Marvels gains in 2019 appear to have come more at the expense of Image, whose top-selling The Walking Dead ended mid-year and other sales leader Saga went on hiatus. A.X.E. This title is incredibly niche. DC Comics has to do something to revive this once incredibly popular character. 1, Shang-Chi Earths Mightiest Martial Artist, Oblivion Song By Kirkman & De Felici Vol. Image Comics accounts for 8.7% of revenue share, and no other company holds over 5%. 6 Doing Time Pt One, Star Wars High Republic Adventures Vol. As always, it's necessary to treat . Iron Cat #2 plummeted all the way out of the Top 100 and down to the number 114 spot. New Mutants really stunned me as issue #27 took the number 39 spot. graphic novels bought by comics shops from book channel distributors. 2 Into The Fire, Tales From Umbrella Academy Vol. However, Diamond reports variants with different cover prices as separate entries, and so Boom's House of Slaughter #1 was split into its regular and foil versions. Mark Russell is a complete hack. ICv2: Top 50 Comics - January 2022 2 Here We Make O, Star Wars Legends Epic Coll Original Marvel Years Vol. 2, Firefly Return to Earth That Was HC Vol. Again, it is a mantle swap title so the weak sales ranking is to be expected. Studios came in fourth place with five titles in the Top 100. In 2008, the first 10 months it reported its Top 100, while in the last two months it reported its Top 300. 24 End of All Things Part 1, Captain America Epic Collection Dawns Early Light, Spider-Man Kravens Last Hunt Marvel Select HC, Tony Stark Iron Man By Dan Slott Omnibus HC, Avatar Last Airbender Imbalance Library Edition HC, Spider Ham Great Power No Responsibility Gn, Fantastic Four Antithesis Treasury Edition, Blade Runner Vol. Get in touch to collaborate on new research projects or with requests for interviews. Ghost Rider #4 took the number 16 spot. 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The Mandalorian continues to be the only surefire hit that Disney has managed to have since purchasing Lucasfilm. Diamond's Top 4,000 comic books had overall dollar sales worth $256.6 million in 2021; 02/04/2022 11:15 am. The comic-book total is higher than any in unadjusted dollars since the early 1990s. Superman Son of Kal-El is the flagship title of the Superman franchise and it cannot come anywhere close to the Top 50. This text provides general information. 1, Amazing Spider-Man By Nick Spencer Vol. The goal for this title is to keep from falling out of the Top 75. Wow. 86 Batman Beyond The White Knight #4 (Of 8) (Resolicitation), 122 Detective Comics #1061 (Resolicitation), 158 Batman Superman Worlds Finest #4 (Resolicitation), 169 Poison Ivy #1 (Of 6) (Resolicitation). Together, Marvel and DC hold over 66.6% of total comic book sales revenue since 2011, peaking at 69.53% in 2019. All comics sold in the Direct Market including DC/Lunar and Random House (in dollars) Things are getting murkier in terms of actual unit numbers. Our annual industry-wide report with ICV2 for, Have questions about the history of the comic book market or additional data to share? Captain Carter #4 managed to climb back up to the number 78 spot. Spider-Gwen Gwenverse #4 crashed out of the Top 50 and landed at the number 59 spot. We and our partners use data for Personalised ads and content, ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. A survey carried out in 2020 left the public divided on the diversity of superhero movies,yet surprisingly a number of people related to the characters depicted in films. Still, we now have gotten two straight months of sales rankings far below the number 17 ranking that She-Hulk #3 had in April 2022. The Dark Crisis Worlds Without A Justice League Superman #1 one-shot came in at an unimpressive number 41 spot. It is also impressive how many different franchises that Marvel Comics is able to draw from to power its Top 25 success. Anyway, it was still a big improvement over the number 91 spot in June 2022 and the number 70 spot in May 2022. This was exactly the same as DC Comics did in June 2022. Probably never. This is close to the number 24 ranking issue #4 took in June 2022. Jesus, it barely made it into the Top 100. Wonder Woman deserves so much better than this. Strange, there is absolutely no connection between this unappealing roster of misfit characters and the classic Defenders that we know and love. 4 Minish Cap & Phantom, Daredevil By Chip Zdarsky Vol. This shows how diversified Marvel Comics has become. Moon Knight #21 suffered a large drop from the number 8 spot in February 2023 down to the number 28 spot. Past year; perfect sneakers. Star Wars Halcyon Legacy #4 barely stayed in the Top 100. Again, I remain convinced that DC Comics is completely clueless as to what the consumer desires to read. Some of that material can be found in our Postal Data Repository, also reachable by the annual links here: Comichron has on hand more than 99% of the existing postal data for comics. Note that in the charts above, Diamond from time to time increased the number of trade paperbacks it was reporting on. Comichron is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program. The best-selling comic books of all time - Polygon It was far better than I was expecting. Naomi is another uncreative dud courtesy of Brian Bendis. Star Wars Doctor Aphra #22 came in well outside the Top 100 at the number 119 spot. Not Planet Hulk Clark Kent Superman. No surprise. Batman #125 managed to beat out not one but two big events and take the number 1 spot in June 2022. The last ranked issue was Naomi Season Two #3 which came in at the number 188 spot. Oh, poor Wonder Woman. What The Hell Is Going On In The Collectible Comics Market? - Forbes With all of their franchises at their disposal, DC Comics managed just twelve non-Batman franchise titles in the Top 100. I do not get the appeal of this title at all. 1 to Heaven Through Hell, Thor By Jason Aaron Complete Collection Vol. No commercial use permitted. I was so happy that you guys supported Johnny Blaze in his new Ghost Rider comic! DC Comics came in second place with nineteen titles in the Top 75. Cover images are used for identification purposes only and are their respective copyright holders. Summer 2021 Comic Sales Were the Highest in 5 Years Overall the best selling comics of the 21st Century sold over 7.8 Million units all together. In 2021, without DC and with only about a third of Marvel's sales in the fourth quarter, Diamond sold 57.83 million comics out of a probable 59 million copies overall. Diamond's official comic book sales prove the strength of both Marvel and DC. This title is a juggernaut. This title already failed as Excalibur. This is bad news. They are never going to become a thing. Jul 13, 2022, 5:28 AM PDT. That is pretty unimpressive for one of Marvels premier franchises. Shang-Chi #12 came in at the number 104 spot in May 2022. In 1973 Marvel comics had sold 300% more copies than it did in 2013. Again, it is a mantle swap title so nobody should be surprised that I am Batman is a failure. The total of 5,400,723 units for the top 300 comics was about halfway between the 6,606,758 unit average for the top 300 and the 4,402,738 unit record low from January 2011. 10 Highest Selling Comic Books From The Silver Age 3 Home Is Where Hatred Is, Daredevil By Chip Zdarsky Vol. It is that time of the month when we get to check out the latest single-issue comic book sales rankings. Jed MacKay deserves plenty of credit for helming this successful rebirth of the long downtrodden franchise. 2, Star Wars Vol. Around $420 million This is something DC Comics wishes they could do. Marvel Comics is an American comic book publisher and the property of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Year-by-year rankings of the sales figures found in comics publishers' Statements of Ownership, beginning in 1960. OVERALL North American Dollar Sales for Diamond Comic Distributors' Comics, Graphic Novels, and Magazines for the year through MARCH 31 around $117.78 Million (down 4.39% year-over-year) IMPORTANT: Overall sales reporting by Diamond was suspended when the pandemic shutdowns began, so specific data is limited to the first quarter. Find it in comic shops on June 14th. In 1972, Marvel created Luke Cage, the first black superhero to get his own comic book. Judgment Day can remain a Top 10 title for its entire six-issue run. I have to say that I am proud of you guys! 1, X-Factor By Peter David Omnibus HC Vol. The Variants #2 dropped out of the Top 100 and down to the number 132 spot. You can also see our pages for reorders and advance reorders for 2021. 41 Dark Crisis Worlds Without A Justice League Superman #1 (One-Shot). 1, Miles Morales UltimateSpider-Man UltimateColl Book 1, Generation X Epic Collection Back to School, Incredible Hulk Epic Collection Man or Monster, Peanuts Scotland Bound Charlie Brown Ogn Sc, Namor Sub-Mariner Epic Collection Enter Sub-Mariner, Thor By Jason Aaron Complete Collection Vol. While there have been a few years in which DC sales have eclipsed Marvel sales or kept the horserace close, Marvel has been the market leader consistently, at least in sales to comic. Only the mighty Bruce Wayne was able to top the uber-popular Mandalorian. I am not surprised as Halcyon Legacy is just a commercial for the new Halcyon Star Wars resort in Walt Disney World. February 2020 Sales Drop As Marvel and DC Prepare For the Future Image Comics took third place with seven titles in the Top 75. 25 End of All Things Part 2, Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Squirrels Just Wanna Have Fun, Cimmerian HC Vol. This is even worse than the one minority lead titles in the Top 25 in June 2022, May 2022, and April 2022. WordsRated is a non-commercial, international research data and analytics group.Through detailed research projects, we tackle the big issues concerning reading, books, authors, and the publishing industry to inform and entertain. Of course, his two sons dislike anything to do with comics or manga. This was slightly worse than June 2022, where there was one female lead title in the Top 10, two in the Top 25, and three in the Top 50. Graphic novels are the driving force behind comic sales, while comic books face a significant decline: In 2019, comic book sales faced a shift in the main sales channel as bookstores became the dominant source of revenue: Looking at monthly average prices since 2011, the best time to buy comic books is in April, while August is the most expensive month for comic books purchase: Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Product mentions do not constitute endorsements. I am unsure how long DC Comics is going to be satisfied with having their flagship Superman title continually struggling just to make it into the Top 75. 1 Mighty Nein, Black Monday Murders Vol. Nothing that DC Comics is doing with the Wonder Woman franchise is appealing to the consumer. She-Hulk #5 had a nice rebound up to the number 43 spot. 5 All Die Young Two, Conan Orig Marvel Yrs Epic Coll Curse Golden Skull, Killadelphia Vol. These rankings only represent the number of units ordered by local comic shops. That is probably a realistic hope. This was even better than the twenty-eight comics that Marvel Comics had in the Top 50 in June 2022. My Hero Academia Chapter 352 - Shoto Todoroki vs Dabi! So, it is possible that Venom will get a big sales bump in August 2022. It's an increase of more than 30 million copies over 2020, which had dramatically fewer new releases due to the pandemic: that's a boost of more than 49%. New ReleasesNew in Marvel UnlimitedNew Collections. Even though this is a record revenue for digital comics, they took a step back from 2020, falling from 12.5% of all comics sales to 8.19% in 2021. On the other hand, in that report we add to the Direct Market That was a bad debut and I called Iron Cat dead on arrival. But, this cannot be a surprise to anyone at all. That goes double for Scholastic, the publisher of Dav Pilkey (Dog Man), Raina Telgemeier (Guts) and other top graphic novels for kids, whose print runs are now counted in the millions, but have zero footprint in superhero-centric comic shops. That would yield at least 94 million copies, an increase of 12% over 2019's total of 83.6 million copies and a much larger increase over the pandemic-stunted 2020. 2 Target Valance, Star Wars Bounty Hunters Vol. Comichron projects its overall dollar sales of its periodicals would have been around $261 million. Genis-Vell Captain Marvel #1 is another title that is dead on arrival as it debuted at the number 121 spot. This just breaks my heart every single month. The below charts collect the comics shop market data I've calculated across time. According to Forbes, the company is worth $53 billion as of 2021. According to Diamond, Marvel dominated the market share for periodicals with a 44.72%-30.74% lead over DC in unit share and a 40.2% to 29.29% lead in dollar share. 1, Avengers By Jason Aaron Vol. The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. Look, neither publisher is having any real sales success in this category, but DC Comics definitely looks more lost than Marvel Comics at this point. (+56% vs. previous year). The average for the past 12 months is 6,364,130 units. Diamond Publishing has released the last batch of official sales figures from 2019. This is even more inexcusable considering some of their iconic characters like Clark Kent, Diana Prince, Hal Jordan, Barry Allen, and Arthur Curry. I predicted this title would drop out of the Top 200 before its sixth and final issue. Diamond did better with the comics publishers it kept in 2021 than it did with those same publishers two years earlier perhaps not surprisingly, as they received extra sales focus. 3, Star Wars Legends Old Republic Omnibus HC Vol. This title consistently comes in the 40-50 range every single month. This mini-series is sure to finish outside of the Top 150. Note that items with the Marvel PRH notation meaning everything that shipped after October 1 with the exception of Darkhold Alpha #1 were distributed first by Penguin Random House to Diamond, and Diamond's orders are somewhre around 35% of the total that Marvel sold. That is the same as it was in June 2022. Fan interest seems to remain strong for the Hellfire Gala gimmick. Comic book sales in North America generated nearly $2.08 billion in 2021, up from $1.28 billion in 2020. 1 Prelude, Guardians of the Galaxy New Guard Vol. Talk about being clueless. The move of DC to Lunar in 2020 and Marvel to Penguin Random House in October resulted in Diamond's dollar sales of comic books declining $100 million, or 28%, from $361 million in 2019 to $261 million in 2021. The 2019 Overstreet currently estimates a low-grade, but complete copy (GD 2.0) is valued at $43,200 and a near-pristine copy (NM- 9.2) at $720,000. I said this would happen when we saw Multiversity Teen Justice #1 debut at the number 100 spot in June 2022. I am mad for you. Welcome to this week in comic book reviews! The news wasnt all bad for DC, though. Marvel - statistics & facts | Statista 3, Doctor Strange Epic Collection Alone Against Eternity, Marvel Super Hero Contest of Champions Vol. I would expect this title to quickly fall out of the Top 150 by its third issue. 06/30/2021 9:00 am. Studios came in fourth place with three titles in the Top 75. Marvel Comics continues to rely on an impressive selection of franchises to power its Top 50 win. Catwoman #45 took the number 99 spot. It is a mantle swap title. This new direction for Amazing Spider-Man is not for me, but plenty of you guys definitely love it! That Aquaman & The Flash: Voidsong #2 failed to make it into the Top 200 at all. DC Comics has to love this type of consistency on a monthly basis. 14 Chameleon Conspiracy, Amazing Spider-Man By Nick Spencer Vol. It had lost the DC franchise to Lunar Distribution in 2020, and beginning in October 2021 it became a wholesaler for Marvel, whose distribution business moved to Penguin Random House. This does not surprise me. Image Comics came in third place with nine titles in the Top 100. The 2023 class of Marvel's Stormbreakers will be featured on a collection of covers celebrating 60 years of the Avengers. February 2020 was a weak sales month. No commercial use permitted. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. 1, Something Is Killing the Children Dlx Ed Slipcase HC Book 1, Avatar Last Airbender Smoke & Shadow Omnibus, All-New Wolverine By Tom Taylor Omnibus HC, Shang-Chi By Gene Luen Yang Vol. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network. It will be interesting to see if Poison Ivy can remain in the Top 50 for the entirety of its mini-series. It is not as good as actual unit numbers, but we have to work with what we get. This should never happen. 4 Fortress Vade, Avengers By Jason Aaron Vol. Until then, everyone stay safe and be good! Statista assumes no 1 Into The Crucible, Sin City Vol. This is frightening. X-Cellent #5 continues to be a sales dud. See our Terms of Use. Look, DC Comics, you guys got burned by Bendis. 1, Avatar Last Airbender Katara & Pirates Silver Vol. Again, nobody should be surprised as Black Adam is another mantle swap title. Published in November of 1961, their origin fed off the space race of the era, having Reed, Susan, Johnny, and Ben attempting to . Bruce Wayne continues to be THE man. This is a big jump from the number 64 spot in June 2022. Studios came in fourth place with three titles in the Top 50. 1, Mighty Marvel Masterworks Fantastic Four Vol. (Further returns may well have brought it back to second.) It sucks. Conversely, superhero comics decreased as a percentage of sales down to 7% so I expect the numbers to be lower for DC and Marvel this year to around 5% and 4% respectively. Marvel and Penguin Random House Announce Exclusive Worldwide Multi-Year Peter Parker continues to be the gem of Marvel Comics. I am amazed it is even in the Top 50! He grew up a die-hard DC Comics and Marvel Comics fan. In 2021, comic print sales generated over $1.9 billion in revenue, accounting for over 91.8% of all comic book sales. That is amazing. 5, Jim Lives Mystery of the Lead Singer of the Doors, Oblivion Song By Kirkman & De Felici Vol. Rokk lives with his wife and two sons. Did Demon Slayer Really Outsell the Entire Comics Industry in 2020? - Anime It is as if DC Comics editorial staff is purposely trying to run the business into the ground. On the other hand, buying a comic book in August will cost $3.87 on average, making it the most expensive month. It is inexcusable that Marvel Comics has a title that has consistently been in the Top 15 and they cannot ship it out on a regular basis. I figured that meant we were in store of a larger drop for the second issue. In 2017, the company had its best year ever, with sales of over $1.3 billion. DC Comics came in second place with fourteen titles in the Top 50. He-Skeletor MOTU Origins Mattel Creations Exclusive: Buy or Pass? 2020 calculations will become available later in 2021. This was also down from the five female lead titles in the Top 75 in June 2022. This is a mantle that has been swapped around too many times and that has killed fan interest. Random House's portion of Marvel's fourth quarter would have added another 5 million copies. In 1991, selling an estimated 8,186,500 copies, X-Men #1 was a likely contender for the best-selling single-issue comic book in history. A new volume of Avengers starts in May from writer Jed MacKay (Moon Knight . I am bullish on Star Wars The Mandalorian. However when it comes to best-selling comics of all time, determining the exact rundown of the data is murky. Image Comics' King Spawn #1, from Todd McFarlane, Sean Lewis, and Javier Fernandez, was the best-selling comic book of 2021. Captain American Symbol of Truth #1 debuted at the number 15 spot. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. This is down from the nine titles DC Comics had in the Top 25 in June 2022. Diamond did not publish Top 300s for all months. The second year of the Coronavirus pandemic saw comic-book sales booming, handily beating the track record from the year before and exceeding sales from the pre-pandemic year of 2019. DC also shut Marvel out in the top ten of the increasingly-important graphic novel/trade book category. Comic-book sales had their best year ever in 2021 and this year is on Normally, I would be bullish about that happening. 9 Weakest One There Is, We Only Find Them When Theyre Dead Vol. Now on sale in the Marvel Comics app! On the other hand, Captain America Symbol of Truth #3 was the worst-selling Avengers franchise title. 0, Avatar Last Airbender Lost Adventures Library Ed HC, Superior Spider-Man Vol. The Avengers franchise had zero titles in the Top 10, just one title in the Top 25, and only three titles in the Top 50. March 2023 Single Issue Comic Book Sales Rankings At some point, DC Comics is going to have to start looking at making some serious changes in order to try and make themselves relevant again. Together and with returns that arrived by the end of the year removed, it totaled 480,679 copies, making it the leader by less than a single case. This was an improvement over the zero titles IDW Publishing had in June 2022. 2, Marvel Zombies Vol. See our Terms of Use. Aquamen #6 also being unranked. Report: Graphic novel sales were up 65% in 2021 5 Four Swords, Avatar Last Airbender Promise Library Ed HC, Shang-Chi Master Kung Fu Omnibus HC Vol. The highest selling monthly title from the X-Men franchise was Immortal X-Men #4 taking the number 11 spot. Not social commentary Jon Kent Superman. In 2021, over $1.4 billion was generated from the sales of graphic novels, representing over 70.8% of all comic book sales. This is now two months in a row that Marvel Comics has managed to increase the number of titles in the Top 75. 4 Last Flight of the Harbinger, Star Wars High Republic Vol. It was a big year for Spawn and a huge year for James Tynion IV, according to sales charts covering 2021 comics sale just released by Diamond Comics. Classic Complete Collection Vol. Remember that these pages only show what the comics shops of North America ordered, whereas the Statements of Ownership report sales through all channels. 1 Dellotto Cvr, Critical Role Chronicles of Exandria HC Vol. Tini Howards Knights of X. This is the same as it was in June 2022 and May 2022. Marvel Comics continues to power its success off of a wide range of franchises. This was tied with what DC Comics did in the Top 50 in June 2022. Moon Knight continues to be a sales beast as it remains a Top 15 title.