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A roundtable discussion on the 1994 direct-sales market crisis, focusing on Capital City Distribution's new cancellation ($500) and resolicitation ($750) fees, which disproportionately punish small-press publishers while leaving major publishers largely unaffected. McFarlane explains how he deliberately skipped Spawn #19 and #20 to expose loopholes in the new policies and argues that independent publishers should unite under a creative community umbrella to gain collective bargaining power with distributors. Wheeler and Morris explore the systemic bias toward superhero titles at the retailer and distributor level.

A written supplement presenting Scorpio-Rhys's detailed objections to Capital City's January 6 and March 15 policy letters, arguing the fees were enacted without small-press input and suggesting per-copy fee alternatives rather than flat penalties.

A letter arguing that Marvel's pulling of product from Comics Unlimited Distribution to force its sale to Diamond was a harmful act of corporate bullying, urging retailers to champion independent and alternative comics.