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Sales Charts: A strong month for graphic novels in September

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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, […]

Diamond: Marvel, FF #1 and Korra lead August comics sales

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Diamond’s just released charts for August show sales up quite a bit from last year but given that August was the nadir of comics sales, it’s not quite as impressive. Still, things are trending up, led by Marvel’s latest Fantastic Four #1, which led in dollars and units. The Legend of Korra Vol 3 led […]

Diamond: Comics Periodicals up sharply in July behind all those #1s

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  Comics periodicals had a smashing month in July, behind a clutch of strong #1s and landmark issues. Tom King and Mikel Janin’s controversial Batman #50, featuring Batman and Catwoman’s stab at getting married, was the #1 comics for the month, but Amazing Spider-Man #1, Captain America #1, Doomsday Clock #6 and  Superman #1 also topped the charts, […]

June Sales: Justice League and Metal lead the pack

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Marvel was #1 again, but DC’s Justice League #1 and Dark Knight: Metal graphic novels led their categories in June sales charts just released by Diamond Comics. However, both units and dollars were down from May – which was buoyed by Spider-Man 800 and Action 1000 –  and 2018 continues to lag about 3-4% in […]

Soon You’ll Be Able to Buy Comics in Gamestops

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Though the announcement to test-sell comics may come as a surprise to many, in some ways it does make sense as the company has had some past-experience when it comes to printed media. Up until 2004, bookseller Barnes & Noble had control of Gamestop, after which the latter became its own company.

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