{"id":4831,"date":"2013-07-05T17:33:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-05T17:33:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-01T15:19:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T20:19:05","slug":"comics-shops-ordered-250-million-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2013\/07\/05\/comics-shops-ordered-250-million-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Comics shops ordered $250 million in comics, trades in first half of 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The preliminary monthly sales report for June 2013 has been released by Diamond Comic Distributors<\/b><\/a>, and it shows that comics shop orders for comic books, graphic novels, and collected editions for the first half of the year came in just a few thousand dollars shy of the quarter-billion dollar mark. A $500 million year is within reach for the Direct Market for the first time in the nearly two decades since the glut market of the early 1990s. (The usual inflation caveats apply, of course.)<\/p>\n

Orders of just over $41.5 million were somewhat off from five-week May, and slightly up over June 2012<\/b><\/a>. At the same time in 2012, the Direct Market had placed orders for $222.9 million worth of comics and trade paperbacks; year to date, the market is up nearly 12%.<\/p>\n

The pace of increase has decelerated: the second quarter beat 2012 Q2 by 5.43%, whereas the first quarter beat 2012 by almost eight more percentage points.<\/p>\n

The aggregate changes:<\/p>\n

COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nDOLLARS<\/b><\/td>\nUNITS<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JUNE 2013 VS. JUNE 2013<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COMICS<\/td>\n-2.27%<\/td>\n-2.86%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GRAPHIC NOVELS<\/td>\n-19.07%<\/td>\n-20.90%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TOTAL COMICS\/GN<\/td>\n-7.92%<\/td>\n-4.40%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
JUNE 2013 VS. JUNE 2012<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COMICS<\/td>\n5.28%<\/td>\n1.17%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GRAPHIC NOVELS<\/td>\n-3.35%<\/td>\n-4.31%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TOTAL COMICS\/GN<\/td>\n2.57%<\/td>\n0.76%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SECOND QUARTER 2013 VS. FIRST QUARTER 2013<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COMICS<\/td>\n2.27%<\/td>\n-0.31%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GRAPHIC NOVELS<\/td>\n10.39%<\/td>\n11.83%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TOTAL COMICS\/GN<\/td>\n4.72%<\/td>\n0.57%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SECOND QUARTER 2013 VS. SECOND QUARTER 2012<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COMICS<\/td>\n6.30%<\/td>\n2.95%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GRAPHIC NOVELS<\/td>\n3.62%<\/td>\n5.63%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TOTAL COMICS\/GN<\/td>\n5.43%<\/td>\n3.16%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
FIRST HALF 2013 VS. FIRST HALF 2012<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
COMICS<\/td>\n13.26%<\/td>\n10.25%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
GRAPHIC NOVELS<\/td>\n9.25%<\/td>\n8.72%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TOTAL COMICS\/GN<\/td>\n11.98%<\/td>\n10.13%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n


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\nSuperman Unchained<\/i> #1<\/b><\/a> was the top comic book during the release month of The Man of Steel <\/b><\/i>movie, and at $4.99 its total dollar volume will easily top $1 million. (The flag-covered Justice League of America<\/i> #1<\/b><\/a>, released at $3.99 in February, is likely to remain the top-seller for the year.) DC took the top three slots on the chart, followed by Marvel, which had Age of Ultron<\/i> #10<\/b> as its top seller.<\/p>\n

The new Walking Dead collection, Walking Dead Vol. 18: What Comes After<\/b><\/i> <\/a>was the top-seller among graphic novels and collected editions in a month in which sales for those were slightly off the totals for June 2012.<\/p>\n

The top comic books and trades:<\/p>\n

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
RANK<\/b><\/td>\nDESCRIPTION<\/b><\/td>\nPRICE<\/b><\/td>\nVENDOR<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nSuperman Unchained #1<\/a><\/td>\n$4.99<\/td>\nDC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nBatman\/Superman #1<\/td>\n$3.99<\/td>\nDC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nBatman #21<\/td>\n$3.99<\/td>\nDC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nAge of Ultron #10<\/td>\n$3.99<\/td>\nMarvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nAge of Ultron #9<\/td>\n$3.99<\/td>\nMarvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nJustice League #21<\/td>\n$3.99<\/td>\nDC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nSuperior Spider-Man #11<\/td>\n$3.99<\/td>\nMarvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nSuperior Spider-Man #12<\/td>\n$3.99<\/td>\nMarvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nAll-New X-Men #12<\/td>\n$3.99<\/td>\nMarvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nKick-Ass 3 #1<\/td>\n$2.99<\/td>\nMarvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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\nTOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS <\/b><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
RANK<\/b><\/td>\nDESCRIPTION<\/b><\/td>\nPRICE<\/b><\/td>\nVENDOR<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nWalking Dead Vol. 18: What Comes After<\/a><\/td>\n$14.99<\/td>\nImage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nSaga Vol. 2<\/td>\n$14.99<\/td>\nImage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nAdventure Time Vol. 3<\/td>\n$14.99<\/td>\nBoom<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nStar-Lord: The Hollow Crown<\/td>\n$7.99<\/td>\nMarvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nDeadpool Killustrated<\/td>\n$14.99<\/td>\nMarvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nWalking Dead Vol. 2: Miles Behind Us<\/td>\n$14.99<\/td>\nImage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nFatale Vol. 3<\/td>\n$14.99<\/td>\nImage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nBatman and Robin Vol. 1: Born to Kill<\/td>\n$16.99<\/td>\nDC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nHarley Quinn: Night and Day<\/td>\n$16.99<\/td>\nDC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nBefore Watchmen: Minutemen\/Silk Spectre Deluxe HC<\/td>\n$29.99<\/td>\nDC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The market shares:<\/p>\n

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TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
RETAIL MARKET SHARE<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PUBLISHER<\/b><\/td>\nSHARE<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marvel<\/td>\n32.77%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DC<\/td>\n29.57%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Image<\/td>\n8.77%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IDW<\/td>\n6.55%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dark Horse<\/td>\n5.51%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dynamite<\/td>\n2.40%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boom<\/td>\n1.93%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eaglemoss<\/td>\n1.76%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Valiant<\/td>\n1.04%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Avatar<\/td>\n0.91%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other<\/td>\n8.80%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
UNIT MARKET SHARE<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PUBLISHER<\/b><\/td>\nSHARE<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marvel<\/td>\n38.29%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DC<\/td>\n32.03%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Image<\/td>\n8.31%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IDW<\/td>\n5.01%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dark Horse<\/td>\n4.64%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dynamite<\/td>\n2.30%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boom<\/td>\n1.82%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Valiant<\/td>\n1.03%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aavatar<\/td>\n0.84%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aspen<\/td>\n0.80%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Other<\/td>\n4.94%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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The full estimates will appear on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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