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Eighty year old Joseph Liesner is closing his comic store, Comic Book Heaven in Queens, New York, after almost thirty years, blaming his age and

Jay from Jay's Company pointed out to me on the San Diego Comic Con show floor that, unlike San Diegos of recent past that there is no Walking Dead #100,

From paying 100% of retailers' Vertigo advertising, the regular dollar introductory line and making both DC's All Ages line and MAD Magazine returnable if retailers order certain amounts from October… And we did enjoy Bob Wayne's description of the dollar V For Vendetta #1 as simply "drawn by David Lloyd"… DC's Bob Wayne made a number[...]

There's also a three hundredth anniversary of Previews coming up. Here are some fed comic book retailers… From the Retailer's Lunch at San Diego Comic Con… The cold hard starts from Diamond Comic Distributors in graph form… Steve Geppi is holding court, talking about Free Comic Book Day and Halloween Comic Fest. News is good, folks[...]

On Wednesday we get more comic books Hooray! Batman/Superman #1 launches, which will probably be the No 2 launch of the month, just behind Superman

Straight from the DC Retailer Roadshow… The event held today, with around a hundred retailers present, showed off upcoming DC Comics work But the focus was on the 3D covers for September's Villain's Month, in person. All retailers should have received (or will be receiving) a copy of the new technology 3D cover for Superman Unchained[...]

Measuring actual sales to comic store customers, not orders, the Bleeding Cool Bestseller List tracks sales of comics in select stores on Wednesdays and

This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what

In one week... here comes the first issues of True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys,  American Vampire. Superman Unchained, the Crow, Thumbprint, the new

Before the launch of the DC New 52, DC Comics ran a series of roadshows around the company, to talk to retailers about the upcoming reboot. And… it seems as if they are doing at again. Here is where – and when – they'll be held. • Monday, June 17 – New York • Thursday, June 20 – Orlando •[...]

As a result of losing their lease, Atlas Comics in Chicago is to close. The owner writes; After 25 years of continuous operation in the same location,

Again, compiled from select comic book retailers, it only measures Wednesday and Thursday sales It represents a tally of the Wednesday Warriors, those so keen to pick up a comic book in question, that they can't wait until the weekend, let alone the end of the month. The new X-Men comic predictably topped the list, but[...]

With the realisation that we won't see another Saga until August, it looks like retailers are upping their orders on the new Saga trade paperback to cover them until then. The rings promotions have pushed New Guardians to the top this week, and Superior Spider-Man sales still appear to rise Trinity War seems to still be[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors have measured that Free Comic Book Day 2013 generated over $2,200,000 of free publicity, via news and feature coverage across

Collectors Cornered is an occasional video column, filmed inside Collectors Corner in Baltimore. Join us every week as we discuss comic book news from a

Honourable mentions to Bounce #1 and Sex #3… Superior Spider-Man #10 Uncanny Avengers #8 AU Green Lantern #20 Uncanny X-Men #6 Avengers #12 Justice League #20 Batman Inc #11 Batman: The Dark Knight #20 The Bounce #1 Sex #3 Thanks to these great comic retailers: Waterfront Comics of Suisun, California Eide's Entertainment of Pittsburgh Earth-2 Comics Sherman Oaks Earth-2 Comics Northridge Comic City  of Detroit Mayhem Comics of Ames and Des Moines, Iowa Heroes  of London Yesteryear Comics of San Diego Impulse[...]

The individuals in question have to have official buying power in the store and it's seen as a measure that supports the comics industry, gives comic stores a better idea of what is out there and… let's them pick up exclusive items and sell them in the shop! The same will happen again this year –[...]

This Tuesday, Central City Comix of British Columbia was robbed of a number of statues and comics. If you know anyone selling the items listed below,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SWjdjybRP0 Collectors Cornered is an occasional video column, filmed inside Collectors Corner in Baltimore. Join us every

Age Of Ultron #8 Iron Man #10 Batgirl #20 Nightwing #20 Wolverine & the X-Men #29 Wonder Woman #20 Cable and X-Force #8 Thunderbolts #9 Nova #4

A retailer writes; I just received an e-mail from someone claiming to have a Key Golden Age comic that they "found this cleaning out a estate in Virginia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=651UNRHXFY8 Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Florida writes; Hey Fandom! I'm back, still a little sick and not at 100%, but

Batman #20 Justice League Of America #3 Uncanny Avengers #8 Avengers #11 Batman And The Red Hood #20 Walking Dead #110 Thor God Of Thunder #8 Star Wars #5

Okay, sit back for this one. At the Auburn Council Chamber in Alabama, US Representative Mike Rogers talked about his current work and took questions in a

the promotional Green Lantern rings! For every 25 issues of each book ordered, retailers can buy a back of fifty rings to give away, or sell. Green Lantern #21 gets the Green Lantern Promotional Rings. Green Lantern Corps #21 gets the Blue Lantern Promotional Rings, Green Lantern Corps #22 gets the White Lantern Promotional Rings. New Guardians #21 gets[...]

Yay! Free Comic Book Day! What a blast that was. Though there have been concerns. The guidelines for a comic book being published for Free Comic Book Day

Spider's Web in Yonkers, New York, open for the first time today... photographs from Jason Gonzalez It's early hours yet...

There's a new comic store opening today in Yonkers, New York, on 887A Yonkers Avenue. It's called The Spider's Web, and I think it might possibly sell

With Image's Ten Grand falling just inside… and Action Comics it appears has fallen a long way down… Age Of Ultron #7 All-New X-Men #11 Superior Spider-Man #9 Thanos Rising #2 Detective Comics #20 Hawkeye #10 Aquaman #19 Iron Man #9 Indestructible Hulk #7 Ten Grand #1 Thanks to contributing retailers below… up from three last week to a massive eleven! Dr[...]

  The comic retailer alliance around Larry's Comics and Jetpack Comics has been commissioning and creating quite a lot of exclusive covers for a certain set of retailers Here's a few more recent ones, including those for Free Comic Book Day…       The comic retailer alliance around Larry's[...]