Marvel Comics closed out 2015 as the top publisher in the Direct Market, selling more comics than any other single publisher according to Diamond Comic Distributors' December sales data.
Marvel titles accounted for 6 of the top 10 best-selling issues in December, with "Secret Wars" #8 taking the top spot overall. DC Comics' "Dark Knight III: The Master Race" #2 was the second best-selling comic for the month. #3 was Marvel's "Star Wars" #13, and the DC/IDW Publishing crossover, "Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" miniseries debuted at #4. "Guardians of Infinity" #1, "Star Wars Annual" #1 and "Darth Vader Annual" #1 debuted in the top ten for Marvel, while DC also saw "Batman" #47 and "Harley's Little Black Book" land at the top of the charts.
The hardcover edition of Brian K. Vaughn and Marcos Martin's "The Private Eye" debuted as the best-selling graphic novel for the month, ahead of new trade paperbacks featuring "Harley Quinn," "Avatar: The Last Airbender" and "Saga."
Marvel commanded 37.09% of the Direct Market in dollar shares, and 41.87% unit shares. DC Comics accounted for approximately 20% of both dollars and units, while Image was third, making up approximately 10% of the market.
Monthly comics were down slightly from November, but up 25.05% in dollars from December 2014, and up 18.63% in unit sales over last December.
Overall, the 2015 market saw an 8.99% increase in dollars over 2014, off of a 6.54% increase in units.
TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
PUBLISHER
DOLLAR
SHARE
UNIT
SHARE
MARVEL COMICS
37.09%
41.87%
DC ENTERTAINMENT
29.32%
29.93%
IMAGE COMICS
10.29%
10.65%
IDW PUBLISHING
5.31%
4.10%
DARK HORSE COMICS
3.05%
2.43%
BOOM! STUDIOS
1.91%
1.71%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
1.63%
1.55%
TITAN COMICS
1.38%
1.21%
ONI PRESS
0.89%
0.74%
VIZ MEDIA
0.82%
0.31%
OTHER NON-TOP 10
8.31%
5.50%
COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
DOLLARS
UNITS
DECEMBER 2015 VS. NOVEMBER 2015
COMICS
-2.14%
0.68%
GRAPHIC NOVELS
12.73%
7.36%
TOTAL COMICS/GN
1.53%
1.09%
DECEMBER 2015 VS. DECEMBER 2014
COMICS
25.05%
18.63%
GRAPHIC NOVELS
14.12%
7.03%
TOTAL COMICS/GN
21.85%
17.80%
YEAR 2015 VS. YEAR 2014
COMICS
8.99%
6.54%
GRAPHIC NOVELS
3.14%
3.35%
TOTAL COMICS/GN
7.17%
6.28%
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS
RANK
DESCRIPTION
PRICE
ITEM CODE
VENDOR
1
SECRET WARS #8
$3.99
AUG150653-M
MAR
2
DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE #2
$5.99
OCT150141-M
DC
3
STAR WARS #13
$3.99
SEP150832-M
MAR
4
BATMAN/TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #1
$3.99
OCT150148-M
DC
5
BATMAN #47
$3.99
OCT150202-M
DC
6
GUARDIANS OF INFINITY #1
$4.99
OCT150747-M
MAR
7
DARTH VADER #14
$3.99
OCT150943-M
MAR
8
HARLEY'S LITTLE BLACK BOOK #1
$4.99
OCT150151-M
DC
9
STAR WARS ANNUAL #1
$4.99
OCT150941
MAR
10
DARTH VADER ANNUAL #1
$4.99
OCT150939-M
MAR
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS
RANK
DESCRIPTION
PRICE
ITEM CODE
VENDOR
1
THE PRIVATE EYE DELUXE EDITION HC (MR)
$49.99
OCT150484
IMA
2
HARLEY QUINN VOLUME 2: POWER OUTAGE TP
$16.99
SEP150302
DC
3
AVATAR THE LAST AIRBENDER VOLUME 11: SMOKE & SHADOW PART 2 TP
$10.99
AUG150057
DAR
4
BATMAN VS. SUPERMAN TP
$9.99
SEP150285
DC
5
SAGA VOLUME 5 TP (MR)
$14.99
JUL150565
IMA
6
WE CAN NEVER GO HOME TP (MR)
$9.99
SEP151091
BLA
7
HARLEY QUINN VOLUME 3: KISS KISS BANG STAB HC
$24.99
AUG150272
DC
8
STAR WARS: DARTH VADER VOLUME 1: VADER TP
$19.99
JUL150827
MAR
9
CIVIL WAR TP
$24.99
JAN072436
MAR
10
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: RENEW YOUR VOWS TP
$17.99
SEP150861
MAR
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