The lady X-Men led the single issue sales charts for May, while kids comics made a strong showing on the graphic novel chart, with Adventure Time or My Little Pony coming in at 1, 5 and 7. Superman charted with the paperback versions of Earth One V.1 and Action Aomics V.1. The Walking Dead and Saga both had strong backlist showings.
Marvel Comics led DC fairly decisively again, 33.36% to 28.27% in dollars and 37.44% to 30.84% in units, but DC narrowed the gap. Image was a strong #1 yet again, but down from their near 10% share last month.
Overall sales were up in double digits for the year, and up from April but fairly flat from May 2012. I’m sure John Jackson Miller will be along in a minute to tell us what it all means.
TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
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COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
| DOLLARS | UNITS | |
| MAY 2013 VS. APRIL 2013 | ||
| COMICS | 6.95% | 5.42% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | 15.79% | 5.88% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | 9.76% | 5.46% |
| MAY 2013 VS. MAY 2012 | ||
| COMICS | 0.97% | -2.62% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | 1.00% | 3.17% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | 0.98% | -2.15% |
| YEAR-TO-DATE 2013 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2012 | ||
| COMICS | 15.04% | 12.25% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | 12.01% | 11.45% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | 14.07% | 12.19% |
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
| 1 | X-MEN #1 | $3.99 | FEB130492 | MAR |
| 2 | BATMAN #20 | $3.99 | MAR130201 | DC |
| 3 | JUSTICE LEAGUE #20 | $3.99 | MAR130173 | DC |
| 4 | AGE OF ULTRON #7 | $3.99 | MAR130600 | MAR |
| 5 | AGE OF ULTRON #8 | $3.99 | MAR130603 | MAR |
| 6 | SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #9 | $3.99 | MAR130615 | MAR |
| 7 | SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #10 | $3.99 | MAR130617 | MAR |
| 8 | JUSTICE LEAGUE OFAMERICA#3 | $3.99 | FEB130111 | DC |
| 9 | ALL NEW X-MEN #11 | $3.99 | MAR130614 | MAR |
| 10 | DETECTIVE COMICS #20 | $3.99 | MAR130210 | DC |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
| 1 | ADVENTURE TIME ORIGINAL GN VOL 01 PLAYING FIRE | $11.99 | FEB130825 | BOO |
| 2 | SAGA TP VOL 01 (MR) | $9.99 | AUG120491 | IMA |
| 3 | WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE | $14.99 | NOV128157 | IMA |
| 4 | SUPERMAN EARTH ONE TP VOL 01 | $12.99 | FEB130226 | DC |
| 5 | ADVENTURE TIME MARCELINE & THE SCREAMQUEENSTP VOL 01 | $19.99 | MAR130946 | BOO |
| 6 | DEADPOOL TP VOL 01 DEAD PRESIDENTS NOW | $15.99 | MAR130727 | MAR |
| 7 | MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC TP VOL 01 | $17.99 | MAR130366 | IDW |
| 8 | SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 01 MY OWN WORST ENEMY NOW | $17.99 | MAR130724 | MAR |
| 9 | SUPERMAN ACTION TP VOL 01 SUPERMAN MEN OF STEEL (N52) | $16.99 | FEB130215 | DC |
| 10 | GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO HC VOL 02 (MR) | $19.99 | JAN130329 | DC |
TOP 10 TOYS
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
| 1 | DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY PLAY ARTS KAI BATMAN AF | SEP128219 | SQU |
| 2 | MARVEL SELECT NIGHTCRAWLER AF | MAY121672 | DST |
| 3 | MAN OF STEEL SUPERMAN 1:6 SCALE ICONIC STATUE | FEB130255 | DC |
| 4 | DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY PLAY ARTS KAI BANE AF | SEP128218 | SQU |
| 5 | GREEN LANTERN SIMON BAZ AF | JAN130349 | DC |
| 6 | ST TOS ENTERPRISE CUTAWAY MODEL | FEB131540 | DST |
| 7 | BATMAN BLACK & WHITE STATUE BY MIKE ALLRED | FEB130260 | DC |
| 8 | MASS EFFECT COMMANDER SHEPARD BISHOUJO STATUE | OCT121708 | KOT |
| 9 | DC COMICS AQUAMAN ARTFX+ STATUE NEW 52 VER | APR131844 | KOT |
| 10 | KNIGHT RIDER 1/15 SCALE KITT | MAY121668 | DST |
TOP 10 GAMES
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
| 1 | DC HEROCLIX TEEN TITANS BOOSTER BRICK | JAN132015 | NEC |
| 2 | MTG TCG DRAGONS MAZE BOOSTER DIS | FEB131931 | WIZ |
| 3 | RISK LEGACY | JUN118204 | HAS |
| 4 | DC HEROCLIX TEEN TITANS 24 CT PRIMER DS | JAN132014 | NEC |
| 5 | MTG TCG DRAGONS MAZE FAT PACK | FEB131933 | WIZ |
| 6 | MARVEL HEROCLIX FEAR ITSELFBLITZKRIEG USA SCENARIO PK | JAN138294 | NEC |
| 7 | DC HEROCLIX TEEN TITANS RAVAGERS FAST FORCES 6 PACK | JAN132016 | NEC |
| 8 | WALKING DEAD TV BOARD GAME | JUL112137 | CRY |
| 9 | IRON MAIDEN HEROCLIX 24 CT GRAVITY FEED DISPLAY | JAN138373 | NEC |
| 10 | MTG TCG DRAGONS MAZE INTRO DECK DIS | FEB131934 | WIZ |
Interesting, but what happened to the April DC sales charts? We got the Marvel and Indies ones, but no DC.
If you want to know what happened to the April DC sales chart please direct your inquires to @comiks_debris on Twitter.
M-O says he’ll finish them this weekend.
This may not be the time or the place, and Heidi is certainly not obligated to answer this question, but as a fan of this site I want to ask…is Frisch doing ok? His presence on this site has felt a little erratic.
In fairness to M-O, he doesn’t do this for a living and has been very busy with freelance projects and there’s a big comics event in Munich this week.
Got it, cool.
A little filler for all who miss Mark’s column: One thing Mark has been doing last weekend is having a little discussion with Lee Bermejo on Before Watchmen and ethics:
http://www.splashcomics.de/php/messen/berichte/1345/film_knstlergesprch_mit_lee_bermejo
(fast foward to 23:30)
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