A year after just two comics had sales over 100,000 copies, January 2019 doubled that number, with sales led by Batman Who Laughs #2. Diamond Comic Distributors shipped nearly 117,000 copies of the comic book to stores in the United States and Canada, with Captain Marvel #1, Guardians of the Galaxy #1, and Conan the Barbarian #1 also reporting sales in six figures.
Click to see the comics sales estimates for January 2019.
You can also see a video walkthrough of the month’s preliminary sales report.
The vital statistics, after the break:
-->| TOP 300 COMICS SHIPPED (in UNITS) | ||
| January 2019 | 6.4 million copies | |
| 1 Year Ago | 6 million copies | +7% |
| 5 Years Ago | 6.17 million copies | +4% |
| 10 Years Ago | 5.62 million copies | +14% |
| 15 Years Ago | 5.15 million copies | +24% |
| 20 Years Ago | 6.14 million copies | +4% |
| Top 500 Comics Shipped (Units) |
6.86 million copies | |
| ALL Comics Shipped in Month (Units) |
7.04 million copies | +5% |
| TOP 300 COMICS SHIPPED (in DOLLARS) |
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| January 2019 | $26.62 million | |
| 1 Year Ago | $23.54 million | +13% |
| 5 Years Ago | $23.31 million | +14% |
| 10 Years Ago | $19.19 million | +39% |
| 15 Years Ago | $14.49 million | +84% |
| 20 Years Ago | $15.73 million | +69% |
| Top 500 Comics Shipped (Dollars) |
$28.59 million | |
| ALL Comics Shipped during Month (Dollars) |
+15% | |
| TOP GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED (in DOLLARS) |
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| January 2019 (Top 300 GNs) | $5.45 million | |
| January 2019 (Top 100 GNs) |
$3.37 million | |
| January 2019 (Top 50 GNs) |
$2.2 million | |
| January 2019 (Top 25 GNs) |
$1.39 million | |
| Versus 1 Year Ago (comparing just the Top 300) |
$5.24 million | +4% |
| Versus 5 Years Ago (comparing just the Top 300) |
$5.8 million | -6% |
| Versus 10 Years Ago (comparing just the Top 300) |
$6.2 million | -12% |
| Versus 15 Years Ago (comparing just the Top 50) |
$2.03 million | +8% |
| Top 500 Graphic Novel Shipped in Month (Dollars) |
$6.48 million | |
| ALL Graphic Novel Shipped in Month (Dollars) |
+12% | |
| TOP 300 COMICS plus TOP GNs SHIPPED (in DOLLARS) |
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| January 2019 (including Top 300 GNs) |
$32.08 million | |
| January 2019 (including Top 300 GNs) |
$29.99 million | |
| January 2019 (including Top 100 GNs) |
$28.82 million | |
| January 2019 (including Top 25 GNs) |
$28.01 million | |
| Versus 1 Year Ago (comparing just the Top 300 GNs) |
$28.78 million | +11% |
| Versus 5 Years Ago (comparing just the Top 300 GNs) |
$29.11 million | +10% |
| Versus 10 Years Ago (comparing just the Top 300 GNs) |
$25.37 million | +10% |
| Versus 15 Years Ago (comparing just the Top 50 GNs) |
$16.52 million | +84% |
| Top 500 Comics & Top 500 GNs Shipped in Month (Dollars) |
$35.07 million | |
| ALL COMICS AND GNs SHIPPED (in Dollars) |
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| January 2019 | $44,934,200.00 | |
| Versus 1 Year Ago |
$39.31 million | +14% |
| Versus 5 Years Ago |
$38.94 million | +15% |
| Versus 10 Years Ago |
$31.31 million | +44% |
| TITLE SPECIFICS | ||
| TOP SELLING COMIC BOOK | ||
| Batman Who Laughs #2 |
116,827 copies at | $4.99 |
| 50th PLACE COMIC BOOK |
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| Star Wars Age of Republic Obi-Wan Kenobi #1 |
36,392 copies at | $3.99 |
| 100th PLACE COMIC BOOK |
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| Black Panther #8 |
22,670 copies at | $3.99 |
| 150th PLACE COMIC BOOK |
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| Unnatural #6 | 13,937 copies at | $3.99 |
| 200th PLACE COMIC BOOK |
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| Scarlet #5 | 9,612 copies at | $3.99 |
| 300th PLACE COMIC BOOK |
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| Betty & Veronica #2 |
4,748 copies at | $3.99 |
| 400th PLACE COMIC BOOK |
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| Rock & Roll Biographies Tool # |
1,915 copies at | $3.99 |
| 500th PLACE COMIC BOOK |
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| Threshold Allure #0 Nude |
942 copies at | $3.99 |
| NEW RELEASE VOLUME |
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| New Comics Released |
515 | |
| New Graphic Novels Released |
359 | |
| New Magazines Released |
37 | |
| Total New Print Items Released |
911 | |
| PRICING | ||
| Average Cover Price of Comics in the Top 300 |
$4.05 | |
| Average Cover Price of Comics in the Top 300, weighted by orders |
$4.16 | |
| Average Cover Price of Comics in the Top 25 |
$4.27 | |
| Median Cover Price of Comics in the Top 300 |
$3.99 | |
| Most Common Cover Price of Comics in the Top 300 |
$3.99 |
Comichron founder John Jackson Miller has tracked the comics industry for more than 25 years, including a decade editing the industry’s retail trade magazine; he is the author of several guides to comics, as well as more than a hundred comic books for various franchises.
He is the author of novels including Star Wars: Kenobi, Star Wars: A New Dawn, Star Trek: Discovery – The Enterprise War, and his upcoming release, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The High Country. Read more about them at his fiction site.
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