My thanks to Bradley Glynn, who chased down the current numbering statuses of titles not easily found in today's fractured distribution scene.
Also check out my essay on where comics numbering came from to begin with: www.comichron.com/faq/comicsnu...
Publishers continued to use double-numbering in order to get the sales benefits from restarts while also retaining a (sometimes tenuous) claim to continuous publication to help market anniversary issues. We list these "can't commit" legacy titles separately in their own section.
The highest-numbered series at the end of 2025, DETECTIVE COMICS at #1104 was exactly 250 issues behind record-holder FOUR-COLOR #1354, a title that skipped many issues. Detective's numbering routed through a restart but all issues appeared and the higher number's the only one it uses.
Holiday reading: In 2006, I wrote a Comics Buyer's Guide column coining the term "legacy numbering" and indexing how comics numbering had changed at five-year intervals since 1935. My piece has now been updated through the end of 2025. Find the history at www.comichron.com/faq/legacynu...
While this concludes exactly 29 years of my real-time archiving of Diamond's monthly and weekly reports, I have many of its months from the early 1990s and before yet to publish; a lot more pre-2000 data from other sources is also coming from Comichron in the future. Stay tuned!
The range and volume in the charts had greatly declined, but they were continuing; after our account on Diamond's retailer site was deleted in July, staffers kindly provided the charts to us directly — up until the last round of cuts. So we're calling this archive complete, at least for Comichron.
Weekly reorder rankings had been added to Comichron in late 2017 as a supplement to Diamond's monthly sales charts; the weekly charts were the earliest to return after Diamond's pandemic shutdown.
Diamond's monthly charts ended with the April 2022 chart:
bit.ly/Apr22Comics
Eight years of Diamond reorder reports on Comichron came to an end last week with @keenspot.bsky.social's
MARK SPEARS MONSTERS #6 leading reorders and BOOK OF NOSFERATU #1 from Ablaze as the top advance reordered comic book.
Reorders: bit.ly/Sep25Comics
BOOK OF NOSFERATU #1 from Ablaze was the top advance-reordered series launch last week from Diamond. The publisher took multiple spots on the chart last week.
Reorders: bit.ly/Aug25Comics
Advance reorders: bit.ly/Sep25Comics
The TRAVELING TO MARS hardcover from Ablaze was Diamond's top advance-reordered title last week.
Reorders: bit.ly/Aug25Comics
Advance reorders: bit.ly/Sep25Comics
MARK SPEARS' MONSTERS issues lead most of Diamond's reorder charts these days. Top reordered hardcover last week was JON SABLE from @comicmix.bsky.social, with SPAWN OF VENUS from @fantagraphics.bsky.social the top advance hardcover.
Reorders: bit.ly/Aug25Comics
Advance reorders: bit.ly/Sep25Comics
KNIGHTS OF THE DINNER TABLE #319 from Kenzer was last week's top reordered publication at Diamond; @battlequestcomics.bsky.social's TRIDENT OF AURELIA: CORAZON #4 was the top advance-reordered comic book.
Reorders: bit.ly/Jul25Comics
Advance reorders: bit.ly/Aug25Comics
Don and Maggie Thompson's editorial in the wake of Jim Shooter's 1987 departure from Marvel provides a good analysis both of the accomplishments and the controversies from his tenure. With Maggie's blessing, I've posted it here:
www.facebook.com/share/p/1E7J...
Meanwhile, Diamond's forward-looking advance-reorder chart, which was dominated for much of the year by Boom — and then Dynamite, and lately Keenspot — was led last week by ZOO JITSU FIGHTERS #3 from Icon Heroes.
Advance reorders: bit.ly/Jul25Comics
Diamond continues to release reorder charts, and they've been a journey through the changes at the firm. Its top reordered comic book from last week was ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #18 (which is among Diamond’s last Marvel releases).
Reorders: bit.ly/Jun25Comics
Diamond's charts these days are usually led by Mark Spears's MONSTERS for Keenspot or @dynamitecomicshq.bsky.social's Vampirella; last week's advance reorders combined both, via a cover crossover.
Reorders: bit.ly/Jun25Comics
Advance reorders: bit.ly/Jul25Comics
While Diamond's reorder chart last week had other publishers' books (ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #17 led), its advance-reorder chart was almost entirely
@dynamitecomics.bsky.social titles given the distributor's cutoff by Random House.
Reorders: bit.ly/May25Comics
Advance reorders: bit.ly/Jun25Comics
In the last set of reorder charts released by Diamond before its purchase by Ad Populum, SPACE GHOST ANNUAL #1 from Diamond led its weekly advance reorders.
Reorders: bit.ly/May25Comics
Advance reorders: bit.ly/Jun25Comics
Diamond's advance reorder charts are now dominated by its last major exclusive publisher; VAMPIRELLA #2 variants took 19 of 25 places on the chart. DEATH OF THE SILVER SURFER #1 was the top series debut.
Reorders: bit.ly/Apr25Comics
Advance reorders: bit.ly/May25Comics
FANTASTIC FOUR: FULL CIRCLE again led Diamond's reorder chart last week, while ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN INCURSION #1 was the top advance-reordered series launch. SILVERHAWKS #4 led advance reorders overall.
Reorders: bit.ly/Apr25Comics
Advance reorders: bit.ly/May25Comics
Last week FANTASTIC FOUR: FULL CIRCLE led Diamond's reorder chart, while @keenspot.bsky.social's MARK SPEARS MONSTERS #5 and @dynamitecomicshq.bsky.social' SPACE GHOST/JONNY QUEST SPACEQUEST #1 led advance reorders.
Reorders: bit.ly/Apr25Comics
Advance reorders: bit.ly/May25Comics
Last week projects involving Mark Spears led both of Diamond's reorder charts. His MONSTERS #1 for Keenspot led the reorder charts, while CAPTAIN PLANET #1 with his cover led advance reorders.
Reorders: bit.ly/Mar25Comics
Advance reorders: bit.ly/Apr25Comics
Diamond was founded on Feb. 1, 1982 by Steve Geppi; this ends his 43 years of ownership. Our distribution timeline is here: comichron.com/archives/com...
Alliance Entertainment trades on NASDAQ as AENT, where its market cap today is $200 million. The firm says the Diamond purchase came out of its existing $120 million line of credit which it expects to increase to $160 million.
Its history is related here: aent.com/our-story
Alliance Entertainment — no relation (before now) to Alliance Games — announced today it has won its bid to acquire "substantially all" assets from Diamond Comic Distributors. Alliance is a Florida-based distributor of toys, video games, and vinyl records. www.globenewswire.com/news-release...
In the final full week before Diamond's bankruptcy auction, @dynamitecomicshq.bsky.social's RED SONJA VS. AGE OF DARKNESS #1 was its top advance-reordered publication. SPACE GHOST #11 was its top reordered comic book.
Reorders: bit.ly/Mar25Comics
Advance reorders: bit.ly/Apr25Comics
PREDATOR VS. SPIDER-MAN #1 was the top advance-reordered new series launch from Diamond last week. SPACE GHOST #10 was its top reordered comic book.
Reorders: bit.ly/Mar25Comics
Advance reorders: bit.ly/Apr25Comics
LAST BOY #1 from @boom-studios.com by Dan Panosian and Alessio Avallone was the top advance-reordered new series launch from Diamond last week. SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #7 was the top reordered comic book.
Reorders: bit.ly/Feb25Comics
Advance reorders: bit.ly/Mar25Comics
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #2 led Diamond's reorders last week; POWER RANGERS PRIME #5 led advance reorders. The advance reorder list includes some titles releasing after Diamond's March 24 bankruptcy auction.
Reorders: bit.ly/Feb25Comics
Advance reorders: bit.ly/Mar25Comics
