Browsing: Diamond Comics Market Share

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,…

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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!

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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…

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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…

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Diamond Comics Distributors has sent us the list of the top 300 titles distributed during the Month of January. Taking the top five spots are titles from Marvel including three Civil War related issues. DC placed 6, 8, and 10 for its efforts. This gave Marvel Comics a 44.79% Unit Share for the month, leaving DC with only 34.18%. Take the jump for the full list

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Diamond Comics Distributors have released the list of the top 300 sold between January and December 2006. The Top Ten is comprised of issues from Civil War and Infinite Crisis. I was really surprised there weren’t any issue of 52 in the Top Ten (52 Week 1 came in at #12). It is a pretty impressive list with Marvel Comics taking 38.49% of the dollar share, and DC taking 34.47%.

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Diamond Comics has released sales data of the top selling toys for December 2006.  DC figures take the top spots with Kingdom Hearts, the hilarious Angel 21-inch Spike Puppet Plush, and the Darth Maul mini bust rounding out the Top Five.

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Diamond Comics Distributors has provided Major Spoilers with the Top 300 titles that shipped in December 2006. Taking the top two spots were Justice League of America #4 and #5, with Justice League of America #1 coming in 6th. 52 Weeks 31-33 came in 8th-10th. Marvel filled out the rest of the Top 10 with New Avengers #26 taking 3rd, Astonishing X-Men #19 4th and New Avengers Illuminati #1 coming in 5th. Take the jump to see the full list.

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Diamond Comics Distributors has sent us the market shares based on actual sales of products invoiced in October 2006. Publisher Dollar Share Unit Share MARVEL COMICS 37.75% 42.70% DC COMICS 34.24% 37.28% IMAGE COMICS 4.44% 3.50% DARK HORSE COMICS 3.51% 2.72% TOKYOPOP 2.15% 0.90% DYNAMIC FORCES 1.97% 2.36% IDW PUBLISHING 1.82% 1.49% WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT 1.73% 1.15% VIZ MEDIA 1.56% 0.75% DEVILS DUE PUBLISHING 0.80% 0.66% GEMSTONE PUBLISHING 0.73% 0.33% FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS 0.62% 0.21% TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS 0.60% 0.07% RANDOM HOUSE 0.55% 0.17% AVATAR PRESS INC 0.47% 0.40% DIGITAL MANGA DISTRIBUTION 0.44% 0.15% VIRGIN COMICS LLC 0.34% 0.48% BONGO COMICS 0.30%…

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Diamond Comics has released the sales figures for items shipping in August 2006.  Marvel Comics took the top once again with 36.30% of the dollar share, with DC close behind at 35.39%.  We also have the Top 300 Comics for the month.

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Diamond Comics Distributors has released the Market Share for products shipped in July, 2006. Publisher Comics, Mgzns. & Graphic Novels dollar share Comics, Mgzns. & Graphic Novels unit share MARVEL COMICS 40.42% 44.30% DC COMICS 33.94% 35.94% IMAGE COMICS 3.94% 2.95% DARK HORSE COMICS 3.83% 3.74% TOKYOPOP 1.98% 0.80% VIZ LLC 1.70% 0.77% IDW PUBLISHING 1.60% 1.59% WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT 1.60% 0.96% AVATAR PRESS INC 0.97% 0.86% DYNAMIC FORCES 0.75% 1.86% FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS 0.67% 0.28% GEMSTONE PUBLISHING 0.63% 0.28% DIGITAL MANGA DISTRIBUTION 0.56% 0.16% RANDOM HOUSE 0.54% 0.15% DEVILS DUE PUBLISHING 0.48% 0.63% BONGO COMICS 0.36% 0.36% ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS 0.36%…

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