Normally, ongoing titles see a drop from December to January — and a much more sizable one between second and third issues. But Doomsday Clock #3 saw its orders from December decline by less than a thousand copies, shipping nearly 158,000 copies to comic shops in January. That’s according to our estimates for sales of comic … Read more
A fifth shipping week in January helped reduce the year-to-year drop in Direct Market sales to the smallest dropoff we’ve seen since last spring, just under 2%, according to information released today by Diamond Comic Distributors. We’ve been reporting reorders and advance reorders for January comics at Comichron for weeks now; now, we finally have a … Read more
We’re starting to get word on some reorders and advance reorders that comics shops placed in February with Diamond Comic Distributors. Let’s look first at how the books already in stores fared, and move on to the future: TOP REORDERED ITEMS for Jan. 29-Feb. 4, 2018 (in dollars) These are items that have already shipped, … Read more
The final full week of reorder and advance reorder charts from January is out from Diamond Comic Distributors. Let’s look first at how the books already in stores fared, and move on to the future: TOP REORDERED ITEMS for Jan. 22-28, 2018 (in dollars) These are items that have already shipped, but have been receiving … Read more
After several weeks with mostly DC and Image books atop the reorder and advance reorder charts at Diamond Comic Distributors, Marvel had the largest share of both tables last week. Let’s look first at how the books already in stores fared, and move on to the future: TOP REORDERED ITEMS for Jan. 15-21, 2018 (in … Read more
Now that the December and end-of-2017 comics sales charts are online here at Comichron, it’s time to turn back to January and beyond. The second batch of reorder charts for the year are out from Diamond Comic Distributors, featuring some familiar titles. Let’s look first at how the books already in stores fared, and move … Read more