By request — and finding that I had almost all of them — I have posted all the circulation data published in the main Superman title beginning in 1960 and running until DC stopped publishing sales data in 1987. By that time, the series had transformed into Adventures of Superman; it may appear to be … Read more
The third quarter held good news for the comics industry, with September’s five-week month boosting overall retailer orders of comic books, trade paperbacks, and magazines into positive territory for 2009. Click to see the estimates for the month. Direct-market retailers ordered about $6 million more worth of comics, trade paperbacks, and magazines from Diamond Comic … Read more
Just back from Baltimore Comicon and the Diamond Retailer Summit, where it was great to talk about the industry with a lot of very smart people — including the folks that have generated the sales charts studied here for years. And the beat goes on — with the rollout of Top 10 lists and market … Read more
If the Diamond September sales figures are released over the next several days, it’ll take a while to get to them — as I’ll be heading to the source, attending the Diamond Retailer Summit in Baltimore. I’m a featured guest for Dark Horse Comics, promoting Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and our 2010 … Read more
Continuing our look at what came before August 2009, we find some interesting landmarks… August 2008‘s top seller was Marvel’s Secret Invasion #5, with first-month orders of approximately 165,900 copies in the direct market, a few thousands copies less than the previous issue. Check out the sales chart here. August 2004‘s top-seller was Astonishing X-Men … Read more
The sales estimates for August 2009 are now online here; thanks for your patience. August with its four ship weeks managed to look a lot like July with its five, which in recession-ese means “steady as she goes” once again. The dollar value of all Marvels ordered in the Top 300 Comics and Top 300 … Read more