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Almost One In Every Two Comics Ordered in February 2020 Was From Marvel as X-Men Dominate Marketshare

Marvel Comics returns to market dominance, selling almost one in every two comic books ordered in the North American comic book direct market, with a 47.3% share if comics sold – albeit with a 41.85% of money spent. All those tiered discounts? However they took eight of the top ten, with the X-books taking the top three spots with Wolverine #1 at the top. Sales were up on last year's February, but for the year in total, again, revenue is up while total sales are down. All those $4.99 and no $2.99 comic books.

DC was second, with 29% and 30.16% shares respectively. Image Comics was third for the month, followed by IDW Publishing, Dark Horse Comics, BOOM! Studios, VIZ Media, and Dynamite Entertainment. But later today, Bleeding Cool will run a marketshare-per-capita study to see how individual publications are performing.

Among the premier publishers, Todd McFarlane and Jason Shawn Alexander's Spawn #305 was Image Comics' best-selling book in February at #38; BOOM! Studios' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #3 ranked #55; IDW Publishing's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Jennika #1 was their top book at #85; Red Sonja: Age of Chaos #1 was Dynamite Entertainment's top book at #95; and Dark Horse Comics' Stranger Things: Into the Fire #2 ranked #152.

Stjepan Sejic's Harleen, collecting the best-selling mini-series from DC's Black Label imprint, was February's best-selling graphic novel. Also in the top ten from DC, Derek Fridolfs and Dustin Nguyen's Batman Tales: Once Upon a Crime ranked #3. Image Comics' Die Volume 2: Split the Party by Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans ranked #2. Marvel Comics had five Star Wars graphic novels in the top ten, led by Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larroca's Star Wars: Darth Vader Volume 4: End of Games at #4.

Fujino Omori's light novel from Yen On, Is It Wrong to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Volume 14, was the best-selling book of February. Also in the top ten, Gemstone Publishing's The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide Volume 49 ranked #4.

Mezco's One:12 Collective: Marvel Comics: Cable (X-Men Edition) Action Figure, a PREVIEWS Exclusive, was February's best-selling toy. Another PREVIEWS Exclusive toy from Mezco, the One:12 Collective: DC: Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) Figure, ranked #2. DC Collectibles' DC Designer Series: Harley Quinn & Poison Ivy by Emanuela Luppachino Statue ranked #3. Diamond Select Toys had three products in the top ten; the Godzilla Gallery: Godzilla (1991) Deluxe PVC Figure was their top product at #6.

Paizo's Pathfinder: Gamemastery Guide, a sourcebook for the best-selling role-playing game, was February's best-selling game product and one of seven Paizo products in the top ten. Green Ronin's perennial best-seller, the Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, also charted at #2.

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