For decades in the comics industry, the winter has often earned the monicker “Dead Quarter” — not so much for sales, which have often been strong, but because publishers, anticipating bad weather, simply don’t release much into the market. That dynamic, combined with DC’s stated plans to reduce its new comics offerings by 10-15% over the past … Read more
Last week’s reorders were led by the Jason Aaron Star Wars Omnibus, followed by the Mister Miracle trade — with Batman #65 the top reordered comic book. Umbrella Academy trades ranked highly thanks to the TV show. Click to see reorder activity for February 2019. Martian Manhunter #4 was the top advance-reordered March issue. Click to … Read more
DC‘s He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Omnibus was the top reordered item in dollars last week in comics shops, while Batman Who Laughs #3 was the top reordered comic book. Mister Miracle repeated as the top reordered softcover. Click to see the February charts. Marvel‘s Incredible Hulk #181 Facsimile Edition was the top advance-reordered comic … Read more
A year after just two comics had sales over 100,000 copies, January 2019 doubled that number, with sales led by Batman Who Laughs #2. Diamond Comic Distributors shipped nearly 117,000 copies of the comic book to stores in the United States and Canada, with Captain Marvel #1, Guardians of the Galaxy #1, and Conan the … Read more
The holidays often make the charts for December and January vary greatly from expectations, and the 2018-19 season was no different. After a December that saw Diamond Comic Distributors take Christmas week off and DC release a 28-year-low number of comic books, January came roaring back with healthy-sized slates from major publishers; it was the … Read more
Comics shop reorders were led last week by the Spider-Verse TPB, while Uncanny X-Men 3D #1 was the top reordered January-shipping comic book. Check out all the January-so-far charts (the final rankings and estimates will get posted in a few days). We also now have the first advance reorders by retailers for March-shipping comics. The … Read more