Marvel has announced that it is repositioning its Marvel Knights imprint as a showcase for self-contained limited series featuring characters 'off the beaten path.'

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

During a conference call discussing the post- House of M / Decimation event, Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada made no bones about the fact that he was happy that the result of this major Marvel event would be a drastic reduction in the number of mutants in the Marvel Universe.

In Part 1, we talk about the over-all market conditions for comics and graphic novels in comic stores, bookstores, mass merchants, and newsstand outlets.

At the San Diego Comic-Con International, Microsoft and Marvel announced a licensing agreement giving Microsoft the exclusive rights to develop and publish massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) featuring Marvel's characters.

Marvel Enterprises has announced that it has settled all pending litigation with Stan Lee.

Sony Pictures is in negotiations with Marvel to turn the 1970s comic book character, Killraven , into a major science fiction movie franchise.

Stan Lee has scored a first round victory in his lawsuit against Marvel Enterprises.

Anthony Furfferi of Empire Comics in Rochester, New York saw Donald Riordan's comments on Marvel's subscription ads and feels that retailers are expecting too much of Marvel.

Tim Davis of Alternate Reality in Chicago, Illinois was unhappy about the lack of movie-stimulated Spider-Man sales in his store and has some ideas about how to improve the results next year.