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From Challengers Comics + Conversation in Chicago, this is CONTEST OF CHALLENGERS, a comics industry business podcast about the businees of running a comic book shop.
Hosted by Challengers' owners Patrick Brower and W. Dal Bush.
1845 N Western Ave | Chicago, IL 60647 | 773.278.0155
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Will Eisner "Spirit of Comics" Retailer Award Recipient 

Jun 23, 2025

YOU HAVE MORE VALUE THAN THIS
•The 200th Anniversary of the first comic book?
•Marvel’s 616 Day.
•The Golden Biscuit of Adventure Comics #210.
•Problems for IDW.
•Zenescope leaves Diamond.
•What we’ve never received from Diamond.
•Comics talked about in this episode:
     SUPERMAN TREASURY...


Jun 16, 2025

HOW TO MEET THE MOST AMOUNT OF NEEDS
•Magic the Gathering: Final Fantasy and the wave of unmeetable collector demand.
•Prioritizing the in-store experience.
•Back issue bundles!
•Gehenna Naked Aggression’s printing issue.
•No more Marvel Masterworks?
•How the 1999 manga “The Future I Saw” is currently...


Jun 9, 2025

DIAMONDS AREN’T FOREVER
•Childhood toy line nostalgia into today’s comic publishing.
•Literally half of this episode is about action figures. Be warned.
•An “important” Diamond update!
 
This episode is dedicated to Mark & Jasmine.
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Jun 2, 2025

HOW DEEP OF A WELL
•We press “record” in the middle of a conversation about just-announced Marvel Legends figures from a Hasbro livestream.  
•Morgan Perry is the BEST!
•A duct-cleaning coincidence.
•Thanks, Patrons!
•Deadpool/Batman!
•The strength of the market for the late summer.
•Thank you, Peter...


May 26, 2025

THINK OF THINGS TO THINK OF
•A week of repairs for the Podcastitorium!
•July's Lunar orders are due when?!?
•Ad Populum officially owns Diamond.
•BLADES OF FURRY signing recap.
•Mission Impossible Final Reckoning giveaway swag!
 
This episode is dedicated to doing your own stunts

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