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Black Cat #1 Tops Diamond Charts in June 2019, Marvel Comics Regains Marketshare, But Overall Sales Are Falling

Here is a statistic for you. Comic book sales in 2019 so far, compared to 2018, are down over 5% in numbers and down over half a per cent up in dollars. That' not great – though June 2019 was a third of a per cent up on June 2018. But overall, the direct market is selling fewer comics for slightly less money. Expect to hear a lot more about this at San Diego Comic-Con a week today, as Diamond Comic Distributors release their stats for comic books ordered in June 2019 in the direct market of comic shops in North America.

April 2019 marketshare saw Marvel Comics take over 50% of the marketshare for sales numbers for that month. May still sees Marvel in the marketshare lead, but the gap is narrowed, even as Marvel publishes twice as many titles than DC Comics. In May, Marvel had a unit share of 39.75% and a dollar share of 40.46% against DC Comics' 38.58% unit share and 28.22% dollar share.

In June however, with DC's Year of The Villain one-shot out of the way, Marvel Comics have gained a 43.38% dollar share and a 48.93% unit share, as DC Comics take a drop to 26.71% dollar share and 26.44% unit share.

Image Comics was third for the month at 7.58% in dollars and 8.01% in units, followed by Dark Horse Comics at 3.23% in dollars and 2.16% in units, IDW Publishing at 3.08% in dollars and 2.83% in units, BOOM! Studios at 2.43% in dollars and 2.31% in units, and Dynamite Entertainment at 2.15% in dollars and 2.02% in units.

Black Cat #1 takes the top of the chart, buoyed by variant covers, retailer exclusive and otherwise. And the two Batman titles are the lowest in the chart I've seen them, nine and tenth, beaten back by DCeased, Silver Surfer Black, The Batman Who Laughs, Batman Damned, Amazing Spider-Man, Walking Dead and, of course, Immortal Hulk. Though that may not be the case for next month with Batman #75 on the way…

Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo #1 was IDW Publishing's top book for June at 61, BOOM! Studios' Buffy the Vampire Slayer #5 ranked #85, Stranger Things: Six #2, was Dark Horse Comics' top book at #110 and Dynamite Entertainment's Red Sonja: Birth of the She-Devil #1, was their top book at #125.

Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Hans' Die Volume 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker from Image Comics, the first volume of their modern fantasy series about adults facing the same monstrous evil they faced as teenaged role-players, was June's best-selling graphic novel. DC had five titles in the top ten: the Detective Comics #1000 Deluxe Edition ranked #2; the DC Poster Portfolio: Stanley "Artgerm" Lau, a collection of his covers for DC, ranked #3;DC Super-Hero Girls: Search for Atlantis ranked #4; Teen Titans: Raven, the original graphic novel from the DC Ink imprint, ranked #7; and Batman/The Flash: The Button, a softcover edition of the best-selling storyline, ranked #8.

UDON Entertainment's Mega Man Zero: Official Complete Works, an artbook that looks at the Capcom video game, was June's best-selling book and one of the four UDON books among the top ten. Also in the top ten, BOOM! Studios' Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal, the novelization of the beloved film, ranked #10.

Funko's POP! DC Heroes: Harley Quinn with Boombox Vinyl Figure, a PREVIEWS Exclusive, was June's best-selling toy product. Diamond Select Toys had two items in the top ten: the Marvel Gallery: Carnage Comic PVC Figure ranked #2 and the Marvel Gallery: Avengers Endgame: Hulkbuster Deluxe PVC Figure ranked #4. DC Collectibles also had two products in the top ten: the DC Designer Series: Supergirl by Stanley "Artgerm" Lau Statue ranked #8 and the Batman Animated Series: Batcycle & Figure Set ranked #10.

Paizo Publishing's Pathfinder Adventure Card Game Core Set was June's best-selling game product and one of the six products from Paizo in the top ten. Green Ronin Publishing's Critical Role: Tal'Dorei Campaign Settingrulebook placed in the top ten for the third consecutive month and the fourth time in the past six months, ranking #2 for the month.

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