ordering and talks about the info he needs to order a new series.