{"id":4433,"date":"2016-07-08T17:17:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T17:17:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-07-31T18:59:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T23:59:47","slug":"civil-war-ii-dc-rebirth-propel-586","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/08\/civil-war-ii-dc-rebirth-propel-586\/","title":{"rendered":"Civil War II, DC Rebirth propel $58.6 million June, best month in 20+ years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The dual releases of Civil War II<\/b><\/i> from Marvel<\/b> and many of DC<\/b>‘s Rebirth titles drove comic shop retailers to order a modern record $58.59 million in comic books, graphic novels, and magazines in June 2016, according to Comichron<\/b>‘s analysis of charts released today by Diamond Comic Distributors<\/a><\/b>. The single month’s orders nearly eclipsed last June’s by nearly $10 million and nearly erased the Direct Market’s losses to date through 2016. Comics shop market orders for the year stand at about $280 million, versus $282 million in the first half of 2015.<\/p>\n

Marvel’s Civil War II <\/i>#1<\/b><\/a> led the new comics charts, and by the increase in comics unit sales this month \u2014 nearly 20% \u2014 we can expect that a large number, if not all, of the top 10 titles may wind up over 100,000 copies. By placing ahead of DC’s Batman<\/i> #1<\/b> at $2.99, the $5.99 60-page Civil War II<\/i> issue is further expected to bring in more than twice the revenue.<\/p>\n

The month beat the previous Diamond Exclusive Era record<\/a><\/b>-holder, April 2015<\/b><\/a>, by nearly $2 million. The aggregate sales figures for the month show a 23% increase in comics dollars and a 14% increase in graphic novel dollars, netting out to a 20% increase overall:<\/p>\n

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