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Bleeding Cool has been looking at the topic of returnability of late, where publishers make certain items fully returnable if retailers order large amounts of them. It's a good way to combat retailer conservatism over a new untested comic book, and has proved itself very successful for launches such as Saga, Sex Criminals, Jupiter's Children, Velvet,[...]

Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! The upcoming film and the price tag rockets the X-Men Days Of[...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmcwEni9IfA Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida writes; Hey Fandom! I'm back with a fat stack of new comics

Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! It is worth noting ordering incentives Avengers #24.NOW is heavily discounted if[...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJBccneNEQ8 From Aaron Haaland of A Comic Shop in Orlando, Florida. Hey Fandom! I'm Aaron, I love comics and talking about

The stats for October 2013 through the Northern American direct market via Diamond Comic Distributors is out. So what have we learned? Walking Dead kills.

ALL HAIL SLOTT THE MIGHTY! Steve Wacker: Bob, just to ask again… can you point to one person (not an anonymous screename as you usually do) that takes you seriously? I mean, Even among retailers you're apparently considered a bad joke despite your lie that many of them turn to you for "secret advice." And don't just[...]

Recently I reported on Diamond's new policy to list how many titles each publisher has put out alongside their respective marketshare. And how I was happy

For the second time in eighteen months, Walking Dead has taken the top spot in the direct market, this time with issue 115, with Sandman Overture joining

Bleeding Cool understands that Nemo Publishing has signed the Hannaford grocery chain to sell a special bundle pack of the two The Undersea Adventures of

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJa2AZeCQlI Aaron Haaland, of A Comic Shop, Orlando, Florida, writes; Hey Fandom! We got a great mix of Marvel, DC, and

An indication of unstoppable desire…. Batman/Superman manages to leap higher than a crossover, beating critical darlings like Superior Spider-Man, Battle Of The Atom, Infinity and Forever Evil tie-ins, and a dollar price point sees Letter 44 sneak into the top ten too. Batman Superman #4 Uncanny X-Men #13 Justice League of America #8 Superior Spider-Man #19 Avengers #21 New Avengers #11 Guardians of[...]

Last year, when I interviewed retailer Anthony Furfferi, whose first Empire Comics store was started in 1972, he was very interested in finding out which comic retailers still in operation today have been around the longest. Anthony passed away a few months after the interview, and Empire Comics closed shortly thereafter, but he posed a pretty[...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcNbKR5Wzmg Aaron Haaland writes; Hey Fandom! I'm back doing A Comic Show with New Comics Now! This week we got some more

But it's not just the 3D covers, graphic novels rose in dollars by 11.93% and in units by 9.89%. Year on year, 2013's September was well above last year's September with the DC Zero issues, both four week months, by 33.90% in dollars, DC's 3D covers significantly outperforming Zero Month. However it's worth pointing out that the 2D covers[...]

Bleeding Cool understands that comic retailers have been asked to hold any copies of Stormwatch #24, Phantom Stranger #12 and Catwoman #23 Second Print (the one debuting Joker's Daughter) from going on sale this week. Apparently many retailers will not receive these comics this week but will only get them next week, so DC wants to[...]

DC place seven in the top ten with the top four to themselves… the non-Infinitied Guardians Of The Galaxy places, alongside the Battle Of The Atom Wolverine & The X-Men, and the new Saga makes a welcome appearance too. Batman #23.4 Bane #1 Batman Superman #3.1 Doomsday #1 Detective Comics #23.4 Man Bat #1 Justice League #23.4 Secret Society[...]

Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! The DC Villains Month titles have left the building as far as[...]

Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! Okay, so it may not sell quite as many as Walking Dead[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors informed affected retailers earlier today; Due to an error caused by a contractor in the course of a planned upgrade to Diamond's Olive Branch Distribution Center, a vital data connection was cut during a peak period of reorder activity While the data connection has been restored, we are currently working to address a[...]

The Snyder book takes the top, beating Battle Of The Atom and Infinity crossovers. Batman #23.2 Riddler X-Men #5 Avengers #19 Detective Comics 23.2 Harley Quinn Justice League #23.2 Lobo Batman and Robin #23.2 Court Of Owls Walking Dead #114 Action Comics #23.2 Zod Mighty Avengers #1 Green Lantern #23.2 Mongul Thanks to the following retailers; Curious Comics of Victoria, BC, Canada Yesteryear Comics of San Diego, California Impulse Creations[...]

So most retailers seem to have advance ordered all the DC Villains Month 2D covers that they can .So others can get a chance And right at the top is The Star Wars #2, based on the original drafts by George Lucas from the early seventies. Clearly issue 1 did very, very well, and retailers are[...]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e029wpc20qY Aaron Haaland writes; Hey Fandom! It's the second week of Villains Month over at DC! I let you know what books

Some nice big charts for you! In August, Aspen launched Overtaken at #71, the highest entry for a non premier title. DC have five books with Batman and/or

In July, DC Comics had managed to pull ahead of Marvel Comics share of dollars, rising month on month from 28.27% to 29.57% to 32.50% while Marvel fell

It all starts next week, the issues are well documented (and don't forget, there's also that thing about Nightwing exploding the internet that day), so what's going to happen when the Villains Month covers start to hit the stands? Several retailers let us know how they're handling it. Most-Read TV/Film Stories Friday: Looks Like Paul McGann Has Filmed A[...]

So we asked a number of comic book retailers how they will be dealing with next week's first delivery of the Villains Month 3D covers from DC Comics, in the light of across-the-board allocations and replacement with 2D covers. Gary Dills, Laughing Ogre Comics, Virginia; We took pre-orders from customers for weeks up until the allocations were[...]

Where retailers try to increase their orders of certain comics ahead of sale Where supply and demand and most accurately reflected, where you can see which books are hot, where new orders are coming in and how retailers are reacting to new, unanticipated desire! I think it's going to be like this for some time[...]

This is FOC week, Final Order Cut Off, when retailers start to finalise their orders for September for the Premier publishers (and Boom and Dynamite) Expect a lot of people to get jumpy over orders. It won't affect any of the orders for DC's New 52 books though. As Bleeding Cool reported earlier today, following up on[...]

Diamond Comic Distributors are lining up the five categories for their next Best Practice Awards for retailers If you are a retailer, get in touch, if you're a customer who thinks their store is the bee's knees, give them a nudge. I know, from London, that Gosh Comics should be a nominee for Best Graphic Novel[...]