{"id":3823,"date":"2018-07-06T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-07-30T17:02:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T22:02:24","slug":"june-sales-off-on-fewer-releases-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/06\/june-sales-off-on-fewer-releases-but\/","title":{"rendered":"June sales off on fewer releases, but first up quarter since summer 2016; Justice League, Magic Order lead comics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Comichron2018-06Preliminary-1.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"328\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"386\" data-original-width=\"753\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/201806-1-JusticeLeague1-1.jpg\" alt=\" Find this issue at TFAW\" width=\"208\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1041\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>June&#8217;s comic shop orders weren&#8217;t likely to turn the entire year positive, but they were enough to ensure that <strong>the second quarter was the first growth quarter, year-over-year, since the summer of 2016<\/strong>, during the heat of DC&#8217;s Rebirth launch. According to <strong>Comichron&#8217;s<\/strong> analysis of data released by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.diamondcomics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Diamond Comic Distributors<\/a><\/strong>, retailers ordered $42.11 million in comic books, graphic novels, and magazines, bringing the quarterly total to $137 million, up a little over 1% over the same quarter in the previous year, and the highest dollar value seen since the fourth quarter of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The sales estimates for each title will appear<b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comichron.com\/monthlycomicssales\/2018\/2018-06.html\">on this page on Monday<\/a><\/b>; keep checking (or subscribe on <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/comichron\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><\/b> to be alerted to when it goes online.)<\/p>\n<p>The quarter brought the year to $251.45 million, down less than 4% against the first half of 2017. Second-quarter sales were up 20% over those from the first quarter, underlining how much less material is in the system in wintertime; still, the quarter was a significant improvement, even accounting for that.<\/p>\n<p>Our video walkthrough of the month&#8217;s sales can be found now on our YouTube channel:<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"YOUTUBE-iframe-video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XLV-7LebuDE?feature=player_embedded\" width=\"320\" height=\"266\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-thumbnail-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/XLV-7LebuDE\/0.jpg\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/201806-2-MagicOrder1-3.jpg\" alt=\" See eBay listings for this issue\" width=\"208\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1041\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Even though <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comichron.com\/monthlycomicssales\/2017\/2017-06.html\">June 2017<\/a><\/b> was a disappointment compared to <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comichron.com\/monthlycomicssales\/2016\/2016-06.html\">June 2016<\/a><\/b> (again in the heat of the Rebirth event), it was still the second-best month of the year, and had a couple of legitimate hits in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/sch\/Modern-Age-1992-Now\/900\/i.html?_from=R40&amp;_nkw=peter+parker+1+2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man<\/em> #1<\/a> <\/strong>and<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/sch\/Modern-Age-1992-Now\/900\/i.html?_from=R40&amp;_nkw=dark+days+forge+1+2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>Dark Days: The Forge<\/em> #1<\/a><\/strong>. April and May of this year were headlined by two major anniversary issues, <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/sch\/Modern-Age-1992-Now\/900\/i.html?_from=R40&amp;_nkw=action+comics+1000\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>Action Comics<\/em> #1000<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/sch\/Modern-Age-1992-Now\/900\/i.html?_from=R40&amp;_nkw=amazing+spider-man+800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>Amazing Spider-Man <\/em>#800<\/a><\/strong>, each of which brought in about $4 million each; June 2018 lacked anything like that, and was down by \u2014 you guessed it \u2014 almost exactly $4 million.<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/shrsl.com\/ycx3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>Justice League<\/em> #1<\/a><\/strong> was the top seller of the month. Sales comparisons were further affected by a smaller number of new comics releases: this June saw 30 fewer comics released, and <strong>IDW<\/strong> in particular had its smallest slate in several years, only 19 new comics.<\/p>\n<p>The number two comic, <strong>Mark Millar<\/strong>&#8216;s Netflix title,<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/sch\/Modern-Age-1992-Now\/900\/i.html?_from=R40&amp;_nkw=magic+order+1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>Magic Order<\/em> #1<\/a><\/strong>, saw its own orders boosted by Image offering the title at 60% off to all retailers, no matter what their going Image discount rates were; that let the smallest shops buy at the discount level of the largest chains. Furthermore, the issue was returnable, so the numbers we see on Monday will be reduced by 10% by Diamond to account for that. (It was announced there would be no second printings of the first issue, as well; click to see <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/sch\/Modern-Age-1992-Now\/900\/i.html?_from=R40&amp;_nkw=magic+order+1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">current auctions for the issue on eBay<\/a><\/b>.) <i>[<b>UPDATE<\/b>: I was <b><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/O_Erik_O\/status\/1015261467321528320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">asked<\/a><\/b> about reports of a mass external purchase of the title; if true, we&#8217;ll get an idea of how large it was when the full charts release. If appears to account for more than half the circulation, it&#8217;ll earn the &#8220;Loot Crate dagger&#8221; (\u2020)\u00a0in our charts, which is used to denote items whose sales were mostly to actors outside the Direct Market.]<\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/DarkNightsMetalDeluxe-1.jpg\" alt=\" Find this book at TFAW\" width=\"215\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1468\" data-original-width=\"989\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p>The discount effect is clearly visible now, however: <em>Magic Order<\/em> was the #2 book in units, but didn&#8217;t make the Top 10 at all in dollars, as seen below. The book also appears to have contributed in part to gap between dollar sales and unit sales this month.<\/p>\n<p>The reverse was the case for graphic novels, which had a good month relative to past performance, off only 2% on a raft of hardcovers, including the top-selling <em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/shrsl.com\/11gnb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Dark Nights: Metal Deluxe Edition<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Units were off quite a lot more than dollars this month, which means that the graphic novels that were bought, retailers paid more for. Six percent more graphic novels were offered to market this month versus last June.<\/p>\n<p>Compared to their performances last June, Marvel and DC were both off an amount exactly tracking the market overall; neither did any better or worse.<\/p>\n<p>The <b>comparative sales statistics<\/b>:<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n table.tableizer-table {<br \/>\n  font-size: 12px;<br \/>\n  border: 1px solid #CCC;<br \/>\n  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;<br \/>\n }<br \/>\n .tableizer-table td {<br \/>\n  padding: 4px;<br \/>\n  margin: 3px;<br \/>\n  border: 1px solid #CCC;<br \/>\n }<br \/>\n .tableizer-table th {<br \/>\n  background-color: #104E8B;<br \/>\n  color: #FFF;<br \/>\n  font-weight: bold;<br \/>\n }<br \/>\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\">\n<th><\/th>\n<th>Dollars<\/th>\n<th>Units<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>June 2018 Vs. May 2018<\/b><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Comics<\/td>\n<td>-16.71%<\/td>\n<td>-6.22%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Graphic Novels<\/td>\n<td>-7.44%<\/td>\n<td>-8.41%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Total Comics\/GNs<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>-14.13%<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>-6.39%<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Toys<\/td>\n<td>+1.03%<\/td>\n<td>+4.22%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>June 2018 Vs. June 2017<\/b><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Comics<\/td>\n<td>-11.14%<\/td>\n<td>-8.93%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Graphic Novels<\/td>\n<td>-2.15%<\/td>\n<td>-14.24%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Total Comics\/GNs<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>-8.62%<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>-9.35%<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Toys<\/td>\n<td>-11.53%<\/td>\n<td>+17.66%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Year-To-Date 2018 Vs. Year-To-Date 2017<\/b><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Comics<\/td>\n<td>-1.84%<\/td>\n<td>-9.65%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Graphic Novels<\/td>\n<td>-8.12%<\/td>\n<td>-11.22%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Total Comics\/GNs<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>-3.72%<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>-9.77%<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Toys<\/td>\n<td>-11.98%<\/td>\n<td>-12.70%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Second Quarter 2018 Vs. First Quarter 2018<\/b><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Comics<\/td>\n<td>+19.97%<\/td>\n<td>+12.84%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Graphic Novels<\/td>\n<td>+19.01%<\/td>\n<td>+19.68%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Total Comics\/GNs<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>+19.70%<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>+13.34%<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Toys<\/td>\n<td>-16.97%<\/td>\n<td>-7.55%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Second Quarter 2018 Vs. Second Quarter 2017<\/b><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Comics<\/td>\n<td>+3.01%<\/td>\n<td>-4.85%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Graphic Novels<\/td>\n<td>-3.41%<\/td>\n<td>-10.32%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Total Comics\/GNs<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>+1.10%<\/b><\/td>\n<td><b>-5.28%<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Toys<\/td>\n<td>-14.46%<\/td>\n<td>-13.05%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The <b>market shares<\/b>:<\/p>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\">\n<th>Publisher<\/th>\n<th>Dollar Share<\/th>\n<th>Unit Share<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<td>38.42%<\/td>\n<td>40.98%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<td>30.54%<\/td>\n<td>33.73%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Image<\/td>\n<td>10.46%<\/td>\n<td>11.48%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dark Horse<\/td>\n<td>3.23%<\/td>\n<td>2.10%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IDW<\/td>\n<td>2.46%<\/td>\n<td>1.66%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dynamite<\/td>\n<td>2.10%<\/td>\n<td>1.51%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Boom<\/td>\n<td>1.62%<\/td>\n<td>1.76%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Viz<\/td>\n<td>1.18%<\/td>\n<td>0.43%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oni<\/td>\n<td>1.09%<\/td>\n<td>0.83%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Titan<\/td>\n<td>0.87%<\/td>\n<td>0.68%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Other<\/td>\n<td>8.03%<\/td>\n<td>4.84%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The<strong> top-selling comics by units<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\">\n<th><\/th>\n<th>TOP COMIC BOOKS (by units)<\/th>\n<th>PRICE<\/th>\n<th>PUBLISHER<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/shrsl.com\/ycx3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><b>Justice League #1<\/b><\/a><\/td>\n<td>3.99<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Magic Order #1*<\/td>\n<td>$3.99<\/td>\n<td>Image<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Tony Stark: Iron Man #1<\/td>\n<td>$4.99<\/td>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Amazing Spider-Man #801<\/td>\n<td>$3.99<\/td>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Batman #49<\/td>\n<td>$2.99<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Batman #48<\/td>\n<td>$2.99<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Deadpool #1<\/td>\n<td>$4.99<\/td>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Thor #1<\/td>\n<td>$5.99<\/td>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>X-Men Gold #30<\/td>\n<td>$4.99<\/td>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Justice League #2<\/td>\n<td>$3.99<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The<strong> top-selling comics by dollars<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\">\n<th><\/th>\n<th>TOP COMIC BOOKS (by dollars)<\/th>\n<th>PRICE<\/th>\n<th>PUBLISHER<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td><b><a href=\"http:\/\/shrsl.com\/ycx3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Justice League #1<\/a><\/b><\/td>\n<td>$3.99<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Tony Stark: Iron Man #1<\/td>\n<td>$4.99<\/td>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Deadpool #1<\/td>\n<td>$4.99<\/td>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Thor #1<\/td>\n<td>$5.99<\/td>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Amazing Spider-Man #801<\/td>\n<td>$3.99<\/td>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>X-Men Gold #30<\/td>\n<td>$4.99<\/td>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Immortal Hulk #1<\/td>\n<td>$4.99<\/td>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Batman #49<\/td>\n<td>$2.99<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Justice League #2<\/td>\n<td>$3.99<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Venom #2<\/td>\n<td>$3.99<\/td>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The<strong> top-selling graphic novels by units<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\">\n<th><\/th>\n<th>TOP GRAPHIC NOVELS (by units)<\/th>\n<th>PRICE<\/th>\n<th>PUBLISHER<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Dark Nights: Metal Deluxe Edition HC<\/td>\n<td>$29.99<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Dark Nights: Metal: Dark Nights Rising HC<\/td>\n<td>$29.99<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Dark Nights: Metal: The Resistance<\/td>\n<td>$24.99<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Thanos Wins<\/td>\n<td>$19.99<\/td>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>The Infinity Gauntlet<\/td>\n<td>$24.99<\/td>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Southern Bastards Vol. 4: Gut Check<\/td>\n<td>$16.99<\/td>\n<td>Image<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Neil Gaiman: A Study In Emerald HC<\/td>\n<td>$17.99<\/td>\n<td>Dark Horse<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>The Flash Vol. 6: A Cold Day In Hell<\/td>\n<td>$16.99<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 6 Fall Of The Batmen<\/td>\n<td>$19.99<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Super Sons Of Tomorrow<\/td>\n<td>$14.99<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The<strong> top-selling graphic novels by dollars<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\">\n<th><\/th>\n<th>TOP GRAPHIC NOVELS (by dollars)<\/th>\n<th>PRICE<\/th>\n<th>PUBLISHER<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Dark Nights: Metal Deluxe Edition HC<\/td>\n<td>$29.99<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Dark Nights: Metal: Dark Nights Rising HC<\/td>\n<td>$29.99<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>Infinite Crisis Omnibus HC<\/td>\n<td>$150.00<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Dark Nights: Metal: The Resistance<\/td>\n<td>$24.99<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>The Infinity Gauntlet<\/td>\n<td>$24.99<\/td>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Miles Morales: Ultimate Spider-Man Omnibus HC<\/td>\n<td>$125.00<\/td>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Thanos Wins Cates<\/td>\n<td>$19.99<\/td>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Wonder Woman By George Perez Omnibus Vol. 3 HC<\/td>\n<td>$99.99<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Runaways By Brian K Vaughan &amp; Adrian Alphona Omnibus HC<\/td>\n<td>$125.00<\/td>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>Absolute Sandman Overture HC<\/td>\n<td>$125.00<\/td>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Finally, <b>the number of new items offered:<\/b><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n table.tableizer-table {<br \/>\n  font-size: 12px;<br \/>\n  border: 1px solid #CCC;<br \/>\n  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;<br \/>\n }<br \/>\n .tableizer-table td {<br \/>\n  padding: 4px;<br \/>\n  margin: 3px;<br \/>\n  border: 1px solid #CCC;<br \/>\n }<br \/>\n .tableizer-table th {<br \/>\n  background-color: #104E8B;<br \/>\n  color: #FFF;<br \/>\n  font-weight: bold;<br \/>\n }<br \/>\n<\/style>\n<table class=\"tableizer-table\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"tableizer-firstrow\">\n<th>Publisher<\/th>\n<th>Comics<br \/>\nshipped<\/th>\n<th>Graphic<br \/>\nNovels<br \/>\nshipped<\/th>\n<th>Magazines<br \/>\nshipped<\/th>\n<th>Total<br \/>\nshipped<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Marvel<\/td>\n<td>87<\/td>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DC<\/td>\n<td>73<\/td>\n<td>31<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>105<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Image<\/td>\n<td>60<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>IDW<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>37<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dark Horse<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Boom<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Dynamite<\/td>\n<td>18<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>25<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Titan<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Viz<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Oni<\/td>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<td>17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Other<\/td>\n<td>113<\/td>\n<td>176<\/td>\n<td>19<\/td>\n<td>308<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>TOTAL SHIPPED<\/td>\n<td>437<\/td>\n<td>340<\/td>\n<td>21<\/td>\n<td>798<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Nearly 6% fewer comics have been shipped to market overall in the first six months of this year.<\/p>\n<p>We are able to compute midyear dollar market shares at this point: Marvel 37.5%, DC 30.7%, Image 10.2%; IDW 3.7%, Dark Horse 2.6%, Boom 2.1% and Dynamite 1.8%.<\/p>\n<p>As of midyear, the Direct Market&#8217;s trajectory remains more favorable than it&#8217;s been in a while: two more quarters of exactly the same size would result in the market being up for 2018, erasing the winter&#8217;s shortfall. That&#8217;s in part an indicator of how weak the rest of 2017 was \u2014 and within the third quarter, July 2017 was the weakest month. With a new<em><strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/shrsl.com\/zqez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Amazing Spider-Man<\/a> <\/strong><\/em>series and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/shrsl.com\/11g0r\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><em>Batman<\/em> #50<\/a><\/strong> in the mix in July, chances are very good for a resumption of growth months; an identical showing from June would mean a July that&#8217;s up 3%.<\/p>\n<p>The estimates for individual titles will appear here on Monday. Be sure to check them out.<\/p>\n<p>A personal aside: This is the release weekend for <em><strong>Ant-Man and the Wasp,<\/strong><\/em> and if you stay for the credits (and who doesn&#8217;t, now?) you will see your Comichron archivist \u2014 as well as artist <b>Jorge Lucas<\/b> \u2014 named in the acknowledgments. The character played by <b>Walton Goggins<\/b> originated, in somewhat different fashion, during our <b><i>Iron Man<\/i><\/b> run years ago. <b><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.farawaypress.com\/2018\/07\/at-ant-man-and-wasp-premiere.html\">Fun stuff!<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June&#8217;s comic shop orders weren&#8217;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&#8217;s Rebirth launch. According to Comichron&#8217;s analysis of data released by Diamond Comic Distributors, retailers ordered $42.11 million &#8230; <a title=\"June sales off on fewer releases, but first up quarter since summer 2016; Justice League, Magic Order lead comics\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2018\/07\/06\/june-sales-off-on-fewer-releases-but\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about June sales off on fewer releases, but first up quarter since summer 2016; Justice League, Magic Order lead comics\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[31,17],"class_list":["post-3823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2018-sales","tag-diamond-monthly-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3823"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6245,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3823\/revisions\/6245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3823"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3823"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}