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December 2015 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops

Estimated Comics Shipped to North American Comics Shops

Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors

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Comics sales finished strongly to end the year. Secret Wars #8 was the top seller with nearly 170,000 copies sold. There were six comic books with sales above 100,000 copies. While that would seem to suggest poorer unit sales overall for comic books than November had—which had thirteen titles in six figures — in fact December's unit sales were much better. Where November saw 179 titles above 10,000 copies, December had 206. More of the Marvel relaunch books were running—and December had an extra shipping week.



Read more in our preliminary and final analysis posts for the month. You can also click to skip to the Top Graphic Novels for the month.





This list includes all items on Diamond's Top 300 charts, plus any post-#300 items from its Top 50 Indy and Small Publisher charts. If you don't see a book, Diamond released no data for it.

Items marked with asterisks [*] had their reported orders reduced by 10% due to returnability.

The links lead to current listings for each item on eBay. You can also find the books at your comics shop.

December 2015 Graphic Novel Sales to Comics Shops

Estimated Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks Shipped to North American Comics Shops Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors

This list includes all items on Diamond's Top 300 charts, plus any post-#300 items from its Top 50 Indy, Manga, and Small Publisher charts. If you don't see a book, Diamond released no data for it.

The links lead to details about each title on Amazon. You can also find the books at your comics shop.

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Graphic novel sales rebounded nicely to end the year, with a pricey title topping the list that isn't a familiar name in print: The Private Eye, a hardcover collecting a digital comic by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin. An Image title priced at $49.99, it no doubt contributed to the 14% increase in graphic novel dollar sales that December saw year-over-year.



