MARKET SHARES

Share of Overall Units DC 40.76% Marvel 34.11% Image 8.24% Dark Horse 3.30% IDW 3.24% Dynamite 2.31% Boom 2.28% Valiant 0.71% Avatar 0.66% Zenescope 0.63% Random House 0.41% Oni 0.39% Viz 0.35% Archie 0.33% Titan 0.33% Eaglemoss 0.25% St. Martins 0.08% Hachette 0.07% Fantagraphics 0.06% Humanoids 0.02% Other 1.47% Share of Overall Dollars DC 36.58% Marvel 32.04% Image 7.49% IDW 4.52% Dark Horse 4.11% Boom 2.34% Dynamite 2.18% Eaglemoss 1.29% Random House 1.15% Viz 0.96% Avatar 0.95% Valiant 0.66% Oni 0.64% Zenescope 0.59% Archie 0.45% Fantagraphics 0.33% Titan 0.33% St. Martins 0.30% Humanoids 0.27% Hachette 0.24% Other 2.59% Items in Top 300 DC 115 Marvel 80 Image 30 IDW 18 Dark Horse 15 Dynamite 14 Boom 9 Valiant 7 Avatar 4 Abstract 1 Archie 1 Aspen 1 Bongo 1 Random House 1 Titan 1 United Plankton 1 Zenescope 1 Share of Units in Top 300 DC 46.20% Marvel 37.13% Image 7.38% IDW 2.47% Dark Horse 2.11% Dynamite 1.60% Boom 1.23% Valiant 0.63% Avatar 0.36% Titan 0.20% Random House 0.13% Archie 0.11% Bongo 0.10% Abstract 0.09% Zenescope 0.08% Aspen 0.08% United Plankton 0.08% Share of Dollars in Top 300 DC 44.26% Marvel 40.38% Image 6.06% IDW 2.69% Dark Horse 1.86% Dynamite 1.62% Boom 1.24% Valiant 0.64% Avatar 0.37% Titan 0.20% Random House 0.13% Bongo 0.13% Archie 0.12% Abstract 0.09% Aspen 0.08% Zenescope 0.06% United Plankton 0.06% Dollar Share of Top 300 Comics & Top 300 TPBs DC 42.00% Marvel 38.11% Image 7.48% IDW 3.16% Dark Horse 2.73% Boom 1.44% Dynamite 1.31% Random House 0.60% Valiant 0.60% Avatar 0.56% Viz 0.43% Archie 0.19% St. Martins 0.19% Titan 0.16% Oni 0.13% Zenescope 0.12% Fantagraphics 0.11% Bongo 0.11% Humanoids 0.10% Top Shelf 0.08% Abstract 0.07% Aspen 0.07% Hachette 0.06% Drawn & Quarterly 0.06% United Plankton 0.05% Scholastic 0.04% HarperCollins 0.02% Kenzer 0.02% New comics released DC 124 Marvel 80 Image 57 Dark Horse 36 IDW 35 Dynamite 34 Boom 30 Random House 3 Other 85 TOTAL 484 New graphic novels released DC 27 Marvel 26 Viz 24 Dark Horse 21 Random House 20 IDW 18 Image 12 Boom 7 Other 110 TOTAL 265

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.