{"id":6955,"date":"2022-05-27T10:13:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T15:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/?p=6955"},"modified":"2022-05-27T10:33:08","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T15:33:08","slug":"april-2022-comics-sales-estimates-online-amazing-spider-man-tops-250k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/27\/april-2022-comics-sales-estimates-online-amazing-spider-man-tops-250k\/","title":{"rendered":"April 2022 comics sales estimates online: Amazing Spider-Man tops 250k"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"DraftEditor-paragraphElement\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"43oui\" data-offset-key=\"ktkf-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"ktkf-0-0\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6956\" src=\"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Comichron2022-04-Diamond16x9-Final-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Comichron2022-04-Diamond16x9-Final-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Comichron2022-04-Diamond16x9-Final-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Comichron2022-04-Diamond16x9-Final-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Comichron2022-04-Diamond16x9-Final.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"ktkf-0-0\">April 2022 <\/span><a class=\"sc-1bctqj2-0 qOIqX\" href=\"https:\/\/www.comichron.com\/monthlycomicssales\/2022\/2022-04.html\"><span data-offset-key=\"ktkf-1-0\">comics order estimates are online<\/span><\/a><span data-offset-key=\"ktkf-2-0\"> at <strong>Comichron<\/strong>. They find <\/span><strong><em>TMNT: The Last Ronin<\/em> #5<\/strong><span data-offset-key=\"ktkf-2-3\"> from <strong>IDW<\/strong> topping 100k copies, with <\/span><em><strong>Brzrkr<\/strong><\/em><span data-offset-key=\"ktkf-2-5\"> and <\/span><em><strong>Something Is Killing the Children <\/strong><\/em><span data-offset-key=\"ktkf-2-7\">placing third and fourth once their variants are combined.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Amazing Spider-Man<\/em> #1<\/strong> would&#8217;ve been by far the market leader were all Marvel&#8217;s sales at Diamond. Diamond&#8217;s share suggests more than 250,000 copies were moved market-wide, with three more Marvels in the Top 5.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"DraftEditor-paragraphElement\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"43oui\" data-offset-key=\"fs9nk-0-0\">\n<div class=\"public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr\" data-offset-key=\"fs9nk-0-0\">\n<p><span data-offset-key=\"fs9nk-0-0\">Comichron&#8217;s chart defaults to Diamond&#8217;s original rankings, leaving variants unmerged \u2014 but there&#8217;s a column you can sort by to see where Marvel&#8217;s projected sales place it. Analysis of Q1 2022 Diamond sales suggests its 34-38% share of Marvel periodical sales seems to be holding.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>April marked two years since DC&#8217;s departure from its Diamond exclusive \u2014 and while a $43-45 million month market-wide, supply chain issues may have led to what was a very light slate for new releases: around 339 new comics from all publishers, including DC, vs. 474 in January.<\/p>\n<p>With only part of Marvel&#8217;s sales to scale against, we are not integrating DC projections into the chart at this time \u2014 but the page has a separate DC chart, where we project that <strong><em>Justice League<\/em> #75<\/strong> was the top DC issue at Lunar in April.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 2022 comics order estimates are online at Comichron. They find TMNT: The Last Ronin #5 from IDW topping 100k copies, with Brzrkr and Something Is Killing the Children placing third and fourth once their variants are combined. Amazing Spider-Man #1 would&#8217;ve been by far the market leader were all Marvel&#8217;s sales at Diamond. 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