{"id":5739,"date":"2009-04-09T17:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-09T17:55:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-07-28T03:07:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T03:07:24","slug":"march-2009-top-selling-comics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comichron.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/09\/march-2009-top-selling-comics\/","title":{"rendered":"March 2009 Top-Selling Comics at Diamond"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"March 2009 will be remembered in comics history annals as the month of the Watchmen<\/span> movie release; and, indeed, the trade paperback again appeared at the top of the trade charts, according to the preliminary report on comics sales to retailers released today by Diamond Comic Distributors<\/span><\/a>. The basic information appears in this posting, but a page for the eventual March 2009 estimates<\/span><\/a> has been established.<\/p>\n

The Obama Spider-Man title past, Marvel’s “Dark Reign” event asserted itself at the top of the Diamond comic book charts in the form of Dark Avengers<\/span> #3<\/span> in the top position. The Top 10:<\/p>\n

1) Dark Avengers #3 \u2022 $3.99 \u2022 Marvel
2) New Avengers #51 \u2022 $3.99 \u2022 Marvel
3) Batman: Battle for the Cowl #1 \u2022 $3.99 \u2022 DC
4) Wolverine #71 \u2022 $2.99 \u2022 Marvel
5) Ultimatum #3 \u2022 $3.99 \u2022 Marvel
6) Uncanny X-Men #507 \u2022 $2.99 \u2022 Marvel
7) Mighty Avengers #23 \u2022 $2.99 \u2022 Marvel
8) Justice League of America #31 \u2022 $2.99 \u2022 DC
9) Ultimate Wolverine Vs. Hulk #3 $2.99 \u2022 Marvel
10) Buffy the Vampire Slayer #23 \u2022 $2.99 \u2022 Dark Horse<\/p>\n

Six of the Top 10 were at the $2.99 price point this time out, though four of the top five were at $3.99. Ten years ago this month<\/span><\/a> found six of the Top 10 at $1.95 or $1.99, much lower than the average price of all comics that retailers ordered in March 1999, $2.51. Historically, the books placing highest on the unit sales charts were often the highest-profile lower-priced titles; with publishers putting premium prices on their highest-profile books (a phenomenon seen in the early 1990s), we haven’t seen that phenomenon that often in recent months.<\/p>\n

Topping the trades, Watchmen<\/span> has been in the Top 6 every month since July 2008<\/span><\/a>:<\/p>\n

1) Watchmen \u2022 $19.99 \u2022 DC
2) The Stand: Captain Trips Premiere HC (Bermejo Edition) \u2022 $24.99 \u2022 Marvel
3) Jack of Fables Volume 5: Turning Pages \u2022 $14.99 \u2022 DC
4) Alan Moore: The Light Of Thy Countenance \u2022 $7.99 \u2022 Avatar
5) Fruits Basket Vol. 22 \u2022 $10.99 \u2022 Tokyopop
6) Invincible Iron Man Volume 1: Five Nightmares \u2022 $19.99 \u2022 Marvel
7) Naruto Vol. 40 \u2022 $7.95 \u2022 Viz
8) Naruto Vol. 38 \u2022 $7.95 \u2022 Viz
9) Naruto Vol. 41 \u2022 $7.95 \u2022 Viz
10) American Jesus Vol. 1: Chosen \u2022 $9.99 \u2022 Image<\/p>\n

Market shares found IDW<\/span> in the third spot in units, and fourth in dollars, cracking the 5% barrier.<\/p>\n

Share of Overall Units <\/span>
Marvel 47.24%
DC 27.77%
IDW 5.10%
Dark Horse 4.80%
Image 3.18%
Dynamic Forces 2.10%
Viz 1.09%
Boom 0.84%
Avatar 0.69%
Aspen 0.66%
Other 6.53%<\/p>\n

Share of Overall Dollars <\/span>
Marvel \u2022 42.74%
DC \u2022 27.34%
Dark Horse \u2022 5.63%
IDW \u2022 5.01%
Image \u2022 3.60%
Viz \u2022 1.88%
Dynamic Forces \u2022 1.82%
Avatar \u2022 0.83%
Boom \u2022 0.78%
Aspen \u2022 0.42%
Other \u2022 9.95%<\/p>\n

Diamond’s next round of updates is expected early next week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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