MARKET SHARES

Share of Overall Units Marvel 38.39% DC 31.32% Image 9.82% IDW 4.11% Dark Horse 3.80% Dynamite 2.16% Archie 1.88% Boom 1.78% Titan 1.03% Valiant 0.89% Zenescope 0.87% Avatar 0.79% Oni 0.33% Viz 0.31% Eaglemoss 0.24% Random House 0.23% Two Morrows 0.12% Fantagraphics 0.09% Hachette 0.09% Top Shelf 0.06% Other 1.69% Share of Overall Dollars Marvel 35.09% DC 28.18% Image 9.25% IDW 5.21% Dark Horse 5.02% Dynamite 2.18% Archie 2.04% Boom 1.76% Eaglemoss 1.05% Zenescope 1.05% Titan 0.96% Random House 0.94% Avatar 0.89% Valiant 0.80% Viz 0.77% Oni 0.54% Fantagraphics 0.37% Top Shelf 0.32% Hachette 0.28% Two Morrows 0.28% Other 3.04% Items in Top 300 Marvel 91 DC 83 Image 36 IDW 23 Dark Horse 16 Dynamite 13 Boom 9 Valiant 8 Archie 7 Avatar 5 Zenescope 5 Titan 2 Cartoon 1 Oni 1 Share of Units in Top 300 Marvel 43.87% DC 34.29% Image 8.71% IDW 3.12% Dark Horse 2.41% Archie 2.00% Dynamite 1.40% Boom 1.08% Titan 1.00% Valiant 0.87% Avatar 0.50% Zenescope 0.49% Oni 0.13% Cartoon 0.12% Share of Dollars in Top 300 Marvel 46.18% DC 32.14% Image 7.78% IDW 3.29% Archie 2.43% Dark Horse 2.16% Dynamite 1.44% Boom 1.14% Titan 1.05% Valiant 0.94% Zenescope 0.66% Avatar 0.53% Oni 0.14% Cartoon 0.12% Dollar Share of Top 300 Comics & Top 300 TPBs Marvel 42.57% DC 31.75% Image 9.49% IDW 3.71% Dark Horse 3.70% Archie 2.10% Dynamite 1.12% Boom 0.96% Titan 0.82% Valiant 0.77% Zenescope 0.59% Avatar 0.44% Random House 0.42% Oni 0.29% Viz 0.26% Top Shelf 0.22% Fantagraphics 0.16% St. Martins 0.11% Cartoon 0.10% HarperCollins 0.07% Hachette 0.07% Udon 0.05% Bongo 0.04% Burlyman 0.04% Magnetic 0.04% NBM 0.03% Adhouse 0.03% Hermes 0.02% Flesk 0.01% Pocket 0.01% New comics released DC 97 Marvel 93 Image 66 IDW 48 Dynamite 40 Dark Horse 39 Boom 29 Archie 15 Zenescope 14 Other 89 TOTAL 530 New graphic novels released Marvel 36 DC 31 IDW 31 Dark Horse 29 Image 17 Archie 5 Dynamite 4 Boom 4 Zenescope 4 Other 151 TOTAL 312

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.