Diamond Announces Top Products for November 2016



(BALTIMORE, MD) — (December 9, 2016) — Batman leads his team into Santa Prisca Prison to confront Bane in Tom King and Mikel Janin's Batman #10 from DC Entertainment, November's best-selling comic book, according to information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors, the world's largest distributor of comics, graphic novels, and pop culture merchandise.

Marvel Comics was November’s top publisher with a 38.08% dollar share and a 39.46% unit share. DC Entertainment was the month's number two publisher with a 26.17% dollar share and a 31.30% unit share. At number three was Image Comics with an 8.99% dollar share and a 9.06% unit share. IDW Publishing was fourth with a 5.23% dollar share and a 4.59% unit share, followed by Dark Horse Comics with a 3.65% dollar share and 2.85% units share.

Marvel Comics had five titles in the top ten unit rankings including Brian Michael Bendis and David Marquez's Civil War II #7 at #3; Bendis and Stefano Caselli's Invincible Iron Man #1 at #5; Gerry Conway and Ryan Stegman's Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #1 at #6; Mike Costa and Gerardo Sandoval's Venom #1 at #8; and Inhumans Vs. X-Men #0 at #10. DC Entertainment had four titles among the top ten; in addition to the top-selling Batman #10, Batman #11 ranked #2, Scott Snyder and John Romita, Jr.’s All-Star Batman #4 ranked #4, and Batman Annual #1 ranked #7. Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead #160 from Image Comics rounded out the top ten at #9. From the premier publishers, Batman/TMNT Adventures #1 was IDW Publishing's top book at #14 for the month, and Dark Horse Comics' Serenity: No Power in the 'Verse #2 was their best-selling book at #113.

Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang's Paper Girls Volume 2 from Image Comics was November's best-selling graphic novel. Marvel Comics had six titles in the top ten led by Marvel: The Hip-Hop Covers Volume 1, a collection of the fan-favorite series of variant covers with an introduction by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Black Panther), at #2. DC Entertainment had three titles among the top ten with Shea Fontana and Yancey Labat's DC Super Hero Girls Volume 2: Hits and Myths as their top-selling book at #3.

Some of comics' top artists come together to celebrate the 30th-anniversary of Labyrinth in BOOM! Studios' Jim Henson's Labyrinth Artist Tribute, November's best-selling book and one of the publisher's two titles among the top ten. IDW Publishing also had two titles in the top ten — John Byrne's Stowaway to the Stars Graphic Album to Color at #3 and Tales from the Darkside: Scripts by Joe Hill at #4. Image Comics' Chew Adult Coloring Book ranked #7 for the month.

DC Collectibles' Batman Animated Series: Batwing Vehicle, a vehicle based on Batman: The Animated Series in scale with DC Collectibles' line of action figures, was November's best-selling toy figure and one of the manufacturer's five products in the top ten. Also among the top ten for DC Collectibles were the Gotham City Garage: Harley Quinn Deluxe Statue at #4, the DC Icons: Batgirl of Burnside Deluxe Action Figure at #5, the Harley Quinn: Red, Black, and White Holiday Statue at #6, and the Batman Animated Series: New Batman Adventures Joker Action Figure at #7. Diamond Select Toys had two products in the top ten: the Marvel Gallery: Deadpool PVC Figure at #2 and the Marvel Premier Collection: Spider-Gwen Statue at #9. Also in the top ten, Skybound Productions' Saga: Alan & Marko Action Figure 2-Pack ranked #10.

WizKids/NECA's DC HeroClix: The Joker’s Wild Booster Brick was November’s best-selling game product. IDW Publishing had two products among the top ten — the TMNT: Shadows of the Past Board Game at #2 and The Game Card Game at #9. Also, Diamond Select Toys’ Back to the Future Monopoly returned to the top ten at #6.

TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS

RETAIL MARKET SHARE PUBLISHER SHARE MARVEL COMICS 38.08% DC ENTERTAINMENT 26.17% IMAGE COMICS 8.99% IDW PUBLISHING 5.23% DARK HORSE COMICS 3.65% BOOM! STUDIOS 1.98% TITAN COMICS 1.61% VIZ MEDIA 1.52% DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 1.40% ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS 1.01% OTHER NON-TOP 10 10.38% UNIT MARKET SHARE PUBLISHER SHARE MARVEL COMICS 39.46% DC ENTERTAINMENT 31.30% IMAGE COMICS 9.06% IDW PUBLISHING 4.59% DARK HORSE COMICS 2.85% BOOM! STUDIOS 1.66% TITAN COMICS 1.30% DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 1.23% VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC 1.15% ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS 1.06% OTHER NON-TOP 10 6.34%

COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS

DOLLARS UNITS NOVEMBER 2016 VS. OCTOBER 2016 COMICS -10.33% -13.26% GRAPHIC NOVELS 19.48% 18.91% TOTAL COMICS/GN -2.72% -11.35% TOYS 28.48% 53.60% NOVEMBER 2016 VS. NOVEMBER 2015 COMICS -12.71% -6.09% GRAPHIC NOVELS 21.56% 25.78% TOTAL COMICS/GN -4.25% -4.15% TOYS -9.53% -12.99% YEAR-TO-DATE 2016 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2015 COMICS 1.85% 1.97% GRAPHIC NOVELS 1.74% 0.77% TOTAL COMICS/GN 1.82% 1.87% TOYS -5.60% -8.56%

NEW TITLES SHIPPED

PUBLISHER COMICS SHIPPED GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED MAGAZINES SHIPPED TOTAL SHIPPED MARVEL COMICS 88 44 0 132 DC ENTERTAINMENT 84 35 0 119 IDW PUBLISHING 46 25 0 71 IMAGE COMICS 50 9 1 60 DARK HORSE COMICS 28 26 0 54 VIZ MEDIA 0 45 0 45 TITAN COMICS 23 18 2 43 BOOM ENTERTAINMENT 23 8 0 31 DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 25 5 0 30 ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS 15 4 0 19 OTHER NON-TOP 10 136 217 30 383

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR 1 BATMAN #10 $2.99 SEP160227-M DC 2 BATMAN #11 $2.99 SEP160229-M DC 3 CIVIL WAR II #7 $4.99 AUG160866-M MAR 4 ALL STAR BATMAN #4 $4.99 SEP160214-M DC 5 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #1 $3.99 SEP160893-M MAR 6 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 $4.99 SEP160946-M MAR 7 BATMAN ANNUAL #1 $4.99 SEP160231 DC 8 VENOM #1 $3.99 SEP160951-M MAR 9 THE WALKING DEAD #160 (MR) $2.99 SEP160763-M IMA 10 IVX #0 $4.99 SEP160882-M MAR

TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR 1 PAPER GIRLS VOLUME 2 TP $12.99 SEP160815 IMA 2 MARVEL: THE HIP-HOP COVERS VOLUME 1 HC $34.99 MAR160927 MAR 3 DC SUPER HERO GIRLS VOL. 2: HITS AND MYTHS TP $9.99 AUG160270 DC 4 STAR WARS: DARTH VADER VOL. 4: END OF GAMES TP $19.99 JUL161076 MAR 5 UNBELIEVABLE GWENPOOL VOL. 1: BELIEVE IT TP $16.99 AUG161009 MAR 6 SANDMAN OVERTURE TP (MR) $19.99 AUG160359 DC 7 DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH DELUXE EDITION HC $17.99 AUG160316 DC 8 VISION VOL. 2: LITTLE BETTER THAN BEAST TP $17.99 SEP161139 MAR 9 MOON KNIGHT VOLUME 1: LUNATIC TP $15.99 SEP161128 MAR 10 DEADPOOL V. GAMBIT: V IS FOR VS TP $16.99 AUG161011 MAR

TOP 10 BOOKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR 1 JIM HENSON’S LABYRINTH ARTIST TRIBUTE HC $24.99 AUG161305 BOO 2 MOUSE GUARD COLORING BOOK $14.99 JUN161233 BOO 3 JOHN BYRNE’S STOWAWAY TO THE STARS GRAPHIC ALBUM TO COLOR TP $12.99 SEP160610 IDW 4 TALES FROM THE DARKSIDE SCRIPTS BY JOE HILL HC $17.99 AUG160478 IDW 5 DOCTOR WHO: THE TWELVE DOCTORS OF CHRISTMAS HC $14.99 JUN168322 PEN 6 THE SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOLUME 111 SC $14.95 AUG162275 SAN 7 CHEW ADULT COLORING BOOK TP (MR) $14.99 SEP160767 IMA 8 SPECTRUM ART BOOK 23 SC $35.00 SEP162204 PUB 9 DC COMICS: WONDER WOMAN COLORING BOOK SC $14.99 AUG162253 POC 10 THE SHADOW NOVEL ANNUAL VOLUME 2 SC $19.95 JUL162277 SAN

TOP 10 TOYS

RANK DESCRIPTION ITEM CODE VENDOR 1 BATMAN ANIMATED SERIES: BATWING VEHICLE APR160436 DC 2 MARVEL GALLERY: DEADPOOL PVC FIGURE JUN162394 DST 3 DC COMICS: HARLEY QUINN “NEW 52” BISHOUJO STATUE APR162878 KOT 4 GOTHAM CITY GARAGE: HARLEY QUINN DELUXE STATUE AUG150301 DC 5 DC ICONS: BATGIRL OF BURNSIDE DELUXE ACTION FIGURE MAY160364 DC 6 HARLEY QUINN: RED, BLACK & WHITE HOLIDAY STATUE MAY160361 DC 7 BATMAN ANIMATED SERIES: NEW BATMAN ADVENTURES: THE JOKER ACTION FIGURE MAR160321 DC 8 STAR WARS: DARTH VADER “EPISODE IV” ARTFX+ STATUE MAY162719 KOT 9 MARVEL PREMIER COLLECTION: SPIDER-GWEN STATUE APR162612 DST 10 SAGA: ALANA & MARKO ACTION FIGURE 2-PACK SEP160830 SKY

TOP 10 GAMES

RANK DESCRIPTION ITEM CODE VENDOR 1 DC HEROCLIX: THE JOKER’S WILD BOOSTER BRICK JUL163367 NEC 2 TMNT: SHADOWS OF THE PAST BOARD GAME APR160482 IDW 3 JIM HENSON’S LABYRINTH BOARD GAME JUN163091 RIV 4 MARVEL DICE MASTERS: DEADPOOL AUG163179 NEC 5 MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: CONSPIRACY: TAKE THE CROWN BOOSTER PACKS JUL168216 WIZ 6 BACK TO THE FUTURE MONOPOLY JUL152198 DST 7 PANDEMIC: REIGN OF CTHULHU EDITION BOARD GAME JUN163096 ZMA 8 DC HEROCLIX: THE JOKER’S WILD FAST FORCES 6-PACK JUL163368 NEC 9 THE GAME CARD GAME SEP152625 IDW 10 THE WALKING DEAD TRIVIAL PURSUIT JUL163366 USA

Dollar Market Share – November 2016 Unit Market Share – November 2016

How does Diamond calculate the charts? It all starts at the comic book shop.

Data for Diamond’s sales charts — which includes the monthly market shares and all top product charts — are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from sales made to thousands of comic book specialty shops located inNorth Americaand around the world. Additional sales made to online merchants and other specialty retailers may be included as well.

Unit and dollar market shares are calculated based upon orders for comic books, graphic novels, and magazines invoiced and shipped to Diamond customers during any given month, which comprises pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable. Please note that comics marked with an asterisk (*) have had their reported quantities reduced due to retailer returnability, and thus may rank lower on the charts than their actual sales would reflect.

The category tables in this press release are ranked by units sold by Diamond to its accounts for the comic books, graphic novels, and books categories and by the dollars invoiced by Diamond for the toys and games categories.

The New Titles Count Chart includes all titles that were invoiced by Diamond to retailers for the first time during the month and is not the official solicited title count for the month. Variant edition comic books and graphic novels at the same price point count as a single SKU. Variant edition comic books, lenticular covers, digital combo packs, and graphic novels at different price points count as separate SKUs for each edition.

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