Marvel still ruled the roost in August, according to figures just released by Diamond, and DC lagged 14 points in units, but gained a little from July’s disappointing numbers in dollars. Marvel’s Wars lines — Star and Secret—continued to do well, while Batman and JLa made the top 10 for DC. They were joined by the new issue of the Walking Dead.
Image had another month with a 10% share in units, and did well in graphic novels. The top GN was the 24th volume of The Walking Dead. Outside the top ten, the best-selling non-premier comic book was Oni Press’ Invader Zim #2 at #43 overall.
Comparisons with last month are skewed since July was a 5 week month, but year to date and year to year continue to show sales holding steady in 2015 with combined sales of comics and graphic novels up about 10% in both units and dollars.
The real interest in this month’s charts will be seeing how DC’s new look titles do after what was considered a pretty soft launch.
TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
| PUBLISHER | DOLLAR
SHARE |
UNIT
SHARE |
| MARVEL COMICS | 36.67% | 40.13% |
| DC ENTERTAINMENT | 25.39% | 26.95% |
| IMAGE COMICS | 9.98% | 10.41% |
| IDW PUBLISHING | 4.90% | 4.26% |
| DARK HORSE COMICS | 4.09% | 3.63% |
| BOOM! STUDIOS | 2.33% | 2.38% |
| DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT | 2.01% | 2.03% |
| TITAN COMICS | 1.33% | 1.42% |
| VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT | 1.07% | 1.37% |
| ONI PRESS | 1.12% | 1.11% |
| OTHER NON-TOP 10 | 11.10% | 6.32% |
NEW TITLES SHIPPED
| PUBLISHER | COMICS SHIPPED | GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED | MAGAZINES SHIPPED | TOTAL
SHIPPED |
| MARVEL COMICS | 72 | 33 | 0 | 105 |
| DC ENTERTAINMENT | 70 | 26 | 1 | 97 |
| IMAGE COMICS | 61 | 16 | 0 | 77 |
| IDW PUBLISHING | 39 | 18 | 0 | 57 |
| DARK HORSE COMICS | 32 | 13 | 0 | 45 |
| BOOM ENTERTAINMENT | 31 | 8 | 0 | 39 |
| DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT | 19 | 8 | 0 | 27 |
| TITAN COMICS | 11 | 6 | 1 | 18 |
| VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC | 11 | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| ONI PRESS INC. | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| OTHER NON-TOP 10 | 81 | 145 | 46 | 272 |
COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
| DOLLARS | UNITS | |
| AUGUST 2015 VS. JULY 2015 | ||
| COMICS | -18.24% | -15.79% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | -10.71% | -20.19% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | -15.89% | -16.20% |
| AUGUST 2015 VS. AUGUST 2014 | ||
| COMICS | 2.25% | 0.03% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | 16.04% | 11.89% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | 6.45% | 0.97% |
| YEAR-TO-DATE 2015 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2014 | ||
| COMICS | 11.38% | 10.61% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | 6.35% | 5.96% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | 9.80% | 10.22% |
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
| 1 | SECRET WARS #5 | $3.99 | MAY150642-M | MAR |
| 2 | STAR WARS #8 | $3.99 | MAY150780-M | MAR |
| 3 | BATMAN #43 | $3.99 | JUN150239-M | DC |
| 4 | DARTH VADER #8 | $3.99 | MAY150786 | MAR |
| 5 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: RENEW YOUR VOWS #3 | $3.99 | MAY150716-M | MAR |
| 6 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: RENEW YOUR VOWS #4 | $3.99 | JUN150736-M | MAR |
| 7 | THE WALKING DEAD #145 (MR) | $2.99 | JUN150539 | IMA |
| 8 | JUSTICE LEAGUE #43 | $3.99 | JUN150172-M | DC |
| 9 | CIVIL WAR #2 | $3.99 | MAY150690-M | MAR |
| 10 | STAR WARS: LANDO #2 | $3.99 | MAY150774 | MAR |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
| 1 | THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 24: LIFE AND DEATH TP (MR) | $14.99 | JUN150590 | IMA |
| 2 | BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL EDITION HC | $17.99 | NOV070226 | DC |
| 3 | BLACK SCIENCE VOL. 3: VANISHING POINT TP (MR) | $14.99 | JUN150521 | IMA |
| 4 | CIVIL WAR TP | $24.99 | JAN072436 | MAR |
| 5 | RETURN OF THE LIVING DEADPOOL TP | $16.99 | MAY150827 | MAR |
| 6 | FABLES VOLUME 22 TP (MR) | $17.99 | APR150316 | DC |
| 7 | CHEW VOLUME 10: BLOOD PUDDIN’ TP (MR) | $14.99 | JUN150496 | IMA |
| 8 | UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL VOL. 1: SQUIRREL POWER TP | $15.99 | MAY150824 | MAR |
| 9 | SAGA VOLUME 1 TP (MR) | $9.99 | AUG120491 | IMA |
| 10 | SUNSTONE VOLUME 3 GN (MR) | $14.99 | JUN150583 | IMA |
TOP 10 BOOKS
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
| 1 | FRANK MILLER’S DAREDEVIL ARTIFACT EDITION HC | $75.00 | MAR150343 | IDW |
| 2 | LEGEND OF ZELDA: HYRULE HISTORIA HC | $34.99 | SEP120055 | DAR |
| 3 | BATMAN YOU CHOOSE STORIES: TERRIBLE TRIO | $6.95 | JUN151729 | CAP |
| 4 | BATMAN YOU CHOOSE STORIES: SUPER VILLAIN SMACKDOWN | $6.95 | JUN151728 | CAP |
| 5 | THE SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOLUME 98 | $14.95 | JUN151745 | SAN |
| 6 | THE ART OF MOUSE GUARD 2005-2015 HC | $59.99 | MAY151087 | BOO |
| 7 | AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER: POSTER COLLECTION TP | $24.99 | MAR150041 | DAR |
| 8 | THE OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE VOL. 45 SC | $29.95 | APR151522 | GEM |
| 9 | DC SUPER HEROES BATMAN: ATTACK OF THE MAN-BAT SC | $5.95 | JUN151730 | CAP |
| 10 | DC SUPER HEROES SUPERMAN: DARK SIDE OF APOKOLIPS SC | $5.95 | JUN151732 | CAP |
TOP 10 TOYS
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
| 1 | BATMAN BLACK & WHITE STATUE: BATGIRL BY BABS TARR | FEB150303 | DC |
| 2 | MARVEL COMICS VARIANT PLAY ARTS KAI: IRON MAN FIGURE | DEC148331 | SQU |
| 3 | MARVEL SELECT AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON: BLACK WIDOW FIGURE | FEB152166 | DST |
| 4 | MARVEL SELECT: ZOMBIE SABRETOOTH FIGURE | MAR152070 | DST |
| 5 | DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS: LOIS LANE STATUE | FEB150301 | DC |
| 6 | MARVEL SELECT: ANT-MAN FIGURE | FEB152167 | DST |
| 7 | WOMEN OF DYNAMITE: VAMPIRELLA STATUE | APR151332 | DYN |
| 8 | MARVEL SELECT AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON: THOR FIGURE | JAN152175 | DST |
| 9 | MARVEL SELECT: RED HULK FIGURE | MAR088262 | DST |
| 10 | DC COMICS DESIGNER SERIES BY JAE LEE: BATMAN FIGURE | FEB150297 | DC |
TOP 10 GAMES
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
| 1 | MARVEL HEROCLIX: NICK FURY AGENT OF SHIELD BOOSTER BRICK | MAY152783 | NEC |
| 2 | BACK TO THE FUTURE MONOPOLY | JUL152198 | DST |
| 3 | GAME OF THRONES RISK | JUN152759 | USA |
| 4 | BATMAN: FLUXX CARD GAME | JUN152744 | LOO |
| 5 | STAR WARS X-WING: IMPERIAL RAIDER EXPANSION PACK | FEB152685 | FAN |
| 6 | LEGEND OF ZELDA YAHTZEE COLLECTOR’S EDITION | JUL152936 | USA |
| 7 | GAME OF THRONES MONOPOLY | APR152735 | USA |
| 8 | MARVEL HEROCLIX: NICK FURY AGENT OF SHIELD FAST FORCES 6-PACK | MAY152785 | NEC |
| 9 | STAR WARS: FORCE AND DESTINY RPG CORE RULEBOOK | APR152724 | FAN |
| 10 | MARVEL DICE MASTERS: AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON FOIL PACKS | MAR152653 | NEC |
What is up with that hideous Secret Wars cover? Dr. Doom is breaking through someone else’s face?
See the previous Secret Wars comics for answers, also the cover is amazing!
Secret Wars-just more Marvel zombie stunt selling and the dimfucks still our buying.talk being a Marvel Comic Zombie Drug Addict.Gee maw.me need to buy a shit load of Marvel crap-so can I steal the tv,sell it to make those untalented hack turds at Marvel rich ?And you guys think crackheads are bad.Duh look in a mirror folks.your just the same kinda dope.just legal.
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