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
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
Improvement continued in the comic shop market in May, with retailers ordering $49.05 million in comic books, graphic novels, and magazines from Diamond Comic Distributors according to Comichron’s estimates; that’s the largest amount since November 2016. (6/18 UPDATE: The full sales charts are now online.) Earlier last week I tweeted that this May had a … Read more
Wrapping up the analysis of April 2018’s sales, we have our video walkthrough of the month online: The attendant charts for this report can be found here. John Jackson MillerComichron founder John Jackson Miller has tracked the comics industry for more than 25 years, including a decade editing the industry’s retail trade magazine; he is … Read more
As reported here on Friday — and in our preliminary video report about the month — April 2018 represented a significant improvement in the fortunes of the Direct Market, thanks in considerable measure to a comic book 80 years in the making: Action Comics #1000, which dominated the comics sales charts — as its companion Action: 80 … Read more
If Diamond Comic Distributors doesn’t mind getting good news out in front of Free Comic Book Day, April’s sales charts should certainly satisfy. Thanks to DC‘s Action Comics #1000, the Action: 80 Years of Superman hardcover, and Marvel‘s several new series launches, Infinity War tie-ins, and Dan Slott‘s final Amazing Spider-Man arc, April’s Direct Market orders were at their highest level … Read more