{"id":4226,"date":"2017-05-09T21:41:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-09T21:41:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-07-30T18:25:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T23:25:50","slug":"why-entries-for-some-comics-are-split","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/09\/why-entries-for-some-comics-are-split\/","title":{"rendered":"Why entries for some comics are split in the Diamond ranking charts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Comichron has had a presence on Twitter<\/a><\/b> for a long time, and occasionally there I field questions about the datasets here on the site. Yesterday’s sales report for April<\/a><\/b> generated a number due to the fact that, as noted, Batman<\/i> #21<\/a><\/b> and Flash<\/i> #21<\/a><\/b>\u00a0saw their sales figures divided up into two entries each, owing to the fact that both issues had a lenticular cover variant priced at a dollar higher.<\/p>\n

Owing to the bifurcation, Batman<\/i> and Flash<\/i> ended up being the second-and-fifth place comics of the month<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>in unit terms,\u00a0rather than first and second, which they would have been with identical cover prices. This led to a number of articles, including the one I’m reacting to here:<\/p>\n

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Thread: Seen discussion today (including by @Jwhitbrook<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/OEtS0zBTye<\/a>) about the splitting of Batman’s orders in April’s rankings.<\/div>\n

\u2014 Comichron.com (@comichron) May 9, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n