“Batman” Comes Out on Top for February, Though Comic Sales Overall Drop

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According to the February 2014 sales and market share charts released by Diamond Comic Distributors this morning, Batman dominated in sales last month. Batman #28, which offered readers an advance look at Scott Snyder’s Batman: Eternal, topped the charts, followed by Forever Evil #5 in the second slot. DC Comics also led in number of new titles shipped, though the company placed second to Marvel in both retail market share and unit market share. Overall, comic book sales were down from February of last year, 10.39% in dollar sales and 14.77% in unit sales. Below are the charts themselves:

 

TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS

RETAIL MARKET SHARE

PUBLISHER SHARE
MARVEL COMICS 34.10%
DC COMICS 28.73%
IMAGE COMICS 7.85%
DARK HORSE COMICS 6.61%
IDW PUBLISHING 6.01%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 3.51%
BOOM! STUDIOS 2.05%
EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS LTD 1.28%
ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC 1.05%
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC 1.02%
OTHER NON-TOP 10 7.78%
 

UNIT MARKET SHARE

PUBLISHER SHARE
MARVEL COMICS 37.36%
DC COMICS 31.12%
IMAGE COMICS 8.88%
DARK HORSE COMICS 5.59%
IDW PUBLISHING 5.00%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 3.40%
BOOM! STUDIOS 1.94%
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC 1.08%
ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC 0.99%
AVATAR PRESS INC 0.95%
OTHER NON-TOP 10 3.70%

NEW TITLES SHIPPED

PUBLISHER COMICS SHIPPED GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED MAGAZINES SHIPPED TOTAL SHIPPED
DC COMICS 85 26 0 111
MARVEL COMICS 69 32 0 101
IMAGE COMICS 48 11 0 59
DARK HORSE COMICS 39 19 0 58
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 50 8 0 58
IDW PUBLISHING 40 17 0 57
BOOM ENTERTAINMENT 24 6 0 30
AVATAR PRESS INC 10 1 1 12
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC 9 2 0 11
EAGLEMOSS 0 0 4 4
OTHER 69 102 20 191

COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS

  DOLLARS UNITS

FEBRUARY 2014 VS. JANUARY 2013

COMICS -5.48% -4.47%
GRAPHIC NOVELS -4.48% 5.98%
TOTAL COMICS/GN -5.17% -3.65%

FEBRUARY 2014 VS. FEBRUARY 2013

COMICS -10.39% -14.77%
GRAPHIC NOVELS 2.83% 14.99%
TOTAL COMICS/GN -6.71% -12.83%

YEAR-TO-DATE 2014 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2013

COMICS -5.53% -11.18%
GRAPHIC NOVELS -6.69% 3.16%
TOTAL COMICS/GN -5.89% -10.15%

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE VENDOR
1 BATMAN #28 $3.99 DC
2 FOREVER EVIL #5 $3.99 DC
3 WOLVERINE #1 $3.99 MAR
4 SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #27.NOW $3.99 MAR
5 JUSTICE LEAGUE #28 $3.99 DC
6 SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #28 $3.99 MAR
7 FANTASTIC FOUR #1 $3.99 MAR
8 THE WALKING DEAD #121 (MR) $2.99 IMA
9 THE WALKING DEAD #122 (MR) $2.99 IMA
10 ALL NEW X-MEN #23 $3.99 MAR

TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE VENDOR
1 LOCKE & KEY VOLUME 6: ALPHA & OMEGA HC $29.99 IDW
2 FATALE VOLUME 4: PRAY FOR RAIN TP (MR) $14.99 IMA
3 ADVENTURE TIME VOLUME 4 TP $14.99 BOO
4 INVINCIBLE VOLUME 19: THE WAR AT HOME TP $16.99 IMA
5 SAGA VOLUME 1 TP (MR) $9.99 IMA
6 STAR-LORD: ANNIHILATION CONQUEST $7.99 MAR
7 INFINITY HC $75.00 MAR
8 MY LITTLE PONY TALES VOLUME 2 TP $17.99 IDW
9 REVIVAL VOLUME 3: A FARAWAY PLACE TP (MR) $14.99 IMA
10 THE FLASH VOLUME 2: ROGUES REVOLUTION TP (N52) $16.99 DC

 

Source: Newsarama

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