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When DC Comics leave Diamond Comic Distributors , they kept the policy of Final Order Cut - Off ( FOC ) dates for retail merchant to change their orders closer to shipping time . But rather than keep it on Monday dark with all the other Diamond titles , they switched it to Sunday Nox from Lunar or UCS – or the late Thursday when there was a vacation weekend . Now it seems that Marvel Comics is follow in that stead . As of next week and going onward ,   all Marvel Comics / Penguin Random House point will have Sunday Final Cut - Off Order date , rather than Monday . The first will be this Sunday , the 11th of July , with the cut - off being midnight ET , or 9 post-mortem PT , or 5 am the next morning BST . Diamond will proceed Monday FOC for non - Marvel / Penguin Random House / DC / Scout titles .

UPDATE : Power Pack fan Ziggygets in touch to point out that this is a Diamond affair more than a Marvel thing . " It ’s DIAMOND Marvel FOC that has been move to Sunday . Stores that order Marvel through PRH still have a Monday FOC . This is so Diamond can get their orders in to PRH by the Monday deadline . "

The change is a direct termination ofMarvel moving undivided direct market distribution to Penguin Random House , even though Diamond will be sub distributing Marvel titles , and Lunar would like the chance to do the same . Final Order Cut - off of FOC is the last order deadline before publisher actually commit to print political campaign for the comics . It ’s an opportunity for retailers to increase or diminish Holy Order and take reward of last - second additions like variant cover or 2d printings which often get tally at the last instant to help such a hike . The alteration in direct market funny book distribution , even small ones like these , can ripple out with heavy changes . properly now , it just means more paperwork and proletariat on the part of the comic book retailer . But lend them all up and there are big changes for the way comical ledger store do business in this marketplace . Bleeding Cool will seek and keep an eye on all the changes and see if we can find some discernible cast for what 2022 is going to look like .

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