MARKET SHARES

Share of Overall Units Marvel 42.71% DC 25.94% Image 8.63% IDW 4.41% Boom 4.07% Dark Horse 2.47% Dynamite 1.56% Titan 1.48% Valiant 1.13% Oni 0.84% Viz 0.63% Action Lab 0.51% Avatar 0.50% Zenescope 0.49% Archie 0.46% Eaglemoss 0.34% Random House 0.28% Hachette 0.17% Fantagraphics 0.13% St. Martins 0.10% Other 3.17% Share of Overall Dollars Marvel 37.39% DC 26.32% Image 8.73% IDW 5.82% Boom 3.26% Dark Horse 2.82% Dynamite 1.69% Viz 1.45% Titan 1.42% Eaglemoss 1.21% Oni 0.92% Valiant 0.87% Random House 0.70% Avatar 0.67% Action Lab 0.55% Archie 0.53% Hachette 0.52% Fantagraphics 0.51% Zenescope 0.44% St. Martins 0.31% Other 3.86% Items in Top 300 Marvel 88 DC 78 Image 33 IDW 29 Dark Horse 14 Boom 11 Dynamite 10 Titan 9 Valiant 8 Archie 3 Oni 3 Action Lab 2 Avatar 2 Udon 2 American Gothic 1 Benitez 1 Space Goat 1 Aftershock 1 Bongo 1 Broadsword 1 Joe Books 1 United Plankton 1 Share of Units in Top 300 Marvel 48.83% DC 28.58% Image 6.84% IDW 4.11% Boom 3.32% Dark Horse 2.11% Dynamite 1.33% Valiant 1.25% Titan 1.19% Oni 0.72% Archie 0.37% Joe Books 0.20% Udon 0.19% Action Lab 0.18% Avatar 0.16% Bongo 0.11% American Gothic 0.10% United Plankton 0.09% Broadsword 0.09% Benitez 0.08% Space Goat 0.08% Aftershock 0.07% Share of Dollars in Top 300 Marvel 49.26% DC 29.06% Image 5.76% IDW 4.45% Boom 3.30% Dark Horse 2.02% Dynamite 1.30% Valiant 1.29% Titan 1.17% Oni 0.71% Archie 0.37% Action Lab 0.22% Udon 0.20% Avatar 0.15% Joe Books 0.15% Bongo 0.11% American Gothic 0.10% United Plankton 0.09% Benitez 0.08% Space Goat 0.07% Aftershock 0.07% Broadsword 0.06% Dollar Share of Top 300 Comics & Top 300 TPBs Marvel 46.13% DC 29.00% Image 8.53% IDW 4.41% Boom 2.92% Dark Horse 2.00% Dynamite 1.25% Valiant 1.24% Titan 1.06% Oni 0.69% Viz 0.66% Archie 0.48% Fantagraphics 0.27% Avatar 0.19% Action Lab 0.17% Hachette 0.16% Udon 0.15% Joe Books 0.13% Bongo 0.12% Space Goat 0.09% American Gothic 0.08% United Plankton 0.07% Benitez 0.06% Aftershock 0.05% Broadsword 0.05% Aspen 0.03% HarperCollins 0.02% New comics released Marvel 84 DC 77 Image 54 IDW 50 Dark Horse 23 Boom 23 Titan 19 Dynamite 18 Other 140 TOTAL 488 New graphic novels released Marvel 44 Viz 43 DC 40 IDW 32 Image 19 Dark Horse 16 Titan 11 Boom 11 Dynamite 2 Other 153 TOTAL 371

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.