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DC Dominates January Backlist Charts

DC Dominates January Backlist ChartsIt's a whole different world of comic distribution statistics. We've been so blinded to the monthly marketshare battles that we've forgotten that there other fights being fought. And a very different looking world indeed, even within the boundaries of Diamond Comic Distributors. Such as… the backlist. Comics made available after their initial sale date on a longer basis than their original offering.

Take a look at the top ten backlist ordered comics in January. Marvel's Kick Ass 2 #3 hits the top, followed by the Kevin Smith Bionic Man from Dynamite, and Billy Tucci's advent comic, A Child Is Born. With books from Oni, IDW, Fantagraphics, Drawn & Quarterly, Archie and Dark Horse joining them.

As for the trade paperbacks, Image dominates with The Walking Dead with DC bringing up the rear with Fables and Batman.

Overall however, DC dominates with a 30% share, with Marvel just under 20% and Image not far behind. Basically there's a lot on books on this list but its the mass of the books not in the top charts that dominate. "Other" takes up a far larger slice. This is the long long long long tail in action.

TOP 10 COMICS

Qty Rank Rtl Rank Description Price Supplier
1 2 KICK-ASS 2 #3 (MR) (OF 7) $2.99 MAR
2 3 KEVIN SMITH BIONIC MAN #1 $3.99 DYN
3 1 BILLY TUCCI A CHILD IS BORN ONE SHOT $5.99 APO
4 5 YO GABBA GABBA BOARD COMIC GOOD NIGHT GABBALAND $7.99 ONI
5 6 YO GABBA GABBA BOARD COMIC GABBA BALL $7.99 ONI
6 4 DANGER GIRL DANGER SIZED TREASURY ED $9.99 IDW
7 8 HATE ANNUAL #9 (MR) (C: 0-0-1) $4.95 FAN
8 7 32 STORIES COMPLETE OPTIC NERVE SP DEFINITIVE ED BOX SET (MR) $19.95 DRA
9 9 SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH ANIMATED SERIES TP VOL 01 $9.95 ARC
10 11 ROBERT E HOWARDS SAVAGE SWORD #2 $7.99 DAR

TOP 25 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

Qty Rank Rtl Rank Description Price Supplier
1 3 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE $9.99 IMA
2 2 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 15 (MR) $14.99 IMA
3 4 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US (NEW PTG) $14.99 IMA
4 8 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 03 SAFETY BEHIND BARS $14.99 IMA
5 10 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 04 HEARTS DESIRE (NEW PTG) $14.99 IMA
6 16 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 14 NO WAY OUT (MR) $14.99 IMA
7 14 FABLES TP VOL 16 SUPER TEAM (MR) $14.99 DC
8 18 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 05 BEST DEFENSE (NEW PTG) $14.99 IMA
9 6 BATMAN HUSH COMPLETE TP $24.99 DC
10 11 BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC $17.99 DC
11 7 BATMAN NOEL DELUXE EDITION HC $22.99 DC
12 21 BATMAN DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP $14.99 DC
13 32 FABLES TP VOL 01 LEGENDS IN EXILE $12.99 DC
14 24 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 09 HERE WE REMAIN (MR) $14.99 IMA
15 25 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 06 SORROWFUL LIFE (NEW PTG) (DC Dominates January Backlist ChartsSEP088207) $14.99 IMA
16 9 BATMAN THE LONG HALLOWEEN TP $24.99 DC
17 1 WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM TP VOL 01 (MR) $59.99 IMA
18 15 V FOR VENDETTA NEW EDITION TP (MR) $19.99 DC
19 28 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 07 THE CALM BEFORE $14.99 IMA
20 29 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 10 WHAT WE BECOME $14.99 IMA
21 33 BATMAN YEAR ONE DELUXE SC $14.99 DC
22 19 SANDMAN TP VOL 01 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES NEW ED (MR) $19.99 DC
23 5 WALKING DEAD HC VOL 01 (MR) $34.99 IMA
24 36 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 08 MADE TO SUFFER (MR) $14.99 IMA
25 37 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 11 FEAR THE HUNTERS (MR) $14.99 IMA

JANUARY 2012 BACKLIST MARKET SHARES

Supplier

Dollar Share

Supplier

Unit Share

DC COMICS

30.88%

DC COMICS

29.48%

MARVEL COMICS

18.18%

MARVEL COMICS

19.75%

IMAGE COMICS

12.94%

IMAGE COMICS

14.85%

DARK HORSE COMICS

8.44%

DARK HORSE COMICS

9.14%

IDW PUBLISHING

3.21%

VIZ LLC

4.38%

VIZ LLC

2.51%

IDW PUBLISHING

2.45%

RANDOM HOUSE

2.18%

RANDOM HOUSE

1.85%

DIAMOND SELECT TOYS

1.70%

HACHETTE BOOK GROUP USA

1.54%

HACHETTE BOOK GROUP USA

1.31%

ONI PRESS

1.29%

ONI PRESS

1.23%

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS

1.10%

OTHER

17.41%

OTHER

14.17%

TOTAL

100.00%

TOTAL

100.00%



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Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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