Following the release of the Watchmen trailer, the Watchmen trade by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons shot to the top of the charts, prompting DC to go back to press with 900,000 new copies flooding the market to meet the demand of readers.  So, it’s no suprise to see Watchmen top the list of 100 trade paperbacks sold through Diamond Comic Distributors for July 2008.

Take the jump for the complete rundown.  Heck, you might even find a trade or two you haven’t read, that you can add to your reading list.

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Diamond Comic Distributors has sent Major Spoilers the breakdown of comic book sales for July 2008.  Marvel dominated the month taking seven of the top 10 spots on the list.  DC only had two showings with Batman #678, the Grant Morrison’s R.I.P. storyline, and Justice League of America #23, while Buffy the Vampire Slayer from Dark Horse rounded out the top ten.

For Dark Horse July was a very good month as Buffy moved up the list two spots from number 12 last month.  Both Marvel and DC came close to one another in the Dollar Share category with Marvel taking in 39.11% of the total sales, with DC snagging 30.08%.  Those numbers are quite different when it comes to unit share, with Marvel trouncing everyone else on the list with 43.55% of all comics available.  DC came in second with 32.46%.  Image Comics, IDW Publishing, and Dark Horse rounded out the top five publishers.

Take the jump for the complete listing of the Top 300.  Tomorrow, we’ll examine the Top Trade Paperbacks for the month.

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Diamond Comic Distributors has sent Major Spoilers the breakdown of comic book sales for June 2008.  Leading the month once again is Marvel with a 48.39% Unit Share, with DC coming in second place with a mere 29.56%.  From there the numbers drop to the “smaller” publishers with Dark Horse coming in again in the third slot.

Title wise, Marvel snagged the top two spots with Secret Invasion #3 and Ultimate Origins #1.  Final Crisis #2 slipped a spot to the third best selling title, and with the exception of Justice League of America #22 taking the nine spot, Marvel dominated the top 10.

As reported by ICv2, overall sales for June grew 2% from the month before.  However, periodical sales are down 5% for the first half of 2008.

Take the jump for the complete rundown of the Top 300 Comics, and see where your favorite title ranked.

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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% of the market share, with DC coming in at 29.95%.

Take the jump for the complete breakdown and see where your favorite title fell in the Top 300 Comics for May 2008.

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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.

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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.

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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 with DMZ.

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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 jump for the complete rundown of the Top 300. Unfortunately, since the upgrade to WordPress 2.5, the most awesome WP-Table plug-in no longer works, which means you can sort the columns.  That’s too bad too, because I found that invaluable in getting the data up quickly and allowing people to sort via price, publisher, and title.  PLEASE FIX THIS PLUG-IN!

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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, and number six with All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder #7. Surprisingly (or not surprisingly really), Dark Horse made an appearance in the Top 10 with Buffy the Vampire Slayer #8.

As we look at the top 20, Marvel took 10 of those spots, with DC claiming 9, and the lone Dark Horse title rounding out the set.

Take the jump for the complete list to see where your favorites fell, and don’t forget, the Major Spoilers table is sortable, meaning you can click on link at the top of the column for different displays, which I find quite useful when seeing the offerings from one company, alphabetized listing by title, or sorting based on price.

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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 note that the Major Spoilers tables are sortable. If you want to see all the titles and the rank by company, click the Vendor column. If you want to see the Top 300 ranked by price, click the price column, and so on.

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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 number 18.

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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%.

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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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