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Star Wars Sees Marvel Sell Almost 1 In Every 2 Comics In January
Last month, DC Comics started to crawl marketshare back from Marvel without any special reason. No 3D covers, no relaunch, hey were just starting to sell more comics.
Then Star Wars happened. And Marvel sold almost half of every comic book sold by Diamond Comic Distrubutors to North American comic book stores in January 2015. DC Comics are knocked back to under a quarter of every dollar spent in a comic store. It's to their credit that Image Comics got almost 10% of those dollars in the face of such a monster as the million-plus selling Star Wars #1…
It's worth pointing out that while January 2015 is up on January 2014, even with Star Wars, it's still down on December 2014…
TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
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NEW TITLES SHIPPED
| PUBLISHER | COMICS SHIPPED | GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED | MAGAZINES SHIPPED | TOTAL SHIPPED |
| MARVEL COMICS | 79 | 33 | 0 | 112 |
| DC COMICS | 86 | 23 | 0 | 109 |
| IDW PUBLISHING | 50 | 26 | 0 | 76 |
| IMAGE COMICS | 54 | 14 | 0 | 68 |
| DARK HORSE COMICS | 28 | 19 | 0 | 47 |
| BOOM! STUDIOS | 34 | 6 | 0 | 40 |
| DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT | 31 | 6 | 0 | 37 |
| VIZ MEDIA | 0 | 31 | 0 | 31 |
| EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS | 0 | 0 | 19 | 19 |
| AVATAR PRESS | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| OTHER NON-TOP 10 | 78 | 115 | 28 | 221 |
COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
| DOLLARS | UNITS | |
| JANUARY 2015 VS. DECEMBER 2014 | ||
| COMICS | -2.69% | -2.59% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | 9.12% | 10.49% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | 0.77% | -1.66% |
| JANUARY 2015 VS. JANUARY 2014 | ||
| COMICS | 10.27% | 9.65% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | 16.83% | 12.33% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | 12.27% | 9.86% |
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR | |
| 1 | STAR WARS #1 | $4.99 | MAR | |
| 2 | BATMAN #38 | $3.99 | DC | |
| 3 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #12 | $3.99 | MAR | |
| 4 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #13 | $3.99 | MAR | |
| 5 | UNCANNY AVENGERS #1 | $3.99 | MAR | |
| 6 | WOLVERINES #1 | $3.99 | MAR | |
| 7 | ANT-MAN #1 | $4.99 | MAR | |
| 8 | THOR #4 | $3.99 | MAR | |
| 9 | JUSTICE LEAGUE #38 | $3.99 | DC | |
| 10 | THE WALKING DEAD #136 (MR) | $2.99 | IMA |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR | |
| 1 | DEATH OF WOLVERINE HC | $24.99 | MAR | |
| 2 | OUTCAST BY KIRKMAN & AZACETA VOLUME 1 TP | $9.99 | IMA | |
| 3 | SAGA VOLUME 4 TP (MR) | $14.99 | IMA | |
| 4 | BLACK SCIENCE VOLUME 2: WELCOME TO NOWHERE TP | $14.99 | IMA | |
| 5 | SAGA VOLUME 1 TP (MR) | $9.99 | IMA | |
| 6 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN VOL. 2: SPIDER-VERSE PRELUDE TP | $17.99 | MAR | |
| 7 | SAGA VOLUME 3 TP (MR) | $14.99 | IMA | |
| 8 | SAGA VOLUME 2 TP (MR) | $14.99 | IMA | |
| 9 | THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 1: DAYS GONE BYE TP (MR) | $14.99 | IMA | |
| 10 | DEADPOOL: THE ONES WITH DEADPOOL TP | $15.99 | MAR |
TOP 10 BOOKS
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR | |
| 1 | DC SUPER HEROES: BATMAN: THE ORIGIN STORY TP | $4.95 | CAP | |
| 2 | DC SUPER HEROES: WONDER WOMAN: THE ORIGIN STORY | $4.95 | CAP | |
| 3 | DC SUPER HEROES: SUPERMAN: THE ORIGIN STORY TP | $4.95 | CAP | |
| 4 | LEGEND OF ZELDA: HYRULE HISTORIA HC | $34.99 | DAR | |
| 5 | DC SUPER HEROES: GREEN LANTERN: THE ORIGIN STORY TP | $4.95 | CAP | |
| 6 | LEGEND OF KORRA: ART OF ANIMATED SERIES BOOK 3: CHANGE HC | $34.99 | DAR | |
| 7 | IN SEARCH OF LOST DRAGONS HC | $34.99 | DE | |
| 8 | THE SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOLUME 91 SC | $14.95 | SAN | |
| 9 | BATMAN: YOU CHOOSE STORIES: THE JOKER'S DOZEN | $6.95 | CAP | |
| 10 | BATMAN: YOU CHOOSE STORIES: THE SEED BANK HEIST | $6.95 | CAP |
TOP 10 TOYS
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | VENDOR | |
| 1 | LEGEND OF ZELDA: SKYWARD SWORD: LINK FIGMA | GOO | |
| 2 | GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: ELECTRONIC DANCING BABY GROOT | KID | |
| 3 | DC COMICS: WONDER WOMAN ARTFX STATUE | KOT | |
| 4 | THE WALKING DEAD SERIES 6 ACTION FIGURES | TMP | |
| 5 | POP! GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY: DANCING GROOT VINYL FIGURE | FUN | |
| 6 | BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS PLAY ARTS KAI: THE JOKER | SQU | |
| 7 | BATMAN "BLACK COSTUME" ARTFX STATUE | KOT | |
| 8 | MARVEL SELECT: DEADPOOL ACTION FIGURE | DST | |
| 9 | BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS PLAY ARTS KAI: ROBIN | SQU | |
| 10 | MARVEL SPIDER-MAN 8-INCH RETRO ACTION FIGURE | DST |
TOP 10 GAMES
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | VENDOR | |
| 1 | MONOPOLY: THE WALKING DEAD SURVIVAL EDITION | USA | |
| 2 | JAY & SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK MONOPOLY | DST | |
| 3 | YU-GI-OH! HEROCLIX SERIES TWO | NEC | |
| 4 | STAR WARS: IMPERIAL ASSAULT BOARD GAME | FAN | |
| 5 | MARVEL DICE MASTERS: UNCANNY X-MEN SET-UP BOX | NEC | |
| 6 | YU-GI-OH! DICE MASTERS SERIES ONE | NEC | |
| 7 | ADVENTURE TIME CARD WARS PACK 1: FINN VS. JAKE | CRY | |
| 8 | X-FILES: THE BOARD GAME | IDW | |
| 9 | MARVEL DICE MASTERS: AVENGERS VS. X-MEN BOOSTER PACKS | NEC | |
| 10 | YU-GI-OH! DICE MASTERS SERIES ONE STARTER SET | NEC |
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