MARKET SHARES

Share of Overall Units Marvel 44.80% DC 26.34% Image 7.95% IDW 4.99% Boom 2.34% Dark Horse 2.31% Dynamite 1.51% Titan 1.48% Valiant 1.25% Archie 1.02% Oni 0.89% Avatar 0.61% Aftershock 0.44% Zenescope 0.41% Action Lab 0.39% Viz 0.29% Random House 0.20% Hachette 0.10% Fantagraphics 0.10% St. Martins 0.08% Other 2.49% Share of Overall Dollars Marvel 39.64% DC 26.45% Image 8.38% IDW 5.70% Dark Horse 3.25% Boom 2.51% Dynamite 1.66% Titan 1.39% Valiant 1.09% Oni 0.98% Archie 0.90% Avatar 0.88% Viz 0.77% Random House 0.67% Zenescope 0.45% Fantagraphics 0.42% Action Lab 0.41% Hachette 0.34% Aftershock 0.32% St. Martins 0.29% Other 3.51% Items in Top 300 Marvel 102 DC 68 IDW 29 Image 25 Dark Horse 14 Boom 11 Dynamite 9 Valiant 9 Titan 9 Archie 6 Aftershock 3 Bongo 2 Joe Books 2 Oni 2 Abstract 1 Action Lab 1 American Mythology 1 Avatar 1 Benitez 1 Magnetic 1 Broadsword 1 United Plankton 1 Udon 1 Share of Units in Top 300 Marvel 51.74% DC 28.30% Image 5.28% IDW 4.03% Dark Horse 1.81% Boom 1.78% Valiant 1.37% Titan 1.20% Archie 1.13% Dynamite 1.06% Oni 0.61% Aftershock 0.28% Benitez 0.24% Bongo 0.19% Joe Books 0.18% Avatar 0.16% Udon 0.11% Abstract 0.09% United Plankton 0.09% American Mythology 0.09% Action Lab 0.08% Magnetic 0.08% Broadsword 0.08% Share of Dollars in Top 300 Marvel 52.83% DC 27.33% Image 4.80% IDW 4.32% Boom 1.89% Dark Horse 1.73% Valiant 1.43% Titan 1.21% Archie 1.14% Dynamite 1.07% Oni 0.61% Avatar 0.24% Benitez 0.24% Bongo 0.19% Aftershock 0.19% Joe Books 0.14% Udon 0.11% Action Lab 0.11% Abstract 0.09% United Plankton 0.09% American Mythology 0.09% Magnetic 0.08% Broadsword 0.06% Dollar Share of Top 300 Comics & Top 300 TPBs Marvel 48.63% DC 28.51% Image 7.92% IDW 4.19% Dark Horse 2.29% Boom 1.90% Valiant 1.29% Titan 1.02% Archie 0.89% Dynamite 0.84% Oni 0.59% Benitez 0.25% Avatar 0.25% Bongo 0.15% Aftershock 0.15% Viz 0.13% Fantagraphics 0.12% Magnetic 0.11% Joe Books 0.11% Udon 0.09% Action Lab 0.08% Abstract 0.07% St. Martins 0.07% United Plankton 0.07% American Mythology 0.07% Zenescope 0.05% Broadsword 0.05% Random House 0.04% Tokyopop 0.03% Hachette 0.03% Rothic 0.02% New comics released Marvel 102 DC 74 IDW 50 Image 43 Boom 24 Dark Horse 20 Dynamite 19 Titan 16 Oni 10 Valiant 10 Other 111 TOTAL 479 New graphic novels released Marvel 34 DC 28 Dark Horse 24 IDW 23 Image 22 Boom 12 Dynamite 6 Titan 3 Oni 3 Valiant 2 Other 114 TOTAL 271

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.