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DC Comics has issues details of the comic books that will be made available for retailer exclusive covers for April 2020 To get an exclusive retailer cover from Marvel or DC, shops, shows or creators have to order a minimum of 3000 copies, with subsequent variants of the variant at 1500 and 1000 They pay[...]

DC Comics are majorly upping their retailer exclusive cover variant opportunities in February Sometimes you get one a month, occasionally you get two, but for the 28 days of February 2021, you get three I can see why DC is stepping up their numbers, basically you add thousands of sales, someone else does all of[...]

Before the shutdown, Marvel Comics was soliciting for retailers to order exclusive retailer covers for a bunch of upcoming comics They were all pretty much abandoned, and no more have been seen for quite some time Now for November, as in October, Marvel appears to be bringing them back, full speed ahead. To get a retailer[...]

Comic book retailers are used to going to comic book conventions to be feted by publishers and distributors, fed and watered and given free swag Well, so many of those opportunities have gone this year, especially the big two, the San Diego Comic-Con Friday Retailer Lunch in one of the bits of the San Diego[...]

Last week, we told you that The War Of The Realms: New Agents Of Atlas had gone to second printing but with – we understand- a massive uptick in orders from retailers after this article, Marvel Comics are adding a Virgin Second Printing cover tiered 1:25 to the original second printing, with an FOC for[...]

Okay, so the Diamond Retail Summit 2019 in Las Vegas kick off tomorrow, where comic book publishers, creators, activist groups and Diamond Comic Distributors all pitch up to talk about the comics industry with comic book retailers from around the world (but mostly North America) So today, and all weekend long, expect a lot of[...]

Can you make it to the Diamond Retailer Summit in Las Vegas? Are you even a comic book retailer? Either way, courtesy of Bleeding Cool, you can fantasise about being one Jetting in, checking in to your hotel, looking at all the enticements that the gambling capital of the world has on offer, the show,[...]

It's going to be an interesting Diamond Retailer Summit this weekend And DC Comics is throwing up a number of announcements in advance – some of which they didn't quite expect yet I hear that meant some early morning phone calls Anyway, this is what they were expecting to announce today – and just have, A[...]

Ahead of this weekend's Diamond Retailer Summit, DC Comics is to reveal covers and details for August's Year Of The Villain crossover titles, with the "Dark Gifts" theme This cross between Marvel's Acts Of Vengeance and Marvel's Fear Itself sees Lex Luthor make good on July's The Offer and sees him upgrade DC villains significantly[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. He writes: Hello, I will be going to the upcoming Las Vegas

"We wanted to give retailers an alternative to the programming that many of them have seen before and create a space where publishers and retailers alike can meet and relax,"  said Atom! Freeman, ComicHub's sales guy and official host. The Suite will be open on Sunday, and just Saturday for retaielrs making plans. "We love comics retailers[...]

Considering how things have been going on HBO's final season of Game of Thrones, we're not sure how we feel about Bob Iger's confirmation that the next

BOOM! Studios has announced its EX-X-XCLUSIVES for the Diamond Retailer Summit: a black and white Paul Pope variant for Faithless #1 and a Dan Mora variant for Saban's Go Go Power Rangers #20 If you're having trouble remembering which is which, the one without the lesbians making out in the shower is Power Rangers. BOOM will[...]

Rod Lamberti of Rodman Comics writes weekly for Bleeding Cool. Find previous columns here. What a wild and crazy ride it has been these last few weeks.

Corey Hart, Director of Sales at Image Comics has been talking to retailers about their current and upcoming promotions for Image titles. And they've got three of them. No Risk Number Ones Over the past few years, retailers have repeatedly told us that the market has become oversaturated and overwhelming—making it harder and harder for them to anticipate[...]