Overprint Not Enough
December 25, 2001
DC has announced that it is going back to press on DKSA #1, the first issue of its Dark Knight sequel series, which was released three weeks ago.
Dark Knight Sequel Gets Good Early Buzz
December 7, 2001
Initial reports on Dark Knight Strikes Again indicate that the title has been selling briskly since its Wednesday, December 5 release.
Biggest Comic Charity Event Ever
December 5, 2001
Marvel has announced that it is going back to press on Heroes , its 9/11 tribute/benefit book, for 'a third and final printing.'
500,000 TPB Buyers Key to Mass Success
December 1, 2001
DC EVP Paul Levitz said that no 'newsstand' distribution of DKSA is planned, meaning that distributors like Hudson and Anderson News will not be distributing the book.
Dark Knight Strikes Again
November 28, 2001
For the first time in recent memory, initial U.S. orders on a comic title by pop culture stores have topped $1 million retail.
Quantity Estimates Based on Diamond Title Indexes and External Title Data
November 28, 2001
Estimated quantities for initial orders for comics shipping in December from pop culture stores ordering from Diamond U.S.
After a Blah Third Quarter
November 6, 2001
We've now had some time to fill in our year-over-year numbers for initial U.S. comic orders to Diamond Comic Distributors from pop culture stores, and the results show a blah third quarter followed by robust growth in the first two months of the fourth.
Who Gets the Growth?
November 3, 2001
Marvel and DC are pulling out all the stops for December in a contest to see which publisher will gain the most customers from an expected wave of new consumers surging into comic stores that month.
Lone Wolf Tops October Orders (Again)
October 5, 2001
For the first time this month, we've applied our analysis methodology to calculating the initial orders to Diamond U.S. for graphic novels ordered for shipment in October 2001.
DC's One-Two Punch for December
September 17, 2001
The first 80-page installment of Frank Miller's Dark Knight Strikes Again, one of the most highly anticipated comic releases in years, will be accompanied to market by a second monster product capable of generating huge sales, the Dark Knight Strikes Again Statue .
