Diamond Comic Distributors rolled out the full charts for sales of its Top 300 Comic Books and Trade Paperbacks to retailers today; it will be a while before I have the analysis with sales estimates online, but you can see the full charts now, along with the order index numbers. Full market shares also appear; … Read more
It’s that time again. Diamond Comic Distributors started the monthly roll-out of comics sales information today with its release of the top ten sellers in the month of August for several categories. DC‘s Blackest Night, which came in second place last month to Marvel’s Captain America: Reborn #1, claimed the top slot with its second … Read more
Ten days after Disney acquired Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion, Warner Bros. Entertainment announced today the formation of DC Entertainment, intended to leverage DC comics properties more directly into Hollywood productions. The comics company, headquartered in New York City, now comes more directly under the film studio’s management. Diane Nelson will run DC Entertainment, according … Read more
After writing about the considerations that went into figuring out when Marvel Comics #1 might have hit stands — including a look at the file copy from Jacquet Studios, which produced the comic book — I received some interesting material from Glen Cadigan relating to an even earlier title — the first DC publication. Major … Read more
According to Wall Street sources, the Walt Disney Company will acquire Marvel Entertainment Inc. for $4 billion in stocks and cash. Comics industry observers and fans alike are already discussing the potential implications of the news, and will be for days — but at first blush, it appears to complete, in an ironic way, a … Read more
And now let’s continue our look at what came before July 2009 — when Captain America Reborn #1 topped the charts with approximately 193,000 copies ordered by comics shops through Diamond… July 2008‘s top seller was Marvel’s Secret Invasion #4, with first-month orders of approximately 175,400 copies in the direct market, just slightly less than … Read more