Marvel topped both units and dollars in February, while DC reclaimed the top comics spot with Justice League of America #1 by Johns and Frank. The big news this month was IDW’s surge for their first time over 7% market share– it’s amazing how far you can go riding on a little pony. They were still behind Image, though.
Alan Moore topped the GN chart for the umpty zillionth time with NEMO HEART OF ICE, followed by Batman and Adventure Time.
Although comics sales remain up above last year at a robust level, GN sales were down from January because there wasn’t a Walking Dead trade this month. Still healthy growth in all channels as they say.
John Jackson Miller has his preliminary analysis here.
TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
RETAIL MARKET SHARE
PUBLISHER
SHARE
MARVEL COMICS
34.86%
DC ENTERTAINMENT
29.22%
IMAGE COMICS
7.76%
IDW PUBLISHING
7.09%
DARK HORSE COMICS
4.82%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
2.80%
BOOM! STUDIOS
1.97%
EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS LTD
1.42%
ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC
0.99%
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC
0.94%
OTHER NON-TOP 10
8.11%
UNIT MARKET SHARE
PUBLISHER
SHARE
MARVEL COMICS
38.46%
DC ENTERTAINMENT
32.89%
IMAGE COMICS
7.89%
IDW PUBLISHING
6.04%
DARK HORSE COMICS
4.16%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
2.55%
BOOM! STUDIOS
1.75%
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC
0.98%
ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC
0.73%
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
0.57%
OTHER NON-TOP 10
3.98%
COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
DOLLARS
UNITS
FEBRUARY 2013 VS. JANUARY 2013
COMICS
5.04%
3.73%
GRAPHIC NOVELS
-20.37%
-14.28%
TOTAL COMICS/GN
-3.53%
2.33%
FEBRUARY 2013 VS. FEBRUARY 2012
COMICS
15.91%
14.75%
GRAPHIC NOVELS
-1.47%
0.90%
TOTAL COMICS/GN
10.48%
13.73%
YEAR-TO-DATE 2013 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2012
COMICS
18.95%
17.20%
GRAPHIC NOVELS
17.14%
15.04%
TOTAL COMICS/GN
18.39%
17.05%
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS
RANK
DESCRIPTION
PRICE
VENDOR
1
JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1
$3.99
DC
2
UNCANNY X-MEN #1
$3.99
MAR
3
BATMAN #17
$3.99
DC
4
JUSTICE LEAGUE #17
$3.99
DC
5
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #3
$3.99
MAR
6
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #4
$3.99
MAR
7
UNCANNY X-MEN #2
$3.99
MAR
8
UNCANNY AVENGERS #4
$3.99
MAR
9
DETECTIVE COMICS #17
$3.99
DC
10
SECRET AVENGERS #1
$3.99
MAR
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS
RANK
DESCRIPTION
PRICE
VENDOR
1
NEMO: HEART OF ICE HC
$14.95
TOP
2
BATMAN: THE NIGHT OF THE OWLS HC
$29.99
DC
3
ADVENTURE TIME VOLUME 2 TP
$14.99
BOO
4
THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 1: DAYS GONE BYE TP
$14.99
IMA
5
SAGA VOLUME 1 TP
$9.99
IMA
6
BATMAN: THE BLACK MIRROR TP
$16.99
DC
7
CATWOMAN VOLUME 2: DOLLHOUSE TP
$14.99
DC
8
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION/DOCTOR WHO: ASSIMILATION2 VOLUME 2 TP
$17.99
IDW
9
BATGIRL VOL. 1: THE DARKEST REFLECTION TP
$14.99
DC
10
ADVENTURE TIME VOLUME 1 TP
$14.99
BOO
TOP 10 BOOKS
RANK
DESCRIPTION
PRICE
VENDOR
1
LEGEND OF ZELDA: HYRULE HISTORIA HC
$34.99
DAR
2
UNEARTHING SC
$29.95
TOP
3
BONE: QUEST FOR SPARK BOOK 3 SC
$10.99
SCH
4
HELMETGIRLS: ART OF CAMILLA D’ERRICO HC
$24.99
DAR
5
AMERICAN COMIC BOOK CHRONICLES: 1960-1964
$39.95
TWO
6
DOC SAVAGE: THE NEW ADVENTURES VOLUME 4: DEATH’S DARK DOMAIN
$24.95
WIL
7
STEAMPUNK: THE BEGINNING SC
$24.95
GIN
8
THE WALKING DEAD NOVEL VOL. 1: RISE OF THE GOVERNOR SC
$14.99
ST.
9
ART OF DEAD SPACE HC
$34.95
RAN
10
ART OF BLIZZARD HC
$75.00
PUB
TOP 10 TOYS
RANK
DESCRIPTION
VENDOR
1
MARVEL SELECT: VENOM ACTION FIGURE
DST
2
BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY SERIES 4: NIGHTWING FIGURE
DC
3
BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY SERIES 4: BATMAN FIGURE
DC
4
BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY SERIES 4: TALIA FIGURE
DC
5
BATMAN: ARKHAM CITY SERIES 4: DEADSHOT FIGURE
DC
6
DC COMICS: THE NEW 52: GREEN ARROW ACTION FIGURE
DC
7
STAR TREK: NEMESIS: USS ENTERPRISE-E SHIP
DST
8
SCARLET WITCH STATUE
BOW
9
GENTLE GIANT: DEADPOOL MINI-BUST
GEN
10
MARVEL UNIVERSE ACTION FIGURES
HAS
TOP 10 GAMES
RANK
DESCRIPTION
VENDOR
1
MARVEL HEROCLIX: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BOOSTER BRICK
NEC
2
MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: GATECRASH BOOSTERS
WIZ
3
MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: GATECRASH FAT PACK
WIZ
4
YAHTZEE: DOCTOR WHO COLLECTOR’S EDITION
USA
5
MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: GATECRASH INTRO DECK
WIZ
6
MONOPOLY: LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY EDITION
USA
7
GAME OF THRONES LCG HBO EDITION
FAN
8
MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: GATECRASH EVENT DECK
WIZ
9
SETTLERS OF CATAN NEW EDITION
MAY
10
TICKET TO RIDE
DAY
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It was actually David Finch on the art for JLA #1. :)
Does anyone else find it kinda funny that DC is skipping out on their monthly sales interview with the comics press this month? I’m sure they don’t want to have to explain how they got pwned in February, considering that they had a 52 variant cover gimmick going on.
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