May’s orders of comic books and graphic novels in the comics shop market were higher than in any month since last October, but not quite good enough to beat May 2018, which had Amazing Spider-Man #800 among other blockbusters in the mix. Retailers ordered almost exactly $47 million in comic books and graphic novels from … Read more
War of the Realms #1 became the #2 bestselling comic book of the year so far in April with sales over 187,000 copies, while the top book of 2019, Detective Comics #1000, racked up another 45,700 copies shipped, moving it into second place on the list of the bestselling comic books of the 21st Century … Read more
There’s a lot of things that make the aggregate numbers in the distributor sales charts swing up and down; the shipping calendar is the one we note here the most, as comparing five-shipping-week months with four-week ones always gives a distorted picture. Add to that list blockbuster anniversary issues, which, in the case of last … Read more
With Avengers: Endgame setting box office records this past weekend, we also got news of a blockbuster comic book’s sales in the comics shop market — as well as a couple of dubious records when it comes to pricing. Click to see our comics sales estimates for March 2019. North American retailers ordered nearly 527,000 … Read more
It makes sense to announce good news when everyone is watching the industry — and with Avengers: Endgame hitting theaters, that’s just what Diamond Comic Distributors did by releasing its preliminary March sales charts this morning. The Top 10s are below; the full estimates will appear here on Monday. To no one’s surprise, Batman’s 80th … Read more
The reorder data for the final week of March are out, and to no one’s surprise, Detective Comics #1000 and its many variants took multiple slots on the chart. The top reordered item in dollars, meanwhile, was Savage Sword of Conan: The Marvel Years Omnibus Vol. 1.The top reordered comic book apart from Batman was … Read more