Thanks to the 80th anniversary celebrations for Batman, DC Entertainment has topped Diamond Comic Distributors comic book charts for March 2019. It’s the first month that Marvel has had to settle for second place since August 2016, and only the second time in six years that DC has found itself ahead of the competition in the monthly publisher charts.

Top Ten Comic Books of March 2019

1. DETECTIVE COMICS #1000

2. THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS: THE GRIM KNIGHT #1

3. DOOMSDAY CLOCK #9

4. BATMAN #67

5. BATMAN #66

6. HEROES IN CRISIS #7

7. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #17

8. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #18

9. SPIDER-MAN: CITY AT WAR #1

10. JUSTICE LEAGUE #20

Top Ten Graphic Novels of March 2019

1. THE WALKING DEAD VOLUME 31

2. DETECTIVE COMICS: 80 YEARS OF BATMAN

3. SAGA VOLUME 1

4. MONSTRESS VOLUME 1

5. THE WICKED & THE DIVINE VOL. 8: OLD IS THE NEW NEW

6. SEVEN TO ETERNITY VOLUME 3

7. BATMAN VOLUME 9: THE TYRANT WING

8. SUPER SONS: THE POLARSHIELD PROJECT

9. SAGA VOLUME 9

10. MERA: TIDEBREAKER

Publisher Dollar / Unit Share

DC – 36.20% dollar share; 34.00% unit share

MARVEL COMICS – 34.46% dollar share; 40.94% unit share

IMAGE COMICS – 9.63% dollar share; 9.36% unit share

DARK HORSE COMICS – 3.26% dollar share; 2.45% unit share

IDW PUBLISHING – 3.19% dollar share; 3.19% unit share

BOOM! STUDIOS – 2.19% dollar share; 2.13% unit share

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT – 1.24% dollar share; 1.08% unit share

VIZ MEDIA – 1.23% dollar share; 0.50% unit share

ARCHIE COMICS – 0.80% dollar share; 0.86% unit share

ONI PRESS – 0.74% dollar share; 0.64% unit share

OTHER NON-TOP 10 – 7.07% dollar share; 4.85% unit share