June 2018 lacked the major anniversary issues that had propelled April and May to positive months, and was further up against June 2017, the second-best month of its year, with a couple of major hits. But while Justice League #1 and its 200,000 copies was no Action #1000 or Amazing Spider-Man #800, eight titles topped 100,000 … Read more
June’s comic shop orders weren’t likely to turn the entire year positive, but they were enough to ensure that the second quarter was the first growth quarter, year-over-year, since the summer of 2016, during the heat of DC’s Rebirth launch. According to Comichron’s analysis of data released by Diamond Comic Distributors, retailers ordered $42.11 million … Read more
The advance reorder charts from Diamond Comic Distributors for the final week of June are out. First, we’ll look at what’s already in stores before moving on to the future: TOP REORDERED ITEMS for June 25-July 1, 2018 (in invoiced dollars) These are items that have already shipped, but have been receiving additional orders from retailers. In … Read more
They don’t come out until October, but we saw the first of the Walking Dead 15th Anniversary Blind Bag editions turn up in last week’s advance reorder charts from Diamond Comic Distributors. First, we’ll look at what’s already in stores before moving on to the future: TOP REORDERED ITEMS for June 18-24, 2018 (in invoiced dollars) … Read more
With the May sales charts now out (be sure to check out our video), we now have some more data about June and July, thanks to new reorder charts are out from Diamond Comic Distributors. First, we’ll look at what’s already in stores before moving on to the future: TOP REORDERED ITEMS for June 11-17, … Read more
As reported here in greater detail on Friday, April’s strong sales continued into May, with the month beating any one from 2017. We’ve now got our estimates for the individual title sales for the month, and they make Amazing Spider-Man #800 the second book in two months to top 400,000 copies. Further, April’s leader, Action … Read more