Saturday, November 21, 2015

August Sales: Secret Wars still tops as DC regains some dollars


August Sales: Secret Wars still tops as DC regains some dollars

09/11/2015 by 2 Comments
Secret Wars #5
Marvel still ruled the roost in August, according to figures just released by Diamond, and DC lagged 14 points in units, but gained a little from July’s disappointing numbers in dollars. Marvel’s Wars lines — Star and Secret—continued to do well, while Batman and JLa made the top 10 for DC. They were joined by the new issue of the Walking Dead.
Image had another month with a 10% share in units, and did well in graphic novels. The top GN was the 24th volume of The Walking Dead. Outside the top ten, the best-selling non-premier comic book was Oni Press’ Invader Zim #2 at #43 overall.

Comparisons with last month are skewed since July was a 5 week month, but year to date and year to year continue to show sales holding steady in 2015 with combined sales of comics and graphic novels up about 10% in both units and dollars.
The real interest in this month’s charts will be seeing how DC’s new look titles do after what was considered a pretty soft launch.

dollar-share unit-share

TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
PUBLISHERDOLLAR
SHARE		UNIT
SHARE
MARVEL COMICS36.67%40.13%
DC ENTERTAINMENT25.39%26.95%
IMAGE COMICS9.98%10.41%
IDW PUBLISHING4.90%4.26%
DARK HORSE COMICS4.09%3.63%
BOOM! STUDIOS2.33%2.38%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT2.01%2.03%
TITAN COMICS1.33%1.42%
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT1.07%1.37%
ONI PRESS1.12%1.11%
OTHER NON-TOP 1011.10%6.32%
NEW TITLES SHIPPED
PUBLISHERCOMICS SHIPPEDGRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPEDMAGAZINES SHIPPEDTOTAL
SHIPPED
MARVEL COMICS72330105
DC ENTERTAINMENT7026197
IMAGE COMICS6116077
IDW PUBLISHING3918057
DARK HORSE COMICS3213045
BOOM ENTERTAINMENT318039
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT198027
TITAN COMICS116118
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC115016
ONI PRESS INC.93012
OTHER NON-TOP 108114546272


COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
 DOLLARSUNITS
AUGUST 2015 VS. JULY 2015
COMICS-18.24%-15.79%
GRAPHIC NOVELS-10.71%-20.19%
TOTAL COMICS/GN-15.89%-16.20%
AUGUST 2015 VS. AUGUST 2014
COMICS2.25%0.03%
GRAPHIC NOVELS16.04%11.89%
TOTAL COMICS/GN6.45%0.97%
YEAR-TO-DATE 2015 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2014
COMICS11.38%10.61%
GRAPHIC NOVELS6.35%5.96%
TOTAL COMICS/GN9.80%10.22%
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS
RANKDESCRIPTIONPRICEITEM CODEVENDOR
1SECRET WARS #5$3.99MAY150642-MMAR
2STAR WARS #8$3.99MAY150780-MMAR
3BATMAN #43$3.99JUN150239-MDC
4DARTH VADER #8$3.99MAY150786MAR
5AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: RENEW YOUR VOWS #3$3.99MAY150716-MMAR
6AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: RENEW YOUR VOWS #4$3.99JUN150736-MMAR
7THE WALKING DEAD #145 (MR)$2.99JUN150539IMA
8JUSTICE LEAGUE #43$3.99JUN150172-MDC
9CIVIL WAR #2$3.99MAY150690-MMAR
10STAR WARS: LANDO #2$3.99MAY150774MAR



TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS
RANKDESCRIPTIONPRICEITEM CODEVENDOR
1THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 24: LIFE AND DEATH TP (MR)$14.99JUN150590IMA
2BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL EDITION HC$17.99NOV070226DC
3BLACK SCIENCE VOL. 3: VANISHING POINT TP (MR)$14.99JUN150521IMA
4CIVIL WAR TP$24.99JAN072436MAR
5RETURN OF THE LIVING DEADPOOL TP$16.99MAY150827MAR
6FABLES VOLUME 22 TP (MR)$17.99APR150316DC
7CHEW VOLUME 10: BLOOD PUDDIN’ TP (MR)$14.99JUN150496IMA
8UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL VOL. 1: SQUIRREL POWER TP$15.99MAY150824MAR
9SAGA VOLUME 1 TP (MR)$9.99AUG120491IMA
10SUNSTONE VOLUME 3 GN (MR)$14.99JUN150583IMA
TOP 10 BOOKS
RANKDESCRIPTIONPRICEITEM CODEVENDOR
1FRANK MILLER’S DAREDEVIL ARTIFACT EDITION HC$75.00MAR150343IDW
2LEGEND OF ZELDA: HYRULE HISTORIA HC$34.99SEP120055DAR
3BATMAN YOU CHOOSE STORIES: TERRIBLE TRIO$6.95JUN151729CAP
4BATMAN YOU CHOOSE STORIES: SUPER VILLAIN SMACKDOWN$6.95JUN151728CAP
5THE SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOLUME 98$14.95JUN151745SAN
6THE ART OF MOUSE GUARD 2005-2015 HC$59.99MAY151087BOO
7AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER: POSTER COLLECTION TP$24.99MAR150041DAR
8THE OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE VOL. 45 SC$29.95APR151522GEM
9DC SUPER HEROES BATMAN: ATTACK OF THE MAN-BAT SC$5.95JUN151730CAP
10DC SUPER HEROES SUPERMAN: DARK SIDE OF APOKOLIPS SC$5.95JUN151732CAP
TOP 10 TOYS
RANKDESCRIPTIONITEM CODEVENDOR
1BATMAN BLACK & WHITE STATUE: BATGIRL BY BABS TARRFEB150303DC
2MARVEL COMICS VARIANT PLAY ARTS KAI: IRON MAN FIGUREDEC148331SQU
3MARVEL SELECT AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON: BLACK WIDOW FIGUREFEB152166DST
4MARVEL SELECT: ZOMBIE SABRETOOTH FIGUREMAR152070DST
5DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS: LOIS LANE STATUEFEB150301DC
6MARVEL SELECT: ANT-MAN FIGUREFEB152167DST
7WOMEN OF DYNAMITE: VAMPIRELLA STATUEAPR151332DYN
8MARVEL SELECT AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON: THOR FIGUREJAN152175DST
9MARVEL SELECT: RED HULK FIGUREMAR088262DST
10DC COMICS DESIGNER SERIES BY JAE LEE: BATMAN FIGUREFEB150297DC


TOP 10 GAMES
RANKDESCRIPTIONITEM CODEVENDOR
1MARVEL HEROCLIX: NICK FURY AGENT OF SHIELD BOOSTER BRICKMAY152783NEC
2BACK TO THE FUTURE MONOPOLYJUL152198DST
3GAME OF THRONES RISKJUN152759USA
4BATMAN: FLUXX CARD GAMEJUN152744LOO
5STAR WARS X-WING: IMPERIAL RAIDER EXPANSION PACKFEB152685FAN
6LEGEND OF ZELDA YAHTZEE COLLECTOR’S EDITIONJUL152936USA
7GAME OF THRONES MONOPOLYAPR152735USA
8MARVEL HEROCLIX: NICK FURY AGENT OF SHIELD FAST FORCES 6-PACKMAY152785NEC
9STAR WARS: FORCE AND DESTINY RPG CORE RULEBOOKAPR152724FAN
10MARVEL DICE MASTERS: AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON FOIL PACKSMAR152653NEC
 
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Comments

  1. Allen Rubinstein says:
    09/13/2015 at 4:30 pm
    What is up with that hideous Secret Wars cover? Dr. Doom is breaking through someone else’s face?
  2. Alexander Jones says:
    09/13/2015 at 10:27 pm
    See the previous Secret Wars comics for answers, also the cover is amazing!

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  1. Doc ThompsonNovember 21, 2015 at 8:16 AM

    Secret Wars-just more Marvel zombie stunt selling and the dimfucks still our buying.talk being a Marvel Comic Zombie Drug Addict.Gee maw.me need to buy a shit load of Marvel crap-so can I steal the tv,sell it to make those untalented hack turds at Marvel rich ?And you guys think crackheads are bad.Duh look in a mirror folks.your just the same kinda dope.just legal.

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