May charts are now online. Batman #108 led our projected all-industry rankings for comic shop initial orders in the month. A projected 6 to 7 million copies were initially ordered overall, worth $30 to 31 million, obviously way above May 2020. Click to see the charts for May 2021. May 2021’s 329 new comic releases … Read more
BRZRKR #2 from Boom Studios led Comichron’s projected all-industry rankings for comic shop initial orders in April 2021, with Image’s and Geoff Johns’ Geiger #1 in the Top 3. Batman #107 was DC’s top finisher, in fourth. In the ongoing absence of official distributor charts, rankings are based on initial orders from a sizable retail … Read more
When Diamond paused its sales reports for months in 2020, Comichron provided industrywide rankings based on a retail initial order dataset. Diamond’s paused its reports again and while it’s likely also temporary, let’s get back on the horse with our projected MARCH 2021 rankings! First, DC: We project Joker #1 was its top seller to … Read more
On March 23, 2020, Diamond Comic Distributors suspended its shipments of new comics to the Direct Market for several weeks due to the Coronavirus pandemic; on April 17, DC responded with an emergency move to set up two new distributors — an arrangement which since has appeared to become permanent for one of them, Lunar … Read more
When Diamond paused its monthly retail sales charts (and it apparently is just a pause) this winter, we also paused our DC rankings, since it’s usually better to do both sets at once. But since they’re ready, let’s get rolling again with four months of DC order rankings! As a refresher: Our DC rankings are … Read more
Winter has historically meant fewer new comics releases, though in the 2010s the old “dead quarter” term ceased to be applicable. That said, this winter saw a slowing of last summer’s recovery in slate sizes, with January 2021 slates only 56% the size of last January’s. January 2020 had an additional “week” in the form … Read more