The final comics sales reports are out from Diamond Comic Distributors, and as reported here on Friday, Comichron’s estimates based on those reports show that DC’s “Villains Month” propelled the market to top several previous records from the Diamond Exclusive Era. Click to see the sales estimates for comics ordered in September 2013. DC released … Read more
DC’s “Villains Month” prompted North American comics retailers to order in record volume in September, according to preliminary data released today by Diamond Comic Distributors. The event, which saw many DC titles splitting for the month into several issues featuring different stories and 3-D covers, spearheaded a $48 million month for the trade overall. That … Read more
The final comics sales estimates are out from Diamond Comic Distributors, and as mentioned here in the preliminary post, if July’s final day had been part of August, we’d be looking at two relatively normal months instead of one boom month and one big slide, which is what we had. Click to see the sales … Read more
I’ve been beyond busy and honestly focused on other sales charts this month— my Star Wars: Kenobi novel opens at #12 on next week’s New York Times hardcover bestseller list — but the comics market waits for no man, so let’s go to the numbers. Diamond Comic Distributors released its preliminary sales data for … Read more
The final comics sales estimates are out from Diamond Comic Distributors, and they complete the picture of the best summer month thus far for the comics shop market in the Diamond Exclusive Era. Click to see the sales estimates for comics ordered in July 2013. July’s orders of $46.8 million topped every previous month (in … Read more
(Update: The final estimate report is now online here.) The comics shop market enjoyed its best summer month in the Diamond Exclusive Era in dollar terms, ordering more dollars worth of comics and trade paperbacks in the month of July than it has in all but one month since 1997. Based on Comichron’s analysis of … Read more