I've noticed that Marvel Comics has been making headlines lately, and not all of it has been good.

First, the bad news.

Amazon was having an apparent sale on hardcover Marvel graphic novels, offering $125 products for $14.99. Naturally, lots of fans responded, and then it was discovered that, actually, it was a mistake.

But instead of just canceling all the orders, or sticking customers with the exponentially higher price, the company said they would try to honor the orders -- selling at least one copy of each of the ordered books to the appropriate customers.

That is, until they sold out of the Marvel titles.

So now, Amazon is offering $25 gift cards to those inconvenienced readers. If you've been affected by the pseudo-slashed prices, Amazon should be contacting you soon. And let us know how your experience goes!

Meanwhile, Marvel's got better PR coming in the form of Gelaskins. This company makes skins for all kinds of devices -- laptops, iPods, BlackBerries -- in eye-catching designs. Their latest line is Marvel inspired, with Spider-Man, Iron Man, Captain America, and of course the Astonishing X-Men featured on your iPhone and laptop.

So far, there's been no confusion on pricing there. Enjoy, comics fans!