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Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: December 2013http://ift.tt/1gBlXhi Tweet By Paul O’Brien And so the end of an era is upon us. No, I do not speak...

Alex Segura Rejoins Archie Comics – as Publicist and as Editorhttp://ift.tt/1hspoKc Tweet Archie have announced that Alex Segura has rejoined their company as Senior Vice-President...

Or at least that's what a a wraparound ad on this week's Publishers Weekly states. (The ad in itself is a bold, pricey buy.) The...

By Paul O'Brien

[Editor's Note: As noted this is Paul's last column for now. He's been an incredible collaborator and commentator, and I think we all owe him a big round of applause! And yes I know these are late -- we'll have the new guys in place VERY shortly! Thanks again, Paul.] And so the end of an era is upon us. No, I do not speak of the latest cancellation of DEFENDERS, nor even of the final OZ miniseries. As Heidi explained a little while back, this will be my final sales column, after over a decade of writing these things. Good luck to whoever takes over for this; I'll be reading with interest, and with a sense of relief that I didn't have to do the number crunching. So. One last time! December sees a barrage of Inhumanity tie-ins, all building to the launch of the new series that's since been delayed. We also have the start of ORIGIN II, and the first of the Marvel Now Wave 2 titles. As per usual, Marvel had the largest share of the North American direct market, leading DC by 37% to 31% in unit terms, and 35% to 28% in dollars. Thanks as always to ICV2.com for permission to use these figures.

1.  ORIGIN II
12/13  Origin II #1 of 5 - 131,724

Books set in the past and with no direct impact on present day continuity generally seem to be a tough sell. But ORIGIN II is the top seller of the month, presumably because Marvel have successfully portrayed it as an event - in the sense of a book fans will be talking about.

Toy Fair 2014 Part 1: Guardians of the Galaxy, Spider-Man, My Little Pony in a mustache and Play-Doh heat up Hasbrohttp://ift.tt/1bIcYM4 Tweet Yep, Toy Fair...

Gary Oldman told Ben McKenzie to read comics. Did he do it?http://ift.tt/O3zmoC Tweet It’s getting so people who play various superhero roles must pass on...

Archie have announced that Alex Segura has rejoined their company as Senior Vice-President for Publicity and Marketing... as well as in a new role...

  Yep, Toy Fair is here again and The Beat trekked over icy veldts to bring  our reads only the VERY FINEST artsy iPhone photos...

It's getting so people who play various superhero roles must pass on the lore to younger versions of the roles. Thus when Gary Oldman—the...

Thought Bubble Announce 2014 Logo, Dates and First Guestshttp://ift.tt/1oGFEZ0 Tweet This morning saw British convention season kick into high gear once more, with the announcement that Thought...

This morning saw British convention season kick into high gear once more, with the announcement that Thought Bubble 2014 will be held from the 9-16th November...

Kickstarter Hacked – Users Recommended to Change Passwordhttp://ift.tt/eA8V8J Tweet An update – more of a signal boost, really – as news has come in that...