New Comic Releases for February 27, 2013

Here is the New Comic Release list for comics scheduled to be in stores February 27, 2013. There may be items on this list that are not shipped at the last minute, or new material may be added. Check with your local retailer for more details.

This list was last updated February 25, 2013.

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New Comic Releases for February 20, 2013

Here is the New Comic Release list for comics scheduled to be in stores February 20, 2013. There may be items on this list that are not shipped at the last minute, or new material may be added. Check with your local retailer for more details.

This list was last updated February 18, 2013.

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BUSINESS: Diamond promotes Powell to Vice President of Retailer Services

Press Release

Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. announced today that Executive Director of Business Development Chris Powell is being promoted to the newly created position of Vice President of Retailer Services.

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MARKET SHARE: Top 300 Comics for January 2013

Diamond Comic Distributors has released its list of the top 300 comics sold in the direct market in January 2013.  There are not a lot of surprises in the data; Marvel took the top spot again with the most comics sold, with DC Comics and Image Comics taking the silver and bronze. Month to month, January was slightly down (3.34%) compared to December 2013, but sales were up a whopping 19.86% compared to January 2012.

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New Comic Releases for February 13, 2013

Here is the New Comic Release list for comics scheduled to be in stores February 13, 2013. There may be items on this list that are not shipped at the last minute, or new material may be added. Check with your local retailer for more details.

This list was last updated February 11, 2013.

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BUSINESS: Diamond announces Executive Managment changes

Press Release

Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. announced today that industry pioneer and longtime Diamond executive Bill Schanes is stepping down from his position as Vice President of Purchasing, effective April 30, 2013. Schanes will continue at Diamond in a part-time advisory role, at least through the end of 2013.

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New Comic Releases for February 06, 2013

Here is the New Comic Release list for comics scheduled to be in stores February 06, 2013. There may be items on this list that are not shipped at the last minute, or new material may be added. Check with your local retailer for more details.

This list was last updated February 04, 2013.

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New Comic Releases for January 30, 2013

Here is the New Comic Release list for comics scheduled to be in stores January 30, 2013. There may be items on this list that are not shipped at the last minute, or new material may be added. Check with your local retailer for more details.

This list was last updated January 28, 2013.

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New Comic Releases for January 23, 2013

Here is the New Comic Release list for comics scheduled to be in stores January 23, 2013. There may be items on this list that are not shipped at the last minute, or new material may be added. Check with your local retailer for more details.

This list was last updated January 21, 2013.

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New Comic Releases for January 16, 2013

Here is the New Comic Release list for comics scheduled to be in stores January 16, 2013. There may be items on this list that are not shipped at the last minute, or new material may be added. Check with your local retailer for more details.

This list was last updated January 15, 2013.

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MARKET SHARE: Top 300 Comics for December 2012

Diamond Comic Distributors has released the rundown of the top 300 comics sold in the direct market for December 2012. It should come as no surprise that Amazing Spider-Man #700 was the best selling comic for the month, which lead the way for Marvel Comics to claim 60% of the titles in the top ten. Take the jump for the complete rundown, and be sure to visit our sibling site, Minor Spoilers for a look at the top 50 books from the indie publishers.

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MARKET SHARE: Month to month down, year to year up in December

Diamond Comic Distributors released sales data for comics sold in the direct market during December 2012.  On the plus side, compared to December 2011, both individual comics and graphic novels sales were up last month.  The bad news, compared to November 2012, sales were down by nearly 3%, and that even includes Amazing Spider-Man #700 sales.

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