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Amazing Spider-Man #700 Now Tops 300,000 Print Sales

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Rich Johnston

We reported that Amazing Spider-Man #700 has sold a quarter of a million, bringing in a total of two million dollars (plus all the 1:150 Steve Ditko variants selling north of a thousand dollars each). Well, with the second print, …

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The Curse Of Alan Moore Strikes Once Again

Posted on November 17, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Oh dear…

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ComiXology Sales This Week – Saga Rules The World

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Louis Falcetti looks at the in-App iTunes ComiXology statistics for sales… around the world! This week’s comiXology charts are much more interesting than they’ve been in the past. Why is that you probably ask. Well allow me to probably answer …

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Marvel Now Point One Puts On The Orders

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Rich Johnston

In anticipation of the release of Marvel Point One #1, and all the increased advertising, retailers seem to be picking up last minute orders. The zero issues of Justice League and Catwoman seem to have encouraged retailers to order a …

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More Uncanny Avengers Art – And How To Make It Pay

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Marvel have the Steve McNiven poster art for New York Comic Con, and it’s rather Avengersy, with Hulk in his fancy new armour and everyone in their Marvel Now costumes. And it’s just a start. Here’s a look at three …

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Will Uncanny Avengers #1 Outsell Walking Dead #100?

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Uncanny Avengers is the launch book of the Marvel NOW relaunch, featuring a number of X-Men and Avengers teammates together. Already, with around a week of sales left before Marvel set a print run, it is beating Avengers Vs X-Men …

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ComiXology, VAT And Sales Tax

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Rich Johnston

In Britain, any kind of reading material, from the Bible to pornography, is exempt from sales tax. As long as it’s in print. Digital editions however receive the full whack of Value Added Tax, recently increased by the current government …

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Walking Dead #100 Heading To Be Number One Book In July?

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool has been following the rise and rise of The Walking Dead comic for some time, its continual dominance of the bookstore market, the monthly comic breaking into the the top fifty for the first time two months ago, …

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Tuesday Runaround With Lots Of Good Stuff

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Rich Johnston

MemeWatch: The new Mister Freeze. Exposed. ElephantWatch: When Matt Fraction draws an elephant at San Diego Comic Con. SuitWatch: A first shot from Iron Man 3. Plenty of suits to go round… ZombieWatch: A very strange interview with Ethan Van …

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Numbercrunching Supercrooks

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Mark Millar has very kindly posted a series of statistics regarding the orders of Supercrooks. In an industry where we usually have to make estimates based on released data, this gives us some hard figures for titles higher up the …

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Avengers Vs X-Men #1 Now Has More Initial Orders Than Civil War #1

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Well, that’s a statistic and a half. I understand from someone with access to such figures, that Marvel Comics have received more preorders for Avengers Vs X-Men #1 than they did for Civil War #1. It looks as if, for …

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Avengers Vs X-Men #1 Advance Orders To Top 200,000

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Rich Johnston

It looks like Justice League is about to lose its streak of number one sales. Not only is Jim Lee away from the book for a few issues, but Avengers Vs X-Men #1 is coming through, and I hear from …

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Further Numbercrunching DC Comics And Marvel In September 2011

Posted on October 8, 2011 by Rich Johnston

So the Diamond figures have come through. DC has grabbed the top spot in both volume and dollars spent on comics in September, for the first time in six years. But some have pointed out that despite the millions in …

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Hack/Slash Trending Upwards

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Tom Brevoort put it well the other day. “To be honest – and I’ve done this a long time and have seen a lot of books come and go – if a book doesn’t come out of the gate with …

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Ten Comic Book Bargains In The Sales (UPDATE)

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Rich Johnston

Here’s a few comic book bargains seen in the wild in this season of sales… tell me your best spots – and buys – and we’ll add them! The Babysitter Collection at Slave Labor Graphics for 83% off Moon Knight: …

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