{"id":4102,"date":"2017-12-18T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-18T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-07-30T18:04:31","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T23:04:31","slug":"november-2017-comics-order-estimates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/18\/november-2017-comics-order-estimates\/","title":{"rendered":"November 2017 Comics Order Estimates: Doomsday Clock #1 near 239k copies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nDC’s Doomsday Clock<\/i> #1<\/a><\/b> took both the first and second spots on the new comics sales charts in November, its sales divided almost exactly in half between its lenticular and standards editions. Comichron estimates that North American retailer orders for the two versions combined for nearly 239,000 copies, making the issue one of the year’s top three sellers so far. Click to see estimated comics orders for November<\/a><\/b>, as well as the projected top sellers for 2017<\/a><\/b> thus far.<\/p>\n

As reported here Friday<\/a><\/b>, while the Justice League<\/b> <\/i>movie released in November, DC’s first outperformance of a Rebirth month from 2016 probably had more to do with Doomsday Clock<\/i> #1, its continuing Batman-related event, and an expanded slate that took advantage of a five-week month to include several annuals and new series launches. DC outpaced its November 2016 performance by 21%.<\/p>\n

It was enough to give the Direct Market its second-best month of 2017, as retailers ordered almost exactly $47 million in comic books, graphic novels, and magazines from Diamond in the month. It would have been better had DC’s strength been matched elsewhere \u2014 but orders for the market minus DC were down 15% year-over-year, including, unusually, Image, which had been pacing ahead of its 2016 performance all year. The overall market was down 5.8%, the smallest decline since the Rebirth comparative months began.<\/p>\n

The average price for all comics in the Top 300 was $3.99, the first time it’s ever been exactly that price. It had topped $4 just once, earlier in the year.<\/p>\n

The vital statistics:
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