Diamond Comics has released its Top Ten charts for products released in February 2013, and the Geoff Johns/Dave Finch-powered "Justice League of America" debuted at the top spot, outselling Brian Michael Bendis and Chris Bachalo's "Uncanny X-Men" #1. The rest of the top Ten split between Marvel and DC, with issues of "Batman, "Justice League" and "Superior Spider-Man" filling the top five.
Marvel remained the number one publisher for the month in both unit and dollar share, with DC Comics remaining second and Image, , IDW and Dark Horse rounding out the top 5.
Overall comics sales were up from January while graphic novel sales dropped significantly. February's top-selling graphic novel was "Nemo: Heart of Ice," Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's latest "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" story while Dark Horse's undeniably successful "Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia" remained the best-selling book.
TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
PUBLISHER | DOLLARSHARE | UNITSHARE |
MARVEL COMICS | 34.86% | 38.46% |
DC ENTERTAINMENT | 29.22% | 32.89% |
IMAGE COMICS | 7.76% | 7.89% |
IDW PUBLISHING | 7.09% | 6.04% |
DARK HORSE COMICS | 4.82% | 4.16% |
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT | 2.80% | 2.55% |
BOOM! STUDIOS | 1.97% | 1.75% |
EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS | 1.42% | 0.30% |
ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT | 0.99% | 0.73% |
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT | 0.94% | 0.98% |
OTHER NON-TOP 10 | 8.11% | 4.25% |
COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
DOLLARS | UNITS | |
FEBRUARY 2013 VS. JANUARY 2013 | ||
COMICS | 5.04% | 3.73% |
GRAPHIC NOVELS | -20.37% | -14.28% |
TOTAL COMICS/GN | -3.53% | 2.33% |
FEBRUARY 2013 VS. FEBRUARY 2012 | ||
COMICS | 15.91% | 14.75% |
GRAPHIC NOVELS | -1.47% | 0.90% |
TOTAL COMICS/GN | 10.48% | 13.73% |
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS
RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
1 | JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #1 | $3.99 | DEC120183 | DC |
2 | UNCANNY X-MEN #1 | $3.99 | DEC120608 | MAR |
3 | BATMAN #17 | $3.99 | DEC120264 | DC |
4 | JUSTICE LEAGUE #17 | $3.99 | DEC120174 | DC |
5 | SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #3 | $3.99 | DEC120662 | MAR |
6 | SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #4 | $3.99 | DEC120664 | MAR |
7 | UNCANNY X-MEN #2 | $3.99 | DEC120613 | MAR |
8 | UNCANNY AVENGERS #4 | $3.99 | NOV120657 | MAR |
9 | DETECTIVE COMICS #17 | $3.99 | DEC120274 | DC |
10 | SECRET AVENGERS #1 | $3.99 | DEC120624 | MAR |