Five Things We Learned from October's Diamond Comics Sales Figures
October saw the launch of #Marvel’s All-New All-Different range – and it was a hit! Now, Diamond have released their sales estimates for the US direct market retailers. It’s worth adding a few caveats before we get too excited; these don’t include digital sales (some books, such as Spider-Gwen and Ms Marvel, reportedly sell better digitally), and they don’t include international markets (Al Ewing’s Contest of Champions, for example, looks geared towards these). Still, these figures give us a wealth of information, and let us catch a glimpse of the state of the comic book market! So what can we see?