John Jackson Miller

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 latest release, Star Trek: Discovery – Die Standing. Read more about them at his fiction site. Be sure to follow Comichron on Twitter and Facebook, and check out our Youtube channel. You can also support us on Patreon!

July 2005: All-Star fastest seller since 1997’s Darkness #11

by John Jackson Miller More copies of All-Star Batman and Robin #1 were ordered by comics shops in July than any other comic book since 2003’s Batman #619, also from DC — and more were sold in a single month than any comic book since Top Cow’s Darkness #11 back in 1997, according to my … Read more

Comics sales post 9% gain in first half of 2005

by John Jackson Miller Sales of comic books and trade paperbacks to comics shops increased 9% in the first half of 2005 to $168.4 million, according to my analysis of sales reports released by Diamond Comic Distributors on July 21. June’s double-digit percentage sales increase helped push the first half of 2005 toward solid gains. … Read more