Batman: The 10-Cent Adventure topped the comic charts for January 2002, with over 650,000 copies ordered from Diamond U.S. prior to any late orders or reorders.

Estimated quantities for initial orders on graphic novels shipping in January 2002 from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond U.S..

ICv2 is pleased to present our top five Movie/TV Merchandise stories of 2001. These rankings are based on the business impact of these events on pop culture retailers. 1.Retro cartoons drive sales.

Fellowship of the Rings had a $45 million weekend, bringing its five day gross to $73.1 million, the best-ever for December. LOTR fell far below the Harry Potter all-time record of over $92 million in its first weekend, but also showed on about 30% fewer screens and had a longer runtime.

New products dominated the Top 10 Cool lists this month, as strong new releases timed for the holidays pushed aside older ones.

Variety reported today that Fellowship of the Ring, the first installment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, earned over $17 million in its opening day of release on Wednesday.

The year-end report for The Lycos 50, which totals the number of searches for particular topics through the Lycos search engine, finds Dragonball firmly ensconced in first place with more than twice as many searches as second place finisher Britney Spears.

The venerable Simpsons top two categories in our Top 10 Cool lists for October, compiled from reports submitted by retailers across the country.

Score has announced that Jonathan Quesenberry has been hired as DBZ Marketing Manager.

Retailers have continued to send us their comments on Marvel's reprinting of the Ultimate #1s for Wal-Mart. The retailers who have written us have managed to highlight the overlapping elements of this complex issue.