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Comichron is John Jackson Miller's comics circulation history and research site. Thousands of comics sales figures!
While this concludes exactly 29 years of my real-time archiving of Diamond's monthly and weekly reports, I have many of its months from the early 1990s and before yet to publish; a lot more pre-2000 data from other sources is also coming from Comichron in the future. Stay tuned!
September 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
While this concludes exactly 29 years of my real-time archiving of Diamond's monthly and weekly reports, I have many of its months from the early 1990s and before yet to publish; a lot more pre-2000 data from other sources is also coming from Comichron in the future. Stay tuned!
The range and volume in the charts had greatly declined, but they were continuing; after our account on Diamond's retailer site was deleted in July, staffers kindly provided the charts to us directly — up until the last round of cuts. So we're calling this archive complete, at least for Comichron.
September 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
The range and volume in the charts had greatly declined, but they were continuing; after our account on Diamond's retailer site was deleted in July, staffers kindly provided the charts to us directly — up until the last round of cuts. So we're calling this archive complete, at least for Comichron.
Weekly reorder rankings had been added to Comichron in late 2017 as a supplement to Diamond's monthly sales charts; the weekly charts were the earliest to return after Diamond's pandemic shutdown.
Diamond's monthly charts ended with the April 2022 chart:
bit.ly/Apr22Comics
Diamond's monthly charts ended with the April 2022 chart:
bit.ly/Apr22Comics
Comichron: April 2022 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops
Estimated comic book and graphic novel sales to North American comic shops
bit.ly
September 19, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Weekly reorder rankings had been added to Comichron in late 2017 as a supplement to Diamond's monthly sales charts; the weekly charts were the earliest to return after Diamond's pandemic shutdown.
Diamond's monthly charts ended with the April 2022 chart:
bit.ly/Apr22Comics
Diamond's monthly charts ended with the April 2022 chart:
bit.ly/Apr22Comics
Meanwhile, Diamond's forward-looking advance-reorder chart, which was dominated for much of the year by Boom — and then Dynamite, and lately Keenspot — was led last week by ZOO JITSU FIGHTERS #3 from Icon Heroes.
Advance reorders: bit.ly/Jul25Comics
Advance reorders: bit.ly/Jul25Comics
June 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Meanwhile, Diamond's forward-looking advance-reorder chart, which was dominated for much of the year by Boom — and then Dynamite, and lately Keenspot — was led last week by ZOO JITSU FIGHTERS #3 from Icon Heroes.
Advance reorders: bit.ly/Jul25Comics
Advance reorders: bit.ly/Jul25Comics
There's news today on Dynamite's relationship with Diamond: www.comicsbeat.com/dynamite-wan...
Dynamite wants its $500,000 from Diamond and more bankruptcy updates
Dynamite is asking Diamond for more than $500,000 due them for merchandise sales, meanwhile, the bankruptcy procedings drag on and on
www.comicsbeat.com
May 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
There's news today on Dynamite's relationship with Diamond: www.comicsbeat.com/dynamite-wan...
Diamond was founded on Feb. 1, 1982 by Steve Geppi; this ends his 43 years of ownership. Our distribution timeline is here: comichron.com/archives/com...
Comichron: Comic Book Circulation Timeline
Helpful dates in comics circulation study
comichron.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Diamond was founded on Feb. 1, 1982 by Steve Geppi; this ends his 43 years of ownership. Our distribution timeline is here: comichron.com/archives/com...
Alliance Entertainment trades on NASDAQ as AENT, where its market cap today is $200 million. The firm says the Diamond purchase came out of its existing $120 million line of credit which it expects to increase to $160 million.
Its history is related here: aent.com/our-story
Its history is related here: aent.com/our-story
Wholesaler, Distributor, Vinyl LP Records, CD, DVD, Blu-ray, Music, Movies, Video Games, Toys, Collectibles, Consumer Electronics, Turntables: Alliance Entertainment
Alliance Entertainment, Worldwide One-stop, Wholesaler and Distributor of Home Entertainment products. We carry the largest selection of Vinyl LP Records, CD’s, DVD’s, Blu-ray, Ultra 4 K, Video Games,...
aent.com
March 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Alliance Entertainment trades on NASDAQ as AENT, where its market cap today is $200 million. The firm says the Diamond purchase came out of its existing $120 million line of credit which it expects to increase to $160 million.
Its history is related here: aent.com/our-story
Its history is related here: aent.com/our-story