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February 2016 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 were off significantly in February, while new graphic novels were up considerably. Dark Knight III: The Master Race #3 was the top-seller, shipping more than 146,000 copies.



Once again, a Loot Crate title was #1 in the comparison month from the previous year: that time, it was Orphan Black #1, which had nearly a half million copies move through Diamond. Remove that title and the 900,000-copy drop in the Top 300 is more than halved. But lower volumes this month are real: the month's 300th place title sold 3,744 copies, the lowest sum since June 2012.



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 auctions for each issue on eBay. You can also find the books at your comics shop.



February 2016 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 were the bright spot in the month, and while the split between graphic novel unit and dollar sales suggests that the average price paid wholesale was lower, that may not be due to deep discounting, since many of the top-sellers were low-priced. The third volume of The Wicked & The Divine from Image topped the graphic novel charts.



