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December 2014 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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2014 closed out decently. December's sales of comic books and trade paperbacks to comics shops amounted to around $43.4 million, up 2.83% from the same month in 2013. December 2013 only had four Wednesdays, but Diamond did a small shipment on New Year's Eve, which was a Tuesday — making it effectively a five-week month. December 2014 was a five-Wednesday month, as well, and while comics were up, graphic novels were down considerably. The drop in graphic novel sales was partially illusory, however, as December 2013 had a gargantuan amount of books sold at deep-discount prices. The Direct Market closed out the year up 4%, with all categories in positive territory overall — comics unit sales, just barely.



While the top-seller at Diamond in December was Batman #37, the highest circulation comic book of the month in North America was likely the Loot Crate edition of November's Batman #36, which was not distributed to the firm by Diamond.



The big surprise, however, was already in the making, as retailers orders by this month had already assured that Star Wars' return to Marvel in January would be huge.



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.



—John Jackson Miller

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 2014 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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Saga Vol. 4 blew away all other graphic novels to top the charts with more than 24,600 copies ordered.



