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!

It’s all Action, Infinity Gauntlet in reorder-land

Last week’s release of Action Comics #1000, the first North American comic book to reach that number in serial publication since Dell’s Four Color #1000 (see listings for it on eBay) ( in 1959, made a huge splash on the latest Diamond Comic Distributors reorder charts — and naturally, retailers stocked up on Infinity Gauntlet in … Read more

New Video: Comics Sales Flashback: April 1998

New on the Comichron YouTube channel, a video flashback! Twenty years ago this month, the Distribution Wars had been over for a year — but the business’s problems certainly weren’t. Travel back to the age of Battle Chasers and mutant chart domination. Check out the video — and then see the charts in question for … Read more

Action 80 Years leads hardcover reorders as Action #1000 goes on sale; Venom #1 tops advance reorders

Today sees the release of Action Comics #1000, the first North American comic book to reach that number in serial publication since Dell’s Four Color #1000 (see listings for it on eBay) in 1959 — see Action‘s progress over the years in our legacy numbering timeline. In the meantime, we have some new Diamond Comic Distributors reorder charts, … Read more

New: The complete ACTION COMICS postal circulation record, 1960-89

Following our post and video about the resurrection of Superman — and continuing the month-long commemoration of Action Comics #1000‘s publication tomorrow— we’ve published the complete U.S. Postal Service circulation filings for Action Comics, which ran in the title from 1960-89. The forms confirm that very close to 100 million copies of Action were sold … Read more

25 years ago: Superman rises from the dead — and sparks the biggest month in comics history

This slipped a lot of calendars, but Superman’s rise from the dead began 25 years ago today (that’s when Adventures of Superman #500 apparently left the warehouse; on-sale was both April 14 and April 15, as distributors were moving New Comic Book Day from Thursday to Wednesday). In observance of the event, I posted the … Read more

Comichron launches YouTube channel

One of the missions of Comichron is to educate about the comic-book market in North America, from its history to its current state — and something that’s always been on the wish list is a video component. So I’m pleased to announce that we finally have a YouTube channel launched, and two videos to start … Read more