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Walmarts will convert 160 of their parking lots into drive-in theaters Part of a screening partnership with Tribeca, the screenings will feature stars of the films, and people will have snacks brought to their cars Curbside pick-up of concession type items will also be available at the locations yet to be announced The Walmart screenings[...]

YuMe is releasing new Harry Potter capsule figures on July 17th, part of Walmart's Collector Con Right around when SDCC would have been, a bunch of products will be in stores as exclusives that fans otherwise would not have been able to get unless they were at the show The Harry Potter figures will come[...]

By June 21st Walmarts through the United States are supposed to have 4 Packs of "new" DC comics in stock, displayed, and ready to sell It's ironic that 2 years to the day that the Walmart "exclusive" Giant line was annouced (it was June 22nd 2018), DC ends that line and instead gives Walmart four[...]

This morning, I reported gossip that DC Comics was to be increasing their presence in Walmart stores That regular monthly titles rather than the 100-Page Giants would be sold in US Walmart stores, as well as young adult graphic novels, classic graphic novels and toys, just like a regular comic shop, as part of a[...]

DC Comics launched their line of 100-Page Giants exclusively in Walmart a couple of years ago, with a couple of similar titles of Target, before relaunching them all and making the titles available to comic book stores through Diamond Now that DC has dropped Diamond (almost) entirely, in favour of its two home-grown distributors Lunar[...]

It's something that Walmart has gotten involved in by now offering the "Mass Market" variants to the DC Giant line and variants in their multi-pack Marvel bundles.  The last batch of Marvel bundles with Walmart exclusive variant covers also came bundled with two additional comics, most of which were rare tiered Marvel variants. The Walmart Variant[...]

But, as was then pointed out to Bleeding Cool, while the titles may have been cancelled, they were still on sale at Walmart Or at least they were, as eBay has provided a secondary market for the titles, selling for two to three times their Walmart cover price. DC Cancelled Comics Available in Walmart – and[...]

Last week we talked about how the new Batman Giant #5, in Walmarts as of last weekend, was promising a new origin of The Joker Now, I am far, far away from the nearest Walmart, and there is no sign of Batman Giant #5 coming to comic book stores, or even digital comics, any time[...]

But are we getting a new version? Batman Giant #5 came to Walmart this weekend Just as Batman Giant #4 was getting to comic shops – with two different covers, depending whether stores ordered from UCS/Lunar or Diamond Comic Distributors We mentioned the new issue was published by a new printer, LSC Communications from the un-shutdown[...]

More collectibles are heading our way but this time they are Walmart exclusives First up is a new Lightning Collection 2-pack featuring Mighty Morphin Power Rangers icons Alpha and Zordon This 6 inch scale figure set is highly detailed and must for Ranger fans Alpha 5 will be articulated and will come with a robo-teddy[...]

DC Comics has had considerable success in the last couple of years, placing original titles in Walmart, in their Giant line Marvel has joined them, with a new line of there-pack comic books, with original covers and a low price point Now new publisher Allegiance Arts and Entertainment will be doing something similar The company[...]

This included Batman Giant #4. Comic Stores Get Walmart Edition of Batman Giant #4 From DC This Week Image from source. We looked at the printing indicia, which indicated that these were comics printed before te shutdown, by Transcontinental Publishing and potentially stored overrun of the original print run rather than a new printing We still don't[...]

But as Bleeding Cool's Senior Walmart Reporter Ian Melton reported yesterday, the Walmart distribution from DC and Marvel still keeps going from strength to strength Walmart stores have now received Our Fighting Forces #1, with new content by Brad Meltzer, Jim Lee, Christopher Priest, Larry Hama and more Not everyone lives close to a Walmart store,[...]

In the meantime, we will have properly stoked and protected the demand for comics, keeping fans interested in our characters and stories." But not so fast, although they are calling them digital firsts, they have all the appearances of being digital seconds, as the stories have all appeared in print in recent Walmart mass-market titles,[...]

NBCUniversal's Fandango, the premium movie ticket seller, has agreed to purchase the digital streaming service Vudu from retail giant Walmart The deal was announced this afternoon and reported by Variety According to numbers provided by Walmart previously, Vudu has over 100 million users It currently offers over 10,000 titles for free, plus some 150,000 titles[...]

You can sign up to receive it as an e-mail here. DC Comics, Youngblood and Walmart – The Daily LITG 20th April 2020 Bo by Rob Liefeld. DC Comics, Youngblood, Walmart and the 10 Most-Read Stories Yesterday Bleeding Cool continues to report from the comics industry shutdown, as the Diamond distribution monopoly of the direct market was shattered[...]

So with no new comics in shops for a bit, those who are experiencing a need to buy comics can go pick up Walmart's new Variant sets Walmart started putting out Marvel 3 Packs in stores a few years ago, and then last year started doing "variant covers" for certain Marvel books.  Some of these[...]

DC reveals the contents and covers for Our Fighting Forces #1, the comic appearing in Walmarts and other mass-market stores about now Though their comic store appearance may be delayed by the current situation Comic book fans may want to take a check at the Walmart comics section when picking up their toilet paper and[...]

There is also the very strong likelihood that DC Comics will distribute direct market books through the likes of Walmart and Target, stores that are still open as essential providers across the US. It may also be worth noting that in the UK, stores that sign up for a Diamond UK account may not have an[...]

DC has announced contents for Batman Giant #4 and The Flash Giant #4, both on Final Order Cutoff this week for comic stores, and already rolling out around Walmart and mass-media outlets. Batman Giant #4's cover by Ed Benes and Eber Ferreira and includes these new stories: Concrete Jungle, a 16-page Batman story written by Mark Russell[...]

This weekend saw the arrival of a new DC 100-Page Giant, From Beyond The Unknown. It won't be in comic book stores for about five weeks, but here's a

Nothing is sacred anymore is it? It's not even that it is Walmart really, although that part does suck It is that they even try to use some Bill and Ted catchphrases to help push everything I guess since we have gotten ET selling Xfinity, Bill Murray reprising his Groundhog Day role for Jeep, and[...]

Extreme corporate synergy coming your way, courtesy of Walmart! Much has been said about the shipping schedule of DC's 100-Page Giants, originally EX-X-XCLUSIVE to Walmart, then made available to comic shops (albeit shortly after their Walmart release), but setting aside all that drama for a moment, what about the content? DC Comics has revealed exactly what[...]

Walmart started putting Marvel 3 Packs in stores a few years ago, and in response DC upped the commitment starting up the new Giant line that used to be Walmart exclusive, and now is early shipped to Walmart with variant covers Marvel responded a few months back by selling Walmart a new approach for the[...]

Bleeding Cool pointed out that it was FOC date for all the new relaunched Giant titles, coming to comic stores in September and October, and Walmarts and Targets a few weeks earlier… but no details had been released on which retailers could base their orders And we suddenly got this momentous Rich Twitch of a[...]

Bleeding Cool has written at length about the upcoming changes in the DC Comics 100-Page Giants, how they will no longer be exclusive to Walmart – or to Target – but will see them published with Walmart and Target exclusive covers a couple of weeks before comic book stores will be able to sell them[...]

Prices of the DC Giant 100-Page Walmart Exclusives have been known to jump on the aftermarket Comic stores in the UK who get them on the grey market, charge up to $20 a piece for the $6 books It's possible that the price may be about to fall As Walmart and DC seem to be[...]

From Google to Apple to Amazon to Walmart and a slew of smaller companies, game streaming is the next ig thing for the industry And now Sony and Microsoft seem to be getting into the streaming business, together. While Microsoft and Sony are the only two names on the game streaming service list that properly know[...]

Last year a few weeks before E3 2018, the Canadian Walmart website leaked the reveal of Rage 2 before Bethesda could show off the proper trailer and more at their press conference The company tried to laugh it off and move on, but the damage was kinda done as the chain store blew one of[...]

The recent DC Giant-Sized Superman #9 and #10, exclusive (for now) to Walmart has been reprinting classic stories, but has also been bowdlerising them a little for the modern Walmart audience What was once acceptable, for some reason, is no longer kosher Especially when it comes to how the late Michael Turner drew women Rather, the[...]