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As the industry’s other important publishers created exclusive distribution bargains with other providers, the ripple impact resulted in the survival of only one other main distributor in North America, Diamond Comic Distributors Inc. Then, by the middle of the decade, the industry had slumped, and in December 1996 MEG filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In early 1997, when Marvel’s Heroes Globe endeavor failed, Diamond also forged an exclusive deal with Marvel—giving the firm its personal section of its comics catalog Previews. In 1971, the United States Department of Well being, Education, and Welfare approached Marvel Comics editor-in-chief Stan Lee...