Tag: retailing
Did Marvel already miss the boat on Thor #700?
With Marvel rumored to be going back to legacy numbering on their titles, the opportunity for cherished numbering milestones is back in play.
Go FOC Yourself // The Latest
Welcome to Go FOC Yourself, a weekly column at The Beat about comics on Final Order Cut-Off (FOC) and bits of the retail process that don’t merit a full column. This week, I’ve been...
Valiant’s Unity #1 debuts with a 68,500 print run, #2 & #3 are returnable
UNITY Is Valiant's big BIG book of the year and they've just announced the first issue will have a 68,500 copy print run. The first issue—which feature a line wide crossover written by the...
4.6 million comics ordered for Free Comic Book Day
More free comics are being given away than ever before! Diamond has announced that 4.6 million free comics were ordered for this year's Free Comic Book Day, to be held Saturday, May 4th. That's up from 3,500,000 in 2012 and 2,700,000 in 2011.
SDCC 12: Diamond offers incentives for new stores
Realizing that getting new stores out there is crucial to growing the comics business. Diamond has announced a couple of new programs to help get new stores up and running by softening the financial...
SDCC 12: Diamond offers incentives for new stores
Realizing that getting new stores out there is crucial to growing the comics business. Diamond has announced a couple of new programs to help get new stores up and running by softening the financial...