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Archie #1 Enters The Top 10 For July 2015, As Marvel Maintains 15 Point Marketshare Lead On DC Comics, But Both Slip

Last month, Marvel Comics was June's top publisher with a 40.86% dollar share and a 43.16% unit share, maintaining their over-15 point lead on DC Comics who are on 25.06% dollar share and a 28.03% unit share.

This month that lead has been maintained but both publisher's marketshare has slipped with Marvel down to 38.43% and 41.59% share to DC Comics' 23.94% and 24.30% shares. In comparison, Image Comics have maintained their 10% share. It is IDW which outperforms this month, juumping from last month's 5.18% and 3.86% shares to 6.60% and 5.28% shares and Archie also makes a jump on the back of the Archie #1 relaunch with Mark Waid and Fiona Staples as a 1% share leaps to a 2.5% share. Valiant saw their unit share jump from under 1% to 1.5% but heavy discounting saw their retail share not chart. And Oni charted for both with over 1% shares where last month they were nowhere to be seen.

July was a five week month but it didn't outperform June's four week month as you might expect and it was down on July 2014. But the year to date still outperforms 2014 so far by over 11%, so overall sales seem in pretty good nick….

Secret Wars took the top spot, with four crossovers on top in the top ten, Star Wars took another three titles and Batman was DC's only entry, but the big surprise has to be Archie #1, the 7th highest ordered book that month. And the only time that I can recall that an Archie comic has entered the top ten.

Here are all the figures…

TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS

RETAIL MARKET SHARE
PUBLISHER SHARE
MARVEL COMICS 38.43%
DC COMICS 23.94%
IMAGE COMICS 9.48%
IDW PUBLISHING 6.60%
DARK HORSE COMICS 3.77%
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS 2.28%
BOOM ENTERTAINMENT 1.85%
DYNAMIC FORCES 1.83%
TITAN 1.26%
ONI PRESS INC. 1.24%
OTHER NON-TOP 10 9.32%
UNIT MARKET SHARE
PUBLISHER SHARE
MARVEL COMICS 41.59%
DC COMICS 24.30%
IMAGE COMICS 10.72%
IDW PUBLISHING 5.28%
DARK HORSE COMICS 3.36%
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS 2.62%
BOOM ENTERTAINMENT 1.99%
DYNAMIC FORCES 1.65%
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC 1.52%
ONI PRESS INC. 1.19%
OTHER NON-TOP 10 5.77%

NEW TITLES SHIPPED

PUBLISHER COMICS SHIPPED GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED MAGAZINES SHIPPED TOTAL SHIPPED
MARVEL COMICS 75 36 0 111
DC ENTERTAINMENT 75 34 0 109
IMAGE COMICS 74 19 0 93
IDW PUBLISHING 45 29 0 74
DARK HORSE COMICS 34 16 0 50
BOOM ENTERTAINMENT 32 3 0 35
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 21 4 0 25
TITAN COMICS 14 6 4 24
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS 15 2 0 17
ONI PRESS INC. 8 3 0 11
OTHER NON-TOP 10 103 150 49 302

COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS

  DOLLARS UNITS
JULY 2015 VS. JUNE 2015
COMICS 8.35% 3.46%
GRAPHIC NOVELS 3.88% 5.14%
TOTAL COMICS/GN 6.91% 3.61%
JULY 2015 VS. JULY 2014
COMICS -4.67% -8.22%
GRAPHIC NOVELS 1.29% 10.81%
TOTAL COMICS/GN -2.88% -6.74%
YEAR-TO-DATE 2015 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2014
COMICS 12.64% 12.08%
GRAPHIC NOVELS 5.08% 5.18%
TOTAL COMICS/GN 10.25% 11.50%

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE VENDOR
1 SECRET WARS #4 $3.99 MAR
2 STAR WARS: LANDO #1 $3.99 MAR
3 CIVIL WAR #1 $4.99 MAR
4 STAR WARS #7 $3.99 MAR
5 BATMAN #42 $3.99 DC
6 DARTH VADER #7 $3.99 MAR
7 ARCHIE #1 $3.99 ARC
8 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: RENEW YOUR VOWS #2 $3.99 MAR
9 AGE OF APOCALYPSE #1 $4.99 MAR
10 GUARDIANS OF KNOWHERE #1 $3.99 MAR

TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE VENDOR
1 FABLES VOLUME 22 TP (MR) $17.99 DC
2 THE WICKED & THE DIVINE VOL. 2: FANDEMONIUM TP (MR) $14.99 IMA
3 HAWKEYE VOLUME 4: RIO BRAVO TP $17.99 MAR
4 RED SONJA #1973 $7.99 DE
5 BATMAN: HARLEY QUINN TP $19.99 DC
6 AUTUMNLANDS VOL. 1: TOOTH & CLAW TP (MR) $9.99 IMA
7 DIVINITY TP $9.99 VAL
8 NEW SUICIDE SQUAD VOL. 1: PURE INSANITY TP $16.99 DC
9 CIVIL WAR TP $24.99 MAR
10 BATMAN ETERNAL VOLUME 2 TP $39.99 DC

TOP 10 BOOKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE VENDOR
1 OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE VOL. 45 SC $29.95 GEM
2 OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE VOL. 45 HC $35.00 GEM
3 STAR WARS: JEDI ACADEMY VOL. 3: THE PHANTOM BULLY $12.99 SCH
4 STAR WARS LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK: A NEW HOPE $4.99 RAN
5 STAR WARS LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK $4.99 RAN
6 STAR WARS LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK: RETURN OF THE JEDI $4.99 RAN
7 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S STAR WARS: THE CLONE ARMY ATTACKETH HC $14.95 RAN
8 STAR WARS LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK: REVENGE OF THE SITH $4.99 RAN
9 STAR WARS LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK: THE PHANTOM MENACE $4.99 RAN
10 STAR WARS LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK: ATTACK OF THE CLONES $4.99 RAN

TOP 10 TOYS

RANK DESCRIPTION VENDOR
1 DC COMICS BLUELINE: BATMAN BY JIM LEE SDCC 2015 EXCLUSIVE FIG. DC
2 MARVEL SELECT: DEADPOOL ACTION FIGURE DST
3 MAXIMUM CARNAGE FINE ART STATUE KOT
4 DC COMICS: THE NEW 52: THE JOKER ACTION FIGURE DC
5 DC COMICS COVER GIRLS: WONDER WOMAN STATUE DC
6 FINAL FANTASY ADVENT CHILDREN PLAY ARTS KAI: CLOUD STRIFE FIG. SQU
7 BATMAN BLACK & WHITE STATUE BY MIKE MIGNOLA DC
8 DC COMICS: THE NEW 52: GREEN LANTERN JOHN STEWART FIGURE DC
9 BACK TO THE FUTURE: TIME MACHINE MARK I CAR DST
10 DC COMICS VARIANT PLAY ARTS KAI: BATMAN TIMELESS WILD WEST FIG SQU

TOP 10 GAMES

RANK DESCRIPTION VENDOR
1 MARVEL DICE MASTERS: AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON FOIL PACKS NEC
2 MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: 2015 ORIGINS BOOSTER PACKS WIZ
3 CHEW: CASES OF THE FDA CARD GAME IDW
4 MARVEL DICE MASTERS: AVENGERS AGE OF ULTRON STARTER SET NEC
5 DC DECK BUILDING GAME: TEEN TITANS CRY
6 MARVEL DICE MASTERS: AGE OF ULTRON COLLECTOR'S BOX NEC
7 MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: 2015 ORIGINS FAT PACK WIZ
8 MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: DRAGONS OF TARKIR BOOSTER PACKS WIZ
9 DUNGEONS & DRAGONS NEXT: PLAYER'S HANDBOOK HC WIZ
10 MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: 2015 ORIGINS CLASH DECKS WIZ

 

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Dollar Market Share – July 2015

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Unit Market Share – July 2015


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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

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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