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Justice League of America tops February sales

03/08/2013 by 2 Comments

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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%

unit-share

dollar-share

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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Comments

  1. Muramasa says:
    03/09/2013 at 1:21 am

    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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