RETAILERS: Join CBLDF or Renew Your Membership by 10/19 to Score Exclusive Variants!

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Every year, Diamond Comic Distributors runs a membership drive through Previews. During this drive, CBLDF offers special premiums — including gorgeous variant covers for some of the hottest first issues — exclusively for Retailer Members! Act now: The retailer membership drive draws to a close on Monday, October 19!

Comic stores have been on the front line in the fight for free speech since the very beginning — let’s keep that tradition alive in 2016! This year, we have some CBLDF variant first issues that are guaranteed to have your customers excited:

  • From DC Comics: Frank Miller’s Dark Knight III #1, sporting a gorgeous variant cover from Paul Pope!
  • From Marvel Comics: Invincible Iron Man #1, with a hot cover by Pasqual Ferry!
  • From Image Comics: Skottie Young’s I Hate Fairyland #1, featuring the original title and new art by Skottie!

To get these prized covers and premiums, all you need to do is join or renew as a CBLDF Retail Member! You can either use the order codes below, have your Diamond Customer Service Representative sign you up at the level requested, or use the FOC by October 19th.

The various member levels are as follows:

Stores joining at the $100 Advocate Level (Premiums: SEP150010 / No Premiums: SEP150011) will receive a one-year membership in CBLDF, window cling, donation can, CCA water bottle, a CBLDF FCBD bundle, five copies of Dark Knight III CBLDF variant, five copies of Invincible Iron Man #1 CBLDF variant, two copies of I Hate Fairyland #1 CBLDF variant.

Stores who sign up at the $250 Defender Level (Premiums: SEP150012 / No Premiums: SEP150013) will receive a one-year membership in CBLDF, window cling, donation can, coffee mug, CCA water bottle, a CBLDF FCBD bundle, six copies of the Dark Knight III CBLDF variant, six copies of Invincible Iron Man #1 CBLDF variant, three copies of I Hate Fairyland #1 CBLDF variant.

Retailer Members signing up at the $500 Protector Level (Premiums: SEP150014 / No Premiums: SEP150015) will receive a one-year membership in CBLDF, window cling, donation can, messenger bag, CCA water bottle, CBLDF FCBD bundle, ten copies of Dark Knight III CBLDF variant, ten copies of Invincible Iron Man #1 CBLDF variant, five copies of I Hate Fairyland #1 CBLDF variant.

Retailer Members signing up at the $1000 Champion Level (Premiums: SEP150015 / No Premiums: SEP150016) will receive a one-year membership in CBLDF, window cling, donation can, CBLDF executive set (travel journal, gym bag, and travel mug), CCA water bottle, CBLDF FCBD bundle, 15 copies of Dark Knight III CBLDF variant, 15 copies of Invincible Iron Man #1 CBLDF variant, 10 copies of I Hate Fairyland #1 CBLDF variant.

(Note: For every membership level, the No Premiums ordering code includes just the one-year membership in CBLDF, but no premiums.)

This membership drive will be on the Diamond FOC for October 19th or you can have your Customer Service Rep sign you up anytime. Please help us make 2015 the best year ever for Retail Support!