To Prevent Copyright Move
November 1, 2004
Marvel has sued seeking to prevent Disney from assuming the copyrights to Marvel characters.
In Quarterly Report
October 31, 2004
Marvel updated its schedule of movies based on its characters in its third quarter report, released last week.
New Categories, Properties
October 27, 2004
Marvel Enterprises and Jakks Pacific have expanded their licensing relationship to include new toy categories and properties.
Column by Steven Bates
October 26, 2004
Bates' topic this week is making money on the biggest characters there are.
From Forbes
October 24, 2004
Forbes has released its list of the top ten fictional characters (based on 2003 dollar revenues), and two anime properties and two Marvel properties are included in the list.
Constantine Producer, Soap Star
October 24, 2004
Warners has confirmed that One Life to Live cast member Brandon Routh has been cast to play Superman.
Multi-Year Licensing Agreement
October 19, 2004
Marvel has signed a multi-year licensing deal with construction toy manufacturer Mega Bloks, Inc., which will enable the Montreal-based toy company to create a comprehensive line of toy products featuring Marvel superheroes.
'Heroscape' Featured in Oct. DC Comics
October 13, 2004
Milton Bradley's new Heroscape boardgame includes a three-dimensional game board, 30 detailed miniatures and features an epic battle between champions from across the ages.
Column by Steven Bates
October 5, 2004
This week Bates gives us a three-parter on store employees. This is Part 1.
A Major Problem with Sales
October 4, 2004
Emil Novak of Queen City Bookstore in Buffalo, New York is concerned about the out-of-stocks on key comic trade paperbacks.
