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Back in February, Bleeding Cool reported on Diamond Comic Distributors' new policy that was reducing publishers' abilities to make variant covers returnable Since the pandemic, lockdown, and shutdowns that affected the comic book industry, a number of comic book publishers had increased the amount of comic books that they made returnable to comic book stores[...]

Right now, Image Comics, Boom Studios, IDW and Dynamite are extending their returnable offerings to comic book stores, allowing retailers to order their books in confidence, able to return them if they don't sell Which is the kind of thing the comic book direct market was not meant to do Other publishers like Vault Comics[...]

Earlier today, Bleeding Cool reported on comic book retailer Brian Hibbs, who informed fellow retailers that Image Comics – and only Image Comics – were making all their new comic books returnable for the foreseeable, in the light of the response to the coronavirus pandemic And now Image Comics have made if official, offerin the[...]

DC Comics likes to make comics returnable for their promotions, opposed to Marvel's tiered variants, discounts and overships Here's their latest round. The Dollhouse Family #2, which had issue 1 published yesterday, will be 50% returnable to retailers who order 75% of their numbers for The Dreaming #5 Hill House seems to be performing well against[...]

DC Comics is looking to make more titles returnable for retailers, something they have made standard policy of late, despite the added costs and knocks to the official statistics that it brings But rather than make this available to lower-profile titles that other publishers have focused on, DC Comics are doing it to their bigger[...]

The comic is FOCing this weekend… But all the love for Once & Future gave Boom people more to say. That every issue of Once & Future will be returnable Applause. It won't have variant covers Lots of applause. And the Once & Future collection will be returnable to comic stores as well Stunned applause. That it had been picked[...]

DC Comics has made the first issue of the new Batman/Superman comic book series by Joshua Williamson and David Marquez returnable for comic book retailers as long as they match or exceed 150% of their orders on Heroes In Crisis #1 Those who do so will be eligible to make stripped cover returns at a[...]