MARKET SHARES

Share of Overall Units Marvel 37.39% DC 30.77% Image 10.10% IDW 5.08% Dark Horse 4.22% Dynamic Forces 2.69% Boom 1.99% Archie 1.00% Zenescope 0.99% Valiant 0.95% Avatar 0.87% Viz 0.51% Eaglemoss 0.43% Random House 0.24% Oni 0.22% Titan 0.14% Hachette 0.14% Fantagraphics 0.08% St. Martins 0.08% 801 Media 0.05% Other 2.06% Share of Overall Dollars Marvel 34.09% DC 28.06% Image 8.78% IDW 5.71% Dark Horse 4.74% Dynamic Forces 2.81% Boom 2.25% Eaglemoss 2.14% Viz 1.26% Avatar 1.05% Zenescope 0.95% Valiant 0.90% Archie 0.85% Random House 0.83% Hachette 0.45% Fantagraphics 0.41% Oni 0.41% Titan 0.27% St. Martins 0.27% 801 Media 0.23% Other 3.53% Items in Top 300 Marvel 76 DC 74 Image 43 IDW 29 Dynamic Forces 19 Dark Horse 16 Boom 10 Zenescope 10 Valiant 8 Avatar 6 Archie 3 Bongo 2 Aspen 1 Broadsword 1 Oni 1 United Plankton 1 Share of Units in Top 300 Marvel 41.05% DC 33.05% Image 10.02% IDW 4.73% Dark Horse 3.36% Dynamic Forces 2.14% Boom 1.47% Valiant 1.20% Zenescope 0.98% Avatar 0.73% Archie 0.67% Bongo 0.19% Oni 0.13% United Plankton 0.10% Broadsword 0.10% Aspen 0.08% Share of Dollars in Top 300 Marvel 43.43% DC 32.01% Image 8.37% IDW 5.08% Dark Horse 3.17% Dynamic Forces 2.27% Boom 1.61% Valiant 1.27% Zenescope 0.97% Avatar 0.77% Archie 0.53% Bongo 0.15% Oni 0.14% Aspen 0.09% United Plankton 0.08% Broadsword 0.08% 0 0.00% Dollar Share of Top 300 Comics & Top 300 TPBs Marvel 41.25% DC 31.37% Image 9.39% IDW 4.95% Dark Horse 3.63% Dynamic Forces 1.94% Boom 1.69% Valiant 1.10% Zenescope 0.84% Viz 0.74% Avatar 0.73% Archie 0.60% Random House 0.33% Oni 0.21% Hachette 0.20% Bongo 0.17% Fantagraphics 0.14% St. Martins 0.10% Ubiworkshop 0.09% Thirdworld 0.08% Aspen 0.07% United Plankton 0.07% Broadsword 0.06% Last Gasp 0.05% Raw 0.05% Knockabout 0.04% Digital Manga 0.04% Top Shelf 0.03% Action Lab 0.02% NBM 0.02% New comics released DC 83 Marvel 79 Image 53 IDW 38 Dynamic Forces 36 Dark Horse 26 Boom 26 Avatar 16 Other 77 TOTAL 434 New graphic novels released Viz 45 Marvel 27 DC 23 IDW 15 Dark Horse 12 Image 11 Boom 7 Dynamic Forces 4 Avatar 2 Other 108 TOTAL 254

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.