Diamond began its roll-out of December 2008 sales figures today with the release of market shares and the Top 10s for several categories. The Top 10 comics for December and their cover prices, order codes and publishers: 1) Secret Invasion #8 • $3.99 • SEP082358-60 • Marvel Comics2) Final Crisis #5 • $3.99 • AUG080114 … Read more
As in past years, Diamond has released Year-in-Review charts for sales in 2008 — this time, in advance of the December 2008 data. Comics, trade paperback and graphic novel, and market share charts are in the release. 2008 TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS (Dollar Share)Marvel: 40.81%DC: 29.94%Dark Horse: 6.49%Image: 3.73%IDW: 3.08%Others: 15.95% In 2007, Marvel stood … Read more
The Top 300 comics and Top 300 trade estimates for November are now online, subject, as you’ll learn in a moment, to change. As noted earlier here, Diamond made a number of changes in the rollout of its charts this month, including the very important increase from reporting the Top 100 trade paperbacks to the … Read more
Diamond’s new reporting for this month continues: After a web post of the Top 100 trades yesterday, the media release includes indexed figures for the Top 300 Trade Paperbacks and Graphic Novels, a three-fold increase bringing the TPB reporting in line with the Top Comics list. It is unknown whether this is intended to be … Read more
And Diamond now has posted more charts on its website: the Top 100 comics for November, the Market Shares, the Top 50 Manga, and something called the Top 50 Independent Comics chart. I am told that the full charts are still yet to come. The manga are, as in previous such lists, not indexed. The … Read more
The October 2008 comics sales estimates are online at The Comics Chronicles, and it turned out to be a record-setting month in a number of categories. The Top 300 Comics Dollar sales were the highest they’ve been since the beginning of the Diamond Exclusive era, in April 1997. Likewise, the Top 300 Comics Plus Top … Read more