One in every two comic books ordered by North American comic book stores in August 2019 from Diamond Comic Distributors was a Marvel comic book. And almost one in every two dollars spent on those orders was a Marvel comic book as well. While we have seen Marvel Comics mostly dominate the direct market of comic book stores, a fifty percent share is a rare thing, but it is where we are at for August. This was buoyed by Marvel Comics #1000 and the twin events of Absolute Carnage and HOXPOX with 6 lead issues in the top ten between them, both outperforming expectations. In contrast, DC Comics’ Year of The Villain has seen interest drop, though with Batman/Superman as a notable exception.
However it is also notable that 2019 so far is down a quarter of a percent in dollars earned in 2018, and 5% down in comic book numbers ordered. So we have fewer comic sales but increased prices mostly make up for it.
Marvel Comics was August’s top publisher, taking 46.15% of dollars and 49.96% of units shipped. In second place, DC’s market share was 24.86% and 25.96% respectively. Image Comics ranked third, with a 6.32% dollar share and a 6.26% unit share, followed by IDW Publishing, Dark Horse Comics, Dynamite Entertainment, and BOOM! Studios.
This is a significant jump for Marvel on July, when they held a 41.38% dollar share and a 45.49% unit share. And DC has dropped from their 26.79% dollar share and a 27.63% unit share. Marvel has double the marketshare DC Comics has now. But it seems that other publishers have suffered more, as Image Comics 8.43% share in dollars and a 8.64% share in units fell back by over two points. That’s called no longer publishing The Walking Dead.
Absolute Carnage‘s launch event issue topped the chart, beating out Marvel Comics #1000, in numbers if not dollars – $5.99 as opposed to $9.99. Both topped DC’s best-seller, Batman/Superman #1, ove the four issues of HOXPOX which beat out Absolute Carnage #2, and all beating traditional chart topper Batman #77.
Among the other premier publishers, IDW Publishing’s top book for August was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #97 at #44; Dynamite Entertainment’s Vampirella #2 ranked #51; BOOM! Studios’ Once and Future #1, the new series from Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora, ranked #64; Dark Horse Comics’ Black Hammer/Justice League #2 ranked #88; and Image Comics’ Die #6 ranked #95.
Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead Volume 32, the final volume of Image Comics’ best-selling series, was August’s best-selling graphic novel. DC Comics had three titles in the top ten: Scott Snyder and Jock’s The Batman Who Laughs ranked #2, Mariko Tamaki and Steve Pugh’s Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass ranked #3, and Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen, reprinted to coincide with the HBO series, ranked #4. Marvel Comics had four titles in the top ten: Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman’s War of the Realms ranked #5, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Season One Declassified ranked #6, Dennis “Hopeless” Hallum and Paolo Villanelli’s Star War: Vader: Dark Visions ranked #7, and Donny Cates and Geoff Shaw’s Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 1: Final Gauntlet ranked #10.
UDON Entertainment’s Neon Genesis Evangelion: TV Animation Production Art Collection, a hardcover collection of concept and production art for the acclaimed anime, was August’s best-selling book, and one of UDON’s three books in the top ten. The softcover edition of Gemstone Publishing’s Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide Volume 49 ranked #3. Also in the top ten, Dynamite Entertainment’s The Art of Dejah Thoris and the Worlds of Mars Volume 2, a collection of covers and pin-ups, ranked #9.
Mezco’s One:12 Collective: DC Comics: Sovereign Knight Batman (Blue Costume) Action Figure, a PREVIEWS Exclusive version of the figure series that looks at Batman through the ages, was August’s best-selling figure. Funko had three products in the top ten, all of them PREVIEWS Exclusives: the POP! DC Heroes: Batman Damned Vinyl Figure ranked #2, the POP! DC Heroes: The Batman Who Laughs Vinyl Figure ranked #3, and the POP! Marvel: Nova Prime Vinyl Figure ranked #8. Diamond Select Toys’ Marvel Select: Psylocke Figure ranked #6. DC Collectibles had two products in the top ten: the Batman: The Animated Series: Batcycle & Figure Set ranked #7 and the DC Designer Series: Nightwing by Jim Lee Statue ranked #9.
Paizo Publishing’s Pathfinder Core Rulebook (2nd Edition) was August’s best-selling game product and one of Paizo’s eight products among the top ten.
TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
|
PUBLISHER
|
DOLLAR
SHARE
|
UNIT
SHARE
|
| MARVEL COMICS |
46.15%
|
49.96%
|
| DC |
24.86%
|
25.96%
|
| IMAGE COMICS |
6.32%
|
6.26%
|
| IDW PUBLISHING |
4.00%
|
4.18%
|
| DARK HORSE COMICS |
3.27%
|
2.65%
|
| DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT |
2.51%
|
2.13%
|
| BOOM! STUDIOS |
2.50%
|
2.34%
|
| VIZ MEDIA |
1.33%
|
0.53%
|
| TITAN COMICS |
0.72%
|
0.64%
|
| VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT |
0.53%
|
0.56%
|
| OTHER NON-TOP 10 |
7.81%
|
4.79%
|
COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
|
|
DOLLARS
|
UNITS
|
|
AUGUST 2019 VS. JULY 2019
|
| COMICS |
-6.01%
|
-9.70%
|
| GRAPHIC NOVELS |
-5.13%
|
0.26%
|
| TOTAL COMICS/GN |
-5.78%
|
-9.06%
|
| TOYS |
-21.40%
|
-20.06%
|
|
AUGUST 2019 VS. AUGUST 2018
|
| COMICS |
0.64%
|
-4.44%
|
| GRAPHIC NOVELS |
-20.11%
|
-21.96%
|
| TOTAL COMICS/GN |
-5.76%
|
-5.94%
|
| TOYS |
-9.65%
|
11.91%
|
|
YEAR TO DATE 2019 VS. YEAR TO DATE 2018
|
| COMICS |
0.92%
|
-4.37%
|
| GRAPHIC NOVELS |
-3.24%
|
-8.55%
|
| TOTAL COMICS/GN |
-0.26%
|
-4.68%
|
| TOYS |
24.37%
|
31.96%
|
NEW TITLES SHIPPED
|
PUBLISHER
|
COMICS SHIPPED
|
GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED
|
MAGAZINES SHIPPED
|
TOTAL
SHIPPED
|
| MARVEL COMICS |
88
|
42
|
0
|
130
|
| DC |
64
|
27
|
1
|
92
|
| IMAGE COMICS |
47
|
9
|
0
|
56
|
| IDW PUBLISHING |
32
|
12
|
0
|
44
|
| DARK HORSE COMICS |
21
|
18
|
0
|
39
|
| BOOM! STUDIOS |
19
|
15
|
0
|
34
|
| DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT |
17
|
7
|
0
|
24
|
| VIZ MEDIA |
0
|
21
|
0
|
21
|
| TITAN COMICS |
8
|
6
|
1
|
15
|
| VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT |
7
|
2
|
0
|
9
|
| OTHER NON-TOP 10 |
128
|
169
|
22
|
319
|
| TOTAL |
431
|
328
|
24
|
783
|
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS BY UNITS SHIPPED
|
RANK
|
DESCRIPTION
|
PRICE
|
ITEM CODE
|
VENDOR
|
|
1
|
ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #1 |
$7.99
|
JUN190761-M |
MAR |
|
2
|
MARVEL COMICS #1000 |
$9.99
|
JUN190842-M |
MAR |
|
3
|
BATMAN/SUPERMAN #1 [*] |
$3.99
|
JUN190450-M |
DC |
|
4
|
HOUSE OF X #3 |
$4.99
|
JUN190821-M |
MAR |
|
5
|
POWERS OF X #2 |
$4.99
|
JUN190828-M |
MAR |
|
6
|
HOUSE OF X #2 |
$4.99
|
JUN190814-M |
MAR |
|
7
|
POWERS OF X #3 |
$4.99
|
JUN190835-M |
MAR |
|
8
|
ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #2 |
$4.99
|
JUN190775-M |
MAR |
|
9
|
BATMAN #77 |
$3.99
|
JUN190479-M |
DC |
|
10
|
BATMAN: CURSE OF THE WHITE KNIGHT #2 |
$4.99
|
JUN190457-M |
DC |
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS BY DOLLARS INVOICED
|
RANK
|
DESCRIPTION
|
PRICE
|
ITEM CODE
|
VENDOR
|
|
1
|
MARVEL COMICS #1000 |
$9.99
|
JUN190842-M |
MAR |
|
2
|
ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #1 |
$7.99
|
JUN190761-M |
MAR |
|
3
|
BATMAN/SUPERMAN #1 [*] |
$3.99
|
JUN190450-M |
DC |
|
4
|
SUPERMAN: YEAR ONE #2 (MR) [*] |
$7.99
|
JUN190465-M |
DC |
|
5
|
POWERS OF X #2 |
$4.99
|
JUN190828-M |
MAR |
|
6
|
HOUSE OF X #3 |
$4.99
|
JUN190821-M |
MAR |
|
7
|
HOUSE OF X #2 |
$4.99
|
JUN190814-M |
MAR |
|
8
|
POWERS OF X #3 |
$4.99
|
JUN190835-M |
MAR |
|
9
|
ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #2 |
$4.99
|
JUN190775-M |
MAR |
|
10
|
BATMAN: CURSE OF THE WHITE KNIGHT #2 |
$4.99
|
JUN190457-M |
DC |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS BY UNITS SHIPPED
|
RANK
|
DESCRIPTION
|
PRICE
|
ITEM CODE
|
VENDOR
|
|
1
|
THE WALKING DEAD VOLUME 32 TP |
$16.99
|
JUN190045 |
IMA |
|
2
|
THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS HC |
$29.99
|
JUN190568 |
DC |
|
3
|
HARLEY QUINN: BREAKING GLASS TP |
$16.99
|
APR190434 |
DC |
|
4
|
WATCHMEN TP |
$24.99
|
JUN190614-M |
DC |
|
5
|
WAR OF THE REALMS TP |
$29.99
|
MAY190956 |
MAR |
|
6
|
MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. DECLASSIFIED SLIPCASE HC |
$49.99
|
APR140762 |
MAR |
|
7
|
STAR WARS: VADER: DARK VISIONS TP |
$15.99
|
MAY190975 |
MAR |
|
8
|
MIRACULOUS: TALES OF LADYBUG AND CAT NOIR SEASON 2 VOL. 4: NO EVIL DOING TP |
$8.99
|
SEP181357 |
ACT |
|
9
|
DISNEY DESCENDANTS: EVIE’S WICKED RUNWAY VOL. 2 TP |
$15.99
|
FEB192149 |
TOK |
|
10
|
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 1: FINAL GAUNTLET TP |
$17.99
|
MAY190960 |
MAR |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS BY DOLLARS INVOICED
|
RANK
|
DESCRIPTION
|
PRICE
|
ITEM CODE
|
VENDOR
|
|
1
|
THE WALKING DEAD VOLUME 32 TP |
$16.99
|
JUN190045 |
IMA |
|
2
|
THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS HC |
$29.99
|
JUN190568 |
DC |
|
3
|
SAGA COMPENDIUM VOLUME 1 TP (MR) |
$59.99
|
MAY190044 |
IMA |
|
4
|
WAR OF THE REALMS TP |
$29.99
|
MAY190956 |
MAR |
|
5
|
THE JOKER: THE BRONZE AGE OMNIBUS HC |
$99.99
|
DEC180652 |
DC |
|
6
|
WATCHMEN TP |
$24.99
|
JUN190614-M |
DC |
|
7
|
MARVEL MASTERS OF SUSPENSE: LEE & DITKO OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 HC |
$100.00
|
FEB190976 |
MAR |
|
8
|
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN: HUNTED TP |
$39.99
|
MAY190964 |
MAR |
|
9
|
THE BOYS OMNIBUS VOLUME 1 TP (MR) |
$29.99
|
DEC181256-M |
DYN |
|
10
|
MISTER MIRACLE HC (MR) |
$34.99
|
JAN198940 |
DC |
TOP 10 BOOKS BY UNITS SHIPPED
|
RANK
|
DESCRIPTION
|
PRICE
|
ITEM CODE
|
VENDOR
|
|
1
|
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION ART COLLECTION HC |
$39.99
|
JUN192115 |
UDO |
|
2
|
MEGA MAN BATTLE NETWORK OFFICIAL COMPLETE WORKS |
$44.99
|
JUN192114 |
UDO |
|
3
|
OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE VOL. 49 SC |
$29.95
|
APR191757-M |
GEM |
|
4
|
THE SAGA OF TANYA THE EVIL VOL. 6 SC |
$14.00
|
MAY192174 |
YEN |
|
5
|
STAR WARS: REY AND PALS HC |
$14.95
|
JUN191651 |
CHR |
|
6
|
CYCLE OF THE WEREWOLF ILLUSTRATED NOVEL SC |
$18.00
|
JUN191761 |
POC |
|
7
|
SO I’M A SPIDER, SO WHAT? VOL. 6 SC |
$14.00
|
MAY192175 |
YEN |
|
8
|
DARK SOULS DESIGN WORKS VOLUME 1 HC |
$39.99
|
AUG131470 |
UDO |
|
9
|
THE ART OF DEJAH THORIS & THE WORLDS OF MARS VOL. 2 HC (MR) |
$39.99
|
JAN191259 |
DE |
|
10
|
THE SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOL. 143 SC |
$14.95
|
APR191921 |
SAN |
TOP 10 TOYS BY DOLLARS INVOICED
|
RANK
|
DESCRIPTION
|
ITEM CODE
|
VENDOR
|
|
1
|
ONE-12 COLLECTIVE: DC COMICS: SOVEREIGN KNIGHT BATMAN BLUE FIGURE |
JUN188303 |
MEZ |
|
2
|
POP! DC HEROES: BATMAN DAMNED VINYL FIGURE |
DEC188715 |
FUN |
|
3
|
POP! DC HEROES: THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS VINYL FIGURE |
JUN188595 |
FUN |
|
4
|
X-FORCE LEGENDS ACTION FIGURES |
APR198748 |
HAS |
|
5
|
MARVEL LEGENDS GEAR: AVENGERS ENDGAME: POWER GAUNTLET |
JAN199285 |
HAS |
|
6
|
MARVEL SELECT: PSYLOCKE FIGURE |
FEB192448 |
DST |
|
7
|
BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES: BATCYCLE & FIGURE SET |
JAN190709 |
DC |
|
8
|
POP! MARVEL: NOVA PRIME VINYL FIGURE |
OCT188711 |
FUN |
|
9
|
DC DESIGNER SERIES: NIGHTWING BY JIM LEE STATUE |
JAN190712 |
DC |
|
10
|
MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE: SKELETOR 1/6-SCALE COLLECTIBLE FIGURE |
SEP188638 |
MON |
TOP 10 GAMES BY DOLLARS INVOICED
|
RANK
|
DESCRIPTION
|
ITEM CODE
|
VENDOR
|
|
1
|
PATHFINDER CORE RULEBOOK HC (P2) |
MAY193227 |
PAI |
|
2
|
PATHFINDER BESTIARY HC (P2) |
MAY193229 |
PAI |
|
3
|
PATHFINDER ADVENTURE PATH: AGE OF ASHES VOL. 1 (P2) |
MAY193233 |
PAI |
|
4
|
PATHFINDER ADVENTURE: FALL OF PLAGUESTONE (P2) |
MAY193232 |
PAI |
|
5
|
CRITICAL ROLE: TAL’DOREI CAMPAIGN SETTING HC |
JUN173357 |
GRE |
|
6
|
PATHFINDER RPG: CORE RULEBOOK POCKET EDITION |
APR168770 |
PAI |
|
7
|
D&D: BALDUR’S GATE: DECENT INTO AVERNUS MINIATURES BRICK |
JAN198568 |
NEC |
|
8
|
PATHFINDER BESTIARY SPECIAL EDITION HC (P2) |
MAY193230 |
PAI |
|
9
|
STARFINDER RPG: CORE RULEBOOK HC |
JUN173371 |
PAI |
|
10
|
PATHFINDER RPG: CORE RULEBOOK |
JUN091729 |
PAI |
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