This week, Rob Salkowitz looks at current topics on the eve of the Black Panther release.

These are estimate of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during January 2018.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during January 2018.

While the percentage change abated, the full picture was significantly worse, as January 2018 was a five-week month vs. a four-week month a year ago.

This week's home entertainment offerings are anemic, but there are some items of interest this week, especially the fire-fighting drama Only the Brave , and there are some interesting TV offerings including the latest season of Homeland , a "mostly complete" Ren & Stimpy set, and The Complete Duckman.

Another slim week for home entertainment releases enlivened only by a fascinating biopic about the creator of Wonder Woman, plus the well-acted Last Flag Flying , a Blu-ray collection of Pink Panther cartoons, a savage satire of the contemporary art world, and the seventh in a series of releases of uncut original Japanese tokusatsu series.

This list of the Top 100 Toys for 2017, ranked in dollar sales order, was released by Diamond Comic Distributors. It’s based on sell-in to comic stores by Diamond.

These are estimates of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during the full year 2017.

These are estimates of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during the full year 2017.

These are estimates of the sales on Graphic Novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during the full year 2017.