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Vital statistics

(All figures below are estimated)

Shipping weeks (i.e., "New Comics Days") this month: 5

One point on the chart released by Diamond equals 1,209 copies.

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COMICS UNIT SALES

The Top 300 Comics sold
7.65 million copies

( -8% vs. same month previous year)
( +9% vs. same month 5 years earlier)
( -4% vs. same month 10 years earlier)
( +19% vs. same month 15 years earlier)
( -31% vs. same month 20 years earlier)

Category to date for year:
81.96 million copies
( +1% vs. previous year)

All comics sold by Diamond (in units)
8.36 million copies
( -6% vs. same month previous year)

Year to date
90.83 million copies
( +2% vs. previous year)

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COMICS DOLLAR SALES

The Top 300 Comics sold had a total retail price of
$29.32 million

( -16% vs. same month previous year)
( +20% vs. same month 5 years earlier)
( +19% vs. same month 10 years earlier)
( +58% vs. same month 15 years earlier)
( +7% vs. same month 20 years earlier)
Category to date for year:
$315.65 million
( -2% vs. previous year)

All comics sold by Diamond (in dollars)
( -13% vs. same month previous year)

Year to date
( +2% vs. previous year)

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GRAPHIC NOVEL DOLLAR SALES

The Top 300 Graphic Novels sold had a total retail price of
$8.71 million

( +22% vs. same month previous year)
( +22% vs. same month 5 years earlier)
( +10% vs. same month 10 years earlier, comparing just the Top 100 vs. Top 100)
( -13% vs. same month 15 years earlier, comparing just the Top 25 vs. the Top 25)

Category to date for year:
$86.59 million
( +5% vs. previous year)

All comics and graphic novels sold by Diamond (in dollars)
( +22% vs. same month previous year)

Year to date
( +2% vs. previous year)

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COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVEL DOLLAR SALES

The Top 300 Comics and Top 300 Graphic Novels sold had a combined total retail price of
$38.03 million

( -9% vs. same month previous year)
( +9% vs. same month 5 years earlier)
(unchanged vs. same month 10 years earlier, comparing just the Top 100 GNs vs. Top 100 GNs)
( +58% vs. same month 15 years earlier, comparing just the Top 25 GNs vs. the Top 25 GNs)

Category to date for year:
$401.62 million
( 0% vs. previous year)

All graphic novels sold by Diamond (in dollars)
( -10% vs. same month previous year)

Year to date
( -6% vs. previous year)

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OVERALL
including all comic books, graphic novels, trade paperbacks, and magazines, Diamond shipped material worth

around $49.89 million
( -4% vs. same month previous year)
( +21% vs. same month 5 years earlier)
( +27% vs. same month 10 years earlier, comparing just the Top 100 GNs vs. Top 100 GNs)

Category to date for year
around $535.86 million
( +2% vs. previous year)

Note: This category diverges slightly from Diamond's reported measures for all comics and graphic novels. Slight differences are introduced by the presence of magazines and other factors.

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Average cost of comics in the Top 300:
$3.92

Average cost of comics in the Top 300, weighted by orders:
$3.83

Average cost of comics in the Top 25:
$3.75

Median cost of comics in the Top 300:
$3.99

Most common cost of comics in the Top 300:
$3.99

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• MARKET SHARES

  Share of Overall Units
  Marvel	39.46%
  DC	31.30%
  Image	9.06%
  IDW	4.59%
  Dark Horse	2.85%
  Boom	1.66%
  Titan	1.30%
  Dynamite	1.23%
  Valiant	1.15%
  Archie	1.06%
  Oni	0.64%
  Viz	0.56%
  Aftershock	0.49%
  Black Mask	0.34%
  Zenescope	0.32%
  Avatar	0.22%
  Random House	0.20%
  Hachette	0.15%
  St. Martins	0.10%
  Fantagraphics	0.10%
  Other	3.22%
  Share of Overall Dollars
  Marvel	38.08%
  DC	26.17%
  Image	8.99%
  IDW	5.23%
  Dark Horse	3.65%
  Boom	1.98%
  Titan	1.61%
  Viz	1.52%
  Dynamite	1.40%
  Archie	1.01%
  Oni	0.95%
  Valiant	0.86%
  Random House	0.70%
  Fantagraphics	0.65%
  Avatar	0.52%
  Aftershock	0.49%
  Hachette	0.48%
  Black Mask	0.45%
  Zenescope	0.35%
  St. Martins	0.34%
  Other	4.60%
  Items in Top 300
  Marvel	84
  DC	82
  Image	33
  IDW	26
  Dark Horse	17
  Boom	9
  Archie	8
  Titan	8
  Valiant	7
  Dynamite	4
  Joe Books	4
  Aftershock	3
  Oni	3
  Black Mask	2
  Bongo	2
  Stranger	1
  Aardvark-Vanaheim	1
  Abstract	1
  Avatar	1
  Benitez	1
  Broadsword	1
  NBM	1
  United Plankton	1
  Share of Units in Top 300
  Marvel	40.35%
  DC	39.97%
  Image	7.37%
  IDW	3.85%
  Dark Horse	2.09%
  Valiant	1.11%
  Boom	1.02%
  Archie	0.97%
  Titan	0.65%
  Dynamite	0.48%
  Oni	0.39%
  Joe Books	0.35%
  Aftershock	0.30%
  Benitez	0.18%
  Bongo	0.16%
  Abstract	0.15%
  Black Mask	0.15%
  Stranger	0.09%
  Aardvark-Vanaheim	0.09%
  NBM	0.08%
  Broadsword	0.07%
  Avatar	0.06%
  United Plankton	0.06%
  Share of Dollars in Top 300
  Marvel	44.83%
  DC	35.21%
  Image	7.12%
  IDW	4.06%
  Dark Horse	2.17%
  Valiant	1.15%
  Boom	1.06%
  Archie	1.03%
  Titan	0.68%
  Dynamite	0.50%
  Oni	0.40%
  Aftershock	0.32%
  Joe Books	0.29%
  Benitez	0.19%
  Bongo	0.16%
  Abstract	0.16%
  Black Mask	0.16%
  Avatar	0.12%
  Stranger	0.10%
  Aardvark-Vanaheim	0.09%
  NBM	0.08%
  United Plankton	0.07%
  Broadsword	0.05%
  Dollar Share of Top 300 Comics & Top 300 TPBs
  Marvel	45.83%
  DC	32.65%
  Image	7.86%
  IDW	3.79%
  Dark Horse	2.45%
  Boom	1.17%
  Valiant	0.98%
  Archie	0.86%
  Titan	0.75%
  Viz	0.53%
  Oni	0.44%
  Dynamite	0.41%
  Black Mask	0.30%
  Aftershock	0.29%
  Joe Books	0.23%
  Fantagraphics	0.20%
  Abstract	0.19%
  Benitez	0.18%
  Avatar	0.14%
  Bongo	0.13%
  Random House	0.11%
  Stranger	0.08%
  Aardvark-Vanaheim	0.07%
  Tokyopop	0.07%
  NBM	0.06%
  United Plankton	0.05%
  Bergen Street	0.04%
  Broadsword	0.04%
  St. Martins	0.03%
  Lo Scarabeo	0.03%
  Hachette	0.02%
  Udon	0.02%
  New comics released
  Marvel	88
  DC	84
  Image	50
  IDW	46
  Dark Horse	28
  Dynamite	25
  Titan	23
  Boom	23
  Archie	15
  Other	136
  TOTAL	518
  New graphic novels released
  Viz	45
  Marvel	44
  DC	35
  Dark Horse	26
  IDW	25
  Titan	18
  Image	9
  Boom	8
  Dynamite	5
  Archie	4
  Other	217
  TOTAL	436

  
  

  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.