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IDW Gains Marketshare From Marvel And DC, As Justice League Of America #1 Tops The February 2013 Charts
It's been a while since DC Comics topped the North American direct market charts, but Justice League Of America #1 did that admirably. With Batman and Justice League also in the top four and Detective Comics in the top ten, they did a lot better in this regard than in recent month.
However in share of dollars spent in the direct comics, DC plunged below the psychologically important 30% mark, dropping from January's 31.61% to February's 29.22%. Their share of comics sold also fell, from 35.41% to 32.89%.
But it wasn't all good news for rivals Marvel, who saw their share of dollars slightly rise from 34.82% to 34.86% but their unit share drop from 40.23% to 38.46%.
So where did this share go? IDW it seems who, on the back of My Little Pony, saw their dollar marketshare rise from 6.30% to 7.09% and their individual comic share rise from 3.92% to 6.04%.
It;s also worth noting that year on year so far, even in the afterglow of the New 52 relaunch, 2013 is still almost a fifth up in terms of sales on 2012.
Ands despite a seeming lack of publicity, League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Nemo: Heart Of Ice tops the graphic novel charts, outselling the recent Batman collection, Adventure Time, Walking Dead and the usual favourites. They've still got it…
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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 |
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