In January

Comic and graphic novel sales to North American comic stores declined 3.41% in January vs. the year ago period, according to information released today by Diamond Comic Distributors. Comic sales actually rose 0.36% over January 2016, but graphic novel sales declined 11.88% over the same period a year ago.Comic sales declined 7.5% from sales in December 2016, while graphic novels were down 18.85% from December.Marvel’s market share lead slipped a point, while DC made a 2.76% gain over last month.

37.09% Marvel Comics

28.93% DC Entertainment

9.82% Image Comics

5.25% IDW Publishing

4.04% Dark Horse Comics

2.09% BOOM! Studios

1.65% Dynamite Entertainment

1.24% Titan Comics

1.15% VIZ Media

0.82% Valiant Entertainment

7.92% Other Non-Top 10

Marvel’s U.S. Avengers #1 tops the Top 10 Comics chart, followed by two Batman titles. The latest Walking Dead title was the only outlier not from the Top 2.



Top 10 Comics – January 2017

U.S. Avengers #1 Batman #14 Batman #15 Justice League / Power Rangers #1 The Walking Dead #162 All-Star Batman #6 Justice League Vs. Suicide Squad #3 Monsters Unleashed #1 Amazing Spider-Man #23 Justice League #12

DC’s Batman Volume 1: I am Gotham was the bestselling graphic novel in January. Saga Vol 1 and Paper Girls Vol 1 both made returns to the chart.



Top 10 Graphic Novels – January 2017

Batman Volume 1: I am Gotham TP Kill or Be Killed: Volume 1 TP The Flash Vol. 1: Lightning Strikes Twice TP Superman Vol 1: Son of Superman TP Saga Volume 1 TP Justice League Vol. 1: The Extinction machine TP Paper Girls Volume 1 TP Star Wars: Han Solo TP Green Arrow Vol. 1: The Live & Death of Oliver Queen TP The Black Monday Murders Volume 1: All Hail God Mammon TP

For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on comic books shipped during January, see "Top 300 Comics Actual--January 2017."



For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on graphic novels shipped during January see "Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--January 2017.”



For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on comic books shipped during December, see "Top 300 Comics Actual--December 2016."



For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on graphic novels shipped during December, see "Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--December 2016.”