{"id":4680,"date":"2014-11-07T19:20:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T19:20:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-01T14:43:27","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T19:43:27","slug":"october-comics-shop-orders-best-in-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/07\/october-comics-shop-orders-best-in-17\/","title":{"rendered":"October comics shop orders best in 17 years on huge volume; Walking Dead, Ms. Marvel top charts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><\/div>\n<p>The records just keep breaking in the comics industry. October 2014&#8217;s shattered the record for retailer orders of new comic books and graphic novels in a single month in the Diamond Exclusive Era, which began in 1997; a record which was only three months old! Retailers ordered an estimated $56.09 million in comics, graphic novels, and magazines from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.diamondcomics.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Diamond Comic Distributors<\/b><\/a>, according to Comichron&#8217;s analysis of data released by the company today.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s an 11.46% increase over last October&#8217;s $50.32 million figure, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.comichron.com\/2013\/11\/october-2013-first-50-million-comics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>which itself was a record for the business<\/b><\/a>; both were five-week months. The comparatives for the month:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/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; }.xl66 { 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: 327px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 8405; mso-width-source: userset; width: 197pt;\" width=\"197\" \/>\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: 197pt;\" width=\"197\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">DOLLARS<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">UNITS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">OCTOBER<br \/>\n2014 VS. SEPTEMBER 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=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">6.30%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">9.64%<\/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=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">21.30%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">25.98%<\/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\/GN<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">10.45%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">10.69%<\/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=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" 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\">OCTOBER<br \/>\n2014 VS. OCTOBER 2013<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" 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=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">10.84%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">10.14%<\/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=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">12.90%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">6.28%<\/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\/GN<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">11.46%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">9.85%<\/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=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" 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 \/>\n2014 VS. 2013<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" 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=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">3.64%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-0.66%<\/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=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">5.31%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">5.13%<\/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\/GN<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">4.15%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-0.22%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>This makes the third straight year in which October has been the strongest month for comics. Overall, the Direct Market&#8217;s orders for the year now total an estimated $451.19 million, up $18 million, or 4.15%, over 2013 through October. This now guarantees that overall comics shop sales will increase for the third year in a row: retailers only need to order $66 million in merchandise in November and December to beat the 2013 total.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Ms2BMarvel2BVolume2B1-3.jpg\" width=\"210\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/>Comichron projects the comic shop market will complete the year with orders totaling around $535-540 million; the smaller figure is reached if November and December are completely flat, the larger if sales are up 5%. Either one would bring the year-to-year increase to around 4%, the smallest year-to-year gain of the three up years. &#8220;Gravy Day&#8221; \u2014 the point after which any new sales are an increase over last year&#8217;s sum \u2014 should fall in the second week of December this year.<\/p>\n<p>Back to October, that $56.09 million figure remains impressive; it is <b>more than double the $27.9 million sold exactly 10 years earlier in October 2004.<\/b> That was a four-week month back then \u2014 and there is far more material available for ordering today.<b> But it should be apparent that inflation alone does not account for the increase in sales. <\/b>The market has grown larger. Is it because of demographic changes (as the graphic-novel chart-topping title this month, <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/CCMsMarvel1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Ms. Marvel<\/b><\/a>, might suggest), because existing customers are simply able to buy more, because digital and movies have expanded readership, or simply because of a change in the number of accounts? I suspect there&#8217;s something of all of these in the answer (along with the much larger number of graphic novels available now, and the sales charts alone don&#8217;t tell us for sure.<\/p>\n<p>But they do demonstrate that a big part of the sales increase over last year is in the sheer volume of new material being released. Diamond has only been reporting its number of new releases for a bit<br \/>\nover a year, but the totals for October are the highest we&#8217;ve seen.<br \/>\nDiamond shipped 590 comics in October, up from 515 last October \u2014 and<br \/>\n374 new graphic novels, up from 342 last October. The number of comics,<br \/>\nmagazines, and graphic novels offered topped a thousand for the first<br \/>\ntime since the data began being reported, and at 1,020 items, that&#8217;s 126 more than shipped last October:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/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; white-space: normal; }.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: 380px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 4608; mso-width-source: userset; width: 108pt;\" width=\"108\" \/>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 2901; mso-width-source: userset; width: 68pt;\" span=\"4\" width=\"68\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 45.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"height: 45.0pt; width: 108pt;\" width=\"108\" height=\"45\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 68pt;\" width=\"68\">Comics shipped<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 68pt;\" width=\"68\">Graphic novels<br \/>\nshipped<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 68pt;\" width=\"68\">Magazines shipped<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 68pt;\" width=\"68\">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\">DC<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">109<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">34<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">144<\/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;\">94<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">45<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">140<\/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;\">72<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">17<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">89<\/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;\">38<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">34<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">72<\/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;\">47<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">25<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">72<\/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;\">38<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">9<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">47<\/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;\">38<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">9<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">47<\/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;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">22<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Archie<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">16<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">21<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Avatar<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">17<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">20<\/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;\">121<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">194<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">31<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">346<\/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=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">590<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">374<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">56<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">1020<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/CCWD132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\nComics shipped and ordered do not equal<br \/>\nsales to consumers, of course. But a comic shop owner told me October 18<br \/>\nwas the best sales day in his business&#8217;s history not connected with any<br \/>\nkind of special event; there&#8217;s a lot more volume, but<br \/>\nevidently also customers to buy the material. If that&#8217;s being seen elsewhere, then we have what might be a sustainable increase.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/The2BWalking2BDead2B23132-1.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/CCWD132\" width=\"208\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Looking back to 2010, the best month of the year has always been<br \/>\nwhatever month of September, October, or November has five weeks; if<br \/>\nthat continues, look for September 2015 would be the big one next year.<\/p>\n<p>For the second time this year, the online retailer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lootcrate.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Loot Crate<\/b><\/a> made figuring out the comics shop sales of the market-topping comic book more complicated. <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/CCWD132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b><i>Walking Dead<\/i> #132<\/b><\/a> from <b>Image<\/b> topped the bestseller list, and releasing as it did at the start of the TV season, it may well have done so entirely on the basis of its comics-shop sales. But Loot Crate ordered thousands of copies of a variant edition through Diamond, making it the second comic book (after July&#8217;s Rocket Raccoon #1) to see a giant boost. Dark Horse&#8217;s <b><i>Halo: Escalation<\/i> #1<\/b> was part of the September Loot Crate offering, but only in the form of a digital download card. The physical comic book was not included.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>The Death of Wolverine<\/i><\/b> helped Marvel take most of the slots in the Top 10:<\/p>\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: left; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl65 { border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; width: 322px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 981; mso-width-source: userset; width: 23pt;\" width=\"23\" \/>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 7210; mso-width-source: userset; width: 169pt;\" width=\"169\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" span=\"2\" width=\"65\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"height: 15.0pt; width: 23pt;\" width=\"23\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 169pt;\" width=\"169\">COMIC<br \/>\nBOOK<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">PRICE<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">VENDOR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/CCWD132\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>The Walking Dead #132<\/b><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$2.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Image<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Death Of Wolverine #4<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$4.99<\/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=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">3<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Thor #1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$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=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">4<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Death Of Wolverine #3<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$4.99<\/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=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Avengers And X-Men:<br \/>\nAxis #1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$4.99<\/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=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">6<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Batman #35<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$4.99<\/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=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">7<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Amazing Spider-Man #7<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$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=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">8<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Amazing Spider-Man #8<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$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=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">9<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Harley Quinn Annual<br \/>\n#1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$5.99<\/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=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">10<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Avengers And X-Men:<br \/>\nAxis #2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$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: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>Among graphic novels, the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/CCMsMarvel1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><i><b>Ms. Marvel<\/b><\/i><\/a> collection took the top spot:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/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: left; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl65 { border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; width: 413px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 981; mso-width-source: userset; width: 23pt;\" width=\"23\" \/>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 11093; mso-width-source: userset; width: 260pt;\" width=\"260\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" span=\"2\" width=\"65\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"height: 15.0pt; width: 23pt;\" width=\"23\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 260pt;\" width=\"260\">GRAPHIC<br \/>\nNOVELS &amp; TRADE PAPERBACKS<\/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\">VENDOR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/CCMsMarvel1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Ms. Marvel Volume 1: No Normal<\/b><\/a><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$15.99<\/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=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Hawkeye Volume 3:<br \/>\nL.A. Woman<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$15.99<\/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=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">3<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Batman Vol. 4: Zero<br \/>\nYear: Secret City<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$16.99<\/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=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">4<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">East Of West Volume<br \/>\n3: There Is No Us<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$14.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Image<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Batman Vol. 5: Zero<br \/>\nYear: Dark City HC<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$24.99<\/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=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">6<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Southern Bastards<br \/>\nVol. 1: Here Was A Man<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$9.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Image<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">7<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Harley Quinn Volume<br \/>\n1: Hot In The City<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$24.99<\/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=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">8<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Amazing Spider-Man<br \/>\nVol. 1: The Parker Luck<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$17.99<\/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=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">9<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Moon Knight Volume 1:<br \/>\nFrom The Dead HC<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$17.99<\/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=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">10<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">Batman: Death Of The<br \/>\nFamily Book &amp; Joker Mask Set<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">$39.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>In the market shares, Marvel retook the lead in both the dollar and unit sales categories, bolstered by &#8220;The Death of Wolverine.&#8221; Image&#8217;s dollar share approached 10%:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/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; 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border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">36.35%<\/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;\" align=\"right\">27.53%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">31.00%<\/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;\" align=\"right\">9.77%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">12.28%<\/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;\" align=\"right\">5.18%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">3.94%<\/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;\" align=\"right\">4.74%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">3.25%<\/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;\" align=\"right\">2.60%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">2.00%<\/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;\" align=\"right\">2.39%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">2.26%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Archie<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">1.19%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">1.20%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Avatar<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">1.18%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">1.25%<\/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;\" align=\"right\">1.17%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">0.30%<\/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;\" align=\"right\">9.43%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\" align=\"right\">6.18%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comichron.com\/vitalstatistics\/diamondrecords.html\"><b>comics sales records page<\/b><\/a> has been updated to reflect the October sales. Readers may wonder why I cut off records at the mid-1990s; it is because of the gap in data caused by the <b>Exclusivity Wars <\/b>between the distributors; read more about it <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.comichron.com\/2010\/11\/lost-year-exclusivity-war-months-from.html\"><b>here<\/b><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.comichron.com\/2009\/06\/last-months-of-two-distributor-era.html\"><b>here<\/b><\/a>. I have materials enough to piece sales from that era and before together, but it is a large project and one that is still ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Look for the final estimates to appear on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The records just keep breaking in the comics industry. October 2014&#8217;s shattered the record for retailer orders of new comic books and graphic novels in a single month in the Diamond Exclusive Era, which began in 1997; a record which was only three months old! Retailers ordered an estimated $56.09 million in comics, graphic novels, &#8230; <a title=\"October comics shop orders best in 17 years on huge volume; Walking Dead, Ms. Marvel top charts\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/07\/october-comics-shop-orders-best-in-17\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about October comics shop orders best in 17 years on huge volume; Walking Dead, Ms. Marvel top charts\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4681,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[72,17,40],"class_list":["post-4680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-2014-sales","tag-diamond-monthly-reports","tag-loot-crate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4680","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=4680"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4680\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6420,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4680\/revisions\/6420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}