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 Panther commands reorder charts; Marvel has 21 of 25 advance reorder items

The reorder list was Black Panther’s to rule last week, with seven softcover and hardcover book among the top books that comics shops reordered from Diamond Comic Distributors. Let’s look first at how the books already in stores fared, and move on to the future: TOP REORDERED ITEMS for Feb. 19-25, 2018 (in invoiced dollars) … Read more

History saved: Comics Buyer’s Guide bound and file copies, distributor publication library preserved

I wanted to share the news here of a successful comics history rescue operation — though unlike some of the others I’ve undertaken, this one’s a bit closer to home. Krause Publications, which for years published both Comics Buyer’s Guide and Comics Retailer, is closing its Iola, Wis., office in March, moving the remaining personnel … Read more

Diamond’s Pullbox system to help customers order comics from shops; DC gets own catalog

At the ComicPRO retailers organization meeting in Portland, Ore., this morning, Diamond Comic Distributors announced a number of changes to its Previews catalog, as well as an innovation long rumored to be in the works. The innovation first; Diamond, which has long had an online version of its Previews catalog at http://www.previewsworld.com, has developed Pullbox, … Read more

Marvel has top advance reordered comic, hardcover, softcover; Black Panther climbs chart

Last week saw the release of the Black Panther movie, and we could tell that from the reorders that comics shops placed in February with Diamond Comic Distributors. Other Marvel properties also took the top category slots among advance reorders. Let’s look first at how the books already in stores fared, and move on to … Read more

UPDATED: Legacy numbering to be preserved in Marvel’s Fresh Start; Mad reboots after #550

With Marvel’s Legacy event, attention turned last fall to numbering on comics — and we released our updated and exhaustive legacy numbering survey, looking at the highest-numbered North American comic book series across time. A few things have changed since then: several of those Marvel titles had already ended or have had final issues announced, … Read more

Black Panther: The complete postal circulation data

It’s been a while since we added some more Title Spotlights featuring all the postal circulation data associated with a specific title — so with the movie releasing, this seemed like a good time to take a tour of Black Panther‘s various titles with circulation data. Black Panther’s debut in 1966’s Fantastic Four #52 sold … Read more