Like Jason From, "Friday the 13th," the Diamond Case Rises From the Grave!

It was done, finally. It was actually done, it seemed. Diamond Comic Distributors had gone out of business, and the new owners of its business-corpse were selling inventory (that wasn't theirs to sell) like some twisted horror movie where a person keeps getting organs taken away and sold piece-by-piece whilst still technically being, "Alive." However, a bunch of agreements were finally reached about this inventory, as it was one of the last remaining issues of what was, "Left," of Diamond. Yet, things keep happening! Now, the company that bought Diamond and scrapped it for parts, Sparkle Pop, is playing the victim despite most of their woes being self-inflicted!

I have referred to Diamond as a zombie company, but that phrase really doesn't work because zombies eventually can be put down if you damage them enough. No, this whole case has turned into a, "Friday the 13th," franchise. We think Jason is finally down for the count, but then he rises again for a new flick to wreak havoc, no matter how many times matters seem resolved. Sparkle Pop dislikes any kind of settlement between "Old," Diamond and the folks suing for their consigned goods, as they're the new owner of Diamond (even though Diamond was killed by Sparkle Pop) and letting people into their warehouse to collect heavy comics could results in injuries--somehow--and open them up to more lawsuits...or something else random Sparkle Pop has actually claimed. 

"Someone could get hurt lugging those comics around, perish the thought!"

Oh, plus we should never forget that Chase Bank wants its 6.5 million dollars and change from somebody, as they, "Kept on lending Old Diamond money to keep operating after they filed for bankruptcy. In retrospect, that was a really bad investment, but hindsight is 20/20. Diamond went from declaring bankruptcy in January of 2025 to completely shutting down within that single calendar year in December; it felt astonishingly fast. At this rate, however, the arguments over Diamond's, "Remains," could take longer than the company's speedy demise. In the words of John Mellencamp in his song, "Pink Houses," and being taken only slightly out of context (the song is actually quite critical) by myself, "Oh, ain't that America?"