For the second month in a row, DC Comics held the top two spots on Diamond's single-issue sales charts, with flash-forward issue "Batman" #28 coming in at No. 1 for February 2014, and "Forever Evil" #5 at No. 2. "Batman" now has a two month streak in the top position; #27 was January's No. 1 estimated sales performer.
However, DC's lead in the top single issues didn't dent Marvel's grip on market share, with the publisher once again finishing at the top in both rankings -- 34.10 percent to DC's 28.73 percent in dollar share, and 37.36 percent to DC's 31.12 percent in unit share. Image Comics finished the month in third, with Dark Horse Comics edging out IDW Publishing for February's fourth spot.
Marvel's highest-ranking individual issue for the month was the relaunched "Wolverine" #1 by Paul Cornell and Ryan Stegman, landing at the No. 3 slot. Marvel had a total of five comics in February's Top 10, DC three and Image two -- both issues of "The Walking Dead".
IDW's hardcover collection of the final "Locke & Key" storylines -- "Locke & Key Volume 6: Alpha & Omega" -- topped Diamond's February 2014's Graphic Novels & Trade Paperbacks chart, with the fourth volume of Image series "Fatale" at No. 2. BOOM! Studios notched No. 3 with the fourth "Adventure Time" collection.
Diamond's comparative sales statistics indicated a drop from February 2014 to January 2014 in each listed category other than graphic novel units, as well as declines from February 2013 to February 2014 -- except, for graphic novels, finishing ahead in both dollars and units.
Check out the charts and graphs below and come back next week for John Mayo's look at the Top 300 and in-depth analysis.
TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
PUBLISHER |
DOLLARSHARE |
UNITSHARE |
MARVEL COMICS |
34.10% |
37.36% |
DC COMICS |
28.73% |
31.12% |
IMAGE COMICS |
7.85% |
8.88% |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
6.61% |
5.59% |
IDW PUBLISHING |
6.01% |
5.00% |
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT |
3.51% |
3.40% |
BOOM! STUDIOS |
2.05% |
1.94% |
EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS |
1.28% |
0.27% |
ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT |
1.05% |
0.99% |
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT |
1.02% |
1.08% |
OTHER NON-TOP 10 |
7.78% |
4.38% |
COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
|
DOLLARS |
UNITS |
FEBRUARY 2014 VS. JANUARY 2014 |
||
COMICS |
-5.48% |
-4.47% |
GRAPHIC NOVELS |
-4.48% |
5.98% |
TOTAL COMICS/GN |
-5.17% |
-3.65% |
FEBRUARY 2014 VS. FEBRUARY 2013 |
||
COMICS |
-10.39% |
-14.77% |
GRAPHIC NOVELS |
2.83% |
14.99% |
TOTAL COMICS/GN |
-6.71% |
-12.83% |
YEAR-TO-DATE 2014 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2013 |
||
COMICS |
-5.53% |
-11.18% |
GRAPHIC NOVELS |
-6.69% |
3.16% |
TOTAL COMICS/GN |
-5.89% |
-10.15% |
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS
RANK |
DESCRIPTION |
PRICE |
ITEM CODE |
VENDOR |
1 |
BATMAN #28 |
$3.99 |
DEC130250 |
DC |
2 |
FOREVER EVIL #5 |
$3.99 |
NOV130118 |
DC |
3 |
WOLVERINE #1 |
$3.99 |
DEC130609 |
MAR |
4 |
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #27.NOW |
$3.99 |
DEC130648 |
MAR |
5 |
JUSTICE LEAGUE #28 |
$3.99 |
DEC130202 |
DC |
6 |
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #28 |
$3.99 |
DEC130653 |
MAR |
7 |
FANTASTIC FOUR #1 |
$3.99 |
DEC130616 |
MAR |
8 |
THE WALKING DEAD #121 (MR) |
$2.99 |
DEC130604 |
IMA |
9 |
THE WALKING DEAD #122 (MR) |
$2.99 |
DEC130605 |
IMA |
10 |
ALL-NEW X-MEN #23 |
$3.99 |
DEC130692 |
MAR |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS
RANK |
DESCRIPTION |
PRICE |
ITEM CODE |
VENDOR |
1 |
LOCKE & KEY VOLUME 6: ALPHA & OMEGA HC |
$29.99 |
NOV130333 |
IDW |
2 |
FATALE VOLUME 4: PRAY FOR RAIN TP (MR) |
$14.99 |
OCT130469 |
IMA |
3 |
ADVENTURE TIME VOLUME 4 TP |
$14.99 |
DEC130995 |
BOO |
4 |
INVINCIBLE VOLUME 19: THE WAR AT HOME TP |
$16.99 |
DEC130496 |
IMA |
5 |
SAGA VOLUME 1 TP (MR) |
$9.99 |
AUG120491 |
IMA |
6 |
STAR-LORD: ANNIHILATION CONQUEST |
$7.99 |
DEC130736 |
MAR |
7 |
INFINITY HC |
$75.00 |
NOV130707 |
MAR |
8 |
MY LITTLE PONY TALES VOLUME 2 TP |
$17.99 |
DEC130439 |
IDW |
9 |
REVIVAL VOLUME 3: A FARAWAY PLACE TP (MR) |
$14.99 |
DEC130527 |
IMA |
10 |
THE FLASH VOLUME 2: ROGUES REVOLUTION TP (N52) |
$16.99 |
NOV130229 |
DC |