{"id":4508,"date":"2016-01-08T18:09:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-07-31T19:11:08","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T00:11:08","slug":"secret-wars-private-eye-top-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/08\/secret-wars-private-eye-top-december\/","title":{"rendered":"Secret Wars, Private Eye top December comic charts in strong finish to 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Marvel<\/b>‘s Secret Wars<\/i> #8<\/b><\/a> was the top-selling comic book in the comic shop market in December, according to information that Diamond Comic Distributors <\/b>released today.<\/p>\n

As suggested by the bottom line projection in our end-of-year post<\/b><\/a>, retailers ordered $52.9 million worth of comic books, graphic novels, and magazine in December, up a considerable 21.85% over the same month in 2014. That was enough to push the 2015 totals higher, to $579.18 million, up 7.17%.<\/p>\n

In an unusual happenstance, December had five shipping weeks, as did last December; often the holidays push one of the reporting weeks into January.<\/p>\n

Comics dollar sales spiked significantly, up 25% over the same month a year ago. November’s top title slipped to second place with its second issue, Dark Knight III: The Master Race #2<\/b><\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Graphic novel sales rebounded nicely to end the year, with a pricey title topping the list that isn’t a familiar name in print: The Private Eye<\/b><\/i><\/a>, a hardcover collecting a digital comic by Brian K. Vaughan <\/b>and Marcos Martin<\/b>. An Image<\/b> title priced at $49.95, it no doubt contributed to the 14% increase in graphic novel dollar sales that December saw year-over-year.
\nHere’s the comparative sales statistics for the month, including those for the fourth quarter. This table also obviously includes the final percentage changes for 2015 overall:<\/p>\n

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