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Diamond has just released the sales rankings for October, and Boom’s Big Trouble in Little China/Escape from New York #1 was the best selling periodcal, thanks to inclusion in this month’s Loot Crate. Marvel’s Champions #1, which sold some 400,000 copies was the #2 title and a reprint of the original Tony Isabella/Don Heck/Bob Layton Champions was the best selling graphic novel.

champions-no-time-for-losersMore importantly, Marvel beat DC for the first time since Rebirth kicked in – EDIT: Marvel beat DC in June, the first month of Rebirth. Was this due to the end of returnability or just standard attrition? Looking forward to seeing the numbers on Monday. Marvel’s dollar share was 35.89%, up from 31.40% in September, and unit share 36.58%, up from 30.75%. DC’s dollar share dropped 6% and units were down 9%. Marvel had four titles in the top ten, including the new Doctor Strange and the Sorcerers Supreme #1,  a nice tie in to the film promotion.

 

In comparisons, graphic novels were generally down from last month and a year ago, while periodicals were up. Overall, total comics are up about 2.5% in both dollas and units. Diamond added a line for toy sale percentages, which at first gave me a heart attack, as they are down all around.

I’m waiting to see the actual numbers for the month, as there seems to be a lot of transition going on here.

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TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS

PUBLISHER DOLLAR

SHARE

UNIT

SHARE

MARVEL COMICS 35.89% 36.58%
DC ENTERTAINMENT 30.70% 34.76%
IMAGE COMICS 9.45% 8.83%
IDW PUBLISHING 4.70% 3.44%
DARK HORSE COMICS 3.47% 2.27%
BOOM! STUDIOS 2.85% 5.55%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 2.00% 1.54%
TITAN COMICS 1.23% 1.13%
VIZ MEDIA 0.88% 0.29%
ONI PRESS 0.81% 0.58%
OTHER NON-TOP 10 8.00% 5.02%

COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS

  DOLLARS UNITS
OCTOBER 2016 VS. SEPTEMBER 2016
COMICS 18.42% 18.38%
GRAPHIC NOVELS -7.01% -9.67%
TOTAL COMICS/GN 10.69% 16.23%
TOYS -1.07% -26.26%
OCTOBER 2016 VS. OCTOBER 2015
COMICS 5.74% 13.61%
GRAPHIC NOVELS -10.40% -5.82%
TOTAL COMICS/GN 1.09% 12.23%
TOYS -15.81% -23.92%
YEAR-TO-DATE 2016 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2015
COMICS 3.59% 2.86%
GRAPHIC NOVELS -0.01% -1.28%
TOTAL COMICS/GN 2.48% 2.52%
TOYS -5.05% -7.94%

 


NEW TITLES SHIPPED

PUBLISHER COMICS SHIPPED GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED MAGAZINES SHIPPED TOTAL

SHIPPED

MARVEL COMICS 89 39 0 128
DC ENTERTAINMENT 88 32 1 121
IMAGE COMICS 58 22 1 81
IDW PUBLISHING 44 31 0 75
DARK HORSE COMICS 25 21 0 46
BOOM! STUDIOS 28 10 0 38
TITAN COMICS 26 2 4 32
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 23 7 0 30
ONI PRESS 13 4 0 17
VIZ MEDIA 0 17 0 17
OTHER NON-TOP 10 134 160 19 313

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA/ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK #1 $3.99 AUG161297-M BOO
2 CHAMPIONS #1 $4.99 AUG160733-M MAR
3 DOCTOR STRANGE AND THE SORCERERS SUPREME #1 $3.99 AUG160798-M MAR
4 DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE #6 $5.99 JUN160290-M DC
5 BATMAN #8 $2.99 AUG160197-M DC
6 BATMAN #9 $2.99 AUG160203-M DC
7 CIVIL WAR II #6 $4.99 JUL160889-M MAR
8 DARTH VADER #25 $5.99 JUN160929-M MAR
9 ALL-STAR BATMAN #3 [*] $4.99 AUG160186-M DC
10 THE WALKING DEAD #159 (MR) $2.99 AUG160675-M IMA

TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 CHAMPIONS: NO TIME FOR LOSERS #1 $7.99 AUG160750 MAR
2 THE WICKED & THE DIVINE VOL. 4: RISING ACTION TP (MR) $14.99 JUL160868 IMA
3 EAST OF WEST VOLUME 6 TP (MR) $14.99 JUL160823 IMA
4 TOKYO GHOST VOLUME 2 TP (MR) $14.99 JUL160853 IMA
5 LOW VOLUME 3: SHORE OF THE DYING LIGHT TP (MR) $14.99 MAY160689 IMA
6 UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL BEATS UP THE MARVEL UNIVERSE HC $24.99 JUN160947 MAR
7 DOCTOR STRANGE: FLIGHT OF BONES TP $24.99 JUL161070 MAR
8 COLOR YOUR OWN STAR WARS TP $9.99 JUL161075 MAR
9 TREES VOLUME 2 TP (MR) $12.99 NOV150698 IMA
10 BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS BOOK & MASK SET $39.99 APR160376 DC

TOP 10 BOOKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 SERENITY ADULT COLORING BOOK TP $14.99 JUL160124 DAR
2 BAIT: OFF-COLOR STORIES FOR YOU TO COLOR HC $19.99 AUG160017 DAR
3 THE ART OF ATARI HC $39.99 JUL161467 DE
4 THE WALKING DEAD: RICK GRIMES ADULT COLORING BOOK (MR) $14.99 JUL160872 IMA
5 AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER ADULT COLORING BOOK TP $14.99 JUL160111 DAR
6 THE ART OF FIRE EMBLEM: AWAKENING HC $39.99 APR160139 DAR
7 DC COMICS ENCYCLOPEDIA UPDATED HC $40.00 AUG162215 DK
8 MOUSE GUARD COLORING BOOK $14.99 JUN161233 BOO
9 DC SUPER HEROES: BIG BOOK OF GIRL POWER HC $16.99 JUN162064 POC
10 DC SUPER HEROES: BIG BOOK OF SUPERPOWERS HC $16.99 JUN162065 POC

TOP 10 TOYS

RANK DESCRIPTION ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES: DELUXE BATMOBILE FEB160290 DC
2 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LINK BETWEEN WORLDS: LINK FIGMA DX NOV158470 GOO
3 MARVEL: SPIDER-GWEN BISHOUJO STATUE MAR162521 KOT
4 DC COMICS: THE NEW 52: JUSTICE LEAGUE FIGURE 7-PACK BOX SET NOV138235 DC
5 THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: LINK BETWEEN WORLDS LINK FIGMA NOV158469 GOO
6 MARVEL PREMIUM COLLECTION: SPIDER-GWEN STATUE APR162612 DST
7 MARVEL GALLERY: DEADPOOL PVC FIGURE JUN162394 DST
8 STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS: C-3PO & R2-D2 WITH BB-8 ARTFX+ STATUE 3-PACK DEC152336 KOT
9 BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES: BATMAN & ROBIN WITH BATSIGNAL 2-PACK JUN160386 DC
10 BATMAN V SUPERMAN: SUPERMAN MAF EX FIGURE NOV158137 MED

TOP 10 GAMES

RANK DESCRIPTION ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES HEROCLIX: HEROES IN A HALF SHELL AUG163181 NEC
2 MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: KALADESH BOOSTER PACKS AUG163175 WIZ
3 BACK TO THE FUTURE: OUTATIME DICE GAME MAR160336 IDW
4 GAME OF THRONES RISK JUN152759 USA
5 GAME OF THRONES MONOPOLY APR152735 USA
6 BED WED DEAD: A GAME OF DIRTY DECISIONS CARD GAME JUN160573 IDW
7 MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: KALADESH BUNDLE PACK AUG163176 WIZ
8 MARVEL HEROCLIX: NICK FURY AGENT OF SHIELD BOOSTER BRICK MAY152783 NEC
9 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES HEROCLIX: HEROES IN A HALF SHELL FAST FORCES 6-PACK AUG163182 NEC
10 ARCANE ACADEMY CARD GAME JUN160572 IDW

 

 

4 COMMENTS

  1. “reprint of the original Tony Isabella/Bob Layton Champions”

    Layton inked some later issues of CHAMPIONS, none of which are in this reprint. Don Heck was the co-creator of the team.

  2. That will only last one month…Champions was a bad book for $5. I know my store was optimistic with 15 copies and sold only 3 copies. So #2 only got 4 ordered. Also all these variants artificially inflate the sales of these books.

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