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The Batman Who Laughs and Mister Miracle top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of February 2019

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For the third month in a row, DC Entertainment’s The Batman Who Laughs has topped Diamond Comic Distributors’ comic book sales chart for February 2019, while the publisher also had the biggest selling graphic novel of the month with Mister Miracle. However, as with January 2019, DC had to settle for second place in terms […]

The Batman Who Laughs and Dark Knights: Metal top bestselling comics and graphic novels of January 2019

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Diamond Comic Distributors have released their direct sales information for January 2019, with DC’s The Batman Who Laughs #2 and Dark Knights: Metal topping the comic book and graphic novel sales charts respectively. Nevertheless, it wasn’t enough for DC to dethrone Marvel as the bestselling publisher of the month, with Marvel once again coming out […]

Star Wars returns to Dark Horse for The Art of Star Wars Rebels

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After losing the Star Wars license to Marvel a few years back, Dark Horse Comics has announced that it is dipping its toes back into the galaxy far, far away to publish the new hardcover book The Art of Star Wars Rebels. Featuring never-before-seen concept art and process pieces along with exclusive commentary from the […]

The Batman Who Laughs and Paper Girls lead December 2018’s bestselling comic book and graphic novel charts

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Diamond Comic Distributors have announced details of the top comic book and graphic novel sales for December 2018, with DC’s Dark Knights: Metal spinoff The Batman Who Laughs leading the comic book chart for the month and Images Comics’ Paper Girls Vol. 5 emerging as the bestselling graphic novel title. SEE ALSO: Action Comics #1000 […]

Action Comics #1000 and The Infinity Gauntlet top bestselling comic books and graphic novels of 2018

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Diamond Comic Distributors has announced details of its bestselling comics and graphic novels of 2018, with DC Entertainment’s milestone Action Comics #1000 topping the comic book chart and Marvel’s classic The Infinity Gauntlet leading the way in terms of graphic novels, spurred on by Marvel Studios’ hugely successful blockbuster movie Avengers: Infinity War. Meanwhile, Marvel […]

Free Comic Book Day 2019 Gold Sponsor comics revealed

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The Free Comic Book Day Committee has selected the twelve Gold Sponsor comic book titles for 2019’s Free Comic Book Day event, which is set to take place on May 4th 2019. The Gold Sponsor titles come from the industry’s top publishers, including DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, Archie […]

Preview of William Gibson’s Alien 3 #2

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Dark Horse Comics continues its adaptation of William Gibson’s unproduced screenplay for Alien 3 this December, and you can take a look at a preview of the second issue here… This is the official adaptation of the original screenplay for Alien 3, written by William Gibson, the award-winning science fiction author of the cyberpunk cult […]

Dark Horse Comics announces Hellboy Day in March 2019

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Dark Horse Comics has announced that March 23rd 2019 will serve as Hellboy Day, celebrating the 25th anniversary of legendary comic book creator Mike Mignola’s most famous creation! “When I created Hellboy way back when I never imagined he would be around long enough to celebrate a 25th anniversary,” said Mike Mignola. “I’m grateful to the […]

Batman tops the bestselling comics and graphic novels of October 2018

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October was a good month for The Dark Knight, with Batman #56 and Batman: White Knight topping the bestselling comic book and graphic novel charts respectively according to numbers released by Diamond Comic Distributors. However, despite a strong showing from DC Comics, Marvel still edged out its rival in in terms of the publisher charts, […]