MARKET SHARES

Share of Overall Units Marvel 37.82% DC 31.64% Image 11.06% IDW 4.53% Dark Horse 3.58% Boom 2.68% Dynamite 2.54% Valiant 0.73% Zenescope 0.58% Titan 0.56% Archie 0.53% Random House 0.49% Avatar 0.38% Viz 0.36% Oni 0.36% Scholastic 0.26% Eaglemoss 0.18% St. Martins 0.07% Fantagraphics 0.06% Pocket 0.05% Other 1.56% Share of Overall Dollars Marvel 34.88% DC 27.47% Image 10.62% IDW 5.65% Dark Horse 4.85% Dynamite 2.84% Boom 2.73% Random House 1.20% Viz 0.97% Eaglemoss 0.77% Valiant 0.69% Zenescope 0.61% Archie 0.60% Titan 0.57% Oni 0.49% Scholastic 0.49% Avatar 0.48% Fantagraphics 0.47% Pocket 0.29% St. Martins 0.25% Other 3.06% Items in Top 300 DC 82 Marvel 79 Image 42 IDW 28 Dark Horse 18 Dynamite 17 Boom 12 Valiant 8 Archie 3 Avatar 3 Bongo 2 Titan 2 Broadsword 1 Random House 1 United Plankton 1 Zenescope 1 Share of Units in Top 300 Marvel 42.67% DC 35.21% Image 10.01% IDW 4.03% Dark Horse 2.43% Dynamite 1.97% Boom 1.32% Valiant 0.79% Titan 0.44% Archie 0.34% Avatar 0.25% Bongo 0.17% Random House 0.12% United Plankton 0.09% Broadsword 0.09% Zenescope 0.08% Share of Dollars in Top 300 Marvel 46.56% DC 32.04% Image 8.73% IDW 4.30% Dark Horse 2.39% Dynamite 2.10% Boom 1.41% Valiant 0.87% Titan 0.47% Archie 0.36% Avatar 0.26% Bongo 0.13% Random House 0.13% Zenescope 0.08% United Plankton 0.07% Broadsword 0.07% Dollar Share of Top 300 Comics & Top 300 TPBs Marvel 42.66% DC 30.96% Image 11.67% IDW 4.39% Dark Horse 3.63% Dynamite 1.58% Boom 1.44% Valiant 0.71% Random House 0.54% Titan 0.38% Archie 0.37% Viz 0.29% Avatar 0.27% Pocket 0.16% Joe Books 0.16% Top Shelf 0.12% Fantagraphics 0.10% Bongo 0.10% St. Martins 0.10% Oni 0.08% Zenescope 0.06% United Plankton 0.05% Broadsword 0.05% NBM 0.04% Caliber 0.03% Putnam 0.03% Abrams 0.02% Hachette 0.02% New comics released DC 95 Marvel 76 Image 74 IDW 46 Boom 41 Dark Horse 36 Dynamite 33 Random House 4 Other 94 TOTAL 499 New graphic novels released Marvel 37 Viz 31 DC 29 IDW 27 Dark Horse 27 Random House 24 Image 13 Dynamite 10 Boom 6 Other 97 TOTAL 301

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.