MARKET SHARES

Share of Overall Units Marvel 46.67% DC 29.73% Image 5.60% IDW 3.28% Dark Horse 2.28% Boom 3.10% Viz 1.04% Dynamite 2.08% Random House 0.22% Titan 0.41% Yen 0.19% Oni 0.36% St. Martins 0.15% Archie 0.48% Fantagraphics 0.06% Ablaze 0.43% Valiant 0.39% Zenescope 0.31% Pocket 0.05% Vault 0.23% Other 2.94% Share of Overall Dollars Marvel 39.98% DC 29.33% Image 5.60% IDW 4.05% Dark Horse 3.09% Boom 3.04% Viz 2.59% Dynamite 2.21% Random House 0.76% Titan 0.57% Yen 0.54% Oni 0.48% St. Martins 0.48% Archie 0.44% Fantagraphics 0.36% Ablaze 0.35% Valiant 0.34% Zenescope 0.28% Pocket 0.27% Vault 0.23% Other 5.01% Items in Top 300 Marvel 109 DC 96 Image 27 IDW 17 Boom 15 Dynamite 13 Dark Horse 9 Ablaze 3 Archie 3 Oni 2 Ahoy 1 Abstract 1 Titan 1 Share of Units in Top 300 Marvel 51.84% DC 32.85% Image 4.76% Boom 2.97% IDW 2.31% Dynamite 2.22% Dark Horse 1.32% Ablaze 0.42% Archie 0.34% Oni 0.32% Ahoy 0.12% Titan 0.11% Abstract 0.08% Share of Dollars in Top 300 Marvel 50.12% DC 35.57% Image 4.26% Boom 3.00% IDW 2.19% Dynamite 2.05% Dark Horse 1.21% Ablaze 0.39% Archie 0.31% Oni 0.30% Ahoy 0.11% Titan 0.10% Abstract 0.08% Dollar Share of Top 300 Comics & Top 300 TPBs Marvel 49.08% DC 32.93% Image 4.83% IDW 2.78% Boom 2.59% Dynamite 2.10% Dark Horse 1.95% Ablaze 0.31% Oni 0.30% Archie 0.25% Insight 0.19% Titan 0.13% Two Morrows 0.11% Seven Seas 0.11% Kodansha 0.11% Ahoy 0.09% Magnetic 0.09% Abstract 0.06% First Second 0.05% Studio Foglio 0.05% Action Lab 0.04% Tokyopop 0.04% Lion Forge 0.02% Little Brown 0.02% Scout 0.02% Aftershock 0.02% Random House 0.01% Scholastic 0.01% Source Point 0.01% New comics released Marvel 101 DC 98 Image 43 IDW 35 Dark Horse 25 Boom 22 Source Point 16 Dynamite 14 Titan 6 Other 130 TOTAL 490 New graphic novels released Marvel 56 Viz 43 DC 30 IDW 16 Dark Horse 9 Image 7 Boom 6 Dynamite 4 Source Point 3 Titan 2 Other 235 TOTAL 411

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.