The dual releases of Civil War II from Marvel and many of DC‘s Rebirth titles drove comic shop retailers to order a modern record $58.59 million in comic books, graphic novels, and magazines in June 2016, according to Comichron‘s analysis of charts released today by Diamond Comic Distributors. The single month’s orders nearly eclipsed last … Read more
Comics retailers in North America ordered nearly 236,000 copies of DC Universe Rebirth #1 in May 2016, according to Comichron’s analysis of data released by Diamond Comic Distributors. The figure, certain to increase with figures from later months, gave the $2.99 issue the top slot in the charts for May — but more money was … Read more
Five summers ago, the release of Justice League #1 in August 2011 kicked off the DC reboot and marked the beginning of a major turnaround for the comics direct market. While overall sales levels in the first part of 2016 are nowhere near as bad as they were in early 2011, the market, slightly down … Read more
There have been many Black Panther series over the years from Marvel, but the title has never been one to appear near the top of the sales charts. In April, the new series from Ta-Nahisi Coates and Brian Stelfreeze not only was the comic book most ordered by comics shops in North America, but with … Read more
April 2016’s comics and graphic novel sales, announced today by Diamond Comic Distributors, were down significantly from the same month a year ago — a month that had an additional shipping week and a lot more going for it. With the launch of Convergence‘s weekly series and higher volumes on Star Wars titles, April 2015 … Read more
The full report on North American comics shop orders in the month of March has been reported by Diamond Comic Distributors, and as reported here on Friday, a very strong month for graphic novel orders was enough to erase the shortfall during the first two months of the year. The first quarter ended up 1.32%, … Read more