by John Jackson Miller Though probably not unprecedented, an incredibly rare thing happened in February 2009: The #1 comic book from the previous month charted in the top spot again. Diamond Comic Distributors‘ early wave of data on February 2009 comics sales, reported on Comichron here — finds Amazing Spider-Man #583 in the top spot … Read more
Comics sales in the first month of January reverted to historical “dead quarter” form, sinking 9% in overall dollars and in Top 300 dollars — and shaving a chilling 17% off Top 300 Unit Sales. This, despite sales of the Barack Obama Amazing Spider-Man #583, which as expected came in at almost 353,000 copies across … Read more
Diamond released its raw tables for January 2009 comics sales today, and while it will be a short time before I can run estimates, I have taken the interim step of posting the raw January data in the place where the final data will eventually appear. This includes the Order Index Numbers — and also … Read more
Following up on yesterday’s estimate placing the direct-market January sales of the Barack Obama Amazing Spider-Man #583 in the mid-300,000 copy range, Corey Henson has noted the presence of second printings in large numbers in a supermarket stand with no other comics. While the comics spinner rack is the way most of us remember comics … Read more
Beginning the release of information for January 2009, Diamond has released its market shares and top sellers for the month — and as expected, Amazing Spider-Man #583, the Barack Obama issue, led the charts: 1 ) Amazing Spider-Man #583 • $3.99 • Marvel Comics2) Dark Avengers #1 • $3.99 • Marvel Comics3) Final Crisis #6 … Read more