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UPDATED: Diamond's February '09 FULL Sales Charts

By Michael Doran
posted: 13 March 2009 03:26 pm ET

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Variant cover art from the 5th printing of Amazing Spider-Man #583

Variant cover art from the 5th printing of Amazing Spider-Man #583

UPDATED Monday, 3/17 with Diamond's Top 300 Comic Books and Graphic Novel/TPB sales charts for February 2009 [below]

In a very rare occurrence (and perhaps even unprecedented), the same comic boocame out on top of Diamond Comics Distributors monthly sakes charts for the second month in a row.

Reprints of Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man #583, the Barack Obama special (it's now in its fifth printing), was the comic book Direct Market's top-selling comic book for February 2009, edging out DC's Batman #686 part one of writer Neil Gaiman's special post-Batman R.I.P. "Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader" two-part special.

The 'found' additional sales of over month-old issue, along with strong showings of new Marvel titles like Thor, Hulk, and the "Dark Reign" Avengers titles helped the publisher to a dominant month on the Market Share charts, accounting for 47.83% of Unit share and 44.70% of Dollar share, with DC charting second place finishes of 28.27% Unit and 26.83% Dollar share.

Coming as little surprise, the top-selling graphic novel in February was DC Comics' Watchmen trade paperback, its sales fueled by the just-released feature film from director Zack Snyder.

The following is Diamond's Market Share stats for February, along with the Top 10 Comic Books and Graphic Novel charts. Look for the extended Top 100/300 sales charts and more sales analysis early next week...


TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS

Publisher

Unit Market Share

Retail Dollar Market Share

MARVEL COMICS

47.83%

44.70%

DC COMICS

28.27%

26.83%

DARK HORSE COMICS

4.66%

5.16%

IDW PUBLISHING

4.43%

4.93%

IMAGE COMICS

3.95%

3.71%

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

2.28%

2.07%

VIZ MEDIA

0.89%

1.85%

EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS LTD

0.40%

1.32%

WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT

0.89%

1.20%

BOOM! STUDIOS

0.69%

0.77%

OTHER NON-TOP 10

5.70%

7.47%


TOP 300 COMIC BOOKS 

Quantity

Retail

Index

Description

Price

Vendor

1

1

133.63

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #583

$3.99

MAR

2

4

100.00

BATMAN #686 (NOTE PRICE)

$3.99

DC

3

2

95.94

NEW AVENGERS #50 DKR

$4.99

MAR

4

3

86.86

THOR #600

$4.99

MAR

5

5

84.01

DARK AVENGERS #2 DKR

$3.99

MAR

6

6

69.34

HULK #10

$3.99

MAR

7

7

68.47

MIGHTY AVENGERS #21 DKR CORRECTED COPY

$3.99

MAR

8

10

65.44

MIGHTY AVENGERS #22 DKR

$2.99

MAR

9

11

64.38

UNCANNY X-MEN #506

$2.99

MAR

10

12

62.60

JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #30 (ORIGINS)

$2.99

DC

11

13

61.88

GREEN LANTERN #38 (ORIGINS)

$2.99

DC

12

14

60.69

BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #22

$2.99

DAR

13

15

58.56

JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #24 (ORIGINS)

$2.99

DC

14

17

56.44

CAPTAIN AMERICA #47

$2.99

MAR

15

8

55.10

FINAL CRISIS LEGION OF THREE WORLDS #3 (Of 5)

$3.99

DC

16

19

54.14

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #585

$2.99

MAR

17

20

53.99

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #587

$2.99

MAR

18

21

53.45

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #586

$2.99

MAR

19

9

51.82

SECRET WARRIORS #1 DKR

$3.99

MAR

20

22

50.75

X-MEN LEGACY #221

$2.99

MAR

21

23

46.38

INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #10 DKR

$2.99

MAR

22

24

46.20

X-FORCE #12

$2.99

MAR

23

26

44.51

ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #131

$2.99

MAR

24

27

44.47

FANTASTIC FOUR #564

$2.99

MAR

25

29

43.43

ACTION COMICS #874 (ORIGINS)

$2.99

DC

26

30

43.39

AVENGERS INVADERS #8 (Of 12)

$2.99

MAR

27

16

43.22

DARK TOWER TREACHERY #6 (Of 6)

$3.99

MAR

28

31

43.13

SUPERMAN #685 (ORIGINS)

$2.99

DC

29

33

42.15

AVENGERS INITIATIVE #22 DKR

$2.99

MAR

30

18

41.94

BLACK PANTHER 2 #1 DKR

$3.99

MAR

31

34

40.77

THUNDERBOLTS #129 DKR

$2.99

MAR

32

35

40.35

WOLVERINE ORIGINS #33 DKR

$2.99

MAR

33

36

40.06

GREEN LANTERN CORPS #33 (ORIGINS)

$2.99

DC

34

37

39.59

DEADPOOL #7 DKR

$2.99

MAR

35

38

39.48

SUPERMAN BATMAN #55

$2.99

DC

36

45

33.81

NIGHTWING #153 (ORIGINS)

$2.99

DC

37

25

33.47

ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #60

$3.99

MAR

38

28

33.00

X-INFERNUS #3 (Of 4)

$3.99

MAR

39

46

32.80

PUNISHER #2 DKR

$2.99

MAR

40

47

32.65

TITANS #10 (ORIGINS)

$2.99

DC

41

48

32.51

TRINITY #36

$2.99

DC

42

51

32.15

TRINITY #37

$2.99

DC

43

32

32.08

BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS SPECIAL #1

$3.99

DC

44

52

31.69

TRINITY #38

$2.99

DC

45

53

31.61

TRINITY #39

$2.99

DC

46

54

31.52

TEEN TITANS #68 (ORIGINS)

$2.99

DC

47

56

30.74

SUPERGIRL #38 (ORIGINS)

$2.99

DC

48

58

30.37

WAR MACHINE #3 DKR

$2.99

MAR

49

59

29.85

WONDER WOMAN #29

$2.99

DC

50

158

29.50

ADVENTURE COMICS #0 (ORIGINS)

$1.00

DC

51

39

29.49

ANGEL #17

$3.99

IDW

52

40

29.16

X-MEN KINGBREAKER #3 (Of 4)

$3.99

MAR

53

41

28.79

ANGEL #18

$3.99

IDW

54

60

28.69

X-FACTOR #40

$2.99

MAR

55

62

28.57

CABLE #11

$2.99

MAR

56

63

28.45

ROBIN #183 (ORIGINS)

$2.99

DC

57

42

27.85

X-MEN VS HULK #1

$3.99

MAR

58

43

27.84

INCREDIBLE HERCULES #126

$3.99

MAR

59

44

27.18

AGENTS OF ATLAS #1 DKR

$3.99

MAR

60

66

26.96

OUTSIDERS #15 (ORIGINS)

$2.99

DC

61

70

25.84

SKAAR SON OF HULK #8

$2.99

MAR

62

73

24.83

GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #10

$2.99

MAR

63

74

24.33

WOLVERINE MANIFEST DESTINY #4 (Of 4)

$2.99

MAR

64

49

24.30

X-MEN NOIR #3 (Of 4)

$3.99

MAR

65

50

24.27

ASTONISHING TALES #1

$3.99

MAR

66

76

23.33

BOYS #27 (MR)

$2.99

DE

67

78

23.23

MS MARVEL #36 DKR

$2.99

MAR

68

55

23.19

SPIDER-MAN NOIR #3 (Of 4)

$3.99

MAR

69

79

22.99

YOUNG X-MEN #11

$2.99

MAR

70

57

22.98

WAR OF KINGS DARKHAWK #1

$3.99

MAR

71

80

22.80

STAR WARS LEGACY #33 FIGHT ANOTHER DAY PART 2 OF 2 (C: 1-0-0

$2.99

DAR

72

82

22.51

NOVA #22

$2.99

MAR

73

84

22.23

SECRET SIX #6 (ORIGINS)

$2.99

DC

74

85

22.21

BOOSTER GOLD #17 (ORIGINS)

$2.99

DC

75

88

21.32

REBELS #1

$2.99

DC

76

64

21.23

GI JOE #2

$3.99

IDW

77

89

21.11

BRAVE AND THE BOLD #22

$2.99

DC

78

90

21.01

GREEN ARROW BLACK CANARY #17 (ORIGINS)

$2.99

DC

79

91

20.89

IMMORTAL IRON FIST #22

$2.99

MAR

80

65

20.66

X-MEN ORIGINS SABRETOOTH

$3.99

MAR

81

75

20.62

INCOGNITO #2 (MR)

$3.50

MAR

82

93

20.40

WALKING DEAD #58 (MR)

$2.99

IMA

83

94

20.22

FABLES #81 (MR)

$2.99

DC

84

67

20.00

X-MEN LIVES AND TIMES OF LUCAS BISHOP #1 (Of 3)

$3.99

MAR

85

68

20.00

PUNISHER FRANK CASTLE MAX #67 (MR)

$3.99

MAR

86

77

19.89

SAVAGE DRAGON #145

$3.50

IMA

87

69

19.73

GI JOE ORIGINS #1

$3.99

IDW

88

95

19.46

HELLBOY WILD HUNT #3 (Of 8)

$2.99

DAR

89

96

19.43

TERROR TITANS #5 (Of 6)

$2.99

DC

90

97

19.24

BIRDS OF PREY #127 (ORIGINS)

$2.99

DC

91

98

19.23

MOON KNIGHT #27

$2.99

MAR

92

99

19.17

GHOST RIDER #32

$2.99

MAR

93

71

19.17

X-MEN MAGNETO TESTAMENT #5 (Of 5)

$3.99

MAR

94

100

18.95

UMBRELLA ACADEMY DALLAS #4 (Of 6)

$2.99

DAR

95

104

18.93

SPAWN #189

$2.95

IMA

96

102

18.84

CONAN THE CIMMERIAN #8

$2.99

DAR

97

72

18.78

MARVELS EYE OF CAMERA #4 (Of 6)

$3.99

MAR

98

105

18.52

CAPTAIN BRITAIN AND MI 13 #10

$2.99

MAR

99

107

18.08

BATMAN CONFIDENTIAL #26

$2.99

DC

100

109

18.06

SANDMAN DREAM HUNTERS #4 (Of 4) (MR)

$2.99

DC

101

110

17.68

RUNAWAYS 3 #7

$2.99

MAR

102

92

17.65

MASQUERADE #1

$3.50

DE

103

61

17.16

DARK REIGN FILES DKR

$4.99

MAR

104

81

16.89

ANGEL SMILE TIME #2

$3.99

IDW

105

113

16.65

STAR WARS KNIGHTS OF OLD REPUBLIC #38 FAITHFUL EXECUTION (C:

$2.99

DAR

106

87

16.24

SHE-HULK 2 #38

$3.99

MAR

107

115

16.13

MIGHTY #1

$2.99

DC

108

116

16.10

NEW EXILES #18

$2.99

MAR

109

120

15.06

YOUNGBLOOD #8

$2.99

IMA

110

121

14.88

SQUADRON SUPREME 2 #8

$2.99

MAR

111

122

14.61

ETERNALS #8

$2.99

MAR

112

123

14.59

STAR WARS CLONE WARS #4 (Of 6)

$2.99

DAR

113

124

14.36

BATMAN GOTHAM AFTER MIDNIGHT #10 (Of 12)

$2.99

DC

114

125

14.28

TANGENT SUPERMANS REIGN #12 (Of 12)

$2.99

DC

115

101

14.13

X-MEN FIRST CLASS FINALS #1 (Of 4)

$3.99

MAR

116

103

14.07

WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ #3 (Of 8)

$3.99

MAR

117

106

13.81

GHOST RIDER DANNY KETCH #5 (Of 5)

$3.99

MAR

118

130

13.58

BPRD BLACK GODDESS #2 (Of 5)

$2.99

DAR

119

108

13.55

NEW WARRIORS #20

$3.99

MAR

120

131

13.40

ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK NEW PTG #1

$2.99

MAR

121

118

13.39

DEATH DEFYING DEVIL #3

$3.50

DE

122

86

13.03

DARKNESS #75

$4.99

IMA

123

133

12.80

SGT ROCK THE LOST BATTALION #4 (Of 6)

$2.99

DC

124

134

12.73

WORLD OF WARCRAFT #16

$2.99

DC

125

111

12.66

ANITA BLAKE VH LAUGHING CORPSE #5 (Of 5) (MR)

$3.99

MAR

126

112

12.59

ENDERS GAME BATTLE SCHOOL #3 (Of 5)

$3.99

MAR

127

136

12.52

INVINCIBLE #59

$2.99

IMA

128

114

12.32

WORLD OF WARCRAFT ASHBRINGER #4 (Of 4)

$3.99

DC

129

137

12.29

AMAZING SPIDER-GIRL #29

$2.99

MAR

130

138

12.29

ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK NEW PTG #2

$2.99

MAR

131

140

12.20

JACK OF FABLES #31 (MR)

$2.99

DC

132

117

11.94

PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL OBAMA CURR PTG PHOTO CVR

$3.99

IDW

133

142

11.88

RED SONJA #41

$2.99

DE

134

143

11.76

HOUSE OF MYSTERY #10 (MR)

$2.99

DC

135

146

11.63

DR DOOM MASTERS OF EVIL #2 (Of 4)

$2.99

MAR

136

119

11.55

GEARS OF WAR #4 (MR)

$3.99

DC

137

149

11.29

WITCHBLADE #124

$2.99

IMA

138

150

11.14

WOLVERINE FIRST CLASS #12

$2.99

MAR

139

126

10.63

TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON #7

$3.99

IDW

140

127

10.53

DARK AVENGERS #1 DKR

$3.99

MAR

141

139

10.48

REIGN IN HELL #8 (Of 8)

$3.50

DC

142

155

10.45

JONAH HEX #40

$2.99

DC

143

128

10.41

NYX NO WAY HOME #6 (Of 6)

$3.99

MAR

144

129

10.20

STAR TREK COUNTDOWN #2

$3.99

IDW

145

156

10.12

VIGILANTE #3

$2.99

DC

146

157

10.04

HELLBLAZER #252 (MR)

$2.99

DC

147

132

9.75

ENDERS SHADOW BATTLE SCHOOL #3 (Of 5)

$3.99

MAR

148

162

9.58

KULL #4 (Of 6)

$2.99

DAR

149

163

9.54

BLUE BEETLE #36

$2.99

DC

150

166

9.48

AUTHORITY #7

$2.99

DC

151

135

9.47

DEAD IRONS #1

$3.99

DE

152

167

9.35

BLACK LIGHTNING YEAR ONE #3 (Of 6)

$2.99

DC

153

154

9.11

MOUSE GUARD WINTER 1152 #5 (Of 6)

$3.50

KUN

154

141

9.08

DOCTOR WHO WHISPERING GALLERY (ONE SHOT)

$3.99

IDW

155

170

8.92

MADAME XANADU #8 (MR)

$2.99

DC

156

144

8.88

STREET FIGHTER IV #1 (Of 4)

$3.95

UDO

157

171

8.84

SOLOMON KANE #5 (Of 5)

$2.99

DAR

158

172

8.72

BLACK LIGHTNING YEAR ONE #4 (Of 6)

$2.99

DC

159

145

8.72

ADAM LEGEND OF BLUE MARVEL #4 (Of 5)

$3.99

MAR

160

177

8.68

HAUNTED TANK #3 (Of 5) (MR)

$2.99

DC

161

147

8.67

RED SONJA SHE DEVIL WITH A SWORD ANNUAL #2

$3.99

DE

162

148

8.52

LOCKE & KEY HEAD GAMES #2

$3.99

IDW

163

179

8.47

GRIMM FAIRY TALES #34

$2.99

ZEN

164

180

8.45

SPIRIT #26

$2.99

DC

165

159

8.32

X-FILES #4 (Of 6)

$3.50

DC

166

181

8.31

GRIMM FAIRY TALES #35

$2.99

ZEN

167

182

8.12

WILDCATS #8

$2.99

DC

168

152

8.10

FARSCAPE #2

$3.99

BOO

169

183

8.09

BEYOND WONDERLAND #5 (Of 6)

$2.99

ZEN

170

153

8.08

TRANSFORMERS REVENGE FALLEN MOVIE PREQ ALLIANCE #3

$3.99

IDW

171

184

8.06

DARK IVORY #4 (Of 4)

$2.99

IMA

172

207

7.82

TINY TITANS #13

$2.50

DC

173

208

7.79

BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD #2

$2.50

DC

174

169

7.76

I AM LEGION #1 (Of 6)

$3.50

DDP

175

189

7.60

VIXEN RETURN OF THE LION #5 (Of 5)

$2.99

DC

176

191

7.56

AGE OF SENTRY #5 (Of 6)

$2.99

MAR

177

192

7.50

DMZ #39 (MR)

$2.99

DC

178

193

7.50

UNKNOWN SOLDIER #5 (MR)

$2.99

DC

179

176

7.42

ZORRO #10

$3.50

DE

180

178

7.40

JUNGLE GIRL SEASON 2 #3

$3.50

DE

181

195

7.23

SWORD #15 (MR)

$2.99

IMA

182

160

7.21

MARVEL TV GALACTUS REAL STORY

$3.99

MAR

183

161

7.19

TRANSFORMERS MAXIMUM DINOBOTS #3

$3.99

IDW

184

165

7.18

STREET FIGHTER II TURBO #4

$3.95

UDO

185

197

7.15

SIMON DARK #17

$2.99

DC

186

198

7.13

PATSY WALKER HELLCAT #5 (Of 5)

$2.99

MAR

187

199

7.12

GEN 13 #27

$2.99

DC

188

200

7.11

HOTWIRE #1 (Of 5)

$2.99

RAD

189

222

6.96

SONIC UNIVERSE #1

$2.50

ARC

190

168

6.82

DEAD OF NIGHT FEATURING WEREWOLF BY NIGHT #2 (Of 4) (MR)

$3.99

MAR

191

204

6.77

SIMPSONS COMICS #151

$2.99

BON

192

83

6.69

YOUNG GUNS SKETCHBOOK 2009 (BUNDLE OF 25) (NET)

$10.00

MAR

193

206

6.61

ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN #13

$2.99

IMA

194

151

6.55

AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #4

$4.99

MAR

195

173

6.54

OFFICIAL INDEX TO MARVEL UNIVERSE #2

$3.99

MAR

196

174

6.51

STAR TREK LAST GENERATION #4

$3.99

IDW

197

213

6.27

SOULFIRE SHADOW MAGIC #3 (Of 5)

$2.99

ASP

198

245

6.22

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #197

$2.25

ARC

199

216

6.18

SCALPED #25 (MR)

$2.99

DC

200

196

6.18

MAN WITH NO NAME #7

$3.50

DE

201

217

6.06

BANG TANGO #1 (Of 6) (MR)

$2.99

DC

202

202

6.02

MADMAN ATOMIC COMICS #13

$3.50

IMA

203

218

6.01

WAR THAT TIME FORGOT #10 (Of 12)

$2.99

DC

204

219

5.95

CYBLADE #3 MAYS

$2.99

IMA

205

220

5.91

FUTURAMA COMICS #41

$2.99

BON

206

185

5.90

WHATMEN (ONE SHOT)

$3.99

IDW

207

221

5.86

THUNDERBOLTS #128 DKR

$2.99

MAR

208

186

5.84

GRAVEL #9 (MR)

$3.99

AVA

209

187

5.80

CROSSED #3 (Of 9) (MR)

$3.99

AVA

210

188

5.78

30 DAYS OF NIGHT 30 DAYS TIL DEATH #3

$3.99

IDW

211

190

5.67

DARK TOWER LONG ROAD HOME #1 (Of 5)

$3.99

MAR

212

246

5.59

SUPERGIRL COSMIC ADVENTURES IN THE 8TH GRADE #3 (Of 6)

$2.50

DC

213

194

5.51

WARRIORS OFFICIAL MOVIE ADAPTATION #1 (Of 5) (MR)

$3.99

DAB

214

229

5.46

MARVEL SPOTLIGHT WAR OF KINGS

$2.99

MAR

215

214

5.32

TERRY MOORES ECHO #9

$3.50

ABS

216

233

5.23

YOUNG LIARS #12 (MR)

$2.99

DC

217