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Marvel Maintains Over 15 Point Marketshare Lead Over DC In June 2015 As Renew Your Vows Indicates Desire For A Return To Watson-Parker Marriage
Marvel Comics was June's top publisher with a 40.86% dollar share and a 43.16% unit share, aintaining their over-15 point lead on DC Comics who are on 25.06% dollar share and a 28.03% unit share. DC's much vaunted DC YOU mini-relaunch and promotion has not translated well into sales, it seems, at least not against Marvel's Secret Wars crossover machine.
Meanwhile Image maintain their recent ten-percent-as-standard position with a 9.81% dollar share and a 10.83% unit share.
Marvel also dominates the top ten, with seven titles, and the Renew Your Vows spinoff coming just under the main Secret Wars series, emphasising the desire by a large number of fans for a return, in some for, of the Peter Parker/Mary Jane Watson marriage. If this demand continues through its run, will Marvel feel the need to keep supplying it?
And the launch of Bryan Hitch's Justice League Of America #1 beats out both the new Batman and the Justice League Darkseid War.
While the first volume of Scott Snyder and Jock's Wytches topped the graphic novel chart, ahead of the original graphic novel by Jim Starlin, Thanos: The Infinity Relativity, at #2.
Year on year, 2015 is beating 2014 by over 15% so far…
TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
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NEW TITLES SHIPPED
PUBLISHER | COMICS SHIPPED | GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED | MAGAZINES SHIPPED | TOTAL SHIPPED |
MARVEL COMICS | 72 | 33 | 0 | 105 |
DC COMICS | 68 | 25 | 1 | 94 |
IMAGE COMICS | 65 | 16 | 0 | 81 |
DARK HORSE COMICS | 32 | 31 | 0 | 63 |
IDW PUBLISHING | 41 | 21 | 0 | 62 |
BOOM ENTERTAINMENT | 31 | 10 | 0 | 41 |
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT | 27 | 5 | 0 | 32 |
TITAN COMICS | 10 | 7 | 2 | 19 |
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS | 14 | 2 | 0 | 16 |
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC | 8 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
OTHER NON-TOP 10 | 85 | 136 | 36 | 257 |
COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
DOLLARS | UNITS | |
JUNE 2015 VS. MAY 2014 | ||
COMICS | -6.09% | -5.33% |
GRAPHIC NOVELS | 14.39% | 23.02% |
TOTAL COMICS/GN | -0.35% | -3.30% |
JUNE 2015 VS. JUNE 2014 | ||
COMICS | 16.34% | 14.66% |
GRAPHIC NOVELS | 18.03% | 31.35% |
TOTAL COMICS/GN | 13.49% | 18.78% |
YEAR-TO-DATE 2015 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2014 | ||
COMICS | 16.46% | 16.52% |
GRAPHIC NOVELS | 5.85% | 4.06% |
TOTAL COMICS/GN | 13.07% | 15.46% |
SECOND QUARTER 2015 VS. FIRST QUARTER 2015 | ||
COMICS | 19.03% | 16.19% |
GRAPHIC NOVELS | 24.63% | 31.88% |
TOTAL COMICS/GN | 20.67% | 17.32% |
SECOND QUARTER 2015 VS. FIRST QUARTER 2014 | ||
COMICS | 18.74% | 19.01% |
GRAPHIC NOVELS | 10.43% | 16.71% |
TOTAL COMICS/GN | 16.09% | 18.82% |
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS
RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR | |
1 | SECRET WARS #3 | $3.99 | MAR | |
2 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: RENEW YOUR VOWS #1 | $3.99 | MAR | |
3 | STAR WARS #6 | $3.99 | MAR | |
4 | JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 | $5.99 | DC | |
5 | BATMAN #41 | $3.99 | DC | |
6 | THORS #1 | $3.99 | MAR | |
7 | DARTH VADER #6 | $3.99 | MAR | |
8 | X-MEN '92 #1 | $4.99 | MAR | |
9 | JUSTICE LEAGUE #41 [*] | $4.99 | DC | |
10 | GROOT #1 | $3.99 | MAR |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS
RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR | |
1 | WYTCHES VOLUME 1 TP (MR) | $9.99 | IMA | |
2 | THANOS: THE INFINITY RELATIVITY OGN HC | $24.99 | MAR | |
3 | EAST OF WEST VOLUME 4: WHO WANTS WAR TP | $14.99 | IMA | |
4 | MS. MARVEL VOLUME 3: CRUSHED TP | $15.99 | MAR | |
5 | CIVIL WAR TP | $24.99 | MAR | |
6 | SAGA VOLUME 1 TP (MR) | $9.99 | IMA | |
7 | SAGA VOLUME 4 TP (MR) | $14.99 | IMA | |
8 | HOUSE OF HEM TP | $7.99 | MAR | |
9 | ODYC VOLUME 1 TP (MR) | $9.99 | IMA | |
10 | MARVEL UNIVERSE: ANT-MAN DIGEST TP | $9.99 | MAR |
TOP 10 BOOKS
RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR | |
1 | LEAGUE OF REGRETTABLE SUPERHEROES | $24.95 | QUI | |
2 | THE SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOLUME 96 SC | $14.95 | SAN | |
3 | DOC SAVAGE DOUBLE NOVEL VOLUME 81 SC | $14.95 | SAN | |
4 | WORLD OF READING: ANT-MAN: THIS IS ANT-MAN SC | $3.99 | HAC | |
5 | REALMS: THE ROLEPLAYING GAME ART OF TONY DITERLIZZI | $39.99 | DAR | |
6 | ANT-MAN: ZOMBIE REPELLENT: MIGHTY MARVEL CHAPTER BOOK | $5.99 | HAC | |
7 | LEGEND OF ZELDA: HYRULE HISTORIA HC | $34.99 | DAR | |
8 | MARVEL ENCYCLOPEDIA 75TH-ANNIVERSARY EDITION HC | $40.00 | DK | |
9 | CHAIKA COFFIN PRINCESS VOLUME 1 HC | $13.00 | YEN | |
10 | DC COMICS: THE NEW 52 POSTER BOOK SC | $24.99 | PUB |
TOP 10 TOYS
RANK | DESCRIPTION | VENDOR | |
1 | MARVEL NOW: DEADPOOL X-FORCE ARTFX+ STATUE | KOT | |
2 | DC COMICS: COVER GIRLS HARLEY QUINN STATUE | DC | |
3 | BATMAN 75TH-ANNIVERSARY ACTION FIGURE 4 PACK SET 2 | DC | |
4 | STAR WARS: LUKE SKYWALKER & PRINCESS LEIA ARTFX+ STATUE | KOT | |
5 | MARVEL NOW: DEADPOOL ARTFX+ STATUE | KOT | |
6 | MARVEL: SHE-HULK BISHOUJO STATUE | KOT | |
7 | MARVEL SELECT: THE INCREDIBLE HULK ACTION FIGURE | DST | |
8 | DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS: WONDER WOMAN STATUE | DC | |
9 | POP! HEROES: DEATHSTROKE VINYL FIGURE | FUN | |
10 | PREDATOR PLAY ARTS KAI: PREDATOR MOVIE ACTION FIGURE | SQU |
TOP 10 GAMES
RANK | DESCRIPTION | VENDOR | |
1 | MARVEL HEROCLIX: AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON BOOSTER BRICK 1 | NEC | |
2 | GAME OF THRONES MONOPOLY | USA | |
3 | MARVEL HEROCLIX: AVENGERS ASSEMBLE BOOSTER BRICK | NEC | |
4 | MARVEL HEROCLIX: ANT-MAN BOX SET | NEC | |
5 | JURASSIC WORLD MONOPOLY | USA | |
6 | PATHFINDER BATTLES DUNGEONS DEEP BOOSTER BRICK | NEC | |
7 | ADVENTURE TIME CARD WARS PACK 4 | CRY | |
8 | MARVEL HEROCLIX: CLASSIC AVENGERS FAST FORCES 6-PACK | NEC | |
9 | MUNCHKIN ADVENTURE TIME 2: IT'S A DUNGEON CRAWL EXPANSION | PSI | |
10 | JAY & SILENT BOB STRIKE BACK MONOPOLY | DST |