DC Tops Nov. Comics Sales Again; Industry Grows vs. 2010
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November 2011 Comics Sales Charts CREDIT: |
... but it's a horserace again.
DC Comics' The New 52 has powered the rejuvenated publisher to a third consecutive first place showing on the top of Diamond Comic Distributors comic book and graphic novel sales charts, but the newly-reversed gap between DC and Marvel has narrowed considerably.
These figures narrowly beat out Marvel, who led by their bestselling comic book of the month, the Point One special (#5 on the charts), accounted for 37.84% of Unit Share and 33.30% of Dollar share, leaving it a guessing game whether DC's momentum will allow it to hold onto its industry lead in upcoming months.
Perhaps the real headline news, however, is due to extremely strong comic book unit sales (+30.06%) and graphic novel dollar sales (+12.43%) compared to November 2010, year-to-date 2011 has leapt ahead of ytd 2010 sales by 5.47% in Units and 1.87% in Dollars, the first time both figures have been in positive territory this year.
Yes, it's official - after an extremely slow start to the year, the comic book industry is growing in 2011.
As a reminder, Diamond’s reported sales are orders placed and filled by comic book retailers. Diamond sales do not measure in-store sales to consumers.
Diamond's November 2011 market share, comparative sales, and Top 10 comic book and graphic novels charts follow below.
Look for more data and analysis as Diamond releases their larger indexed sales charts over the next few days.
TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
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PUBLISHER |
DOLLAR SHARE |
UNIT SHARE |
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DC COMICS |
34.69% |
39.66% |
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MARVEL COMICS |
33.30% |
37.84% |
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IMAGE COMICS |
5.36% |
4.60% |
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IDW PUBLISHING |
5.28% |
3.65% |
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DARK HORSE COMICS |
4.56% |
3.47% |
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DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT |
3.48% |
3.20% |
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BOOM! STUDIOS |
1.64% |
1.55% |
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VIZ MEDIA |
1.05% |
0.39% |
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AVATAR PRESS |
0.97% |
0.55% |
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RANDOM HOUSE |
0.96% |
0.27% |
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OTHER NON-TOP 10 |
8.70% |
4.8 |
COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
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DOLLARS |
UNITS |
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NOVEMBER 2011 VS. OCTOBER 2011 |
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COMICS |
-4.57% |
-7.00% |
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GRAPHIC NOVELS |
29.67% |
30.06% |
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TOTAL COMICS/GN |
4.33% |
-4.98% |
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NOVEMBER 2011 VS. NOVEMBER 2010 |
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COMICS |
23.10% |
31.19% |
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GRAPHIC NOVELS |
12.43% |
-0.69% |
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TOTAL COMICS/GN |
19.44% |
28.12% |
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YEAR-TO-DATE 2011 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2010 |
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COMICS |
4.06% |
7.01% |
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GRAPHIC NOVELS |
-2.56% |
-10.27% |
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TOTAL COMICS/GN |
1.87% |
5.47 |
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS
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RANK |
DESCRIPTION |
PRICE |
VENDOR |
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1 |
JUSTICE LEAGUE #3 |
$3.99 |
DC |
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2 |
BATMAN #3 |
$2.99 |
DC |
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3 |
ACTION COMICS #3 |
$3.99 |
DC |
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4 |
GREEN LANTERN #3 |
$2.99 |
DC |
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5 |
POINT ONE |
$5.99 |
MAR |
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6 |
AVENGING SPIDER-MAN #1 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
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7 |
UNCANNY X-MEN #1 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
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8 |
DETECTIVE COMICS #3 [*] |
$2.99 |
DC |
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9 |
FLASH #3 |
$2.99 |
DC |
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10 |
WOLVERINE AND X-MEN #2 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS
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RANK |
DESCRIPTION |
PRICE |
VENDOR |
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1 |
BATMAN: NOEL DELUXE EDITION HC |
$22.99 |
DC |
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2 |
HELLBOY: HOUSE OF THE LIVING DEAD HC |
$14.99 |
DAR |
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3 |
THE BOYS VOLUME 9: BIG RIDE TP |
$24.99 |
DE |
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4 |
THE WALKING DEAD VOLUME 1: DAYS GONE BYE |
$9.99 |
IMA |
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5 |
BATMAN AND ROBIN VOL. 2: BATMAN VS ROBIN TP |
$17.99 |
DC |
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6 |
SCALPED VOLUME 8: YOU GOTTA SIN TO GET SAVED TP (MR) |
$17.99 |
DC |
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7 |
GREEN LANTERN: WAR OF THE GREEN LANTERNS HC |
$29.99 |
DC |
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8 |
SAILOR MOON VOLUME 2 TP |
$10.99 |
RAN |
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9 |
B.P.R.D.: BEING HUMAN TP |
$17.99 |
DAR |
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10 |
JOE THE BARBARIAN DELUXE EDITION HC (MR) |
$29.99 |
DC |
