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As previously seen on Bleeding Cool, day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven, day eight. Things From Another World Exclusive

As previously seen on Bleeding Cool, day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six, day seven. Cards, Comics, and Collectibles Exclusive Cover

As previously seen on Bleeding Cool, day one, day two, day three, day four, day five, day six... Dimension X Comics Exclusive Connecting Cover (Green

As previously seen on Bleeding Cool, day one,  day two, day three... Jesse James Comics/Exceed Exclusive Cover (Green Zord) Connecting Covers Illustrated

As previously seen on Bleeding Cool, day one and day two... Tate's Comics Exclusive Cover Illustrated by Javier Reyes Collector's Paradise Exclusive Cover

In March, Titan Comics will be publishing a new Independence Day comic book by Victor Gischler and Steve Scott to accompany the new movie out in June, And retailers will be able to commission special versions of the cover which will see their stores blown to smithereens. Of course this takes some time to arrange, so they are asking[...]

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[...]

Ahead of the Diamond Retailer Summit in Baltimore today, a number of retailers toured the Diamond headquarters. One got in touch to share his notes with me, saying that there was some rather naughty language used at the event… Diamond Comics employees are a hard working professional group Having just finished a tour of the Diamond offices I[...]

This is the Dave Johnson custom retailer shared cover for Dark Knight III: The Master Race … And this is how it looks when Midtown Comics try it on. I'm jealous I want a go too…  Eeeeeeexcellent…. Midtown are selling the Frank Miller variant cover for $118 And the Jim Lee for $552! Sold out as well… [...]

Retailers may not be able to get exclusive variant covers from Image Comics any more But Diamond Retailer Summits can, such as this version of Toyko Ghost…. It's the last day for retailers to sign up to attending the Baltimore Diamond Retailer Summit ahead of Baltimore Comic Con.And here are a few of the giveaways those[...]

Since then a number of publishers have made retailer exclusive variants of their covers available, in which a retailer will order many more copies of a comic than they would generally order Sometimes hundreds, sometimes thousands And they will get a cover of their very own, exclusive to that store Either an original piece of[...]

First we have a Journey To Star Wars: The Force Awakens: Shattered Empire variant cover by Francesco Francavilla, for Third Eye Comics... And another from

Below are the nominees for the Diamond Retailer Best Practices Awards: Summer 2015, to be awarded during San Diego Comi Con Retailers have until Sunday to vote on their colleagues in a variety of catagories. This time round, the categories were Best Apparel Section, Best Statue/Model Display, Best e-newsletter, and Best Collecting Supplies Display. Retailers who vote are[...]

While Free RPG Day  doesn't have the size or impact of Free Comic Day or Geek & Sundry's Tabletop Day, it is still an event with meaning to local retailers and tabletop RPG communities. I have only visited Serenity Games a few times, despite it being so close to me, despite having a number of friends speak highly of the store[...]

Bleeding Cool learnt today that Image Comics will be announcing that they will no longer offer "retailer exclusive" variant single comics It was a promotional program started by IDW for the launch of their Godzilla comic, then adopted by everyone from Boom to Avatar to Marvel to Titan to DC, where retailers could commission their own exclusive cover[...]

Much as we like them, it can't just be King Comics in Australia and Jesse James Comics in Phoenix. But you can bet your bottom dollar they'll send in

Plenty of bits and pieces coming out of yesterday's Orlando DC Comics Retailer Roadshow to brighten a Saturday Valentine's Day…. First, a few details about the upcoming Convergence series and spinoffs. Look for a scene in Convergence featuring Warlord riding a herd of triceratops into a castle of time travellers Mind you, bet that happens to time[...]

  Are you a comic book retailer? Do you work at one? Then you could be going to one of three retailer roadshows being held by DC Comics next month in Burbank, Orlando and New York Expect the likes of Dan DiDio, Jim Lee, comic creators and a bunch of free exclusive stuff that you could[...]

To qualify as a Free Comic Book Day Participating store, you must operate a storefront business and order a 25 each minimum of the Gold books. Alone that will cost a retailer a minimum of $81.75 plus shipping, for three hundred comics That's the bare minimum, most retailers will order thousands, tens of thousands of comics and spend the equivalent. In[...]

Wonderworld Comics retailer Dennis Barger posted his take on September sales in the light of Bleeding Cool's statistical analysis And he revealed some retailer truths He posts, Take Batman 3D versus Death Of Wolverine shiny #1. In my store we ordered 100 of both…. Batman 3D cost us $187.50 for 100 copies, Death Of Wolverine #1 cost us[...]

By Christopher Helton It isn’t every day that a comic store makes it to twenty five years, and this past weekend local comic store Emerald City Comics

Last week, Scott Snyder gave a little teaser of a Cliff Chiang Wytches #1 cover…. @cliffchiang Wytches #1 variant tease pic.twitter.com/1rYHQbczjv — Scott Snyder (@Ssnyder1835) September 3, 2014 What a tease! Well we know what it is… An exclusive cover to help recruitment for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund. And it's joined by an exclusive cover for All-New Captain[...]

The latest categories for the upcoming Diamond Best Practice Awards for comic book retailers have been announced. Best Counter Display Best Movie/Themed Boutique Best Customer Service Best Library/School Program or Event Retailers have to enter themselves individually, with photos and a description of why they should win (up to 400 words) But many deserving, eligible retailers never even bother. Well, why[...]

This morning, Bleeding Cool ran a report on a recent DC Retailer Summit at Chicago a couple of nights ago During which our anonymous retailer clerk took exception to some comments from Michigan retailer Dennis Barger of Wonderworld Comics We offered Dennis a right to reply And boy did he take it… This is exactly the[...]

An unnamed comic store employee attended the DC Retailer Summit in Chicago, the evening before C2E2 began This is what he told Bleeding Cool. DC Comics once again had a meeting hall in the adjoining hotel to the show reserved for us and they provided soft drinks and food before the meeting  The spread in Florida[...]

Dennis Barger Jr, owened of the retailer Wonderworld (about to open a second store), writes on Facebook, My frustration with much of what is going on in comics has at least in a large part been set in motion for a reversal When the Beatles wrote "I get by with a little help from my friends"[...]

The Diamond Best Practice Awards: Spring 2014 will be presented from the comic book distributor to a number of retailers at this year's Diamond Retailer Summit, held May 17-19th in Las Vegas The categories are as follows. Best New Comics Section Best Twitter Presence Best Staff Motivational Program Best TV Ad Best Convention Booth Do you have a comic book retailer[...]

Effective immediately, you can trust me when I say I want comics retailers to thrive, because now I am one. I said, I AM ONE. (I had to raise my voice there a little to drown out the screams of rage from anti-Thrillbent retailers like Phil Boyle Hi, Phil!) Along with my partner in life and now in[...]

There is something mesmeric about the retailer specific variant covers when laid out like this… here's the latest batch for Masks #1, out this week, from Dynamite Think of it as a league of extraordinary pulp characters… [...]

Bleeding Cool would like to say "Thank You!" to all retailers who are carrying Bleeding Cool Magazine in their stores The first issue, featuring over 100 pages of in-depth articles, interviews, previews and insider gossip – including the Top 100 list of the most powerful people in comics – is out today Go visit your favorite local[...]