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MARKETS
MARVEL SHARE TOPS 40% IN COMIC STORES
In May
Posted by Milton Griepp on June 12, 2015 @ 11:49 am CT
After closing the gap with category leader Marvel, DC’s market share in comic stores dropped back in May as Marvel surged behind the launch of Secret Wars, widening the share gap to nearly 15%. Marvel’s share topped 40%, as DC’s dropped to around 25%. In another notable share move, BOOM! Studios moved up to #5, ahead of Dark Horse, behind the strong sales of Bravest Warriors: Tales of Holo John #1, which we assume had a one-time sale through a special channel. (It’s worth noting that Dark Horse, which has pivoted to a greater emphasis on book publishing, placed three video game titles in Diamond’s Top Ten Books chart, where share is not counted in the comic market share numbers.)
May 2015 Comic Direct Market Share
40.17% Marvel Comics
25.43% DC Comics
8.89% Image Comics
5.06% IDW Publishing
3.96% BOOM! Studios
3.83% Dark Horse Comics
2.22% Dynamite Entertainment
1.16% Eaglemoss Publications
1.01% Viz Media
0.85% Valiant Entertainment
Year-over-year growth continued in May, with comic sales up 19.94% over May 2014 and graphic novel sales in the comic store channel roughly flat (down 0.29%) for a 13.49% over-all increase; however, the results were affected by a five-week month in May 2015 compared to a four-week month in May 2014, a comparison that will flip in the other direction in June.
Marvel had seven of the top ten comic titles, including #1. Six of them were Secret Wars-related titles; the outlier was Star Wars, which continues to chart strong. Bravest Warriors: Tales of Holo John #1 was the #2 title in May. DC placed two Convergence issues in the #9 and #10 spots.
Top 10 Comics—May 2015
Secret Wars #1
Bravest Warriors: Tales of Holo John #1
Secret Wars #2
Star Wars #5
Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars #1
A-Force #1
Old Man Logan #1
Darth Vader #5
Convergence #5
Convergence #6
The top graphic novels were from an eclectic mix of publishers; five different companies placed titles in the Top 10. The second new Batman: Earth-One volume was the #1 title for the month, DC’s only title in the top ten. Marvel’s inexpensively priced Night Nurse collection was the top Marvel, at #2, along with Civil War and Deadpool collections at #5 and #8, respectively. Rat Queens and Southern Bastards joined two Saga volumes as Image’s four titles in the Top 10. Viz, with its new Legend of Zelda manga collection, and Valiant, with The Valiant, each placed a title in the Top 10 this month.
Four titles in the Top 10 Graphic Novels were priced below $10, an unusually strong concentration of lower-priced volumes.
Top 10 Direct Market Graphic Novels—May 2015
Batman: Earth-One Vol. 2
Night Nurse
Rat Queens Vol. 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N’Rygoth
Southern Bastards Vol. 2: Gridiron
Civil War
Saga Vol. 4
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Deadpool Vol. 8: All Good Things
The Valiant
Saga Vol. 1
MARKETS
MARVEL SHARE TOPS 40% IN COMIC STORES
In May
Posted by Milton Griepp on June 12, 2015 @ 11:49 am CT
After closing the gap with category leader Marvel, DC’s market share in comic stores dropped back in May as Marvel surged behind the launch of Secret Wars, widening the share gap to nearly 15%. Marvel’s share topped 40%, as DC’s dropped to around 25%. In another notable share move, BOOM! Studios moved up to #5, ahead of Dark Horse, behind the strong sales of Bravest Warriors: Tales of Holo John #1, which we assume had a one-time sale through a special channel. (It’s worth noting that Dark Horse, which has pivoted to a greater emphasis on book publishing, placed three video game titles in Diamond’s Top Ten Books chart, where share is not counted in the comic market share numbers.)
May 2015 Comic Direct Market Share
40.17% Marvel Comics
25.43% DC Comics
8.89% Image Comics
5.06% IDW Publishing
3.96% BOOM! Studios
3.83% Dark Horse Comics
2.22% Dynamite Entertainment
1.16% Eaglemoss Publications
1.01% Viz Media
0.85% Valiant Entertainment
Year-over-year growth continued in May, with comic sales up 19.94% over May 2014 and graphic novel sales in the comic store channel roughly flat (down 0.29%) for a 13.49% over-all increase; however, the results were affected by a five-week month in May 2015 compared to a four-week month in May 2014, a comparison that will flip in the other direction in June.
Marvel had seven of the top ten comic titles, including #1. Six of them were Secret Wars-related titles; the outlier was Star Wars, which continues to chart strong. Bravest Warriors: Tales of Holo John #1 was the #2 title in May. DC placed two Convergence issues in the #9 and #10 spots.
Top 10 Comics—May 2015
Secret Wars #1
Bravest Warriors: Tales of Holo John #1
Secret Wars #2
Star Wars #5
Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars #1
A-Force #1
Old Man Logan #1
Darth Vader #5
Convergence #5
Convergence #6
The top graphic novels were from an eclectic mix of publishers; five different companies placed titles in the Top 10. The second new Batman: Earth-One volume was the #1 title for the month, DC’s only title in the top ten. Marvel’s inexpensively priced Night Nurse collection was the top Marvel, at #2, along with Civil War and Deadpool collections at #5 and #8, respectively. Rat Queens and Southern Bastards joined two Saga volumes as Image’s four titles in the Top 10. Viz, with its new Legend of Zelda manga collection, and Valiant, with The Valiant, each placed a title in the Top 10 this month.
Four titles in the Top 10 Graphic Novels were priced below $10, an unusually strong concentration of lower-priced volumes.
Top 10 Direct Market Graphic Novels—May 2015
Batman: Earth-One Vol. 2
Night Nurse
Rat Queens Vol. 2: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N’Rygoth
Southern Bastards Vol. 2: Gridiron
Civil War
Saga Vol. 4
Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Deadpool Vol. 8: All Good Things
The Valiant
Saga Vol. 1