Sales Estimates for March Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
April 28, 2003
These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during March 2003.
Biggest Release Ever
April 26, 2003
Twentieth Century Fox has planned the largest global opening ever for X2: X-Men United , which will flash across screens in no fewer than 93 different markets across the globe on May 2, 2003.
The Hulk Gets A Milk Mustache
April 26, 2003
Comics and superheroes made quite a splash in the media last week and we're not even counting the articles about the new X-Men movie that opens this coming weekend.
According to Marsden
April 22, 2003
James Marsden (Cyclops in the X-Men movies) told MTV last week that Preacher could start shooting as early as June.
Incredible Hulk #50-#52 First
April 13, 2003
Marvel has announced that it will be expanding its Marvel Must-Have program to include more titles reprinting consecutive issues in a storyline.
'Slap in the Face'
April 6, 2003
Jerry Ringi of Amazing Fantasy in Chesapeake, Virginia, saw our coverage of the early release of Marvels in bookstores and didn't like what he saw.
Another Retailer Intelligence Test?
April 6, 2003
Les 'Bo' Bowman of The Gamer's Den saw our recent article on Marvel books hitting the bookstore channel before comic stores and had this to say.
From UDON
April 1, 2003
Image Comics has announced that it will publish comics based on the vintage videogame property Street Fighter, beginning in August.
'Let's Eliminate Negative Thinking!'
March 30, 2003
Gail Burt of Metropolis Comics in Downey, California saw our article on the move of Spider-Man 2 off the first weekend in May, potentially affecting Free Comic Book Day next year, and had this to say.
A Blow To Free Comic Book Day?
March 26, 2003
The good news is that Tobey Maguire will be back as Peter Parker in the sequel to the highest-grossing superhero film of all time.
