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Vital statistics

(All figures below are estimated)



Shipping weeks (New Comics Days) in month: 4



One point on the chart released by Diamond equals 812 copies.

COMICS UNIT SALES

The Top 300 Comics sold

6.47 million copies

(-2% vs. same month previous year)

(+1% vs. same month 5 years earlier)

(-4% vs. same month 10 years earlier)

(+3% vs. same month 15 years earlier)

(-4% vs. same month 20 years earlier)

(-3% vs. previous year)



Category to date for year:

The Top 500 Comics Sold

6.78 million copies

(-4% vs. same month previous year)

(-4% vs. previous year)

comics sold by Diamond (in units)Year to date

COMICS DOLLAR SALES

The Top 300 Comics sold had a total retail price of

$29.72 million

(+5% vs. same month previous year)

(+25% vs. same month 5 years earlier)

(+28% vs. same month 10 years earlier)

(+66% vs. same month 15 years earlier)

(+68% vs. same month 20 years earlier)

(+2% vs. previous year)



Category to date for year:

The Top 500 Comics sold had a total retail price of

$31.12 million

(+1% vs. same month previous year)

(+1% vs. previous year)

comics sold by Diamond (in dollars)Year to date

GRAPHIC NOVEL DOLLAR SALES

The Top 300 Graphic Novels sold had a total retail price of

$5.87 million

(-18% vs. same month previous year, comparing just the Top 300 GNs vs. Top 300 GNs)

(-6% vs. same month 5 years earlier, comparing just the Top 300 GNs vs. Top 300 GNs)

(-13% vs. same month 10 years earlier, comparing just the Top 300 vs. Top 300)

(unchanged vs. same month 15 years earlier, comparing just the Top 100 vs. the Top 100)

(-6% vs. previous year)



Category to date for year:

The Top 500 Graphic Novels sold had a total retail price of

$6.85 million

(-20% vs. same month previous year)

(-3% vs. previous year)

graphic novels sold by Diamond (in dollars)Year to date

COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVEL DOLLAR SALES

The Top 300 Comics and Top 300 Graphic Novels sold had a combined total retail price of

$35.59 million

(unchanged vs. same month previous year, comparing just the Top 300 GNs vs. Top 300 GNs)

(+18% vs. same month 5 years earlier, comparing just the Top 300 GNs vs. Top 300 GNs)

(+5% vs. same month 10 years earlier, comparing just the Top 300 GNs vs. Top 300 GNs)

(+87% vs. same month 15 years earlier, comparing just the Top 100 GNs vs. the Top 100 GNs)

(unchanged vs. previous year)



Category to date for year:

The Top 500 Comics and Top 500 Graphic Novels sold had a total retail price of

$37.97 million



All comics and graphic novels sold by Diamond (in dollars)

(-6% vs. same month previous year)



Year to date

(unchanged vs. previous year)





OVERALL

including all comic books, graphic novels, trade paperbacks, and magazines, Diamond shipped material worth

(-6% vs. same month previous year)

(+9% vs. same month 5 years earlier)

(+24% vs. same month 10 years earlier)

(unchanged vs. previous year)

Note: This category diverges slightly from Diamond's reported measures for all comics and graphic novels. Slight differences are introduced by the presence of magazines and other factors.

MARKET SHARES Share of Overall Units Marvel 49.96% DC 25.96% Image 6.26% IDW 4.18% Dark Horse 2.65% Boom 2.34% Dynamite 2.13% Titan 0.64% Valiant 0.56% Viz 0.53% Aftershock 0.36% Archie 0.35% Zenescope 0.26% Oni 0.25% Action Lab 0.25% Random House 0.15% Avatar 0.14% Lion Forge 0.13% St. Martins 0.13% Yen 0.10% Other 2.68% Share of Overall Dollars Marvel 46.15% DC 24.86% Image 6.32% IDW 4.00% Dark Horse 3.27% Dynamite 2.51% Boom 2.50% Viz 1.33% Titan 0.72% Valiant 0.53% Random House 0.49% St. Martins 0.41% Archie 0.39% Oni 0.37% Zenescope 0.35% Aftershock 0.34% Avatar 0.33% Lion Forge 0.31% Yen 0.31% Action Lab 0.31% Other 4.20% Items in Top 300 Marvel 97 DC 65 Image 41 IDW 29 Dark Horse 15 Dynamite 13 Boom 12 Valiant 7 Titan 6 Aftershock 2 Archie 2 Oni 2 Vault 2 Zenescope 2 Ahoy 1 Action Lab 1 Albatross 1 Red 5 1 Humanoids 1 Share of Units in Top 300 Marvel 53.52% DC 27.74% Image 5.55% IDW 4.15% Dark Horse 2.32% Boom 2.05% Dynamite 1.99% Valiant 0.64% Titan 0.56% Archie 0.23% Oni 0.22% Aftershock 0.18% Vault 0.16% Ahoy 0.15% Albatross 0.13% Red 5 0.12% Zenescope 0.11% Humanoids 0.09% Action Lab 0.09% Share of Dollars in Top 300 Marvel 57.40% DC 26.21% Image 4.51% IDW 3.73% Boom 2.03% Dark Horse 2.03% Dynamite 1.73% Valiant 0.57% Titan 0.49% Archie 0.20% Oni 0.19% Aftershock 0.15% Vault 0.14% Ahoy 0.13% Albatross 0.11% Red 5 0.10% Zenescope 0.10% Action Lab 0.10% Humanoids 0.08% Dollar Share of Top 300 Comics & Top 300 TPBs Marvel 54.27% DC 25.78% Image 5.57% IDW 3.68% Dark Horse 2.70% Boom 2.19% Dynamite 1.86% Titan 0.59% Valiant 0.49% Viz 0.36% Tokyopop 0.27% Archie 0.24% Lion Forge 0.20% Action Lab 0.20% Oni 0.19% Aftershock 0.18% Zenescope 0.17% Vault 0.16% Ahoy 0.11% Kodansha 0.10% First Second 0.10% Albatross 0.09% Red 5 0.08% Yen 0.07% Humanoids 0.07% Fantagraphics 0.06% Two Morrows 0.05% Scholastic 0.05% Drawn & Quarterly 0.04% Udon 0.03% Fanfare 0.02% Seven Seas 0.02% New comics released Marvel 88 DC 64 Image 47 IDW 32 Dark Horse 21 Boom 19 Dynamite 17 Titan 8 Valiant 7 Other 128 TOTAL 431 New graphic novels released Marvel 42 DC 27 Viz 21 Dark Horse 18 Boom 15 IDW 12 Image 9 Dynamite 7 Titan 6 Valiant 2 Other 169 TOTAL 328

THE FINE PRINT The monthly sales estimates at right are for items shipped by Diamond Comic Distributors, the largest comic-book distributor in North America.

Diamond does not publish sales figures; instead it publishes "indexed" sales tables, in which it keys orders for all comics it lists sales for to a single comic book (usually Batman), with one “order index point” being equal to 1% of that title’s orders.

Along with other methods, we use the actual Diamond final orders from titles to approximate what an order index point equals each month.The result is applied to the Diamond charts to produce the estimates seen at right.

The figures represent only those comics and graphic novels that Diamond shipped to North American retailers in the calendar month. While Diamond's sales represent the majority of periodicals in circulation, they are a smaller portion of the overall graphic novel market.

An item may appear in more than one month's charts due to reorders; for a better idea of a comic book's overall sales, look for its end-of-year sales in the Year Overview section, where available.

More information can be found in the FAQ section.

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