Despite only having 6 comics in the top 10 and none of the top 3 spots DC Comics beat Marvel in both Dollars sold and Units sold for the month of July. However comic sales in general are down 2% from last year.
PUBLISHER MARKET SHARES
| RETAIL MARKET SHARE |
| PUBLISHER |
SHARE |
| DC COMICS |
32.71% |
| MARVEL COMICS |
31.96% |
| IMAGE COMICS |
9.42% |
| IDW PUBLISHING |
6.61% |
| DARK HORSE COMICS |
4.51% |
| DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT |
2.77% |
| BOOM! STUDIOS |
1.38% |
| ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC |
1.22% |
| EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS LTD |
1.20% |
| VIZ MEDIA |
0.95% |
| OTHER NON-TOP 10 |
7.28% |
|
|
| UNIT MARKET SHARE |
| PUBLISHER |
SHARE |
| DC COMICS |
36.55% |
| MARVEL COMICS |
35.45% |
| IMAGE COMICS |
9.39% |
| IDW PUBLISHING |
4.51% |
| DARK HORSE COMICS |
3.79% |
| DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT |
2.64% |
| BOOM! STUDIOS |
1.30% |
| ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC |
1.04% |
| VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC |
0.85% |
| AVATAR PRESS INC |
0.67% |
| OTHER NON-TOP 10 |
3.81% |
|
COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
| |
DOLLARS |
UNITS |
| JULY 2012 VS. JUNE 2012 |
| COMICS |
0.61% |
-1.96% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS |
-4.36% |
6.45% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN |
-0.95% |
-1.33% |
| JULY 2012 VS. JULY 2011 |
| COMICS |
22.09% |
15.24% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS |
16.89% |
18.25% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN |
20.46% |
15.48% |
| YEAR-TO-DATE 2012 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2011 |
| COMICS |
19.28% |
16.71% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS |
13.40% |
11.12% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN |
17.36% |
16.25% |
TOP 10 COMICS
| RANK |
DESCRIPTION |
PRICE |
|
VENDOR |
| 1 |
THE WALKING DEAD #100 (MR) |
$3.99 |
|
IMA |
| 2 |
AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #7 |
$3.99 |
|
MAR |
| 3 |
AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #8 |
$3.99 |
|
MAR |
| 4 |
BATMAN #11 |
$3.99 |
|
DC |
| 5 |
JUSTICE LEAGUE #11 |
$3.99 |
|
DC |
| 6 |
BEFORE WATCHMEN: OZYMANDIAS #1 (MR) [*] |
$3.99 |
|
DC |
| 7 |
AVX VS. #4 |
$3.99 |
|
MAR |
| 8 |
DETECTIVE COMICS #11 |
$3.99 |
|
DC |
| 9 |
GREEN LANTERN #11 |
$2.99 |
|
DC |
| 10 |
ACTION COMICS #11 |
$3.99 |
|
DC |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS
| RANK |
DESCRIPTION |
PRICE |
|
|
| 1 |
BATMAN: EARTH ONE HC |
$22.99 |
|
DC |
| 2 |
FABLES VOLUME 17: INHERIT THE WIND TP (MR) |
$14.99 |
|
DC |
| 3 |
RICHARD STARK’S PARKER: THE SCORE HC |
$24.99 |
|
IDW |
| 4 |
BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER SEASON 9: FREEFALL TP |
$17.99 |
|
DAR |
| 5 |
INVINCIBLE VOLUME 16: FAMILY TIES TP |
$16.99 |
|
IMA |
| 6 |
BATMAN & ROBIN VOLUME 1: BORN TO KILL HC |
$24.99 |
|
DC |
| 7 |
LOCKE & KEY VOLUME 5: CLOCKWORKS HC |
$24.99 |
|
IDW |
| 8 |
SUICIDE SQUAD VOL. 1: KICKED IN THE TEETH TP |
$14.99 |
|
DC |
| 9 |
SCALPED VOLUME 9: KNUCKLE UP TP (MR) |
$14.99 |
|
DC |
| 10 |
WILD CHILDREN ONE-SHOT (MR) |
$7.99 |
|
IMA |
