MARKET SHARES

Share of Overall Units Marvel 39.52% DC 31.09% Image 9.23% IDW 3.69% Dynamite 3.58% Dark Horse 2.18% Boom 1.88% Titan 1.25% Oni 0.82% Valiant 0.77% Archie 0.58% Viz 0.52% Aftershock 0.50% Action Lab 0.49% Avatar 0.37% Zenescope 0.30% Random House 0.22% Fantagraphics 0.16% St. Martins 0.12% Hachette 0.09% Other 2.63% Share of Overall Dollars Marvel 35.01% DC 28.18% Image 10.06% IDW 4.81% Dark Horse 3.16% Dynamite 2.50% Boom 2.19% Titan 1.48% Viz 1.42% Oni 1.28% Avatar 0.96% Random House 0.83% Valiant 0.81% Archie 0.69% Action Lab 0.55% Fantagraphics 0.53% Aftershock 0.47% St. Martins 0.38% Hachette 0.31% Zenescope 0.30% Other 4.08% Items in Top 300 Marvel 104 DC 75 Image 42 IDW 19 Dynamite 14 Dark Horse 9 Boom 9 Valiant 6 Aftershock 4 Oni 4 Action Lab 3 Titan 3 Albatross 2 Archie 2 Abstract 1 Benitez 1 Devil's Due 1 Udon 1 Share of Units in Top 300 Marvel 45.33% DC 35.91% Image 8.18% IDW 2.46% Dynamite 1.70% Dark Horse 1.38% Boom 1.15% Valiant 0.79% Titan 0.68% Oni 0.62% Aftershock 0.41% Archie 0.32% Action Lab 0.31% Albatross 0.26% Benitez 0.19% Devil's Due 0.12% Abstract 0.10% Udon 0.09% Share of Dollars in Top 300 Marvel 47.14% DC 33.93% Image 7.89% IDW 2.58% Dynamite 1.77% Dark Horse 1.42% Boom 1.18% Valiant 0.81% Titan 0.70% Oni 0.64% Aftershock 0.43% Action Lab 0.41% Archie 0.33% Albatross 0.27% Benitez 0.19% Devil's Due 0.12% Abstract 0.10% Udon 0.09% Dollar Share of Top 300 Comics & Top 300 TPBs Marvel 43.20% DC 32.55% Image 10.53% IDW 3.27% Dark Horse 2.09% Dynamite 1.44% Boom 1.43% Oni 0.90% Valiant 0.73% Titan 0.67% Viz 0.52% Archie 0.40% Action Lab 0.35% Aftershock 0.34% Random House 0.26% Albatross 0.24% Fantagraphics 0.24% Avatar 0.17% Benitez 0.15% Devil's Due 0.10% Abstract 0.08% Udon 0.07% Vault 0.07% Drawn & Quarterly 0.05% St. Martins 0.03% Abrams 0.03% Lion Forge 0.03% Humanoids 0.02% Black Mask 0.02% Tokyopop 0.02% New comics released Marvel 106 DC 78 Image 62 IDW 56 Dynamite 30 Boom 25 Dark Horse 20 Titan 20 Oni 8 Other 119 TOTAL 524 New graphic novels released Marvel 40 DC 29 Viz 26 IDW 22 Image 18 Dark Horse 16 Titan 13 Boom 10 Oni 7 Dynamite 6 Other 182 TOTAL 369

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.