MARKET SHARES

Share of Overall Units Marvel 41.59% DC 24.30% Image 10.72% IDW 5.28% Dark Horse 3.36% Archie 2.62% Boom 1.99% Dynamite 1.65% Valiant 1.52% Oni 1.19% Titan 1.15% Avatar 0.89% Zenescope 0.47% Viz 0.36% Action Lab 0.25% Random House 0.21% Eaglemoss 0.18% Hachette 0.12% St. Martins 0.11% Fantagraphics 0.06% Other 1.98% Share of Overall Dollars Marvel 38.43% DC 23.94% Image 9.48% IDW 6.60% Dark Horse 3.77% Archie 2.28% Boom 1.85% Dynamite 1.83% Titan 1.26% Oni 1.24% Avatar 1.12% Valiant 1.11% Viz 1.02% Eaglemoss 0.71% Random House 0.63% Zenescope 0.52% Hachette 0.37% St. Martins 0.36% Fantagraphics 0.29% Action Lab 0.29% Other 2.90% Items in Top 300 Marvel 81 DC 72 Image 45 IDW 28 Dark Horse 17 Boom 10 Archie 9 Titan 8 Valiant 8 Dynamite 7 Avatar 6 Bongo 3 Oni 2 Abstract 1 Broadsword 1 Graphic India 1 United Plankton 1 Share of Units in Top 300 Marvel 45.52% DC 26.68% Image 9.88% IDW 5.02% Archie 2.98% Dark Horse 2.58% Valiant 1.62% Boom 1.15% Titan 1.09% Dynamite 1.08% Oni 1.06% Avatar 0.60% Bongo 0.25% Graphic India 0.24% Abstract 0.09% United Plankton 0.08% Broadsword 0.07% Share of Dollars in Top 300 Marvel 47.96% DC 25.10% Image 8.57% IDW 5.42% Archie 3.10% Dark Horse 2.56% Valiant 1.69% Boom 1.17% Titan 1.11% Dynamite 1.10% Oni 1.08% Avatar 0.70% Bongo 0.19% Abstract 0.09% United Plankton 0.06% Graphic India 0.06% Broadsword 0.05% Dollar Share of Top 300 Comics & Top 300 TPBs Marvel 46.52% DC 26.51% Image 9.38% IDW 5.37% Dark Horse 2.73% Archie 2.43% Valiant 1.53% Boom 1.05% Oni 1.00% Titan 0.99% Dynamite 0.99% Avatar 0.61% Bongo 0.19% Viz 0.16% St. Martins 0.11% Abstract 0.07% Pocket 0.06% United Plankton 0.05% Hachette 0.05% Graphic India 0.05% Random House 0.05% Broadsword 0.04% Abrams 0.03% Zenescope 0.03% New comics released Marvel 75 DC 75 Image 74 IDW 45 Dark Horse 34 Boom 32 Dynamite 21 Titan 14 Archie 15 Oni 8 Other 103 TOTAL 496 New graphic novels released Marvel 36 DC 34 IDW 29 Image 19 Dark Horse 16 Titan 6 Dynamite 4 Boom 3 Oni 3 Archie 2 Other 150 TOTAL 302

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.