The prolific Steven Bates of Bookery Fantasy in Fairborn, Ohio saw Mark Amoroso's comments on chain competition on key comic and game products, and explains how he meets competition from big box retailers on those categories and on toys.

Videogame maker Activision has hired legendary comic book creator Stan Lee as a consultant for the development of future video games based on Marvel characters. Lee will work closely with Activision's developers during the production process and consult on game design.

Andy Battaglia of Comics Etc. in Rochester, New York saw our article on the retailer poll on the dates for Free Comic Book Day 2004 and has questions about the poll and the dates.

The poll to decide the weekend for Free Comic Book Day 2004 has now begun, and retailers can vote through August 29th. The choice is more than a casual exercise,...

Marvel's Q2 financials revealed some interesting details about the licensing of its key characters for movies and television.

Marvel released its Q2 report on Tuesday, and once again greatly exceeded expectations for financial performance, which in this case were last updated only two weeks ago.

Comic sales in July stayed true to form, with Batman topping the list, Marvel taking the most slots (19 out of the top 25), and roughly the same number of titles up as down in the top 25.

A bid by Marvel to have its ­ Spider-Man contract dispute with Sony Entertainment heard by a jury rather than a private judge was rejected by a California Court of Appeals on Monday.

Marvel today announced that it was extending the contract of Editor-In-Chief Joe Quesada.

Buoyed by increased licensing revenues, Marvel announced that, '...based on preliminary figures, the company will exceed the high end of financial guidance for revenue, EBITDA, Net Income, EPS and Free Cash Flow for Q2 2003.'