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Diamond Comic Distributors has sent Major Spoilers the sales data for titles shipping in May of 2008.  The month broke down with Marvel once again taking the top spot with Secret Invasion #2 outselling DC’s first issue of Grant Morrison’s Final Crisis (ouch). Marvel took seven of the top 10 spots, with DC claiming 3 – all Grant Morrison titles, with two Batman RIP issues.  Dark Horse’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer made an appearance at number 15, the only non Marvel or DC title to crack the top 20. This gave Marvel quite the edge for the month claiming 47.56%…

Diamond Comic Distributors has sent Major Spoilers its data set containing information and ranking data for the top 50 manga titles that shipped in April 2008. If you are a manga lover, take the jump and see where your titles fell during the month.

Diamond Comic Distributors has sent Major Spoilers the breakdown of the top graphic novels and trade paperbacks sold in April 2008. Once again, Marvel took the top spot with Secret Invasion: Infiltration, with DC close behind with recolored Batman: Killing Joke Special Edition Hard Cover Trade. Take the jump for the complete list, and see where your favorite trade fell on the list.

Diamond Comic Distributors has sent Major Spoilers the break down of the top 300 comics for the month of April. The month was won by Marvel, who had 39.78% of the Comics, Magazines and Graphic Novels dollar share, with DC Comics and Dark Horse taking the second and third spot respectively. Secret Invasion #1 took the top spot on the list with a Retail Rank of 351.80, which ICv2 has estimated to be 250,000 copies. Surprisingly, Marvel claimed the majority of the top 10 titles sold, with DC breaking up the list with a ninth place showing with Justice League…

Diamond Comic Distributors has sent Major Spoilers the rundown of the top 100 trades and graphic novels that shipped in March 2008. Not surprisingly DC’s Batman Killing Joke Special Edition Hardcover took the number one spot with its new coloring (which I like quite a bit). Manga favorite Naruto came in at the number three position, with Marvel making its first appearance at #6 with Spider-Man One More Day Premiere Hardcover. DC came out on top trade wise goes taking the number one and number two spots on the list and also garnering a third position in the top 5…

Marvel’s Dark Tower: The Long Road Home #1 hit the top spot for comics shipping in March 2008. Marvel took the month with the more titles in the Top 10 than the other companies with eight titles in the top spot. Dark Horse came in second with Buffy the Vampire Slayer #12 (in the #6 spot), while DC was only able to break the top 10 with Justice League of America #19 coming in at #7. Marvel continued to hold the month with a market share of 38.7%, with DC coming in second with 29.98% of the market. Take the…

Diamond Comics Distributors, the makers of the Previews catalog, has announced it will have three limited exclusives for the New York Comic Con “We’re excited to offer these exclusives to NYYC attendees” said Dan Manser, Director of Marketing for Diamond Comic Distributors, the publisher of PREVIEWS. “Each month, PREVIEWS offers some great fare for comic shop customers, a number of items which are exclusive that you won’t find anywhere else. It’s a natural for us to extend PREVIEWS Exclusives to the 2008 convention circuit.”

Here is the New Comic Release list for comics scheduled to be in stores October 24, 2007. There may be items on this list that are not shipped at the last minute, or new material may be added. Check with your local retailer for more details. This list was last updated October 22, 2007.

Diamond Comic Distributors has sent Major Spoilers the market data number for the top 300 comics sold in September 2007. This month, Diamond provides the list with rankings based on the number of issues sold as well as retailer ranking. For the most part the rankings are identical, but there are a few that differ. Taking the top spot in September is World War Hulk #4, followed closely by the Spider-Man One More Day kick-off issue in Spider-Man #544. Marvel took seven of the top ten slots, with DC taking the number three spot with Justice League of America #13,…

Diamond Comic Distributors has sent us the list of the top 100 graphic novels and trade paperbacks for July 2007. Marvel takes the top spot with the highly popular Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter trade, with the second volume of DC’s 52 right behind, and Invincible Volume 8 coming in third. Take the jump for the complete list, and remember you can sort each of the columns!

Diamond Comic Distributors sent its breakdown of the top 300 comics that shipped in July 2007. Marvel took eight of the top 10 titles, while DC came away with two. In fact, DC was only able to nab eight spots in the top 25. Buffy the Vampire Slayer continues to be a favorite coming in at position 12, but Dark Horse appeared only four more times in the Top 100 with #81 Star Wars Legacy 14, #90 Star Wars Dark Times 4, #96 Hellboy Darkness Calls 4, and #98 Conan #42. Take the jump for the complete list, and take…

Here is the New Comic Release list for comics scheduled to be in stores August 1, 2007. There may be items on this list that are not shipped at the last minute, or new material may be added. Check with your local retailer for more details. This list was last updated July 30, 2007. Take the jump to see the cover to this week’s issue of World War Hulk #3.

Here is the New Comic Release list for comics scheduled to be in stores July 25, 2007. There may be items on this list that are not shipped at the last minute, or new material may be added. Check with your local retailer for more details. This list was last updated July 23, 2007.

Diamond Comic Distributors have released its listing of the Top 300 comics sold in June 2007. Marvel sweeps the top five spots, with World War Hulk #1 selling an estimated 178,408 copies (according to ICv2.com), and dominating the Top 25. Surprisingly, Buffy the Vampire Slayer #4 came in at the number 10 spot with an estimated 102,000 copies sold. DC only claimed eight of the Top 25 spots with Justice League of America #10, featuring the concluding chapter of The Lightning Saga, coming in at number six and The Flash: The Fastest Man Alive #13 moving up the charts to…