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Diamond just released sales charts for December and it was a familiar story: Secret Wars and Brian K Vaughan. In a slight twist, it was The Private Eye, the collected edition of the web-only serial by Vaughan, Marcos Martin and Muntsa Vicente that led GNs and not Saga but, you can the picture.

Sales were pretty flat from November but up double digits from December 2014, probably because of more titles shipped during the holidays.

Marvel remained on top, but their market share declined a bit, with DC, Image, IDW and the rest all picking up a bit. This was not so much due to Marvel shipping fewer titles as other publishers shipping more. DC gained about 3 percentage points on Marvel, with Batman and Harley Quinn making a reappearance in the top ten.

We Can Never Come Home by Matthew Rosenberg and Josh Hood and published by Black Mask made an appearance in the Top Ten graphic novels; this book has been a huge sleeper hit for the creators and shows you never know where a hit can come from any more.

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TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS

PUBLISHER DOLLAR

SHARE

UNIT

SHARE

MARVEL COMICS 37.09% 41.87%
DC ENTERTAINMENT 29.32% 29.93%
IMAGE COMICS 10.29% 10.65%
IDW PUBLISHING 5.31% 4.10%
DARK HORSE COMICS 3.05% 2.43%
BOOM! STUDIOS 1.91% 1.71%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 1.63% 1.55%
TITAN COMICS 1.38% 1.21%
ONI PRESS 0.89% 0.74%
VIZ MEDIA 0.82% 0.31%
OTHER NON-TOP 10 8.31% 5.50%

 


NEW TITLES SHIPPED

PUBLISHER COMICS SHIPPED GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED MAGAZINES SHIPPED TOTAL

SHIPPED

DC ENTERTAINMENT 98 36 1 135
MARVEL COMICS 81 27 0 108
IMAGE COMICS 77 16 0 93
IDW PUBLISHING 50 29 0 79
DARK HORSE COMICS 32 17 0 49
BOOM ENTERTAINMENT 31 9 0 40
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 23 9 0 32
TITAN COMICS 17 6 4 27
VIZ MEDIA 0 17 0 17
ONI PRESS INC. 8 4 0 12
OTHER NON-TOP 10 139 138 41 318

COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS

  DOLLARS UNITS
DECEMBER 2015 VS. NOVEMBER 2015
COMICS -2.14% 0.68%
GRAPHIC NOVELS 12.73% 7.36%
TOTAL COMICS/GN 1.53% 1.09%
DECEMBER 2015 VS. DECEMBER 2014
COMICS 25.05% 18.63%
GRAPHIC NOVELS 14.12% 7.03%
TOTAL COMICS/GN 21.85% 17.80%
YEAR 2015 VS. YEAR 2014
COMICS 8.99% 6.54%
GRAPHIC NOVELS 3.14% 3.35%
TOTAL COMICS/GN 7.17% 6.28%

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 SECRET WARS #8 $3.99 AUG150653-M MAR
2 DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE #2 $5.99 OCT150141-M DC
3 STAR WARS #13 $3.99 SEP150832-M MAR
4 BATMAN/TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #1 $3.99 OCT150148-M DC
5 BATMAN #47 $3.99 OCT150202-M DC
6 GUARDIANS OF INFINITY #1 $4.99 OCT150747-M MAR
7 DARTH VADER #14 $3.99 OCT150943-M MAR
8 HARLEY’S LITTLE BLACK BOOK #1 $4.99 OCT150151-M DC
9 STAR WARS ANNUAL #1 $4.99 OCT150941 MAR
10 DARTH VADER ANNUAL #1 $4.99 OCT150939-M MAR

TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 THE PRIVATE EYE DELUXE EDITION HC (MR) $49.99 OCT150484 IMA
2 HARLEY QUINN VOLUME 2: POWER OUTAGE TP $16.99 SEP150302 DC
3 AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER VOLUME 11: SMOKE & SHADOW PART 2 TP $10.99 AUG150057 DAR
4 BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN TP $9.99 SEP150285 DC
5 SAGA VOLUME 5 TP (MR) $14.99 JUL150565 IMA
6 WE CAN NEVER GO HOME TP (MR) $9.99 SEP151091 BLA
7 HARLEY QUINN VOLUME 3: KISS KISS BANG STAB HC $24.99 AUG150272 DC
8 STAR WARS: DARTH VADER VOLUME 1: VADER TP $19.99 JUL150827 MAR
9 CIVIL WAR TP $24.99 JAN072436 MAR
10 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: RENEW YOUR VOWS TP $17.99 SEP150861 MAR

TOP 10 BOOKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 LOCKE & KEY: SHADES OF TERROR COLORING BOOK $9.99 OCT150443 IDW
2 STAR WARS ARTIFACT EDITION HC $75.00 JUL150362 IDW
3 GRIMM FAIRY TALES: ADULT COLORING BOOK $12.99 OCT151871 ZEN
4 THE ART OF FALLOUT 4 HC $49.99 JUL158450 DAR
5 THE LITTLE BOOK OF BATMAN FLEXICOVER (MR) $9.99 SEP151821 TAS
6 WONDER WOMAN: TIARA BRACELET & BOOK KIT $9.95 OCT151892 RUN
7 THE LITTLE BOOK OF WONDER WOMAN FLEXICOVER $9.99 SEP151823 TAS
8 THE SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOLUME 102 SC $14.95 OCT151917 SAN
9 THE LITTLE BOOK OF SUPERMAN FLEXICOVER $9.99 SEP151822 TAS
10 LEGEND OF ZELDA: HYRULE HISTORIA HC $34.99 SEP120055 DAR

TOP 10 TOYS

RANK DESCRIPTION ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 HALO: MJOLNIR MARK V & MARK VI DELUXE ARTFX+ STATUE 2-PACK MAY152430 KOT
2 DC COMICS: THE BOMBSHELLS JOKER & HARLEY QUINN STATUE MAY150291 DC
3 ALEX ROSS JUSTICE LEAGUE ACTION FIGURE 6-PACK JUN150332 DC
4 DC COMICS: THE NEW 52: JUSTICE LEAGUE ACTION FIGURE 7-PACK NOV138235 DC
5 DC COMICS: BATGIRL STATUE JUN150340 DC
6 BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES: MASK OF THE PHANTASM ACTION FIGURE 2-PACK JUL150355 DC
7 DC COMICS COVER GIRLS: CATWOMAN STATUE JUN150350 DC
8 DC ICONS: GREEN LANTERN: HAL JORDAN DARK DAYS DELUXE FIGURE MAY150299 DC
9 DC ICONS: THE FLASH CHAIN LIGHTNING ACTION FIGURE MAY150295 DC
10 MARVEL SELECT: DR. STRANGE ACTION FIGURE MAY152177 DST

 


TOP 10 GAMES

RANK DESCRIPTION ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 MOUSE GUARD ROLEPLAYING GAME BOXED SET (2ND EDITION) FEB151158 BOO
2 BACK TO THE FUTURE MONOPOLY JUL152198 DST
3 MONOPOLY: THE WALKING DEAD SURVIVAL EDITION OCT128266 USA
4 SUPERFIGHT ORANGE DECK SEP150634 IMA
5 SUPERFIGHT RED DECK SEP150635 IMA
6 SUPERFIGHT BLUE DECK SEP150636 IMA
7 SUPERFIGHT PURPLE DECK SEP150637 IMA
8 SUPERFIGHT GREEN DECK SEP150638 IMA
9 JAY & SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK MONOPOLY DEC142209 DST
10 DC HEROCLIX BRAINIAC SKULL SHIP OCT158547 NEC

 

1 COMMENT

  1. ” This was not so much due to Marvel shipping fewer titles as other publishers shipping more.”

    Well, that and the “Sales on all Marvel books that aren’t Star Wars drop off a fucking cliff after issue 2/3, that’s why they renumber them every five minutes” effect starting to kick in post-ANAD.

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