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We Drop Into The Baltimore Diamond Retailer Summit (Dave Gibbons Dark Knight III UPDATE)

UPDATE: DC Comics just showed off this Dark Knight III variant cover by Dave Gibbons…

The original piece runs below:

We're not sure, from this photo, if DC Comics co-publisher Dan DiDio totally wants to be at the Baltimore Retailer Summit…

Marvel's David Gabriel was pushing the success of attracting new customers for retailers with Star Wars – but also Squirrel Girl and Ms Marvel. DiDio gave a little jibe to Marvel stating that variants are great for marketing, but bad when used as a crutch to prop up sales numbers… not sure if the same thing counts for Dark Knight III though, with their 1:500 Jim Lee sketch cover…

Corey Murphy from Image Comics impressed the crowd, the only woman on the Premier Publishers & the State of the Business panel, talking about the importance of more women working in comic stores. Here's Jessica D'Alfoso from Quickstop Comics, nodding along.

 Retailers got to see this Robin Rundown ahead of their upcoming War…

As well as preview copies of Dark Knight III…

And a look at the planned Complete Dark Knight volume…

Here's a look at some of the exclusive swag that retailers have been offered for attending the presentations…

Coming to a comic store near you… if your retailer went to the Baltimore Diamond Retailer Summit that is. And you are really, really nice to them.

And there's plenty more to come… More from the Baltimore Summit here…

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