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!

Black Label Batman Damned #1 leads advance reorders; Fantastic Four #1 tops reorders

Retailers reordered more Fantastic Four #1s by Dan Slott and Skottie Young last week than any other comic from Diamond Comic Distributors, by dollar volume. Check out that and more reorder activity from last week on our August-so-far page. Meanwhile, DC’s “Black Label” launches in September with Batman Damned #1 by Brian Azzarello; the issue … Read more

Batman #52 leads comic-book reorders, Thanos Legacy tops advance reorders

Retailer reorders from last week are in from Diamond Comic Distributors, and they show the lingering effects of Batman #50‘s colossal 441,000-copy sale to retailers in North America in July. Batman #52 was the top reordered comic book for the week. X-Men Revolution by Chris Claremont Omnibus was the top reordered item by dollars. … Read more

July 2018 comics sales estimates: Batman #50 ships more than 441,000 copies, Spidey #1 289k

As noted here Friday, the comics shop market made up considerable ground in July comparison with a weak July 2017, thanks to the Batman wedding storyline and several high-profile launches. Retailers ordered $44.64 million worth of comic books, graphic novels, and magazines in the month; the year-to-date deficit, piled up in winter, was cut in half … Read more

DC, Marvel comics sales up strongly in July; combined market share hits seven-year high

I’ve said before that the month of July presented the best opportunity this summer for the Direct Market to make up ground lost in the winter — and that is what happened, according to Comichron’s analysis of preliminary data released today by Diamond Comic Distributors. Retailers ordered $44.64 million worth of comic books, graphic novels, … Read more

Saga, Punisher, Titans lead advance reorder categories as August begins

The July reorder picture from Diamond Comic Distributors is now complete. DC’s Teen Titans #20 was the top reordered comic book from Diamond the last week of July, while Punisher Max by Ennis Omnibus Vol. 2 was the top reordered hardcover and top item overall. Marvel’s Infinity Gauntlet was once again the top reordered trade … Read more

Die! Die! Die! leads both reorder and advance reorder lists as July ends

In an unusual happenstance, two consecutive issues of the same series led comics on both the weekly reordered and advance reordered lists at the end of July. Die! Die! Die! #1 was again the top reordered book last week — click to see see all the July charts. Issue #1 is still stocked at Diamond, suggesting a … Read more