Archive for the ‘Diamond Comics Market Share’ Category
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 roost (barely), but I really hope the big publishers don’t look at that Gemstone book, and think it would be a good idea to raise prices that high.
If you’ve been following the site this week, you’ve seen all the Top FILL IN THE BLANK lists from Diamond Comic Distributors. Why not take it to the next logical level and finish everything of with the Top 10 Posters for the month.
[table "0" not found /]Today, Major Spoilers brings you the Top 25 Toys sold through Diamond Comic Distributors in the month of August 2008. With The Dark Knight being huge hit in the theaters, it’s no surprise to find DC dominating the top half of the chart with Batman merch.
Take the jump to see what toy was number one, and if your favorite toy of the month made the list.
Diamond Comic Distributors sent Major Spoilers a rundown of the top 50 manga titles for August 2008. Probably most interesting is finding the World of Warcraft title taking the number one spot, as I really expected a vampire, or space, or space vampire, or Naruto title to take the top spot. Also a surprise, was to find another Blizzard Entertainment property, Starcraft, taking the number three spot on the list.
August marks the first full month charting the Watchmen Trailer Effect, as the Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons trade hit number one in the Top 100 Trade Paperbacks and Graphic Novels as reported by Diamond Comic Distributors.
Debuting at the number six position was DC’s first volume of All-Star Superman, which seemed to be a trend for the company, bringing in six of the top 10 trades for the month. Marvel only had three titles appearing in the Top 10, with Dark Horse taking the number 2 spot this month with Star Wars Force Unleashed.
Take the jump for the complete rundown of the Top 100 for August.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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!
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.
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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