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 upcoming release, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The High Country. 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!

Comics sales ahead for year after $49.4 million October; Batman, Walking Dead’s 15th anniversary drive month

As predicted here, comics and graphic novel orders through Diamond Comics Distributors ended October ahead for the year-to-date, thanks to a stronger midsection of 2018 and one additional New Comic Book Day during the month. Retailers ordered $49.39 million in comics and graphic novels in October, up 8.4% year-over-year; year-to-date orders stand at $438.4 million, … Read more

Historical document alert: 1961 Marvel sales push letter to wholesalers now auctioning

A fascinating find is now being auctioned by Heritage Auctions: a form letter from Independent News Company, distributor for Marvel Comics in 1961, offering wholesalers an improved return on issues sold above a certain quantity. (Hat tip to Patrick Ford for alerting me to it.) This was in the time before Marvel’s Silver Age phenomenon … Read more

Alex Ross, Venom, Batman Damned lead latest reorder charts

An interesting batch of reorder data from Diamond Comic Distributors today: October reorders saw the Batman White Knight TPB climb to the top spot, after having placed second last week. Alex Ross‘s Marvelocity from Random House was the top reordered hardcover. Harley Quinn #52‘s foil edition was the top reordered comic. Click to see the charts for … Read more

September 2018 comics sales estimates online: Return of Wolverine #1 ships 260k copies

In September, Marvel’s Return of Wolverine #1 became the tenth comic book in 2018 to ship more than 200,000 copies and the sixth to top 250,000 copies, according to our analysis of data released by Diamond Comic Distributors. By contrast, only three comics topped 200,000 copies in all of 2017, and only two were above … Read more

September graphic novels power second consecutive growth quarter; Return of Wolverine, Saga lead charts

The recovery in the comics shop market gained steam in the third quarter of 2018. September comics and graphic novel orders rose 4% over the previous year, allowing the three-month period to close up 6%. Significantly better than the second quarter’s 1% win, the $137.5 million quarter was the best in dollar terms since the … Read more

Heroes in Crisis leads first reorder chart for October

No October-shipping comics made the first reorder list for the first week of October, so Heroes in Crisis #1 was the top reordered comic book. The Final Crisis 10th Anniversary Omnibus was the top reordered hardcover. The first Hellboy Omnibus was the #2 item overall in reorder dollars. X-Men: Black: Emma Frost #1 was the … Read more