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Vital statistics

(All figures below are estimated)



Shipping weeks (New Comics Days) in month: 4



One point on the chart released by Diamond equals 944 copies.

COMICS UNIT SALES

The Top 300 Comics sold

5.73 million copies

(-22% vs. same month previous year)

(-17% vs. same month 5 years earlier)

(-18% vs. same month 10 years earlier)

(-4% vs. same month 15 years earlier)

(-36% vs. same month 20 years earlier)

(-11% vs. previous year)



Category to date for year:

The Top 500 Comics sold

6.07 million copies

(-24% vs. same month previous year)

(-10% vs. previous year)

comics sold by Diamond (in units)Year to date

COMICS DOLLAR SALES

The Top 300 Comics sold had a total retail price of

$22.09 million

(-23% vs. same month previous year)

(-11% vs. same month 5 years earlier)

(-2% vs. same month 10 years earlier)

(+35% vs. same month 15 years earlier)

(-4% vs. same month 20 years earlier)

(-10% vs. previous year)



Category to date for year:

The Top 500 Comics sold had a total retail price of

$23.6 million

(-17% vs. same month previous year)

(-10% vs. previous year)

comics sold by Diamond (in dollars)Year to date

GRAPHIC NOVEL DOLLAR SALES

The Top 300 Graphic Novels sold had a total retail price of

$6.58 million

(-8% vs. same month previous year)

(+5% vs. same month 5 years earlier)

(-4% vs. same month 10 years earlier, comparing just the Top 100 vs. Top 100)

(+3% vs. same month 15 years earlier, comparing just the Top 50 vs. the Top 50)

(-6% vs. previous year)



Category to date for year:

The Top 500 Graphic Novels sold had a total retail price of

$7.71 million

(-10% vs. same month previous year)

(-9% vs. previous year)

graphic novels sold by Diamond (in dollars)Year to date

COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVEL DOLLAR SALES

The Top 300 Comics and Top 300 Graphic Novels sold had a combined total retail price of

$28.67 million

(-20% vs. same month previous year, comparing just the Top 300 GNs vs. the Top 300 GNs)

(-16% vs. same month 5 years earlier, comparing just the Top 300 GNs vs. the Top 300 GNs)

(-18% vs. same month 10 years earlier, comparing just the Top 100 GNs vs. Top 100 GNs)

(+35% vs. same month 15 years earlier, comparing just the Top 50 GNs vs. the Top 50 GNs)

(-9% vs. previous year)



Category to date for year:

The Top 500 Comics and Top 500 Graphic Novels sold had a total retail price of

$31.31 million

(-15% vs. same month previous year)



(-10% vs. previous year)



comics and graphic novels sold by Diamond (in dollars)Year to date

OVERALL

including all comic books, graphic novels, trade paperbacks, and magazines, Diamond shipped material worth

(-15% vs. same month previous year)

(-3% vs. same month 5 years earlier)

(+7% vs. same month 10 years earlier)

(-10% vs. previous year)

Note: This category diverges slightly from Diamond's reported measures for all comics and graphic novels. Slight differences are introduced by the presence of magazines and other factors.

MARKET SHARES Share of Overall Units Marvel 38.81% DC 37.65% Image 7.20% IDW 2.92% Dark Horse 2.06% Boom 1.98% Dynamite 1.84% Valiant 1.08% Archie 0.71% Titan 0.67% Aftershock 0.55% Oni 0.52% Action Lab 0.40% Viz 0.35% Avatar 0.30% Random House 0.20% Hachette 0.15% Fantagraphics 0.12% St. Martins 0.10% Aspen 0.08% Other 2.31% Share of Overall Dollars DC 34.54% Marvel 33.80% Image 8.69% IDW 3.92% Dark Horse 2.69% Boom 2.28% Dynamite 2.08% Oni 1.00% Viz 0.96% Valiant 0.96% Random House 0.84% Titan 0.83% Archie 0.72% Aftershock 0.58% Hachette 0.48% Avatar 0.48% Action Lab 0.43% Fantagraphics 0.40% St. Martins 0.35% Aspen 0.30% Other 3.65% Items in Top 300 Marvel 85 DC 84 Image 37 IDW 22 Dark Horse 15 Boom 14 Dynamite 11 Valiant 6 Aftershock 5 Archie 5 Action Lab 2 Oni 2 Titan 2 Udon 2 Albatross 1 Avatar 1 Fantagraphics 1 Heavy Metal 1 Joe Books 1 New England 1 United Plankton 1 Zenescope 1 Share of Units in Top 300 DC 42.07% Marvel 40.27% Image 5.84% IDW 2.66% Dark Horse 1.85% Boom 1.70% Dynamite 1.64% Valiant 1.27% Archie 0.58% Aftershock 0.47% Oni 0.35% Titan 0.26% Heavy Metal 0.19% Action Lab 0.16% Udon 0.15% New England 0.09% United Plankton 0.08% Zenescope 0.07% Albatross 0.07% Avatar 0.07% Fantagraphics 0.07% Joe Books 0.07% Share of Dollars in Top 300 Marvel 41.41% DC 40.16% Image 5.71% IDW 2.94% Boom 1.96% Dark Horse 1.92% Dynamite 1.78% Valiant 1.32% Archie 0.59% Aftershock 0.48% Oni 0.36% Titan 0.27% Action Lab 0.21% Heavy Metal 0.20% Zenescope 0.11% New England 0.09% Udon 0.09% Fantagraphics 0.09% United Plankton 0.08% Albatross 0.08% Avatar 0.07% Joe Books 0.07% Dollar Share of Top 300 Comics & Top 300 TPBs Marvel 40.03% DC 38.42% Image 8.17% IDW 3.02% Dark Horse 2.19% Boom 1.85% Dynamite 1.45% Valiant 1.12% Oni 0.73% Archie 0.48% Aftershock 0.46% Titan 0.23% Viz 0.19% Random House 0.19% Action Lab 0.16% Albatross 0.15% Heavy Metal 0.15% Udon 0.15% Fantagraphics 0.15% Hachette 0.11% Zenescope 0.09% Abstract 0.08% New England 0.07% United Plankton 0.06% Avatar 0.05% Joe Books 0.05% Black Mask 0.05% NBM 0.03% Slave Labor 0.03% Silver Sprocket 0.03% Seven Seas 0.02% Consortium 0.02% St. Martins 0.02% New comics released Marvel 85 DC 80 Image 55 IDW 35 Boom 24 Dynamite 21 Dark Horse 19 Valiant 6 Oni 4 Other 118 TOTAL 447 New graphic novels released Marvel 43 DC 38 IDW 32 Viz 16 Image 10 Dark Horse 9 Boom 7 Dynamite 5 Oni 3 Valiant 2 Other 164 TOTAL 329

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.

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