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Diamond Comic Book Distributors has maintained two different comic book bags and board brands of products as a result of previous acquisitions but as the product line of each has become almost identical, they are going to cancel the Comic Defense System branding in favour of the ubiquitous ComiCare brand. Diamond Combines Two Brands, Comic Defense[...]

Lockdown 2, electric boogaloo… Diamond UK made the following announcement to comic book retailers yesterday, confirming that they will still be distributing comic books, even as English comic book stores go to lockdown from Thursday for a month – at least Diamond stated; Following on from the announcements over the weekend I can confirm that the[...]

Vault has now issued the following statement to comic book retailers, making all their comic books returnable, right now – even yesterday's Giga #1, if you so wished. Vault Comics is pleased to announce line-wide single issue returnability for all Diamond retailers, as part of the Vault Bound Retailer Support Initiative Now, under Vault Bound, all[...]

UCS is one of two distributors set up with DC Comics from two of DC's biggest comic book retailer accounts, to replace Diamond Comic Distributors, with whom DC had fallen out within the shadow of the shutdown Set up by Midtown Comics, it was recently revealed that this relationship was coming to an end at[...]

Black Mask Studios has been missing from Diamond Comic Distributors for some time But in 2021 it is back, with a movie in development for its leading superhero series Black And Black AF is the lead title for January, getting a collection of their latest series, Devil's Dye from Vita Ayala and Liana Kangas –[...]

Bleeding Cool broke the news that UCS Comic Distributors would no longer be distributing DC Comics to comic book stores from January 2021 and that as a

We and other comic retailers are petitioning DC to resume distribution through Diamond Comics Distribution Lunar has actually done an excellent job thus far, but our industry will be better served with two distributors for retailers to choose from Competition breeds better service Our DC comics arrived pretty late this week (we just got them[...]

We begin with the top ten comic books sold to comic book stores through Diamond Comic Distributors in September 2020 The top 500 lists follow after the marketshare… no DC Comics of course, as DC left Diamond, but it does allow Image Comics to get a couple into the top ten And Spawn would have[...]

In the summer, as shutdowns affected Diamond Comic Distributors and many comic book stores, DC Comics chose to set up two new comic book distributors from their two biggest retail accounts, DCBD and Midtown Comics, both with an existing and extensive mail-order operation Lunar Distribution and UCS Comics Distributors, respectively, distributed DC Comics when Diamond[...]

When Diamond UK returned to distributing comic books – and took back the UK/European distribution deal for DC Comics to comic book stores – it had a lot to catch up on Months worth of comics that had been stuck in warehouses were gradually distributed around comic book stores outside of North America There have[...]

Last week, Diamond UK told retailers that they had been subject to a break-in at their Warrington warehouse, which was delaying comic book distribution that week We've now had an update over some of what was stolen, items that will be hard to source anywhere else right now, in case anyone comes across them. List Of[...]

When DC Comics chose to no longer be distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors, in favour of two US comic book shops-turned-distributors, it caused real problems for the UK market, serviced by Diamond UK The UK makes up between ten and fifteen per cent of DC's direct market sales Shipping charges multiplied, leading UK retailers to[...]

Yesterday, Diamond UK could not be contacted by retailers over something they referred to only as an "incident" We've now learned that this incident was a serious break-in at the comic book distribution company's warehouses in Warrington/Runcorn in Greater Manchester. Diamond UK sent the following message to comic book retailers last night. Firstly thank you all for[...]

British comic store owners have had difficulty getting responses from Diamond UK this morning, but have now received the following mysterious message "SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Dear Retailer, There has been an incident at the Diamond UK warehouse & offices over the weekend For the time being calls & emails cannot be answered Updates will follow ASAP[...]

It looks like Image Comics has managed to successfully capitalize DC Comics' decision to quit Diamond Comic Distributors and jockey ahead into the number two Diamond position alongside Marvel Marvel's is still king with a record Diamond marketshare, but Image remains ahead of everyone else But might future months see them build on that marketshare? Image[...]

We ran the top ten comic books distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors in August 2020 You can read publisher marketshare right here – the only place to publish that so far Here's a look at the Top 500 comic books and graphic novels for the month Asterisks notate a comic book that has been declared[...]

Yesterday I made a fatuous joke that, without DC Comics, the Diamond August 2020 marketshare results, not released yesterday by Diamond Comic Distributors would be about 95% Marvel and 5% everyone else It was meant to be an over-exaggeration for comic effect, but not everyone saw it in that way Which is why I now[...]

But if they were, Marvel Comics would still beat them when it came to sales and marketshare from Diamond Comic Distributors But without them? Well, Marvel Comics takes it all Diamond is no longer issuing the marketshare statistics for the month as it would basically read Marvel Comics 95%, everyone else 5% if they're lucky. "We're[...]

New statues are heading our way from Diamond Select Toys with some new additions to their DC Comics series None of these statues is limited edition but is packed with detail and does not carry a hefty price Landing first is a new Black Adam with a new 11 inch tall statue that shows off[...]

There was a lot of outcry over DC leaving Diamond Somehow the end of the comic industry would happen Overlooked was that Diamond failed to ship comics and was unable to pay the publishers The comic industry has not grown for years A shakeup needed to happen Repeating the same thing over and over again[...]

Marvel Comics has issued the following warnings for different retailers around the country regarding issues they have been having with printers of late. Comic book stores served out of Diamond Comic Distributors' Plattsburgh, NY Distribution Centre will be hit the hardest Orders for Thor #7, the latest in the Black Winter storyline, X-Men #12 kicking off[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors' Previewsworld launched a video yesterday asking the question "are superheroes fascist?" To which I want to refer to Woody Allen's response to the question "is sex dirty? Only when it's being done right." Now, of course, this all comes in the wake of recent criticism of the overwhelming amount of police and law[...]

Next Wednesday's edition of Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly Preview catalogue features comic books, graphic novels, toys, and other pop culture merchandise scheduled to go on sale beginning November 2020 And it is slowly going up online right now, cover by cover Talking of covers, the front cover features Dark Horse Comics' Stranger Things and Dungeons &[...]

When all new comic books were solicited for Wednesday sale date in the direct market, and a system was instigated where comic book stores received comic books on the Monday or Tuesday before, Diamond Comic Distributors ran a Secret Shopper system that comic book stores paid a few bucks into, that ensured that no one[...]

The shutdown, lockdown, pandemic that is 2020 is having all sorts of impacts on the comic book industry, that some get missed. Such as the fact that Great

As new comics distributors drop phone lines in favour of online support only, Diamond Comic Distributors is upping their own online system, intending to improve response times for retailer questions and concerns, regarding their online Retailer Support Centre Specifically when reporting damages, missing orders or over-orders, they can add them there and then, which lets[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors have issued a statement and a Q&A over their decision to split the delivery of weekly orders of new comic books from reorders or 'replenishment product' Bleeding Cool reported on this back in early March – but a lot has changed since then Diamond reports; Diamond Issues Updates Over Distribution Centres and Replenishment Distribution[...]

UCS Comic Distributors is the comic book distribution company started by Midtown Comics to cover East Coast distribution of DC Comics after the publisher left Diamond Comic Distributors You may have heard mention on Bleeding Cool over the last few months Well, yhey have just updated their terms of service for retailers. UCS Comic Distributors Updates[...]

Next week's Diamond Previews catalogue has Dark Horse's AlterNation: They Hide Hybrids graphic novel on the front cover by Tim Seeley and Mike Norton explore the world of Panda Mony's action figure line Alter Nation And Fantastic Four #25 with its big brand new direction, RB Silva as artist and Mark Brooks on cover… AlterNation and Fantastic[...]

Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! And courtesy of stats from Diamond Comic Distributors The launch of Big Girls from Image Comics is also one to watch it seems… TOP 25[...]