Batman crushed it in Diamond’s just released sales charts for November, taking 6 of the top 10 slots in periodical sales. Doomsday Clock had another two, and Star Wars and Captain America from Marvel rounded things out.

No time for analysis today but check out John Jackson Miller’s Comichron for more insights.

 

 

TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS

PUBLISHER

DOLLAR

SHARE

UNIT

SHARE

MARVEL COMICS

34.29%

34.52%

DC ENTERTAINMENT

33.71%

39.37%

IMAGE COMICS

8.07%

8.26%

IDW PUBLISHING

4.04%

3.66%

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

2.20%

2.15%

DARK HORSE COMICS

2.08%

1.53%

BOOM! STUDIOS

2.06%

1.61%

VIZ MEDIA

1.34%

0.53%

TITAN COMICS

1.31%

1.07%

ONI PRESS

1.23%

0.76%

OTHER NON-TOP 10

9.68%

6.54%

COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS

DOLLARS

UNITS

NOVEMBER 2017 VS. OCTOBER 2017

COMICS

-3.63%

-4.73%

GRAPHIC NOVELS

19.29%

27.04%

TOTAL COMICS/GN

3.11%

-2.54%

TOYS

45.65%

39.93%

NOVEMBER 2017 VS. NOVEMBER 2016

COMICS

-9.45%

-13.28%

GRAPHIC NOVELS

2.21%

-1.73%

TOTAL COMICS/GN

-5.80%

-12.36%

TOYS

-4.88%

-20.66%

YEAR-TO-DATE 2017 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2016

COMICS

-9.89%

-8.38%

GRAPHIC NOVELS

-9.32%

-11.72%

TOTAL COMICS/GN

-9.72%

-8.65%

TOYS

-11.01%

-18.12%

NEW TITLES SHIPPED

PUBLISHER

COMICS SHIPPED

GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED

MAGAZINES SHIPPED

TOTAL

SHIPPED

DC ENTERTAINMENT

95

36

0

131

MARVEL COMICS

85

46

0

131

IMAGE COMICS

68

14

0

82

IDW PUBLISHING

43

26

0

69

BOOM! STUDIOS

25

16

0

41

TITAN COMICS

23

10

8

41

VIZ MEDIA

0

40

0

40

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

25

9

0

34

DARK HORSE COMICS

14

12

0

26

ONI PRESS

8

2

0

10

OTHER NON-TOP 10

156

244

30

430

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS

RANK

DESCRIPTION

PRICE

ITEM CODE

VENDOR

1

DOOMSDAY CLOCK #1

$4.99

SEP170245-M DC

2

DOOMSDAY CLOCK #1 LENTICULAR EDITION

$5.99

SEP170247 DC

3

THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS #1

$3.99

AUG170173 DC

4

BATMAN LOST #1

$4.99

AUG170170 DC

5

BATMAN #35

$2.99

SEP170276-M DC

6

BATMAN #34

$2.99

SEP170274-M DC

7

BATMAN: THE DEVASTATOR #1

$3.99

AUG170172-M DC

8

CAPTAIN AMERICA #695

$3.99

SEP170802-M MAR

9

BATMAN ANNUAL #2

$4.99

SEP170278 DC

10

STAR WARS #38

$3.99

SEP170965-M MAR

TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

RANK

DESCRIPTION

PRICE

ITEM CODE

VENDOR

1

STAR WARS: DARTH VADER VOL. 1: IMPERIAL MACHINE TP

$17.99

AUG171045 MAR

2

DEADPOOL KILLS THE MARVEL UNIVERSE… AGAIN TP

$15.99

AUG171018 MAR

3

THE FLASH VOL. 4: RUNNING SCARED TP

$14.99

AUG170320 DC

4

WONDER WOMAN VOL. 4: GODWATCH TP

$16.99

AUG170329 DC

5

RICK AND MORTY VOLUME 1 TP

$19.99

JUL151482 ONI

6

STAR WARS: ROGUE ONE ADAPTATION TP

$19.99

AUG171049 MAR

7

JOURNEY TO STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI: CAPTAIN PHASMA TP

$16.99

AUG171050 MAR

8

SUPERMAN VOLUME 4: BLACK DAWN TP

$16.99

AUG170325 DC

9

STAR WARS: DARTH MAUL: SON OF DATHOMIR TP

$15.99

AUG171046 MAR

10

JUSTICE LEAGUE VOL. 4: ENDLESS TP

$16.99

AUG170324 DC

PAGE_BREAK: PageBreakTOP 10 BOOKS

RANK

DESCRIPTION

PRICE

ITEM CODE

VENDOR

1

UNDISPUTED STREET FIGHTER HC

$39.99

JUL171680 DYN

2

BACK ISSUE #101

$34.95

AUG172086 TWO

3

GRIMM FAIRY TALES ADULT COLORING BOOK VOLUME 1

$12.99

OCT151871 ZEN

4

HARRY MOON: HARRY’S CHRISTMAS CAROL HC

$16.99

JAN179078 RAB

5

LEGEND OF ZELDA: HYRULE HISTORIA HC

$34.99

SEP120055 DAR

6

OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE VOLUME 47

$29.95

APR171765-M GEM

7

BERNIE WRIGHTSON ARTIFACT EDITION HC

$125.00

JUN170552 IDW

8

LEGACY: COLOR NOVELLA FOR YOU TO COLOR HC

$19.99

JUL170107 DAR

9

THE WALKING DEAD ADULT COLORING BOOK (MR)

$14.99

FEB160615 IMA

10

HONEY MOON: CHRISTMAS HC

$16.99

JAN179079 RAB

TOP 10 TOYS

RANK

DESCRIPTION

ITEM CODE

VENDOR

1

CHIBI TAMAGOTCHI MAR178821 BAN

2

POP RIDES! MARVEL: CLASSIC GHOST RIDER GLOW-IN-THE-DARK VINYL FIGURE JUL178584 FUN

3

POP RIDES! MARVEL: CLASSIC GHOST RIDER VINYL FIGURE JUL178585 FUN

4

MARVEL NOW: VENOM ARTFX+ STATUE MAY172821 KOT

5

DC ICONS: DOOMSDAY VS. SUPERMAN DELUXE FIGURE 2-PACK MAY170374 DC

6

JUSTICE LEAGUE MOVIE: BATMAN STATUE MAY170370 DC

7

BAT SIGNAL PROP MAY170373 DC

8

BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES: HARLEY QUINN 25TH-ANNIVERARY DELUXE PVC FIGURE APR172648 DST

9

JUSTICE LEAGUE MOVIE: SUPERMAN STATUE MAY170371 DC

10

MARVEL PREMIER COLLECTION: PSYLOCKE STATUE APR172652 DST

TOP 10 GAMES

RANK

DESCRIPTION

ITEM CODE

VENDOR

1

PATHFINDER RPG: ULTIMATE WILDERNESS SEP173077 PAI

2

DC HEROCLIX: HARLEY QUINN AND THE GOTHAM GIRLS BOOSTER BRICK JUN173406 NEC

3

PATHFINDER RPG: CORE RULEBOOK POCKET EDITION APR168770 PAI

4

PATHFINDER RPG: CORE RULEBOOK JUN091729 PAI

5

PATHFINDER RPG: BESTIARY 2 POCKET EDITION AUG173198 PAI

6

STARFINDER RPG: ALIEN ARCHIVE HC AUG173202 PAI

7

STARFINDER PAWNS: ALIEN ARCHIVE PAWN BOX SEP173078 PAI

8

PATHFINDER RPG: BOOK OF THE DAMNED HC JUL173377 PAI

9

PATHFINDER RPG: ULTIMATE EQUIPMENT POCKET EDITION AUG173199 PAI

10

TOME OF BEASTS HC JUN168476 PAI

 

 

7 COMMENTS

  1. And we have that post here:

    http://blog.comichron.com/2017/12/dcs-doomsday-clock-helps-make-november.html

    DC had its best month of 2017, thanks to Doomsday Clock and the various Batman titles — up 21% over the same month in 2016, finally out of the shadow of the Rebirth issues. The rest of the market did not keep pace, but with the market-minus-DC only off by 15%, the overall market netted with a smaller drop than in recent months. All key comparative category losses (comics units, comics dollars, GN dollars, all dollars) are now in the single digits again.

  2. It was a five-week month, which tends to catch more specials and whatnot — and, yes, annuals. November had annuals for Aquaman, Batman, Green Arrow, Injustice 2, Justice League, and Super Sons. Number ones for Deadman, Demon, Imaginary Fiends, Jetsons, Mystik U, New Talent Showcase — and then things like Action, Deadman, Doomsday Clock with variant cover prices would be counted twice.

  3. Thanks, John. That makes sense. I only went back and looked at last month because this month’s 95 issues really stood out for DC.

  4. Guess we can expect more Batman-related crossover events in the future.

    They don’t call it Detective Comics Comics for nothing.

  5. Shit, Only 2 in the Top 10 for Marvel? hahaha…. . DC won unit share, but because they don’t swindle their customers, their $$ share is still lower

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