![]() DC scored a major win with the third Dark Knight series launch in November. The Marvel relaunch drove sales in October, but many fewer products were released than had been issued in the previous October. New comics sales slumped considerably in September, but graphic novels remained positive. August saw sales increases, mostly on the graphic novel side. ![]() In part because of lower new release volume, sales in July slipped for the first month year-over-year since May of 2014. The second quarter closed out strongly in June at $154.32 million in comics and graphic novel orders, it was the strongest quarter to that point in the Diamond Exclusive Era. ![]() May saw strong sales from Marvel's Secret Wars event launch - and more distortion in the sales charts from Loot Crate, with Bravest Warriors taking second place with half a million copies shipped. ![]() The first quarter closed out up 10% overall.Īpril orders set another Diamond Exclusive Era record, assisted by strong graphic novel sales and DC's Convergence launch. March saw Marvel's Princess Leia #1 leading the market in a weaker month for graphic novels. February saw another Loot Crate variant boosting the sales of a single issue by several hundred thousand copies, giving IDW its first chart-topper in Orphan Black #1, boosted again by Loot Crate's orders. British sales and reorders took the comic's sales over a million copies. January saw the release of the best-selling comic book in nearly 20 years in the Direct Market, Marvel's Star Wars #1.
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