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DC Comics Increases Marketshare In September, Marvel Keeps Avengers Vs X-Men At The Very Top, And The Market Slips From Last September's Performance
Last month saw both Marvel and DC benefiting from Walking Dead #100 not taking away their marketshare, and saw DC again beat Marvel on marketshare by dollar but also saw Marvel claw back the volume marketshare. But that was a five week month, in which Marvel generally does better by increasing product to fit the extra week.
September was a four week month and DC's now-traditional dominance returned. DC's dollar marketshare rose from August's 33.32% to 36.41% while Marvel's fell from 32.42% to 31.04%. On volume marketshare, Marvel fell from 37.18% to 33.65% while DC's dominated from 37.12% to 41.10%.
And aside from Avengers Vs X-Men #12, DC dominated the rest of the Top Ten.
Overall the direct market saw a fall in sales from last month, but again that could be explained by the five week-four week difference. However, for the first time in an age, there was a fall in the monthly comics market from now and the same time a year ago, both four week months. That may have been down to the launch of the DC New 52 in September 2011, which hasn't quite been matched by the industry's performance in September 2012. However graphic novels sales are up on a year ago, pushing the entire market still up, if only by one percent in dollar terms if not in actual sales terms. And in the year to date, the market is still a good sixth up on 2011 so far.
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COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
| DOLLARS | UNITS | |
| SEPTEMBER 2012 VS. AUGUST 2012 | ||
| COMICS | -11.89% | -9.62% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | -14.31% | -15.83% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | -12.69% | -10.17% |
| SEPTEMBER 2012 VS. SEPTEMBER 2011 | ||
| COMICS | -4.42% | -8.72% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | 14.43% | 20.18% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | 1.02% | -6.85% |
| YEAR-TO-DATE 2012 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2011 | ||
| COMICS | 17.12% | 14.26% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | 14.16% | 13.60% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | 16.16% | 14.21% |
| THIRD QUARTER 2012 VS. SECOND QUARTER 2012 | ||
| COMICS | 2.36% | 0.41% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | 1.46% | 8.75% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | 2.07% | 1.06% |
| THIRD QUARTER 2012 VS. THIRD QUARTER 2011 | ||
| COMICS | 8.25% | 6.06% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | 7.84% | 21.21% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | 8.12% | 14.21% |
TOP 10 COMICS
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR | |
| 1 | AVENGERS VS X-MEN #11 | $3.99 | MAR | |
| 2 | BATMAN #0 | $3.99 | DC | |
| 3 | JUSTICE LEAGUE #0 | $3.99 | DC | |
| 4 | GREEN LANTERN #0 | $2.99 | DC | |
| 5 | DETECTIVE COMICS #0 | $3.99 | DC | |
| 6 | ACTION COMICS #0 | $3.99 | DC | |
| 7 | BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT #0 | $2.99 | DC | |
| 8 | BATMAN AND ROBIN #0 | $2.99 | DC | |
| 9 | EARTH 2 #0 | $2.99 | DC | |
| 10 | BATMAN INCORPORATED #0 | $2.99 | DC |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR | |
| 1 | THANOS QUEST #1 | $7.99 | MAR | |
| 2 | JUDAS COIN HC | $22.99 | DC | |
| 3 | WALKING DEAD HC VOL 08 (MR) | $34.99 | IMA | |
| 4 | AVATAR LAST AIRBENDER TP VOL 03 PROMISE PART 3 | $10.99 | DAR | |
| 5 | AQUAMAN HC VOL 01 THE TRENCH | $22.99 | DC | |
| 6 | TOWER CHRONICLES GN VOL 01 GEISTHAWK | $7.99 | LEG | |
| 7 | MANHATTAN PROJECTS TP VOL 01 SCIENCE BAD | $14.99 | IMA | |
| 8 | THIEF OF THIEVES TP VOL 01 | $14.99 | IMA | |
| 9 | BATMAN ARKHAM CITY TP | $16.99 | DC | |
| 10 | BATMAN KNIGHTFALL TP NEW ED VOL 03 KNIGHTSEND | $29.99 | DC |
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