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Tuesday Trending Topics: Marvel On Top

Published Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:23:41 -0600

Last updated Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:23:59 -0600

Marvel took back the top spot in the industry's favorite horse race for the first time in the New 52 era, though as many have pointed out, they did so by putting out substantially more books than DC did for the month. There's some pretty good discussion on the details behind the numbers in the forum, well worth a look.

Most-Read Comic Stories Today:

Marvel Takes Back Marketshare Lead From DC Comics In December 2011

In September, DC Comics took back marketshare from Marvel Comics. This gave DC the lead in both dollars spent and the number of comics bought in the North American direct market. And October and November only consolidated that position as market leader.

Detective Comics #5 Tops 100,000 In Sales, Scarecrow And Snakeskin To Come

2011 was a year full of very hard work. Some trials and tribulations but the successes were worth it all. Detective Comics #1 went into its fourth printing (without the aid of a variant cover), and issue 5 surpassed 100k and is actually still gaining sales.

The New Look Captain Cold – And A Few New Characters For The DCU

Showing the new designs for Captain Cold (and he really will be cold without any sleeves), as well as a bunch of new characters, who we are invited to guess where they may appear…

Most-Read TV/Film Stories Today:

Has Nolan Already Buckled And Remixed Bane For The Dark Knight Rises?

It only took one preview of the The Dark Knight Rises' IMAX prologue for many minds to be made up.

A Few More Avengers Details Come From… Guess Where? Starts With An L And Rhymes With Eggo

Yet another set of small-fry plot-details for an upcoming tentpole picture have seeped out through a toy licensing deal. This time it's The Avengers, and the information comes from the names of some upcoming Lego sets.

Avengers Reshoots In Los Angeles This Week

A Little Bleeder involved in a minor fashion with the upcoming Avengers film, tells Bleeding Cool that Marvel Studios will be carrying out reshoots in Los Angeles this week. And a casting call has gone out to extras to help fill the numbers.

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