Diamond Comic Distributors
American comic book distributor
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| 2025 | Ad Populum acquired multiple Diamond assets including Diamond Comic Distributors, Diamond Book Distributors, Diamond Select Toys & Collectibles, and Collectible Grading Authority. Diamond UK was excluded from this sale. Major layoffs occurred at Diamond following these acquisitions. |
| May 2025 | The sale of Alliance Game Distributors to Universal Distribution was finalized. |
| May 2025 | Major layoffs occurred at Diamond, including the shutdown of Diamond Select Toys. Penguin Random House terminated its sub-distributor agreement with Diamond, ending distribution for several comic publishers. |
| May 2025 | Udon Entertainment ceased shipments to Diamond, further impacting the company's distribution network. |
| March 17 2025 | Diamond Select Toys filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, marking a significant turning point for the collectibles company. |
| March 2025 | Alliance Entertainment won the bid to acquire Diamond's assets but subsequently backed out after filing multiple lawsuits against the company. |
| January 14 2025 | Diamond Comic Distributors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to restructure its operations, receiving a $39 million stalking horse bid from Universal Distribution to sell Alliance Game Distributors. |
| September 17 2021 | IDW Publishing announced a new non-exclusive distribution deal with Penguin Random House for comic book periodicals, trade collections, and graphic novels, effective June 1, 2022. |
| March 25 2021 | Marvel Comics announced plans to shift their direct market distribution to Penguin Random House, with the transition scheduled to begin on October 1, 2021, in a multi-year partnership. |
| June 5 2020 | DC Comics announced the discontinuation of their distribution agreement with Diamond, shifting graphic novel distribution to Penguin Random House and comic book distribution to UCS Comic Distributors and Lunar Distribution. |
| May 20 2020 | Diamond Comic Distributors ended its coronavirus-related distribution shutdown, resuming normal operations after approximately 7 weeks of suspended comic shipments. |
| April 1 2020 | Diamond Comic Distributors' shutdown of comic shipments officially took effect, suspending distribution of comics with US release dates of April 1 or later and UK release dates of March 25 or later. |
| March 23 2020 | Steve Geppi announced Diamond Comic Distributors would stop sending comics to retail shops due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instructing printers to halt new shipments. |
| June 2018 | Geppi's Entertainment Museum closed, with Geppi donating much of his collection to the Library of Congress. |
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