UPDATED: BLACKEST NIGHT Bright, MARVEL Shines in MAR. Sales
By Michael Doran
posted: 08 April 2010 12:55 pm ET
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ENLARGEUpdated with Top 100 Comic Book (with sales indexes) chart (below).
Thursday Diamond Comic Distributors released their preliminary Top 10 sales (sans sales indexes) and Market Share charts for sales in the comic book Direct Market in March 2010. While the finale to DC's Blackest Night (#8) was the bestselling comic book of the month and the publisher took 4 of the Top 5 chart positions, Marvel once again enjoyed a strong lead in overall industry Unit and Dollar sales.
Siege #3 was the second bestselling title of the month, and despite being shut-out of the rest of the Top 5 Marvel took all five of the 6-10 chart positions.
The publisher, through their ICON imprint, also had the bestselling trade paperback of the month, the Kick-Ass Premiere Hardcover, with sales no doubt being goosed by this month's release of the feature film adaptation.
In the Market Share category, Marvel flirted with the high 40%'s again in Unit Sales, taking in 47.12% of all Direct Market sales in March. The also took 41.94% of Dollar Sales. DC accounted for29.92% in Unit, ad 27.25% in Dollar.
Dynamite Entertainment, presumably off the debut sales of Kevin Smith's Green Hornet series, makes what may be their first-ever appearance in the Top 5, accounting for 3.08% of Unit Sales and 3.40% in Dollar.
The Top 10 and Market Share charts follow below. Look for more details from Diamond as they release it, and much more analysis about February’s sales later this month on Newsarama...
TOP
100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in March 2010
|
QUANTITY RANK |
DOLLAR RANK |
INDEX |
DESCRIPTION |
PRICE |
VENDOR |
|
1 |
1 |
220.84 |
BLACKEST NIGHT #8 |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
2 |
2 |
184.89 |
SIEGE #3 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
3 |
5 |
159.21 |
GREEN LANTERN #52 |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
4 |
10 |
139.46 |
BATMAN AND ROBIN #10 |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
5 |
3 |
125.45 |
GREEN LANTERN CORPS #46 |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
6 |
4 |
124.51 |
NEW AVENGERS #63 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
7 |
6 |
118.15 |
DARK AVENGERS #15 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
8 |
7 |
116.55 |
ULTIMATE COMICS NEW ULTIMATES #1 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
9 |
8 |
111.18 |
UNCANNY X-MEN #522 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
10 |
16 |
108.02 |
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #623 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
11 |
9 |
107.94 |
X-MEN SECOND COMING #1 XSC |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
12 |
21 |
101.40 |
THOR #608 SIEGE |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
13 |
20 |
100.00 |
BATMAN #697 |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
14 |
23 |
98.46 |
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #624 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
15 |
12 |
95.00 |
ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS #5 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
16 |
14 |
93.14 |
CAPTAIN AMERICA #604 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
17 |
13 |
92.32 |
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #43 |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
18 |
27 |
88.63 |
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #627 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
19 |
28 |
88.59 |
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #625 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
20 |
11 |
88.50 |
KEVIN SMITH GREEN HORNET #1 |
$3.99 |
DE |
|
21 |
29 |
88.08 |
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #626 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
22 |
30 |
87.86 |
NEMESIS #1 (MR) |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
23 |
35 |
83.53 |
MIGHTY AVENGERS #35 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
24 |
17 |
83.04 |
HULK #21 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
25 |
15 |
82.35 |
JUSTICE LEAGUE RISE AND FALL SPECIAL #1 |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
26 |
37 |
81.61 |
X-FORCE #25 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
27 |
38 |
81.52 |
MIGHTY AVENGERS #34 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
28 |
18 |
81.38 |
JUSTICE LEAGUE CRY FOR JUSTICE #7 |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
29 |
39 |
80.89 |
DARK WOLVERINE #84 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
30 |
41 |
80.51 |
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #24 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
31 |
44 |
78.84 |
X-MEN LEGACY #234 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
32 |
19 |
77.09 |
INCREDIBLE HULK #608 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
33 |
45 |
76.15 |
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #33 |
$2.99 |
DAR |
|
34 |
22 |
73.07 |
DETECTIVE COMICS #862 |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
35 |
25 |
71.05 |
SIEGE EMBEDDED #3 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
36 |
24 |
70.51 |
DETECTIVE COMICS #863 |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
37 |
49 |
68.78 |
DEADPOOL #21 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
38 |
26 |
66.99 |
ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #8 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
39 |
31 |
64.34 |
ADVENTURE COMICS #8 |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
40 |
57 |
63.14 |
AVENGERS INITIATIVE #34 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
41 |
34 |
63.01 |
FALL OF HULKS RED HULK #3 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
42 |
32 |
62.73 |
FIRST WAVE #1 |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
43 |
33 |
62.47 |
SUPERMAN LAST STAND OF NEW KRYPTON #1 |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
44 |
36 |
61.34 |
ADVENTURE COMICS #9 |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
45 |
58 |
61.12 |
JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #37 |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
46 |
61 |
60.59 |
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #45 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
47 |
40 |
60.52 |
PRELUDE TO DEADPOOL CORPS #1 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
48 |
60 |
60.02 |
RED ROBIN #10 |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
49 |
62 |
59.89 |
NEW MUTANTS #11 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
50 |
43 |
58.90 |
JUSTICE LEAGUE THE RISE OF ARSENAL #1 |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
51 |
63 |
58.52 |
FANTASTIC FOUR #577 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
52 |
66 |
56.15 |
BATMAN WIDENING GYRE #5 |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
53 |
67 |
55.81 |
THUNDERBOLTS #142 SIEGE |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
54 |
68 |
55.60 |
WOLVERINE ORIGINS #46 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
55 |
46 |
55.21 |
AMERICAN VAMPIRE #1 (MR) |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
56 |
47 |
55.17 |
DARK X-MEN #5 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
57 |
73 |
54.62 |
DEADPOOL MERC WITH A MOUTH #9 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
58 |
70 |
54.51 |
SUPERMAN #698 |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
59 |
48 |
54.43 |
FALL OF HULKS SAVAGE SHE-HULKS #1 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
60 |
42 |
53.74 |
KEVIN SMITH GREEN HORNET #2 |
$3.99 |
DE |
|
61 |
74 |
52.64 |
SUPERMAN BATMAN #70 |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
62 |
75 |
52.36 |
PRELUDE TO DEADPOOL CORPS #2 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
63 |
78 |
50.80 |
PRELUDE TO DEADPOOL CORPS #3 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
64 |
77 |
50.50 |
BATGIRL #8 |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
65 |
50 |
49.96 |
DOOMWAR #2 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
66 |
80 |
49.47 |
PRELUDE TO DEADPOOL CORPS #4 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
67 |
51 |
49.27 |
CABLE #24 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
68 |
81 |
48.80 |
SUPERGIRL #51 |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
69 |
53 |
48.73 |
WOLVERINE WEAPON X #11 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
70 |
52 |
48.17 |
ACTION COMICS #887 |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
71 |
55 |
47.79 |
NATION X #4 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
72 |
86 |
47.48 |
PRELUDE TO DEADPOOL CORPS #5 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
73 |
89 |
47.29 |
X-FACTOR #203 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
74 |
91 |
46.73 |
SECRET WARRIORS #14 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
75 |
90 |
46.72 |
DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #895 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
76 |
56 |
46.64 |
JSA ALL STARS #4 |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
77 |
88 |
46.58 |
GREEN ARROW #31 |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
78 |
59 |
45.99 |
MARVELS PROJECT #7 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
79 |
93 |
45.49 |
X-MEN HOPE #1 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
80 |
69 |
44.68 |
X-23 #1 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
81 |
96 |
43.41 |
GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #10 |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
82 |
64 |
43.16 |
BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #10 |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
83 |
65 |
42.12 |
TEEN TITANS #81 |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
84 |
71 |
41.59 |
SPIDER-WOMAN #7 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
85 |
98 |
41.27 |
WONDER WOMAN #42 |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
86 |
72 |
41.27 |
HULK LET BATTLE BEGIN #1 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
87 |
225 |
39.79 |
IMAGE FIRSTS WALKING DEAD #1 (MR) |
$1.00 |
IMA |
|
88 |
102 |
39.67 |
TITANS #23 |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
89 |
107 |
37.90 |
SECRET SIX #19 |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
90 |
79 |
37.67 |
HERCULES FALL OF AN AVENGER #1 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
91 |
84 |
36.68 |
PUNISHERMAX #5 (MR) |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
92 |
83 |
36.45 |
STAND SOUL SURVIVORS #5 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
93 |
111 |
36.44 |
PUNISHER #15 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
94 |
103 |
36.01 |
BOYS #40 (MR) |
$2.99 |
DE |
|
95 |
85 |
35.81 |
DEADPOOL CORPS RANK AND FOUL #1 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
96 |
115 |
35.39 |
GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #24 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
97 |
87 |
35.28 |
WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #6 GNTLT |
$3.99 |
MAR |
|
98 |
117 |
35.00 |
NOVA #35 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
99 |
76 |
34.88 |
GREEN HORNET YEAR ONE #1 |
$3.99 |
DE |
|
100 |
92 |
34.49 |
STEPHEN KINGS N #1 |
$3.99 |
MAR |
TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
|
PUBLISHER |
UNIT SHARE |
DOLLAR SHARE |
|
MARVEL COMICS |
47.12% |
41.94% |
|
DC COMICS |
29.92% |
27.25% |
|
IDW PUBLISHING |
3.61% |
4.02% |
|
DARK HORSE COMICS |
3.33% |
4.76% |
|
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT |
3.08% |
3.40% |
|
IMAGE COMICS |
3.01% |
3.22% |
|
BOOM! STUDIOS |
1.84% |
1.98% |
|
ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT |
0.93% |
0.90% |
|
ARCHIE COMICS |
0.81% |
0.67% |
|
VIZ MEDIA |
0.71% |
1.48% |
|
OTHER NON-TOP 10 |
5.65% |
10.39% |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS
|
RANK |
DESCRIPTION |
PRICE |
VENDOR |
|
1 |
KICK-ASS PREMIERE HC |
$24.99 |
MAR |
|
2 |
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 8 VOLUME 6: RETREAT TP |
$15.99 |
DAR |
|
3 |
THE BOYS VOLUME 6: SELF-PRESERVATION SOCIETY TP |
$19.99 |
DE |
|
4 |
HELLBOY VOLUME 9: WILD HUNT TP |
$19.99 |
DAR |
|
5 |
HAUNT VOLUME 1 TP |
$9.99 |
IMA |
|
6 |
NORTHLANDERS VOLUME 3: BLOOD IN THE SNOW TP |
$14.99 |
DC |
|
7 |
CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN PREMIERE HC |
$24.99 |
MAR |
|
8 |
PLANETARY VOLUME 4 HC |
$24.99 |
DC |
|
9 |
THE ARCHIE WEDDING: ARCHIE IN... WILL YOU MARRY ME? TP |
$14.95 |
ARC |
|
10 |
TWILIGHT: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL VOLUME 1 HC |
$19.99 |
YEN |
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