The Barack Obama commemorative issue of Amazing Spider-Man was the comic book ordered most by comics shops in North America in the decade of the 2000s, according to analysis by The Comics Chronicles. Comichron looked back at 119 months of comic-book orders reported by Diamond Comic Distributors, the exclusive retail agent for the largest publishers … Read more
Not an unseen Sandman tale, but four new (old) months added to the site: September 1996, January 2000, January 2001, and January 2002. September is interesting as it’s got the oldest year-to-year comparatives available on the site; they’re off quite a lot, as we’re comparing the end of “Heroes Reborn” with its beginning. The Januaries … Read more
Well, not really — but resuming the process of posting prior months of data on the site, all of the Diamond estimates for 2003 are now online, starting with January. This completes all of the months for which Diamond Final Orders are known, which Diamond Comic Distributors began releasing in February 2003. But 2003 is … Read more
And the posting of earlier months continues — this time with the full year 2004 and then back to fill in the end of 2003 for good measure. This is the year with Identity Crisis and “Avengers Disassembled,” culminating in December with New Avengers #1. February 2004 marked the first month that Diamond released indexed … Read more
The October Diamond numbers won’t be out for a few days, but in advance I have posted the October 1998 and October 2003 figures for comparison. October 2003 was topped by the second issue of the long-awaited Avengers/Justice League crossover — though in a sense, Avengers/JLA #2 was actually the first issue with that name. … Read more
And now the other half of 2005 is online, starting with January. January is an odd month when it comes to the comparatives, as the Top 100 Trade Paperbacks only began being reported in February 2004. Forty-seven months online now, 98 to go. John Jackson MillerComichron founder John Jackson Miller has tracked the comics industry … Read more