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  • Tony Isabella on Black Lightning

    Back in the 1970s, Tony Isabella created Black Lightning for DC Comics. Ever since, there has been a dispute between them over who has control over the character, and Tony has objected to others writing the character (with the exception of Mike Barr in Outsiders). This has led to such unpleasantness as “Black Vulcan” on…

  • CBLDF joins larger coalition, fights PATRIOT

    Okay, I’m bracing myself here. CBLDF Joins the Media Coalition is the thrust of this news story, which details that the organization will have more power by joining with a coalition that includes the MPAA and the American Library Association. And they’re going to fight section 215 of the PATRIOT Act which gives the FBI…

  • Cat haiku

    Enjoy some Cat Haiku while I go off to look for comic book news.

  • DC Comics panel from Vegas Con

    Comics Continuum has all the dish on DC, including news that Judd Winnick will take over Batman and a Metal Men revival is planned for 2005. (DAMN! I’m too late with my proposal. Arggh!)

  • Comics for January

    Comics Continuum has DC Comics, Marvel Comics and Image Comics for January.

  • Kurtz on the Go

    Scott Kurtz of PvP is on the road and is scheduled to be at my main comic shop, The Source of Comics and Games this Wednesday. Why it’s during the workday, I’ll never know, but now I’ll have to just miss work and drive up there to see him! That way I can thank him…

  • Retailer Group Asks Diamond for Reorder Charge Cut

    An ICv2 Talk Back features an interesting request to Diamond, which is best described in the piece: A group of pop culture retailers that buy from Diamond Comic Distributors, listed below, have joined together to urge Diamond to eliminate its reorder charges, arguing that the stimulus to sales would be good for the industry.

  • More financial difficulties

    In his interview linked below, Bob Layton mentioned that Future Entertainment has suffered from white collar crime. Now here’s another story about Manga publisher Studio Ironcat also having financial difficulties in part from embezzling. Financial problems have been much in the comic book news of late. CrossGen, Future, Ironcat… and rumors that Image is not…

  • Any mint Action #1s out there?

    Diamond Distributors’ head Steve Geppi is willing to pay a million dollars for a mint condition Action Comics #1. I’m really laughing about this, but I can’t tell you why. For that, you’ll have to buy Shooting Star Comics Anthology #4 next April!

  • Tribute Entertainment Sues Marvel

    The X-Men vs. Mutant X lawsuit, which was settled earlier, has led to a new lawsuit. For those late to the whole controversy, ICv2 does a good job of summarizing it. When 20th Century Fox licensed X-Men for its movies, they were riled that they thought they had the only X-Men property in other media…

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