Thread:AnnabellRice/@comment-43771455-20191015180816/@comment-16461120-20191015182036

The release date is the date upon which the issue was delivered to the newsstands by Diamond and thus first offered for sale. Conversely, the publication date is the date printed on the actual comic, it used to be on the cover, but in modern times has been moved to the indicium, is typically two months after the release date, and its purpose is to tell newsstand owners when to pull the issue from their racks.