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Doomsday Clock #12 Beat All-Comers in December 2019 Charts, as DC and Marvel Comics Grew Closer in Units But Further Apart in Dollar Marketshare
In November, Marvel saw their marketshare down with a 37.41% dollar share and a 42.68% unit share but still ahead of DC Comics as they dropped down to a 30.72% dollar share though up a bit to a 32.41%% unit share,
In December, Marvel had a slight uptick in dollar share with 37.89% and a massive jump in unit sales to 45.60%. While DC Comics also jumped to 33.55% dollar share with a slight drop down to 31.35% unit share.
Image Comics suffered this squeeze, dropping down from 7.90% dollar share and a 7.87% unit share to 5.91% and 5.93%. This is half of what they used to get.
Both four-week months, December 2019 beat December 2018 in comic book sales by a considerable amount, helping to round out 2019 beating 2018 in terms of dollars spent, 2.54%, even if the actual unites sold dropped by -1.44%. Fewer items sold but for much money.
Doomsday Clock #12 topped the charts in both dollars and units sold, with Incoming #1 coming second on dollars, as it was a $10 book. but further back at #8 in actual copies.
IDW Publishing's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #100 was the publisher's top book at #17; Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 from BOOM! Studios ranked #29; Todd McFarlane and Jason Shawn Alexander's Spawn #303 was Image Comics' top book at #45; and Dynamite Entertainment's Vampirella #6 ranked #61 for the month.
Marvel Comics' House of X/Powers of X, a hardcover collection of the two mini-series by Jonathan Hickman, Pepe Larraz, and R.B. Silva that heralded a revitalization of Marvel's mutant franchise, was the best-selling graphic novel of December and one of the publisher's four titles among the top ten. DC's Batman Volume 11: The Fall and the Fallen by Tom King and Mikel Janin led DC's slate of three titles in top ten at #2. Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and Rich Tommasco's Black Hammer Volume 4: Age of Doom Part 2 from Dark Horse Comics ranked #5, and Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson's The Boys Omnibus Volume 6 from Dynamite Entertainment ranked #6.
Zenescope Entertainment's Grimm Fairy Tales Adult Coloring Book Volume 1 was December's best-selling book.
Depicting a scene from Marvel Comic's 1991 series The Infinity Gauntlet, Funko's POP! Marvel Heroes: Thanos "Snap" 6-Inch Deluxe Vinyl Figure, a PREVIEWS exclusive, was December's best-selling toy. Also in the top ten from Funko, the PREVIEWS exclusive POP! Dragonball Z: Super Saiyan 2 Vegeta Vinyl Figure ranked #2. Diamond Select Toys had a strong month with six products in the top ten, led by the Marvel Select: Avengers Endgame: Hero Suit Hulk Action Figure at #3.
Green Ronin Publishing's Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, a perennial seller, returned to the top of the sales charts as December's best-selling game product. Paizo Publishing had eight products in the top ten, and S7 Game's My Hero Academia: The Card Game also returned to the charts at #3 for the month.
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COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
| DOLLARS | UNITS | |
| DECEMBER 2019 VS. NOVEMBER 2019 | ||
| COMICS | 0.18% | -1.28% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | -11.06% | -18.03% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | -3.00% | -2.48% |
| TOYS | 13.47% | 16.61% |
| DECEMBER 2019 VS. DECEMBER 2018 | ||
| COMICS | 7.08% | 5.36% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | 15.77% | 2.87% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | 9.20% | 5.21% |
| TOYS | 166.96% | 191.68% |
| YEAR 2019 VS. YEAR 2018 | ||
| COMICS | 4.33% | -0.92% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | -2.01% | -7.95% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | 2.54% | -1.44% |
| TOYS | 25.96% | 28.65% |
NEW TITLES SHIPPED
| PUBLISHER | COMICS SHIPPED |
GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED |
MAGAZINES SHIPPED |
TOTAL SHIPPED |
| MARVEL COMICS | 103 | 32 | 0 | 135 |
| DC COMICS | 86 | 32 | 1 | 119 |
| IMAGE COMICS | 36 | 7 | 0 | 43 |
| IDW PUBLISHING | 28 | 13 | 0 | 41 |
| BOOM! STUDIOS | 23 | 14 | 0 | 37 |
| DARK HORSE COMICS | 22 | 9 | 0 | 31 |
| DYNAMITE | 14 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| KODANSHA COMICS | 0 | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| TITAN COMICS | 8 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| OTHER NON-TOP 10 | 80 | 109 | 11 | 200 |
| TOTAL | 409 | 235 | 14 | 658 |
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS BY UNITS SHIPPED
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
| 1 | DOOMSDAY CLOCK #12 | $5.99 |  OCT190523-M |
DC |
| 2 | X-MEN #3 | $3.99 |  OCT190903-M |
MAR |
| 3 | BATMAN: LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH #3 (MR) | $5.99 |  SEP190478-M |
DC |
| 4 | DARK KNIGHT RETURNS: THE GOLDEN CHILD #1 | $5.99 |  OCT190471-M |
DC |
| 5 | VENOM #21 | $3.99 |  OCT191001-M |
MAR |
| 6 | HARLEY QUINN: VILLAIN OF THE YEAR #1 | $4.99 |  OCT190466-M |
DC |
| 7 | SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN: ALIEN REALITY #1 | $4.99 |  OCT190971-M |
MAR |
| 8 | INCOMING #1 | $9.99 |  OCT190860-M |
MAR |
| 9 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #35 | $3.99 |  OCT190926-M |
MAR |
| 10 | SUPERMAN #18 | $3.99 |  OCT190580-M |
DC |
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS BY DOLLARS INVOICED
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
| 1 | DOOMSDAY CLOCK #12 | $5.99 | OCT190523-M |
DC |
| 2 | INCOMING #1 | $9.99 | OCT190860-M |
MAR |
| 3 | BATMAN: LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH #3 (MR) | $5.99 | SEP190478-M |
DC |
| 4 | DARK KNIGHT RETURNS: THE GOLDEN CHILD #1 | $5.99 | OCT190471-M |
DC |
| 5 | HARLEY QUINN: VILLAIN OF THE YEAR #1 | $4.99 | OCT190466-M |
DC |
| 6 | TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #100 | $7.99 |  SEP190620-M |
IDW |
| 7 | HARLEEN #3 (MR) | $7.99 |  SEP190494-M |
DC |
| 8 | X-MEN #3 | $3.99 | OCT190903-M |
MAR |
| 9 | SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN: ALIEN REALITY #1 | $4.99 | OCT190971-M |
MAR |
| 10 | VENOM #21 | $3.99 | OCT191001-M |
MAR |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS BY UNITS SHIPPED
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
| 1 | HOUSE OF X/POWERS OF X HC | $60.00 |  SEP190963-M |
MAR |
| 2 | BATMAN TP VOL 11 THE FALL AND THE FALLEN | $17.99 |  SEP190554 |
DC |
| 3 | WATCHMEN TP | $24.99 |  JUN190614-M |
DC |
| 4 | SILVER SURFER BLACK TP TREASURY EDITION | $29.99 |  SEP190990 |
MAR |
| 5 | BLACK HAMMER TP VOL 04 AGE OF DOOM PART II | $19.99 |  MAY190209 |
DAR |
| 6 | BOYS OMNIBUS TP VOL 06 (MR) | $29.99 |  OCT191313-M |
DE |
| 7 | GREEN LANTERN TP VOL 01 INTERGALACTIC LAWMAN | $17.99 |  SEP190568 |
DC |
| 8 | DAREDEVIL BY CHIP ZDARSKY TP VOL 02 NO DEVILS ONLY GOD | $15.99 |  SEP190982 |
MAR |
| 9 | MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES TP (MR) | $12.99 |  AUG190092 |
IMA |
| 10 | STAR WARS DOCTOR APHRA TP VOL 06 UNSPEAKABLE REBEL SUPERWEAP | $15.99 |  SEP190997 |
MAR |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS BY DOLLARS INVOICED
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
| 1 | HOUSE OF X/POWERS OF X HC | $60.00 | SEP190963-M |
MAR |
| 2 | ANNIHILATION OMNIBUS HC | $125.00 |  JUL191087 |
MAR |
| 3 | Y THE LAST MAN OMNIBUS HC (MR) | $150.00 |  APR190576 |
DC |
| 4 | INJUSTICE GODS AMONG US OMNIBUS HC VOL 01 | $125.00 |  MAR190580 |
DC |
| 5 | ABSOLUTE DARK KNIGHT III THE MASTER RACE HC | $125.00 |  APR190525 |
DC |
| 6 | ANIMAL MAN BY JEFF LEMIRE OMNIBUS HC | $99.99 |  APR190524 |
DC |
| 7 | SILVER SURFER BLACK TP TREASURY EDITION | $29.99 | SEP190990 |
MAR |
| 8 | MMW FANTASTIC FOUR HC VOL 21 | $75.00 |  JUN191034-M |
MAR |
| 9 | WATCHMEN TP | $24.99 | JUN190614-M |
DC |
| 10 | BOYS OMNIBUS TP VOL 06 (MR) | $29.99 | OCT191313-M |
DE |
TOP 10 BOOKS BY UNITS SHIPPED
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
| 1 | GRIMM FAIRY TALES ADULT COLORING BOOK VOL 01 | $12.99 |  OCT151871 |
ZEN |
| 2 | OVERSTREET COMIC BK PG SC VOL 49 | $29.95 |  APR191757-M |
GEM |
| 3 | BLOODBORNE OFFICIAL ARTWORKS SC | $44.99 |  MAR172148 |
UDO |
| 4 | DARK SOULS III DESIGN WORKS HC | $49.99 |  JUN182173 |
UDO |
| 5 | MEGA MAN ZERO HC OFFICIAL COMPLETE WORKS | $44.99 |  APR192142 |
UDO |
| 6 | ART OF ATARI HC | $39.99 |  JUL161467 |
DYN |
| 7 | KONOSUBA LIGHT NOVEL SC VOL 10 | $14.00 |  OCT192327 |
YEN |
| 8 | OKAMI OFFICIAL COMPLETE WORKS SC | $39.99 |  MAY073783 |
UDO |
| 9 | DOCTOR WHO TARDIS TYPE FORTY INSTRUCTION MANUAL HC | $19.99 |  MAY188247 |
PEN |
| 10 | GEARS OF WAR RETROSPECTIVE HC | $49.99 |  MAY192131 |
UDO |
TOP 10 TOYS BY DOLLARS INVOICED
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
| 1 | POP MARVEL HEROES THANOS SNAP 6IN PX DELUXE VINYL FIGURE |  MAY198251 |
FUN |
| 2 | POP ANIMATION DBZ SUPER SAIYAN 2 VEGETA PX VIN FIG |  JAN199073 |
FUN |
| 3 | MARVEL SELECT AVENGERS ENDGAME HERO SUIT HULK AF |  JUL192664 |
DST |
| 4 | MARVEL MILESTONES AVENGERS 4 ARMORED THANOS STATUE |  OCT188304 |
DST |
| 5 | MARVEL SELECT AVENGERS 4 IRON MAN MK85 AF |  SEP192494 |
DST |
| 6 | MARVEL GALLERY AVENGERS ENDGAME CAPTAIN AMERICA PVC FIG |  JUL192669 |
DST |
| 7 | GX-88 ARMORED FLEET DAIRUGGER XV SOUL OF CHOGOKIN (NET) |  MAY198128 |
BLU |
| 8 | YU GI OH YAMI YUGI NENDOROID AF |  DEC188202 |
GOO |
| 9 | IT CHAPTER 2 GALLERY PENNYWISE PVC FIGURE |  JUN192381 |
DST |
| 10 | MARVEL PREMIER GREEN GOBLIN COMIC STATUE |  MAR192445 |
DST |
TOP 10 GAMES BY DOLLARS INVOICED
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
| 1 | CRITICAL ROLE: TAL'DOREI CAMPAIGN SETTING HC |  JUN173357 |
GRE |
| 2 | PATHFINDER CORE RULEBOOK SPECIAL EDITON HC (P2) |  MAY193228 |
PAI |
| 3 | MY HERO ACADEMIA: THE CARD GAME |  JUL183082 |
S7 |
| 4 | PATHFINDER ACG CORE SET |  MAR198499 |
PAI |
| 5 | PATHFINDER LOST OMENS WORLD GUIDE HC (P2) |  MAY193231 |
PAI |
| 6 | STARFINDER RPG ALIEN ARCHIVE 3 HC |  JUN193098 |
PAI |
| 7 | CREATURE CODEX HC |  JUL183073 |
PAI |
| 8 | STARFINDER RPG CORE RULEBOOK HC |  JUN173371 |
PAI |
| 9 | STARFINDER RPG CHARACTER OPERATIONS MANUAL HC |  SEP193078 |
PAI |
| 10 | PATHFINDER LOST OMENS CHARACTER GUIDE HC (P2) |  AUG193363 |
PAI |
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