MARKET SHARES

Share of Overall Units Marvel 47.30% DC 30.16% Image 5.41% IDW 3.14% Boom 2.64% Dark Horse 2.06% Dynamite 2.04% Viz 0.87% Zenescope 0.63% Titan 0.45% Valiant 0.43% Oni 0.41% Aftershock 0.40% Vault 0.37% Archie 0.35% Action Lab 0.23% Random House 0.18% Yen 0.14% St. Martins 0.13% Fantagraphics 0.05% Other 4.42% Share of Overall Dollars Marvel 41.85% DC 29.00% Image 6.02% IDW 3.47% Dark Horse 2.93% Boom 2.58% Viz 2.24% Dynamite 2.11% Random House 0.62% Titan 0.56% Zenescope 0.52% Aftershock 0.50% Oni 0.49% Valiant 0.44% St. Martins 0.44% Fantagraphics 0.43% Yen 0.42% Archie 0.36% Vault 0.34% Action Lab 0.27% Other 4.42% Items in Top 300 DC 101 Marvel 95 Image 29 IDW 17 Boom 13 Dark Horse 10 Dynamite 10 Aftershock 3 Oni 3 Titan 3 Archie 2 Benitez 1 Coffin 1 Ablaze 1 Abstract 1 Action Lab 1 Albatross 1 Share of Units in Top 300 Marvel 49.68% DC 34.00% Image 4.77% Boom 2.56% IDW 2.56% Dynamite 2.08% Dark Horse 1.46% Aftershock 0.41% Titan 0.36% Oni 0.34% Archie 0.21% Benitez 0.18% Ablaze 0.13% Albatross 0.12% Coffin 0.10% Abstract 0.09% Action Lab 0.08% Share of Dollars in Top 300 Marvel 50.44% DC 34.36% Image 4.38% IDW 2.45% Boom 2.37% Dynamite 1.89% Dark Horse 1.34% Aftershock 0.47% Titan 0.33% Oni 0.31% Archie 0.19% Benitez 0.16% Ablaze 0.12% Coffin 0.11% Albatross 0.11% Action Lab 0.09% Abstract 0.08% Dollar Share of Top 300 Comics & Top 300 TPBs Marvel 51.31% DC 30.52% Image 5.52% IDW 2.41% Boom 2.11% Dark Horse 2.05% Dynamite 1.51% Aftershock 0.45% Titan 0.34% Oni 0.24% Archie 0.21% Humanoids 0.17% Benitez 0.13% Seven Seas 0.11% Action Lab 0.10% Ahoy 0.10% Scholastic 0.10% Ablaze 0.09% Coffin 0.09% Albatross 0.09% Pocket 0.08% Fantagraphics 0.08% Kodansha 0.06% Abstract 0.06% Square Enix 0.05% Black Mask 0.04% Hermes 0.03% Random House 0.02% Tokyopop 0.01% Vertical 0.01% It's Alive 0.01% First Second 0.01% Silver Sprocket 0.01% New comics released DC 102 Marvel 92 Image 39 Dynamite 29 IDW 28 Dark Horse 20 Boom 17 Titan 7 Other 141 TOTAL 475 New graphic novels released Marvel 47 Viz 40 DC 27 Yen 18 Dark Horse 17 IDW 10 Image 8 Boom 8 Dynamite 4 Titan 4 Other 134 TOTAL 317

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.