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DC vs. Marvel: Why Comic Shops Choose DC

Everyone thinks the biggest comic book characters should automatically produce the biggest comic book sales. But DC Comics beating Marvel Comics in the direct market reve

Marvel Hasn’t Proven Its New Miracleman Will Sell

Marvel has a new Miracleman, but has it actually created a character readers will keep paying for? David Colton becoming the next Miracleman in Avengers: Armageddon #4 i

What 2027 Could Look Like for Comics

2025 comics proved they could bounce back. 2026 is showing us where that rebound is concentrating. Now the real question: is the comics industry actually getting healthie

Is Hal Jordan Actually Racist?

Hal Jordan isn't racist. He's an arrogant, insensitive jerk who says things that sound racist, but Lanterns Episode 3 doesn't actually prove that racism is why he treats

Why Variant Covers Keep Making the Comic Market More Fragile

Variant covers now make up 78% of DC's SKUs and 79% of Marvel's. That's not a collector fad, it's a business model. And it might be the same mistake the comic book indust

Marvel & DC Are Getting Into AI Through WEBTOON

Marvel and DC Comics don't need to build an AI platform... they just need WEBTOON. WEBTOON just rolled out a wave of AI comic features: AI-powered translation, recommend

Which Indie Publishers Will Survive A Shrinking Comic Market?

The direct market just had its best year in a decade, so why isn't every publisher actually safe? In this video, I'm ruling on which indie comic publishers are structura

Avengers: Armageddon Is Losing Momentum

Marvel's Avengers: Armageddon debuted at #3 on the sales charts. One issue later, it dropped to #11 — and the tie-in books around it aren't picking up the slack either. I

How $4.99+ Comics Are Changing What Readers Buy

Why do $4.99+ comics feel like a completely different purchase than a $2.99 comic did ten years ago? This isn't just inflation — it's a behavioral shift that's quietly ma

Why *Amazing Spider-Man #1000* Is Dividing Readers

Marvel didn't cave to fan outrage over the Amazing Spider-Man #1000 cover, and that's actually the more interesting story. In this Timely Ruling, I break down why John Ro

Mid-2026 Update

Marvel isn't losing because of bad writing; it's a structural problem. DC's Absolute line is 22 issues deep and still outselling everything on the stands. And Image just

Why Spider-Man Won Gen Z When Every Other Superhero Movie Lost Them

Gen Z just gave Spider-Man: Brand New Day a record-breaking opening, and the reason isn't the story. It's something the Big 2 comic publishers can't buy: safe, approachab

Why One Bad Comic Run Can Damage a Character for Years

Every time a new creative team is announced on a damaged character, the fandom reacts the same way before a single page leaks: skepticism. That's not random. It's a repea

This Comic Is Outselling Marvel and DC

Dungeon Crawler Carl just outsold Marvel and DC in the graphic novel charts, BUT it's not for the reason most comic coverage is giving it credit for. I break down the act

The Direct Market Survived Diamond's Collapse.

Comic shops just had one of the best years in the history of the direct market: $2.2 billion in sales, record foot traffic, and a wave of new readers. Everyone in this in

Odin Comic: When Sales Charts Miss The Whole Point

Odin #1 sold out at the distributor and went back to print within a month. Odin #2 didn't even chart. Same creative team, same publisher, same imprint. So, what actually

New Comic #1s: Why They Never Last Past Issue 3

Nine out of ten #1 issues you pre-order this year will lose more than half their readers within two issues, and it's not because the story got bad. There's a mechanical p

Why Absolute Batman Keeps Winning

Absolute Batman isn't winning because the story's better — it's winning because of a supply strategy Marvel refuses to copy. In this ruling, I break down the print-discip

Comic Books No Longer Expect New Readers on Wednesdays

DC just quietly changed who a comic reader is supposed to be. The new Compact Comics Adventures line — part of DC's Spring 2027 kids' publishing strategy — isn't just a n

Why Diamond's Collapse Proves the Comic Book Industry Is Broken

Diamond Comic Distributors collapsed — and somehow Marvel and DC walked away without a scratch. The industry called it a "crisis." For the smallest comic book publishers,