The numbers from the second month of the new year are in! Diamond Comic Distributors has compiled the data from April and placed into awesome tables for math nerds, like us, to stare and enjoy. Let's get right down to the numbers.
Last month, Marvel took a bigger lead in both dollar share and unit share over DC, when compared to last month's numbers.
Also, it's nice to see Valiant with their own spot on the list, even though they don't print nearly as many books as the other companies.
This month's top two books is a no-brainer.
Both AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #1 and SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #31 taking the top two spots just makes sense. However, DC ended up taking 6 of the top 10 spots, 4 of which were BATMAN ETERNAL and 5 involving Batman and Scott Snyder.
Image dominates the top 10 trades, taking 7 of the top 10 spots. SEX CRIMINALS takes the top spot, with all three volumes of SAGA also on there and WALKING DEAD VOL 1 still hanging in there.
Here's how many books each company shipped out for the month.
How do they calculate this information? It all starts at the comic book shop.
Data for Diamond’s sales charts — which include the monthly market shares and all top product charts — are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from a universe of over 3,500 comic book specialty shops located in North America and around the world. The account base includes brick-and-mortar comic book specialty shops, Internet merchants, and other specialty stores.
Unit and dollars sales are calculated based upon orders invoiced and shipped to Diamond accounts during January to December 2013, which comprises initial pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable.
What are your thoughts on all these numbers? What's your predictions for this month?