MARKET SHARES

Share of Overall Units DC 44.59% Marvel 32.11% Image 7.78% IDW 3.53% Dark Horse 2.28% Other 1.80% Boom 1.57% Dynamite 1.14% Titan 1.09% Valiant 0.88% Archie 0.64% Oni 0.55% Viz 0.41% Avatar 0.38% Zenescope 0.34% Action Lab 0.29% Aftershock 0.24% Random House 0.18% Fantagraphics 0.07% St. Martins 0.06% Hachette 0.06% Share of Overall Dollars DC 39.27% Marvel 30.78% Image 7.66% IDW 4.92% Dark Horse 3.08% Boom 1.98% Dynamite 1.57% Titan 1.19% Viz 1.14% Oni 0.83% Valiant 0.76% Avatar 0.71% Archie 0.70% Random House 0.61% Zenescope 0.47% Fantagraphics 0.34% Action Lab 0.33% Aftershock 0.30% Hachette 0.22% St. Martins 0.22% Other 2.93% Items in Top 300 Marvel 100 DC 71 Image 35 IDW 25 Dark Horse 16 Titan 12 Boom 11 Valiant 9 Dynamite 6 Archie 5 Avatar 2 Bongo 2 Oni 2 Aftershock 1 Albatross 1 Joe Books 1 Zenescope 1 Share of Units in Top 300 DC 49.46% Marvel 34.33% Image 6.73% IDW 2.59% Dark Horse 1.77% Boom 1.25% Valiant 0.90% Titan 0.88% Archie 0.57% Dynamite 0.56% Oni 0.31% Avatar 0.19% Bongo 0.13% Aftershock 0.10% Albatross 0.09% Joe Books 0.08% Zenescope 0.07% Share of Dollars in Top 300 DC 43.92% Marvel 38.83% Image 6.30% IDW 2.92% Dark Horse 1.94% Boom 1.75% Valiant 0.99% Titan 0.96% Archie 0.68% Dynamite 0.63% Oni 0.34% Avatar 0.28% Bongo 0.14% Aftershock 0.11% Albatross 0.10% Zenescope 0.07% Joe Books 0.06% Dollar Share of Top 300 Comics & Top 300 TPBs DC 42.61% Marvel 37.05% Image 7.71% IDW 3.41% Dark Horse 2.18% Boom 1.63% Titan 0.91% Valiant 0.82% Oni 0.81% Archie 0.61% Dynamite 0.57% Viz 0.42% Avatar 0.23% Aftershock 0.18% Abstract 0.16% Random House 0.15% Bongo 0.12% Albatross 0.08% Zenescope 0.06% Fantagraphics 0.06% Joe Books 0.05% Studio Foglio 0.05% Aspen 0.05% St. Martins 0.03% Magnetic 0.02% Tokyopop 0.02% Action Lab 0.01% New comics released Marvel 93 DC 75 IDW 53 Image 52 Dark Horse 26 Boom 22 Dynamite 22 Titan 20 Oni 10 Other 144 TOTAL 517 New graphic novels released Marvel 35 DC 33 IDW 31 Viz 24 Dark Horse 16 Image 11 Titan 10 Boom 8 Dynamite 6 Oni 2 Other 117 TOTAL 293

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.