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We had a little look at the Top 500 sales of comics to comic stores in December 2017, and we noted that Marvel didn't seem to be discounting new comics as much as they had in the past. But one thing was clear: Marvel Legacy sales had fallen well back since their lenticular cover not-a-relaunch.

Here are the Top 500 ordered trade paperbacks and graphic novels for December 2017 by North American comic book stores through Diamond Comic Distributors, and made available by them, too. Notably, the top book, Saga Vol. 8, sold four times more than the second best-seller, Batman: The War of Jokes and Riddles.

Here's the Top 500 ordered comic books for December 2017 by North American comic book stores through Diamond Comic Distributors, and made available by

The year's results are in courtesy of Diamond Comic Distributors. These numbers reflect sales of comics to comic stores by Diamond Comic Distributors in

Nightwing has been shot, but he won't slow down. He knows that the Judge must be brought in before more people die. However, the Judge is already on the move with his next play. Does this make for a good read?

Comic book fan Charles Baca took a select number of comic books to ACE Comic Con in Glendale, Arizona over the weekend, only to find them stolen, along

Bleeding Cool has been covering the legal battle between Monster Energy Drinks and Marvel Comics over the latter's trademark registration of the words

In Coyotes #3, Coffey and Red meet some old mysterious old women in the hopes of finding help in fighting the Coyotes. Meanwhile, we learn more of the source of these creatures. Is it a good read?

In Judas #2, Judas has been approached by Lucifer himself. The Devil has a new way of looking at Judas' life as well as many other characters from biblical history. Will Judas see things his way? Does this make for a good read?

In Planet of the Apes: Ursus #1, the humans are destroying the crops of Ape City. The high council wants to put the ape soldiers to work in farming, but General Ursus wants his soldiers on guard against the human threat. Does this drama make for a good read?

There will be a comic highlighting the Avengers and Thanos on newsstands and in places like the supermarket checkout line right before Avengers: Infinity War hits theaters, but it won't be published by Marvel Comics.

Sean Gordon Murphy's hit comic book, Batman: White Knight might be about The Joker, but on this slow news Sunday, it's Murphy who's our knight in shining

That was a late Loot Crate. The Christmas schedule must have made the International post look both higgledy and piggledy. It had a ship date of the 22nd

Anyone trying to register a trademark with a white upper image of a skull, front-on, on a black background, be warned. Marvel lawyers are after you.

Marvel Comics has registered a trademark under the name "Multiple Man" for a long list of publishing and merchandise-related items, including publications, books, office and school supplies, temporary tattoo transfers, and more.

Today sees the new Avengers weekly book... not quite top the charts. There was, after all, a Batman book out this week. But it did top Mister Miracle, which still performs miracles. And talking of miracles... Red Hood and the Outlaws peeps into the chart for the first time.

Brave fans march on Burbank to demand a Zack Snyder cut of Justice League, a Disney Parks Black Panther pin raises some eyebrows, allegations of sexual abuse against Marvel's Stan Lee, and more geeky news from the past week.

Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dunegon, I've Been Killing Slime for 300 Years, Stupid Love Comedy, and more manga and light novels from Yen Press' April 2018 solicits.

Vault Comics is bringing out new graphic novels: Alien Bounty Hunter, Stalag-X, and Colossi. In addition, Deep Roots and Wasted Space kick off. These will be available in April. Details here.

Tokyopop is bringing out a new trilogy for Evie of the Disney Descendants, new series Kamo is launching, and The Nightmare Before Christmas: Zero's Journey begins. All these will be released in April. Details here.

A new Judge Dredd arc kicks off in 2000 AD, plus a sequel story to the 2012 Dredd film begins in the Judge Dredd Megazine. All of this will be available through Rebellion in April.

Last week saw volume 101 of Attack on Titan published in Japan and in the USA. And one face appearing in last week's volume may be a little more infamous than usual.

Portal Bound #1 by Mark Roslan, Gabe Carrasco, Alex Arizmendi, and Wes Hartman comes out, Jirni, Shrugged, and Charismagic continue their runs, and Bubblegun vol. 2 and Lola XOXO vol. 2 get collected releases. This all comes out this April by Aspen Comics.

AC Comics is bringing out the next volume of Crypt of Horror, a collection of 1950's horror from the pre-Comics Code era. This will be available this coming April. More details here.

Here are the top 100 comic books and graphic novels ordered by comic book stores in North America through the direct market serviced by Diamond Comic Distributors.

At the DC in DC panel "The Aftermath: Battle & Trauma in Comics," writer Tom King revealed a new upcoming project called Sanctuary about a place where DC heroes can go to deal with the trauma resulting from the violence they're a part of on a regular basis.

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics, writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. For New Year's, I made it to Las Vegas to celebrate. I talked

The upcoming issue of Tom King and Joelle Jones's Batman #39 is much anticipated, following on from the very well-received double date at the fair, Batman

Avatar Press solicits for April 2018: New series of Crossed +100 written by Amazing Spider-Man writer and Netflix Daredevil's Christos Gage. And a massive slipcase volume of Star Wars/The Wicked + The Divine writer Kieron Gillen's Uber series.

In a press release for 'Six Figure Crowdfunding: Why Strangers on the Internet Want to Give You $100,000', Derek Miller, co-writer Noelle Pugh, and cartoonist Joy Ho explain how you, too, can become filthy rich with a Kickstarter campaign.