Browsing: Top 300 Comics

In August, the direct comic book market saw a huge drop in sales, with no single book breaking the 100,000 mark.  The good news is September did break the 100,000 benchmark, the bad news it was only one comic… and Wolverine at that.  Brightest Day #9 and #10 followed close behind, but the index difference between the two have each issue selling around 85,000 copies each.  DC and Marvel split the top ten equally, though DC did triumph in the Top 5 Comics with four titles.  Still, those titles had to go up against Wolverine… The range in the number…

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By now you know the routine, Marvel Comics takes the top spot, DC Comics lands at number two. The real fun begins with Dark Horse once moving in at number three, followed by Image Comics, IDW PUblishing, Dynamite Entertainment, and Boom! Studios. The good news Dark Horse, Dynamite Entertainment, and Boom! Studios is they all saw an increase in their dollar share for the month. Take the jump for the complete Top 300 rundown.

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With the return of the Heroic Age, Marvel sent the Avengers #1 to the top of the direct market charts for May 2010. And while Siege #4 took the second spot, Marvel only snagged four of the Top 10 comics for the month. DC made a decent showing with Batman: Return of Bruce Wayne #1 and #2, with issues of Brightest Day #1, and #2 making it into the top ten as well. At this point we should really stop talking about Marvel taking the Unit and Dollar share each month, because the sheer number of issues Marvel puts out…

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Norman Osborn’s crazy antics propelled Marvel to the top of the charts, as Siege #1 took the top spot for the month of January. Still, DC did make a good showing, with Green Lantern #50’s Blackest Night tie-in, and Grant Morrison’s Batman and Robin #7 placing second and third.  DC only had two other titles showing up in the Top Ten for the month, with Marvel claiming 60% of the Top Ten titles. Marvel also took the top publisher spot in January in both the Direct Market Unit and Dollar Shares, by snatching 42.56% of the Unit and 38.77% of…

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As we mentioned on Friday, DC took seven of the Top 10 spots for the month of November, even though the House of Ideas was able to take the Market Share top spot. Now that we’ve seen the Top 10, Major Spoilers is offering up a look at the Top 300 comics for the month. Remember, you can click on the column header for each category to sort. For example, if you click on the Price Column, you’ll see that the least expensive comic for the month was Harvey Comics Vampirella Second Coming #3, which placed 160th on the list.…

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Diamond Comic Distributors released the full list of the top selling comics for September 2009.  We’ve already broken down the market share in our last installment, and present here the raw information of the comics based on total sales for the month.  It should be noted that these numbers do include issues reprinted issues.  I also find it nice to see Atomic Robo on the list and hope it continues to climb the charts.

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Diamond Comic Distributors sent Major Spoilers its breakdown of comics sold for the month of August 2009. As expected Marvel took the number one spot on the Market Share list, grabbing 43.86% of the unit share, compared to DC’s 36.04%.  While that may seem like a huge gab between the first and second place publishers, the Dollar Share is closer at 39.70% and 33.18%. Of the top comics for the month, DC beat out Captain America Reborn #2, with the second issue of Blackest Night.  DC continued to do well for the month, with Batman and Robin #3, in the…

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The top comics for June 2009 have been released, and it’s nice to see Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely’s Batman and Robin #1 hit the top spot for the month. Marvel Comics took the top publisher spot in June, leading both Unit Market and Dollar Shares, with a 50.91% Unit Market Share and a 45.09% Dollar Share for the month. Take the jump for the complete rundown of the top sellers.

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Diamond Comic Distributors sent Major Spoilers the breakdown of comics sold during April 2009.  Not surprisingly, Marvel Comics took the largest portion of the market share for the month, selling 40% of the all issues sold.  DC Comics did better than last month by capturing 28% of the quantity share.  From there, the scraps were picked up by rest with Dark Horse and IDW Publishing battling it out for the number three spot. While the chart may not look good for DC, they can take comfort in the realization that the Neil Gaiman Detective Comics issue, and Flash Rebirth #1…

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Diamond Comic Distributors sent the breakdown of the top comics sold during February 2009.  Not surprising, Marvel’s Amazing Spider-Man #583 ruled the top spot with the fifth printing of the Obama cover. This lead to Marvel taking the number one position for publishers during the month, grabbing nearly 45% of the dollar share for the month. Batman #686 came in second place with only Justice League of America #30 joining the title in the Top 10 list.  Buffy once again served Dark Horse Comics well, placing 12th once again.  Of the series that were canceled by DC in February, Blue…

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Diamond Comic Distributors has released its breakdown of comics sold in December 2008.  As the year ended, Marvel once again rode the gravy train to success capturing almost 50% of the unit share, while DC limped in with a 31% showing. With the low showing from the other publishers, it is a wonder they’ll survive with Diamonds new minimum order declaration. The top seller of the month was the closing chapter of the Secret invasion, while the opening chapter to Dark Reign took third place.  DC wedged between the two with Final Crisis #5, and had a pretty decent showing…

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Diamond Comic Distributors has sent Major Spoilers the breakdown of the top 300 comics sold during November 2008.  Marvel once again leads all publishers by hanging on to 42.9% of the market.  DC takes the next largest slice of the pie with 34.52%, while Dark Horse and the rest of the publishers fight over the .36 – 4.84% of the remainder. [TABLE=21]

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October was an interesting month for comics as the industry saw an increase in revenue of 9% over last year at this time.  At first it may appear to be due to larger sales, but when one examines the Top 50 books, 18 titles had a price point of $3.99, or roughly 36% of the books shipping for the month. The least expensive book was GI JOE: A New Beginning #0, which cost $1.00.  The most expensive was Gemstone’s Uncle Scrooge #380 with the high price of $7.99.  While there are a lot of $3.99 books, $2.99 still rules the…

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Another month, and another rundown of the Top 300 Comics from Diamond Comic Distributors.  Once again Marvel took the top spot with 48% of the unit share, with DC Comics bringing in 32%.  Eight of the top ten comics belonged to Marvel, with Secret Invasion #5 taking the top spot.  Final Crisis #3, from DC, held the runner-up position, and Batman #679, a R.I.P. tie-in came in at the fourth position. Buffy the Vampire Slayer continues to be the top seller for Dark Horse as the only non Marvel/DC title in the Top 20. Take the jump for the listing,…

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