{"id":5038,"date":"2012-10-05T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-05T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-08-01T15:54:49","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T20:54:49","slug":"september-2012-sales-beat-first-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/05\/september-2012-sales-beat-first-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2012 sales beat first DC relaunch month on GN strength"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Question #1 all year has been how the industry’s fall sales would compare with those of 2011, once the Direct Market began comparing its sales with those of the DC relaunch. With the release of the preliminary September 2012 comics sales data<\/b><\/a> from Diamond Comic Distributors, the answer is: so far, so good.<\/p>\n

While retailer orders of periodicals couldn’t quite match the gangbusters sales from last September, a healthy rise in graphic novel and trade paperback orders made up the difference. September dollar orders overall rose 1.02%, to nearly $39 million.<\/p>\n

Marvel had the top periodical with Avengers Vs. X-Men #11<\/b><\/a>. But DC, with its “Zero Month” promotion, took all the other slots in the Top 10:<\/p>\n

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