{"id":4530,"date":"2015-12-11T05:30:00","date_gmt":"2015-12-11T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-07-31T19:14:43","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T00:14:43","slug":"millers-dark-knight-returns-to-top-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/11\/millers-dark-knight-returns-to-top-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Miller&#39;s Dark Knight returns to top of comic sales charts in November\n2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: right;\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Dark2BKnight2BIII2B25231-1.jpg\" alt=\"http:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?u=296154&amp;b=44882&amp;m=8908&amp;afftrack=&amp;urllink=www%2Etfaw%2Ecom%2FProfile%2FDark%2DKnight%2DIII%2DMaster%2DRace%2D1%2D%2528of%2D8%2529%5F%5F%5F488216\" width=\"208\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/>Frank Miller&#8217;s Dark Knight returned again in November, giving DC the top slot on a new comic book chart otherwise dominated by Marvel, according to a report released today by Diamond Comic Distributors, Comichron projects the month&#8217;s orders of new comics, graphic novels, and<br \/>\nmagazines amounted to $52 million, up nearly 6% over last November, which also had four shipping weeks.<\/p>\n<p>In past<br \/>\nyears where sales have been up year-over-year, we&#8217;ve spoken of a &#8220;gravy<br \/>\nday&#8221; \u2014 the date when the previous year&#8217;s dollar sales are surpassed,<br \/>\nmaking everything afterward gravy, so to speak. In one recent strong<br \/>\nyear, that date had gone back into November; this year, the day is right<br \/>\naround today. Only $14 million in orders are needed in December for<br \/>\n2015 to top 2014.\u00a0 Comichron projects that 2015&#8217;s Direct Market sales will finish at around $570 million, up by about 6%, or $30 million.<\/p>\n<p>The aggregate change statistics:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<style>table {  }td { padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: medium none; white-space: nowrap; }.xl63 { border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl64 { text-align: center; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl65 { text-align: center; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; width: 334px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 8704; mso-width-source: userset; width: 204pt;\" width=\"204\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" span=\"2\" width=\"65\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"height: 15.0pt; width: 204pt;\" width=\"204\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Dollars<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Units<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">November<br \/>\n2015 vs. October 2015<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Comics<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">8.62%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">4.93%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Graphic<br \/>\nnovels<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-11.93%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-10.96%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Total<br \/>\nComics\/Graphic novels<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">2.70%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">3.80%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">November<br \/>\n2015 vs. November 2014<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Comics<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">30.05%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">18.19%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Graphic<br \/>\nnovels<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-17.50%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">-21.76%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Total<br \/>\nComics\/Graphic novels<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">13.84%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">14.63%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Year-to-date<br \/>\n2015 vs. Year-to-date 2014<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Comics<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">7.54%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">5.45%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Graphic<br \/>\nnovels<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">2.24%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">3.06%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Total<br \/>\nComics\/Graphic novels<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">5.89%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">5.26%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>While periodical comics units were up more than 18%, dollars were up more than 30%<br \/>\nover the same month a year ago. The fact that market-topper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shareasale.com\/r.cfm?u=296154&amp;b=44882&amp;m=8908&amp;afftrack=&amp;urllink=www%2Etfaw%2Ecom%2FProfile%2FDark%2DKnight%2DIII%2DMaster%2DRace%2D1%2D%2528of%2D8%2529%5F%5F%5F488216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b><i>Dark Knight III: The Master Race #1<\/i><\/b><\/a> was priced at nearly $6 had a lot to do with that. With eight issues scheduled, the title is expected to be a presence in the charts well into 2016. The top comic books:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<style>table {  }td { padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: medium none; white-space: nowrap; }.xl63 { border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl64 { text-align: center; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl65 { text-align: center; }<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; width: 360px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 1749; mso-width-source: userset; width: 41pt;\" width=\"41\" \/>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 8064; mso-width-source: userset; width: 189pt;\" width=\"189\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"height: 15pt; text-align: center; width: 41pt;\" width=\"41\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; text-align: left; width: 189pt;\" width=\"189\">Comic<br \/>\nBook<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; text-align: center; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Price<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; text-align: center; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Publisher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Dark Knight III: The<br \/>\nMaster Race #1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$5.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Star Wars: Vader Down<br \/>\n#1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$4.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">3<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Deadpool #1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$4.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">4<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Secret Wars #7<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$3.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Extraordinary X-Men<br \/>\n#1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$4.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">6<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">All-New All-Different<br \/>\nAvengers #1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$4.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">7<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Star Wars #11<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$3.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">8<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Uncanny X-Men #600<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$5.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">9<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Star Wars #12<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$3.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">10<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">All New Wolverine #1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$4.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>The first issue of Miller&#8217;s previous entrant in the series, <i><b>Dark Knight Strikes Again<\/b><\/i>, had placed #1 in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.comichron.com\/monthlycomicssales\/2001\/2001-12.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>December 2001<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dollar sales of graphic novels were down by 17.5%, but that translates to a smaller<br \/>\ndollar amount than the increase comic books saw, and there were 20 fewer graphic novels released in November<br \/>\n2015 versus November 2014. <i><b>Sandman Overture <\/b><\/i>led the chart:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<style>table {  }td { padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: medium none; white-space: nowrap; }.xl63 { border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl64 { text-align: center; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl65 { text-align: center; }<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; width: 360px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 1749; mso-width-source: userset; width: 41pt;\" width=\"41\" \/>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 8064; mso-width-source: userset; width: 189pt;\" width=\"189\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"height: 15pt; text-align: center; width: 41pt;\" width=\"41\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; text-align: left; width: 189pt;\" width=\"189\">Graphic<br \/>\nNovel<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; text-align: center; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Price<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; text-align: center; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Publisher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt;\" height=\"15\">1<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Sandman Overture<br \/>\nDeluxe Edition HC<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$24.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">DC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt;\" height=\"15\">2<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Star Wars: Journey to<br \/>\nthe Force Awakens: Shattered Empire<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$16.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt;\" height=\"15\">3<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Star Wars: Princess<br \/>\nLeia<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$16.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt;\" height=\"15\">4<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Ms. Marvel Volume 4:<br \/>\nLast Days<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$17.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt;\" height=\"15\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Spider-Gwen Vol. 0:<br \/>\nMost Wanted<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$16.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt;\" height=\"15\">6<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Deadpool Vs. Thanos<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$16.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt;\" height=\"15\">7<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Low Volume 2: Before<br \/>\nThe Dawn Burns Us<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$14.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Image<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt;\" height=\"15\">8<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Vampirella #1969<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$7.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Dynamite<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt;\" height=\"15\">9<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Star Wars: Kanan<br \/>\nVolume 1: The Last Padawan<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$19.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Marvel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15pt;\" align=\"center\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt;\" height=\"15\">10<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;\">Saga Volume 5<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">$14.99<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-left: medium none; border-top: medium none;\">Image<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Having the top performers in both categories helped DC close the gap with Marvel somewhat. The market shares:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<style>table {  }td { padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: medium none; white-space: nowrap; }.xl63 { text-align: center; }.xl64 { border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl65 { text-align: center; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl66 { text-align: center; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; width: 194px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 2730; mso-width-source: userset; width: 64pt;\" width=\"64\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" span=\"2\" width=\"65\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"height: 15.0pt; width: 64pt;\" width=\"64\" height=\"15\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Dollar<br \/>\nShare<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Unit Share<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 1;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Marvel<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">43.20%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">47.65%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">DC<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">26.35%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">26.09%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 3;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Image<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">8.67%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">10.02%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">IDW<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">4.42%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">3.50%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 5;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Dark Horse<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">3.17%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">2.69%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 6;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Boom<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">1.96%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">1.67%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 7;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Dynamite<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">1.90%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">1.60%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 8;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Oni<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">1.06%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0.61%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 9;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Titan<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0.73%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0.64%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 10;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Valiant<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0.73%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0.87%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt; mso-yfti-irow: 11; mso-yfti-lastrow: yes;\">\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-top: none; height: 15.0pt;\" height=\"15\">Other<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">7.82%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">4.66%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p>New title volume was relatively light, with 42 fewer items released. The number of new releases by type and publisher:<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<style>table {  }td { padding-top: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-left: 1px; color: black; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 400; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; vertical-align: bottom; border: medium none; white-space: nowrap; }.xl63 { border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }.xl64 { text-align: center; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; white-space: normal; }.xl65 { text-align: center; border: 0.5pt solid windowtext; }<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: left; width: 333px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 3114; mso-width-source: userset; width: 73pt;\" width=\"73\" \/>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" span=\"4\" width=\"65\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 45.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"height: 45.0pt; width: 73pt;\" width=\"73\" height=\"45\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Comics shipped<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Graphic novels<br \/>\nshipped<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Magazines shipped<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border-left: none; width: 65pt;\" width=\"65\">Total<br \/>\nshipped<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Marvel<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">72<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">39<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">111<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">DC<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">77<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">27<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">104<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Image<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">61<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">14<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">IDW<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">42<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">22<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">64<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Dark<br \/>\nHorse<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">36<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">15<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Boom<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">27<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">11<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Dynamite<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">19<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Titan<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">11<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">6<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Valiant<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">9<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">5<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Oni<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">6<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">6<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Other<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">110<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">131<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">34<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">275<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 15.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border-top: medium none; height: 15pt; text-align: left;\" height=\"15\">Total<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">470<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">281<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">39<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border-left: none; border-top: none;\">790<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The per-title estimates will be along next week.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Miller&#8217;s Dark Knight returned again in November, giving DC the top slot on a new comic book chart otherwise dominated by Marvel, according to a report released today by Diamond Comic Distributors, Comichron projects the month&#8217;s orders of new comics, graphic novels, and magazines amounted to $52 million, up nearly 6% over last November, &#8230; 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