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DC Comics Month-to Month Sales: February 2017 – Saga of the Super Sons
Greetings, sales charts fans! It's time once again to look at DC's sales figures. DC moved a total of 2.66 million comics through Diamond-NA in February over 82 different titles, down about 200K from...
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Marvel Month-to-Month Sales Chart January & February 2017: TWO-IN-ONE!
Xavier Lancel dives into January's and February's Marvel sales!
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Diamond Sales Figures: DC passed Marvel in units in March
The March sales numbers from Diamond have several headline worthy metrics: DC surpassed Marvel in units - but not dollars - for the first time in a non-relaunch period.
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Image Comics Month-to Month Sales: February 2017 – 25 or 6 to 4
by David Carter Greetings, sales charts fans! It’s time once again to look at Image Comics’s sales figures. Please refer to the July 2015 column for a preamble and explanation as to why sales standards...
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Marvel’s Sales Are Showing Signs of Life – Or Are They? March Sales Band Charts
A funny thing happened at C2E2, or at least it made me laugh when I found out. It seems the February Sales Band Charts became the public face of DC’s promotional efforts. I hadn’t really noticed...
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DC Comics Month-to Month Sales March 2017: The Dark Knight Extended
David Carter examines DC Comics' March sales numbers
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April Sales: Secret Empire #0 Lifts Marvel; GNs fall
Say what you will about the storyline, Secret Empire #0 was the #1 comic for April according to the statistics just released by Diamond. Marvel also widened its traditional lead over DC after falling...
View ArticleKids graphic novels sales were up 24% in 2016
I’ve said here a zillion times that kids graphic novels are the fastest growing category in comics, and here’s a report from the Children’s Institute conference that backs all this up with numbers. The...
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Is the decline in graphic novel sales due to the NY Times bestseller list...
We’ve been noting on Diamond’s charts that graphic novels sales in 2017 are down quite a bit from 2016, at least for the first few months of the year. I’ve heard from some publishing folks that...
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DC Comics Month-to Month Sales: April 2017 – Button, Button, Who’s Got “The...
Greetings, sales charts fans! It's time once again to look at DC's sales figures. Two major happenings in April for DC: "The Button" crossover between Batman and The Flash that ties into the Rebirth...
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Marvel Month-to-Month Sales Chart March & April 2017: Strategies of Doom
Xavier dives into another set of Marvel sales figures!
View ArticleDiamond: Hydra – and Guardians of the Galaxy – take over May sales
The May sales charts are out from Diamond, and Marvel still leads, with three issues of Secret Empire hitting the Top 10 and issue #1 topping the chart. Marvel widened the gap with DC by a few...
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This week’s Bookscan chart is a wake-up call for the comics industry
There is change in the air in comicbookland. It may be more than in the air…it may be in the streams, lakes and landfills, too. Maybe it’s here already and we just don’t know it – or don’t want to...
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Image Comics Month-to Month Sales Chart March 2017: Independent Women
by David Carter Greetings, sales charts fans! It’s time once again to look at Image Comics’s sales figures. Please refer to the July 2015 column for a preamble and explanation as to why sales standards...
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Image Comics Month-to Month Sales Chart April 2017: One Minute Past Eternity
So, it looks like theme variants are a thing now at Image? This month's theme is April Fools.
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Analyzing DC’s May Sales: The Buttons Works, But Attrition Is Setting In
So how’s DC doing? Gently sliding to the right. They’re not collapsing and the DCU sales aren’t piling up in the dreaded 10K-19K category, but that upper list keeps shrinking.
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Analyzing Marvel’s May Sales: There Are Two Different Marvels and One’s...
Next up is Marvel’s sales band chart for May. And Marvel’s sales are a little more complicated to look at than you might think. Standard disclaimers: The numbers are based on the Diamond sales charts...
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Analyzing the Image and Independent Sales in May: Walking Dead is the #2...
Continuing where we left off yesterday, next on the list are the May Sales of Image and the other Independent publishers. Standard disclaimers: The numbers are based on the Diamond sales charts as...
View ArticleComparing DC’s and Marvel’s May Sales: They’re Closer Than You Might Think
Finishing up our look at the May sales band charts, it’s time to contrast the relative health and performance of DC and Marvel… and we’ll throw in Image just for giggles. Standard disclaimers: The...
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Marvel Month-to-Month Sales May 2017: Grandpas and Youngsters
Hey, this column is monthly again! This could be a great time for celebration but, helas, time are grim for Marvel sales reports. The crisis is here. Anything selling more than 40K is a supra–hit and...
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