August’s comics orders can’t compare to 2016’s Rebirth boom; Dark Nights: Metal, Paper Girls top charts

Full-line relaunches of the scale DC engineered in 2016 with “Rebirth” and 2011 with the “New 52” are colossal market-distorting moments, making a hash of the comparative statistics both when their sales are reported, and when any future month’s sales are later compared with them. It takes a while for a revamped line to find … Read more

Dark Days top comic as July fails to match 2016’s Rebirth-charged numbers; year-to-date orders fall to 2014 levels

The pace of comics and graphic novel orders by North American comics shops worsened in July, according to data released today by Diamond Comic Distributors. Shipments for comic books, graphic novels, and magazines only reached a little over $40.76 million. That’s down more than 19% from last year’s blockbuster month for DC, when the publisher … Read more

June 2017 comics estimates: Average comic offered tops $4 for first time; our 250th consecutive monthly report!

The sales estimates for comics ordered by North American comics shops in June 2017 have been computed, and we have a new most-ordered comic book of the year: out in advance of the Spider-Man: Homecoming movie, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #1 clocked in with orders of nearly 225,000 copies. Click to see the comics … Read more