As Bleeding Cool reported earlier, DC have, again, a lock on the top ten of comics distributed to comic stores in North America by Diamond in February 2012. But Marvel have regained both retail and unit market share. And as to that Top Ten, I expect Avengers Vs X-Men #0 may throw a fly in that particular ointment in March.

Also congrats to Dynamite. Named the Under 4% Publisher Of 2011 in the Diamond Gem Awards (seriously, why has nobody else reported the results?), they seem to be rocking February with a 4.2% share. Will they be ineligible for that award next year?

Here's a look at the top 100 comics, top 100 graphic novels, publisher marketshare and industry performance.

Top 100 Comics for February 2012

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RANK INDEX DESCRIPTION PRICE VENDOR 1 1 105.38 JUSTICE LEAGUE #6 $3.99 DC 2 3 100.00 BATMAN #6 $2.99 DC 3 2 75.19 ACTION COMICS #6 $3.99 DC 4 4 73.50 DETECTIVE COMICS #6 $2.99 DC 5 5 73.24 GREEN LANTERN #6 $2.99 DC 6 8 60.05 BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #6 $2.99 DC 7 16 54.21 SUPERMAN #6 $2.99 DC 8 20 52.98 FLASH #6 $2.99 DC 9 23 49.39 AQUAMAN #6 $2.99 DC 10 13 49.12 BATMAN AND ROBIN #6 [*] $2.99 DC 11 6 46.58 UNCANNY X-MEN #6 $3.99 MAR 12 7 46.08 UNCANNY X-MEN #7 $3.99 MAR 13 9 43.43 WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #5 $3.99 MAR 14 10 43.08 WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #6 $3.99 MAR 15 28 42.18 WONDER WOMAN #6 $2.99 DC 16 11 42.12 NEW AVENGERS #21 $3.99 MAR 17 12 41.83 AVENGERS X-SANCTION #3 $3.99 MAR 18 29 41.35 TEEN TITANS #6 $2.99 DC 19 15 41.01 AVENGERS #22 $3.99 MAR 20 14 40.92 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #679 $3.99 MAR 21 17 40.65 AVENGERS #23 $3.99 MAR 22 18 40.38 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #680 $3.99 MAR 23 19 39.88 NEW AVENGERS #22 $3.99 MAR 24 35 39.65 WINTER SOLDIER #1 $2.99 MAR 25 21 39.43 UNCANNY X-FORCE #21 $3.99 MAR 26 36 39.41 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #679.1 $2.99 MAR 27 37 39.17 GREEN LANTERN NEW GUARDIANS #6 $2.99 DC 28 22 38.66 UNCANNY X-FORCE #22 $3.99 MAR 29 40 38.32 BATWOMAN #6 $2.99 DC 30 30 37.24 BATGIRL #6 [*] $2.99 DC 31 31 37.16 NIGHTWING #6 [*] $2.99 DC 32 33 35.85 GREEN LANTERN CORPS #6 [*] $2.99 DC 33 24 35.51 AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #4 $3.99 MAR 34 25 35.24 ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #7 $3.99 MAR 35 26 33.85 CAPTAIN AMERICA #8 $3.99 MAR 36 27 33.29 INCREDIBLE HULK #5 $3.99 MAR 37 51 33.02 FANTASTIC FOUR #603 $2.99 MAR 38 54 32.10 SWAMP THING #6 $2.99 DC 39 55 32.04 WINTER SOLDIER #2 $2.99 MAR 40 58 31.59 FF #15 $2.99 MAR 41 32 30.62 SECRET AVENGERS #22 $3.99 MAR 42 49 30.44 RED LANTERNS #6 [*] $2.99 DC 43 34 29.94 WOLVERINE #301 $3.99 MAR 44 64 29.50 DAREDEVIL #9 $2.99 MAR 45 53 29.04 CATWOMAN #6 [*] $2.99 DC 46 38 28.91 SECRET AVENGERS #23 $3.99 MAR 47 39 28.73 X-MEN #24 $3.99 MAR 48 42 28.40 X-MEN #25 $3.99 MAR 49 66 28.38 X-MEN LEGACY #262 $2.99 MAR 50 41 28.33 DEADPOOL #50 $3.99 MAR 51 59 27.95 RED HOOD AND THE OUTLAWS #6 [*] $2.99 DC 52 43 27.30 MIGHTY THOR #11 $3.99 MAR 53 60 27.13 SUPERGIRL #6 [*] $2.99 DC 54 62 26.98 ANIMAL MAN #6 [*] $2.99 DC 55 61 26.88 JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #6 [*] $2.99 DC 56 44 26.69 WOLVERINE AND X-MEN ALPHA AND OMEGA #2 $3.99 MAR 57 45 26.36 ULTIMATE COMICS ULTIMATES #7 $3.99 MAR 58 71 26.31 SCARLET SPIDER #2 $2.99 MAR 59 65 26.30 JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #6 [*] $2.99 DC 60 46 26.12 DEFENDERS #3 $3.99 MAR 61 47 25.82 VENOM #13 $3.99 MAR 62 48 25.49 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #513 $3.99 MAR 63 72 25.19 WALKING DEAD #94 (MR) $2.99 IMA 64 50 25.19 ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #7 $3.99 MAR 65 70 24.19 SUPERBOY #6 [*] $2.99 DC 66 56 23.99 ULTIMATE COMICS X-MEN #8 $3.99 MAR 67 57 23.74 ASTONISHING X-MEN #47 $3.99 MAR 68 75 23.26 BTVS SEASON 9 FREEFALL #6 $2.99 DAR 69 52 22.46 MAGIC THE GATHERING #1 $3.99 IDW 70 63 22.01 CARNAGE USA #3 $3.99 MAR 71 73 21.60 SUICIDE SQUAD #6 [*] $2.99 DC 72 80 21.42 VENOM #13.1 $2.99 MAR 73 79 21.37 DEADPOOL #51 $2.99 MAR 74 74 21.28 BIRDS OF PREY #6 [*] $2.99 DC 75 81 21.14 VENOM #13.2 $2.99 MAR 76 82 21.12 VENOM #13.4 $2.99 MAR 77 76 21.09 GREEN ARROW #6 [*] $2.99 DC 78 83 20.99 VENOM #13.3 $2.99 MAR 79 67 20.70 BATMAN BEYOND UNLIMITED #1 $3.99 DC 80 84 20.45 CAPTAIN AMERICA AND BUCKY #627 $2.99 MAR 81 85 20.30 STORMWATCH #6 $2.99 DC 82 89 19.01 FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #9 $2.99 MAR 83 90 18.99 FEAR ITSELF FEARLESS #8 $2.99 MAR 84 91 18.96 X-FACTOR #231 $2.99 MAR 85 92 18.82 X-FACTOR #232 $2.99 MAR 86 68 18.57 MAGIC THE GATHERING #2 $3.99 IDW 87 69 18.34 ALL STAR WESTERN #6 [*] $3.99 DC 88 98 18.11 NEW MUTANTS #37 $2.99 MAR 89 100 17.64 NEW MUTANTS #38 $2.99 MAR 90 103 17.51 PUNISHER #8 $2.99 MAR 91 105 17.38 JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #634 $2.99 MAR 92 104 17.33 HUNTRESS #5 $2.99 DC 93 77 17.12 MOON KNIGHT #10 $3.99 MAR 94 106 17.10 AVENGERS ACADEMY #25 $2.99 MAR 95 107 16.93 HULK #48 $2.99 MAR 96 109 16.84 AVENGERS ACADEMY #26 $2.99 MAR 97 97 16.45 DEMON KNIGHTS #6 [*] $2.99 DC 98 96 16.41 LEGION OF SUPER HEROES #6 [*] $2.99 DC 99 88 16.01 CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 $3.50 DAR 100 95 15.81 FATALE #2 [*] (MR) $3.50 IMA

Top 100 Graphic Novels for February 2012

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RANK INDEX DESCRIPTION PRICE VENDOR 1 10 3.42 BATMAN GATES OF GOTHAM TP $14.99 DC 2 9 3.16 FANTASTIC FOUR SEASON ONE PREM HC $24.99 MAR 3 18 2.54 UNCANNY X-FORCE TP VOL 02 DEATHLOK NATION $15.99 MAR 4 7 2.48 AMERICAN VAMPIRE HC VOL 03 (MR) $24.99 DC 5 22 2.43 BATMAN TIME AND THE BATMAN TP $14.99 DC 6 5 2.37 BATMAN THE BLACK MIRROR HC $29.99 DC 7 32 2.25 BATMAN VS BANE TP $12.99 DC 8 26 2.20 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 15 (MR) $14.99 IMA 9 56 2.14 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE $9.99 IMA 10 14 2.13 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES ONGOING TP VOL 01 $17.99 IDW 11 21 1.84 CARNAGE FAMILY FEUD TP $19.99 MAR 12 37 1.74 HELLBLAZER PHANTOM PAINS TP (MR) $14.99 DC 13 67 1.73 BLEACH TP VOL 38 $9.99 VIZ 14 38 1.71 IZOMBIE TP VOL 03 SIX FEET UNDER AND RISING (MR) $14.99 DC 15 57 1.70 X-MEN PRELUDE TO SCHISM TP $14.99 MAR 16 17 1.66 UNCANNY X-FORCE DARK ANGEL SAGA PREM HC BOOK 02 $24.99 MAR 17 27 1.65 STAR WARS JEDI VOL 01 DARK SIDE TP $18.99 DAR 18 39 1.60 FF BY JONATHAN HICKMAN TP VOL 01 $15.99 MAR 19 13 1.54 FABLES DELUXE EDITION HC VOL 04 (MR) $29.99 DC 20 20 1.52 SUPERIOR PREM HC $24.99 MAR 21 44 1.51 ANNIHILATORS TP $19.99 MAR 22 53 1.48 SUPERMAN THE BLACK RING TP VOL 01 $14.99 DC 23 34 1.47 PUNISHER BY GREG RUCKA PREM HC VOL 01 $19.99 MAR 24 66 1.44 DAREDEVIL REBORN TP $16.99 MAR 25 55 1.42 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US (NEW PTG) $14.99 IMA 26 23 1.41 ULT COMICS SPIDER-MAN BY BENDIS PREM HC VOL 01 $24.99 MAR 27 58 1.35 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN TP VOL 08 UNFIXABLE $15.99 MAR 28 73 1.32 NEGIMA GN VOL 33 (MR) $10.99 RAN 29 31 1.30 SUPERMAN REIGN OF DOOMSDAY HC $22.99 DC 30 25 1.28 STAR WARS LONG TIME AGO OMNIBUS TP VOL 05 $24.99 DAR 31 33 1.28 GARTH ENNIS JENNIFER BLOOD TP VOL 01 (MR) $19.99 DE 32 60 1.28 KING CONAN THE SCARLET CITADEL TP $14.99 DAR 33 40 1.27 X-FORCE NECROSHA TP $19.99 MAR 34 43 1.26 POWER GIRL OLD FRIENDS TP $19.99 DC 35 41 1.24 SHOWCASE PRESENTS GHOSTS TP VOL 01 $19.99 DC 36 71 1.19 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 03 SAFETY BEHIND BARS $14.99 IMA 37 114 1.18 LOEG BLACK DOSSIER HC 2ND PTG $29.99 DC 38 12 1.15 INVINCIBLE ULTIMATE COLL HC VOL 07 $39.99 IMA 39 86 1.14 GANTZ TP VOL 21 $12.99 DAR 40 47 1.14 SANDMAN TP VOL 08 WORLDS END (MR) $19.99 DC 41 49 1.14 CAPTAIN AMERICA PRISONER OF WAR TP $19.99 MAR 42 36 1.13 ASSASSINS CREED THE FALL TP (MR) $18.99 UBI 43 121 1.12 YU-GI-OH 5DS GN VOL 02 $9.99 VIZ 44 4 1.12 AVENGERS OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 JRJR CVR $99.99 MAR 45 99 1.10 SONIC UNIVERSE TP VOL 02 30 YEARS LATER $11.99 ARC 46 1 1.09 JOHN ROMITA AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ARTIST ED HC IDW 47 35 1.08 ULT COMICS ULTIMATES BY HICKMAN PREM HC VOL 01 $24.99 MAR 48 78 1.06 X-MEN LEGACY NECROSHA TP $15.99 MAR 49 6 1.04 MMW UNCANNY X-MEN HC VOL 08 $59.99 MAR 50 64 1.01 NEW AVENGERS BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS TP VOL 02 $19.99 MAR 51 144 1.01 AVENGERS ORIGIN TP $14.99 MAR 52 61 1.01 SPIDER-MAN FANTASTIC SPIDER-MAN TP $19.99 MAR 53 30 1.00 ASTONISHING X-MEN WHEDON CASSADAY ULT COLL TP BOOK 01 $29.99 MAR 54 97 1.00 XOMBI TP $14.99 DC 55 135 1.00 WOLVERINE AND CAPTAIN AMERICA TP $14.99 MAR 56 96 0.99 DEADMAN TP VOL 02 $14.99 DC 57 87 0.99 UNCANNY X-FORCE TP VOL 01 APOCALYPSE SOLUTION $15.99 MAR 58 79 0.98 MARVEL ZOMBIES SUPREME TP $16.99 MAR 59 65 0.97 ARTIFACTS TP VOL 03 $19.99 IMA 60 117 0.97 MEGA MAN TP VOL 02 TIME KEEPS SLIPPING $11.99 ARC 61 190 0.96 STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE DIGEST GN PINEAPPLE & OTHER $6.99 APE 62 154 0.96 BAKUMAN TP VOL 09 $9.99 VIZ 63 104 0.95 SOUL EATER TP VOL 08 $11.99 HAC 64 101 0.95 BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP $14.99 DC 65 45 0.95 BATMAN HUSH COMPLETE TP $24.99 DC 66 100 0.94 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 04 HEARTS DESIRE (MR) $14.99 IMA 67 128 0.92 AVENGERS HAWKEYE TP $19.99 MAR 68 24 0.92 A TALE OF SAND HC $29.95 ARA 69 108 0.91 JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA MONUMENT POINT TP $14.99 DC 70 156 0.91 GATE 7 TP VOL 02 $10.99 DAR 71 173 0.91 JOHN CARTER A PRINCESS OF MARS TP $14.99 MAR 72 155 0.90 IRON MAN 2.0 TP VOL 02 ASYMMETRY $14.99 MAR 73 72 0.90 WATCHMEN TP $19.99 DC 74 3 0.90 X-MEN AGE OF APOCALYPSE OMNIBUS HC $125.00 MAR 75 166 0.90 BLUE EXORCIST GN VOL 06 $9.99 VIZ 76 51 0.90 STAND NIGHT HAS COME PREM HC $24.99 MAR 77 133 0.89 XXXHOLIC GN VOL 19 $10.99 RAN 78 76 0.89 FEAR ITSELF UNCANNY X-MEN PREM HC $19.99 MAR 79 92 0.87 AVENGERS BIG THREE TP $29.99 MAR 80 115 0.85 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 05 BEST DEFENSE (MR) $14.99 IMA 81 141 0.85 EXPLORER THE MYSTERY BOXES SC $10.95 ABR 82 77 0.85 VENGEANCE HC $24.99 MAR 83 146 0.84 PIGS TP VOL 01 HELLO CRUEL WORLD (MR) $12.99 IMA 84 122 0.83 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 14 NO WAY OUT (MR) $14.99 IMA 85 103 0.82 HACK SLASH TP VOL 10 DEAD CELEBRITIES $16.99 IMA 86 125 0.81 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 09 HERE WE REMAIN (MR) $14.99 IMA 87 136 0.81 FABLES TP VOL 16 SUPER TEAM (MR) $14.99 DC 88 224 0.80 STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE DIGEST GN BERRY SCARY STORM $6.99 APE 89 176 0.80 AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 01 PROMISE PART 1 $10.99 DAR 90 170 0.79 FABLES TP VOL 01 LEGENDS IN EXILE $12.99 DC 91 2 0.79 WALLY WOOD EC STORIES ARTIST ED HC IDW 92 142 0.79 NAOKI URASAWA 20TH CENTURY BOYS GN VOL 19 $12.99 VIZ 93 28 0.78 DC UNIVERSE SECRET ORIGINS HC $39.99 DC 94 220 0.77 POKEMON ADVENTURES PLATINUM GN VOL 04 $7.99 VIZ 95 89 0.77 CHRONICLES OF KULL TP VOL 05 DEAD MEN O/T DEEP & OTHER STORI $18.99 DAR 96 68 0.77 TORSO GN HC (MR) $24.99 MAR 97 90 0.76 WITCHBLADE REDEMPTION TP VOL 04 $19.99 IMA 98 105 0.76 KEY OF Z TP VOL 01 (MR) $14.99 BOO 99 93 0.76 V FOR VENDETTA TP (MR) $19.99 DC 100 138 0.76 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 10 WHAT WE BECOME $14.99 IMA

Publisher Market Share for February 2012

RETAIL MARKET SHARE PUBLISHER SHARE MARVEL COMICS 35.92% DC COMICS 29.47% IDW PUBLISHING 6.66% IMAGE COMICS 5.53% DARK HORSE COMICS 4.98% DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 4.20% BOOM! STUDIOS 1.61% VIZ MEDIA 1.10% EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS LTD 1.08% ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS 1.03% OTHER NON-TOP 10 8.43% UNIT MARKET SHARE PUBLISHER SHARE MARVEL COMICS 38.61% DC COMICS 35.26% IDW PUBLISHING 5.62% IMAGE COMICS 4.88% DARK HORSE COMICS 4.06% DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 3.82% BOOM! STUDIOS 1.40% ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS 1.11% ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC 0.68% BONGO COMICS 0.52% OTHER NON-TOP 10 4.04%

Comparative Sales Statistics for February 2012

DOLLARS UNITS FEBRUARY 2012 VS. JANUARY 2012 COMICS 10.84% 8.36% GRAPHIC NOVELS 11.45% 11.07% TOTAL COMICS/GN 11.03% 8.55% FEBRUARY 2012 VS. FEBRUARY 2011 COMICS 22.26% 19.63% GRAPHIC NOVELS 15.65% 11.24% TOTAL COMICS/GN 20.11% 18.97% YEAR-TO-DATE 2012 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2011 COMICS 26.71% 25.94% GRAPHIC NOVELS 16.93% 9.90% TOTAL COMICS/GN 23.49% 24.61% LAST TWELVE MONTHS VERSUS PREVIOUS TWELVE MONTHS COMICS 7.46% 10.76% GRAPHIC NOVELS -1.85% -9.27% TOTAL COMICS/GN 4.35% 8.96%