The Walking Dead #132 topped the October charts, helping Image lands a 9.77% dollar share and impressive 12.28% unit share, according to figures just released by Diamond. While the zombie book led the charts before, it was for the milestone 100th issue. I believe this is the first time a regular issue led the charts, most likely buoyed by the debut of the TV series for its fifth season and also several hundred thousand copies of the book ordered via Loot Crate.

Marvel again was the top publisher, leading DC by a comfortable margin. DC has two books in the top 10, as The Death of Wolverine weekly series performed well. Batman was DC’ss top book, followed by the pot-scented Harley Quinn annual. Lady Thor #1 also made the top ten, making this a good month for female led titles.

The first Ms Marvel GN was the top selling book—man can’t wait to see the sales estimates on THAT—and the first Harley Quinn book was #7.Marvel matched DC with four books in the top 10.

Toon Graphics led the books with the drop-dead gorgeous Hansel & Gretel by Neil Gaiman and Lorenzo Mattotti.

TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS

PUBLISHER DOLLARSHARE UNITSHARE MARVEL COMICS 34.82% 36.35% DC ENTERTAINMENT 27.53% 31.00% IMAGE COMICS 9.77% 12.28% IDW PUBLISHING 5.18% 3.94% DARK HORSE COMICS 4.74% 3.25% DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 2.60% 2.00% BOOM! STUDIOS 2.39% 2.26% ARCHIE COMICS 1.19% 1.20% AVATAR PRESS 1.18% 1.25% EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS 1.17% 0.30% OTHER NON-TOP 10 9.43% 6.18%

NEW TITLES SHIPPED

PUBLISHER COMICS SHIPPED GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED MAGAZINES SHIPPED TOTALSHIPPED DC COMICS 109 34 1 144 MARVEL COMICS 94 45 1 140 IMAGE COMICS 72 17 0 89 DARK HORSE COMICS 38 34 0 72 IDW PUBLISHING 47 25 0 72 BOOM! STUDIOS 38 9 0 47 DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 38 9 0 47 EAGLEMOSS 0 0 22 22 ARCHIE COMICS 16 5 0 21 AVATAR PRESS 17 2 1 20 OTHER NON-TOP 10 121 194 31 346





COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS

DOLLARS UNITS OCTOBER 2014 VS. SEPTEMBER 2014 COMICS 6.30% 9.64% GRAPHIC NOVELS 21.30% 25.98% TOTAL COMICS/GN 10.45% 10.69% OCTOBER 2014 VS. OCTOBER 2013 COMICS 10.84% 10.14% GRAPHIC NOVELS 12.90% 6.28% TOTAL COMICS/GN 11.46% 9.85% YEAR-TO-DATE 2014 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2013 COMICS 3.64% -0.66% GRAPHIC NOVELS 5.31% 5.13% TOTAL COMICS/GN 4.15% -0.22%

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR 1 THE WALKING DEAD #132 (MR) $2.99 AUG140566-M IMA 2 DEATH OF WOLVERINE #4 $4.99 JUN140603-M MAR 3 THOR #1 $3.99 AUG140777-M MAR 4 DEATH OF WOLVERINE #3 $4.99 JUN140602-M MAR 5 AVENGERS AND X-MEN: AXIS #1 $4.99 AUG140718-M MAR 6 BATMAN #35 $4.99 AUG140268-M DC 7 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #7 $3.99 AUG140795-M MAR 8 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #8 $3.99 AUG140800-M MAR 9 HARLEY QUINN ANNUAL #1 $5.99 AUG140294-M DC 10 AVENGERS AND X-MEN: AXIS #2 $3.99 AUG140728-M MAR





TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR 1 Ms. MARVEL VOLUME 1: NO NORMAL TP $15.99 JUN140725 MAR 2 HAWKEYE VOLUME 3: L.A. WOMAN TP $15.99 MAY140930 MAR 3 BATMAN VOL. 4: ZERO YEAR: SECRET CITY TP (N52) $16.99 JUL140237 DC 4 EAST OF WEST VOLUME 3: THERE IS NO US TP $14.99 JUL140478 IMA 5 BATMAN VOL. 5: ZERO YEAR: DARK CITY HC (N52) $24.99 JUN140264 DC 6 SOUTHERN BASTARDS VOL. 1: HERE WAS A MAN TP (MR) $9.99 JUL140517 IMA 7 HARLEY QUINN VOLUME 1: HOT IN THE CITY HC $24.99 JUN140279 DC 8 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN VOL. 1: THE PARKER LUCK TP $17.99 JUL140726 MAR 9 MOON KNIGHT VOLUME 1: FROM THE DEAD HC $17.99 JUL140728 MAR 10 BATMAN: DEATH OF THE FAMILY BOOK & JOKER MASK SET $39.99 MAY140361 DC

TOP 10 BOOKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR 1 HANSEL & GRETEL HC $16.95 JUL141687 RAN 2 LEGEND OF ZELDA: HYRULE HISTORIA HC $34.99 SEP120055 DAR 3 DOCTOR WHO MAD LIBS $3.99 JUL141663 PUT 4 THE WALKING DEAD BOOK 5: DESCENT HC $25.99 AUG141936 STM 5 PRINCESS MONONOKE: THE FIRST STORY HC $34.99 AUG141763 VIZ 6 UNCANNY X-MEN 100 PROJECT TP $12.99 JUL141291 HER 7 THE SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOL 88 SC $14.95 AUG141926 SAN 8 NEIL GAIMAN: FORTUNATELY THE MILK SC $5.99 JUL141684 HAR 9 BATMAN: A YEAR-BY-YEAR VISUAL CHRONICLE HC $50.00 JUL141641 DK 10 THE WALKING DEAD NOVEL BOOK 4: THE FALL OF THE GOVERNOR PART 2 SC $14.99 AUG141935 STM

TOP 10 TOYS

RANK DESCRIPTION ITEM CODE VENDOR 1 BATMAN BLACK & WHITE: HARLEY QUINN STATUE (SECOND EDITION) MAR140302 DC 2 DC COMICS COVER GIRLS: HARLEY QUINN STATUE (SECOND EDITION) APR140329 DC 3 BATMAN 75TH ANNIVERSARY ACTION FIGURE 4-PACK SET 1 MAY140418 DC 4 BATMAN BLACK & WHITE STATUE: ZOMBIE BATMAN BY NEAL ADAMS APR140318 DC 5 DC COMICS: THE NEW 52: JUSTICE LEAGUE 7-PACK BOX SET NOV138235 DC 6 MARVEL SELECT: DEADPOOL ACTION FIGURE MAR101468 DST 7 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: ROCKET RACCOON ARTFX+ STATUE APR142092 KOT 8 DC COMICS ICONS: SUPERMAN 1/6-SCALE STATUE MAR140304 DC 9 ARKHAM ORIGINS: DEATHSTROKE/THE JOKER/COPPERHEAD 3-PACK MAR140311 DC 10 BATMAN ARKHAM CITY: BATMAN ARTFX+ STATUE MAR142128 KOT





TOP 10 GAMES

RANK DESCRIPTION ITEM CODE VENDOR 1 MONOPOLY: THE WALKING DEAD SURVIVAL EDITION OCT128266 USA 2 MARVEL DICE MASTERS: UNCANNY X-MEN JUN142654 NEC 3 MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: KHANS OF TARKIR BOOSTER PACKS AUG142826 WIZ 4 RISK: THE WALKING DEAD SURVIVAL EDITION OCT128267 USA 5 DC HEROCLIX: WAR OF LIGHT: ALTERNATE LANTERNS JUN142653 NEC 6 MARVEL DICE MASTERS: UNCANNY X-MEN STARTER SET JUN142655 NEC 7 ADVENTURE TIME CARD WARS PACK 3: PRINCESS BUBBLEGUM VS. LUMPY SPACE PRINCESS JUN142617 CRY 8 DC HEROCLIX: WAR OF LIGHT BOOSTER BRICK WAVE 2 MAY142842 NEC 9 RISK LEGACY JUN118204 HAS 10 MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: KHANS OF TARKIR FAT PACK AUG142828 WIZ