Archive for the 'Diamond Comics Market Share' Category

Thor the King of the Top 300 Comics for July 2007

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007--by Stephen Schleicher

piechart.jpgDiamond 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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Top 300 Comics for June 2007

Monday, July 16th, 2007--by Stephen Schleicher

piechart.jpgDiamond 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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Top 300 Titles for January 2007

Saturday, February 17th, 2007--by Stephen Schleicher

piechart.jpgDiamond 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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Top 300 Comics of 2006

Wednesday, January 17th, 2007--by Stephen Schleicher

piechart.jpgDiamond 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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Top 25 Toys for December 2006

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007--by Stephen Schleicher

spikepuppet.jpgDiamond 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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Top 300 Titles for December 2006

Monday, January 15th, 2007--by Stephen Schleicher

piechart.jpgDiamond 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.

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October Market Share

Friday, November 17th, 2006--by Stephen Schleicher

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% 0.40%
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS 0.30% 0.49%
ONI PRESS INC. 0.28% 0.26%
Other Non-Top 20 5.41% 3.54%

Top 300: Marvel on Top, DC Close Behind

Friday, November 17th, 2006--by Stephen Schleicher

Diamond Comics Distributors has sent us their list of the 300 best selling titles for October 2006. It’s a long list, so take the jump for the numbers.

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Top Sales for August 2006

Monday, September 18th, 2006--by Stephen Schleicher

piechart.jpgDiamond 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 Releases July 2006 Market Share Data

Sunday, August 13th, 2006--by Stephen Schleicher

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% 0.50%
A. D. VISION 0.35% 0.12%
UDON ENTERTAINMENT CORP 0.32% 0.35%
ONI PRESS INC. 0.27% 0.17%
Other Non-Top 20 4.73% 3.22%

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