The Batman Who Laughs all the way to the top of the sales charts

01/18/2019 11:15 am by Heidi MacDonald 2 Comments

Batman crushed it in December, but holiday sales were off by quite a bit.

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/18/19: Infinity Gauntlet sold how many copies?

01/18/2019 9:00 am by Heidi MacDonald 1 Comment

§ Nice Art: It’s clearing the tabs Friday! I have a dozen things bookmarked from, well, weeks, and Chrome doesn’t like it when you keep tabs open. So we’re CLEARING THE TABS. One thing I has saved was this thread from All-Around Superstar Ngozi Ukazu where she imagines a…superhero? I…made up a superhero who is […]

Tilting at Windmills #272: Heroes in (Sales) Crisis

01/15/2019 1:30 pm by Beat Staff 31 Comments

The Direct Market system has been unchanged for more than 40 years. but it may be ending, for real this time.

The Infinity Gauntlet was the bestselling graphic novel of 2018 in comics shops; Action #1000 led periodicals

01/14/2019 12:30 pm by Heidi MacDonald 4 Comments

Despite claims the comics industry is dying, sales were flat for the year.

Sales Charts: X-men, Venom and Green Lantern lead the way in November

12/07/2018 11:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

New #1 issues for Uncanny X-men, The Green Lantern and Venom sold well, surprising no one.

Sales Charts: Batman is #1 in a peppy October

11/09/2018 11:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

Just like he usually does, Batman ruled the roost for comics and graphic novels sales in october, as Diamond revealed in their monthly sales charts, released today.

Sales Chart September 2018 – A New Top List Seems To Be Forming At DC & Marvel

10/19/2018 9:30 am by Todd Allen

Batman’s still threatening to slip, but Marvel seems to be getting some traction again

Sales Charts: Never Mind Wolverine, Fantastic Four and Amazing Spider-Man Are Holding an Audience – Marvel Sales Distribution Chart for September 2018

10/17/2018 9:30 am by Todd Allen

And so many issues of 30K-something selling Event comics

Sales Charts: Signs of Life at Vertigo and Heroes in Crisis Gets a Big Order – DC Sales Distribution Chart for September 2018

10/16/2018 10:00 am by Todd Allen

Outside of the Events, the relaunches may be hitting a ceiling

Sales Charts: A strong month for graphic novels in September

10/12/2018 11:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

Diamond has just released its sales rankings for September 2018, and shocker, Marvel won! Again. Charles Soule and Steve McNiven’s Return of Wolverine #1 was the top periodical, followed by Heroes in Crisis #1 in units and Batman: Damned in dollars. Graphic novels perked up with a solid 11.74% growth in dollars and 15.36% in units from September 2017, […]