{"id":4612,"date":"2015-04-10T18:14:00","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T18:14:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-01T14:27:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T19:27:08","slug":"march-2015-sales-mildly-up-as-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/10\/march-2015-sales-mildly-up-as-comics\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2015 sales mildly up as comics outperform graphic novels; Princess Leia #1 leads the charts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/PrLeia1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/201503PrincessLeia1-3.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/PrLeia1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>March closed the winter quarter on a mildly positive note in the comics industry, according to data released this morning by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diamondcomics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Diamond Comic Distributors<\/b><\/a>. Comic shops ordered nearly $42 million in comics and graphic novels, up about 3% over last March, which like this one had four shipping weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Marvel&#8217;s relaunch of the Star Wars line continued to energize what is usually a lighter quarter for new releases, with <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/PrLeia1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><b>Princess Leia<\/b><\/i> <b>#1<\/b><\/a> taking the top slot and <b><i>Star Wars<\/i> #3<\/b> coming in second. The second issue of <i>Princess Leia<\/i> also made the top five, and <b><i>Darth Vader<\/i> #2<\/b> took eighth place. There weren&#8217;t even four Star Wars titles in the Top 10 in <b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comichron.com\/monthlycomicssales\/1999\/1999-05.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">May 1999<\/a> <\/b>when Star Wars: Episode I &#8211; The Phantom Menace #1-4 all came out; the fourth issue of that placed 11th. So this is the first month four Star Wars titles have been in the Top 10 list in the Diamond Exclusive Era.<\/p>\n<p>(Before that, we&#8217;d have to look at 1977, and when the waves of Whitman&#8217;s reprints for the original Star Wars #1-3 were hitting; that would have put multiple Star Wars issues high on the charts. But we have no way of knowing how many of those came out, and in what months.)<\/p>\n<p>Orders for the quarter totaled $127.9 million, up $11 million from the first quarter of 2014, which had an equal number of shipping weeks, despite what the calendar shows. (The first Wednesday of 2014 was counted with the December 2013 sales.)<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Comparative Sales Performance<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<style>table {  }td { padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: medium none; white-space: nowrap; }.xl63 { border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl64 { text-align: center; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl65 { text-align: center; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl66 { text-align: center; }<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; width: 255px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 5333; mso-width-source: userset; width: 125pt;\" width=\"125\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" span=\"2\" width=\"65\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"height: 15.0pt; width: 125pt;\" width=\"125\" height=\"15\">MARCH<br \/>\n2015 VS. FEBRUARY 2015<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Comics<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-3.86%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-4.32%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Graphic<br \/>\nNovels<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">8.34%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">10.63%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Total<br \/>\nComics &amp; GNs<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-0.58%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-3.37%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">MARCH<br \/>\n2015 VS. MARCH 2014<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Comics<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">11.19%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">9.92%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Graphic<br \/>\nNovels<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-12.56%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-22.36%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Total<br \/>\nComics &amp; GNs<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">2.99%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">6.70%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">YEAR-TO-DATE<br \/>\n2015 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2014<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Comics<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">13.85%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">13.76%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Graphic<br \/>\nNovels<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0.65%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-8.96%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Total<br \/>\nComics &amp; GNs<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">9.63%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">11.76%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">FIRST<br \/>\nQUARTER 2015 VS. FOURTH QUARTER 2014<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Comics<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-9.56%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-8.37%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Graphic<br \/>\nNovels<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-17.28%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-15.58%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Total<br \/>\nComics &amp; GNs<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-11.97%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-8.93%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Comics unit sales were up 10%, making the category the bright spot this month. For a change, there doesn&#8217;t appear to be an issue in the Top 10 obviously influenced by a Loot Crate variant. The Top 10:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Top 10 Comic Books<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<style>table {  }td { padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: medium none; white-space: nowrap; }.xl63 { border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl64 { text-align: center; }.xl65 { text-align: center; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; width: 347px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 1664; mso-width-source: userset; width: 39pt;\" width=\"39\" \/>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 7594; mso-width-source: userset; width: 178pt;\" width=\"178\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"height: 15.0pt; width: 39pt;\" width=\"39\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 178pt;\" width=\"178\">Title<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Price<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Publisher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Princess Leia #1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$3.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Star Wars #3<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$3.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">3<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Guardians Team-Up #1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$3.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">4<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Spider-Gwen #2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$3.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Princess Leia #2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$3.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">6<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Amazing Spider-Man<br \/>\n#16<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$3.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">7<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Howard the Duck #1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$3.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">8<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Darth Vader #3<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$3.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">9<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Batman: Arkham Knight<br \/>\n#1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$3.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">10<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Amazing Spider-Man<br \/>\n#16.1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$3.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">A side note about the Star Wars titles, of interest mainly to indexers: <i><b>Darth Vader, Princess Leia, <\/b><\/i>and<i><b> April&#8217;s Kanan: The Last Padawan<\/b><\/i> appear to represent the first Star Wars comics in eons \u2014 maybe Marvel&#8217;s <i><b>Ewoks<\/b><\/i>, ending in 1987 \u2014 not to have &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; in their titles as shown in the issues&#8217; indicias. That&#8217;s what price guides and indexing databases use to classify books.<\/p>\n<p>Graphic novel sales were down more than 12%, with the market up against a strong comparative month in March 2014 which saw new <b><i>Walking Dead<\/i><\/b> and <b><i>Saga<\/i><\/b> releases. The Top 10:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Top 10 Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<style>table {  }td { padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: medium none; white-space: nowrap; }.xl63 { border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl64 { text-align: center; }.xl65 { text-align: center; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl66 { color: black; font-family: Calibri; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; width: 347px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 1664; mso-width-source: userset; width: 39pt;\" width=\"39\" \/>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 7594; mso-width-source: userset; width: 178pt;\" width=\"178\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"height: 15.0pt; width: 39pt;\" width=\"39\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 178pt;\" width=\"178\">Title<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Price<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; text-align: left; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Publisher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Nemo: River of Ghosts<br \/>\nHC<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$14.95<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">IDW<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Ms. Marvel Vol. 2:<br \/>\nGeneration Why<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$15.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">3<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Low Vol. 1: The<br \/>\nDelirium of Hope<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$9.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Image<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">4<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Hawkeye Vs. Deadpool<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$16.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Saga Volume 4<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$14.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Image<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">6<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Deadpool Volume 7:<br \/>\nAxis<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$17.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">7<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Deadpool&#8217;s The Art of<br \/>\nWar<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$12.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">8<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Deadly Class Vol. 2:<br \/>\nKids of the Black Hole<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$14.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Image<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">9<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Birthright Vol. 1:<br \/>\nHomecoming<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$9.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Image<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" align=\"right\" height=\"15\">10<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Bob&#8217;s Burgers Vol. 1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">$17.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Dynamite<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The market share list contained the same ten publishers we&#8217;ve seen lately, with almost all of then topping 1% of the market in dollar sales:<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Market shares<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<style>table {  }td { padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: medium none; white-space: nowrap; }.xl63 { border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl64 { text-align: center; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl65 { text-align: center; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; width: 203px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 3114; mso-width-source: userset; width: 73pt;\" width=\"73\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" span=\"2\" width=\"65\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"height: 15.0pt; width: 73pt;\" width=\"73\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Dollar<br \/>\nshare<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Unit share<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Marvel<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">38.82%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">41.53%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">DC<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">23.01%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">26.13%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Image<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">11.39%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">12.98%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">IDW<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">6.51%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">5.16%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Dark<br \/>\nHorse<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">3.90%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">3.07%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Boom<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">2.41%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">2.44%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Dynamite<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">2.37%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">1.99%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Eaglemoss<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">1.83%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0.32%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Titan<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">1.01%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0.77%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Viz<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0.98%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0.37%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Other<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">7.76%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">5.23%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The new release slate was slightly larger this March versus last March on the comics side, but the number of new graphic novels released was almost identical:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>New items released<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<style>table {  }td { padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: medium none; white-space: nowrap; }.xl63 { border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl64 { text-align: center; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl65 { border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; white-space: normal; }.xl66 { text-align: center; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; white-space: normal; }.xl67 { text-align: center; }<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; width: 325px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" span=\"4\" width=\"65\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 45.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"height: 45.0pt; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\" height=\"45\">Publisher<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Comics<br \/>\nshipped<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Graphic<br \/>\nnovels shipped<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Magazines<br \/>\nshipped<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Total<br \/>\nshipped<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Marvel<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">79<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">30<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">109<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">DC<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">85<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">17<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">102<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Image<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">59<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">20<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">79<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">IDW<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">52<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">18<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Dark<br \/>\nHorse<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">27<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">22<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Boom<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">40<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">3<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">43<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Dynamite<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">28<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">6<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">34<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Viz<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">27<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Titan<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">8<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">7<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Eaglemoss<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">14<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Other<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">86<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">98<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">13<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">197<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Total<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">464<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">248<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">29<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">741<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\nThat&#8217;s the preliminary report; the estimated sales will be up next week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/SWNewDawn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<i><i><br \/>\n<\/i><\/i><i><i style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><i><i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/i><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March closed the winter quarter on a mildly positive note in the comics industry, according to data released this morning by Diamond Comic Distributors. Comic shops ordered nearly $42 million in comics and graphic novels, up about 3% over last March, which like this one had four shipping weeks. Marvel&#8217;s relaunch of the Star Wars &#8230; <a title=\"March 2015 sales mildly up as comics outperform graphic novels; Princess Leia #1 leads the charts\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/10\/march-2015-sales-mildly-up-as-comics\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about March 2015 sales mildly up as comics outperform graphic novels; Princess Leia #1 leads the charts\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[66,17,55],"class_list":["post-4612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2015-sales","tag-diamond-monthly-reports","tag-star-wars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4612","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=4612"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6406,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4612\/revisions\/6406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4613"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}