According to Diamond Comic Distributors, Siege #1 took the top spot for comics sold to the direct market in January 2010. Marvel also took the top publisher spot during the month capturing 42.56% of the Unit Market Share, and 38.77% of the Dollar Share.
Take the jump for the Top 10 Comics for January.
RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Siege #1 | $3.99 | Marvel |
| 2 | Green Lantern #50 | #3.99 | DC |
| 3 | Batman and Robin #7 | $2.99 | DC |
| 4 | Captain America: Reborn #6 | $3.99 | Marvel |
| 5 | New Avengers #61 | $3.99 | Marvel |
| 6 | Amazing Spider-Man #617 | $3.99 | Marvel |
| 7 | Green Lantern Corps #44 | $2.99 | DC |
| 8 | Dark Avengers #13 | $3.99 | Marvel |
| 9 | Blackest Night: The Flash #2 | $2.99 | DC |
| 10 | Uncanny X-Men #520 | $2.99 | Marvel |
Interesting. Of the top ten:
6 are $3.99/4 are $2.99
Three tie-in to Blackest Night.
Four tie-in to the Dark Reigh/Seige storyline.
Three mini-series (although I guess you can call Dark Avengers and New Avengers minis since they are ending).
I’m encouraged that relatively standalone titles like Batman & Robin, Amazing Spider-Man and Uncanny X-Men ending up as high as they did. Batman & Robin excluded, I don’t think there is anything significant about those issues.
I guess a dollar more in price makes a difference, but it makes a dollar more out of my pocket too.
Makes sense that Siege took the top spot last month, considering Blackest Night #7 is due out this month. Feb will go back to normal with Blackest Night #7 taking the top spot.