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Top Selling Comics & Publisher Market Share: February 2014

What books were hot in February?

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The numbers from the second month of the new year are in! Diamond Comic Distributors has compiled the data from February 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 the top spot.

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Taking the top spot last month was BATMAN #28. DC took 3 of the top ten spots, Marvel took 5 spots, and Image took two spots in February.

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The finale from LOCKE & KEY takes the top spot for graphic novels. Like most months, Image books tend to dominate this section.

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In case you were wondering

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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?

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@k4tzm4n: I'll take one too. Oh and woot! Superior Spidey PWNS!

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I'm happy that F4 #1 cracked the top 10. I didn't think that it it would come close even though it was a number one issue. Glad to see the first family get some love from the masses.

I agree, this is by far the biggest surprise to me.

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GO EAGLE MOSS!

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I still need to read Saga!! And this keeps reminding me!!

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Marvel rules again. DC need to up their game. Aside from the ever popular Batman they are falling way off the pace....the new Green Lantern series post Geoff Johns has not caught the imagination, WW is critically acclaimed but polarising WW fans and a commercial failure. The promising Superman Unchained has been hit by delays and many people like me have given up on it. DCs other characters just aren't well known enough in the wider world to attract new readers. Marvel have a strong line up with interesting new characters and they don't keep ret-conning their universe to further aleniate existing readers!!!

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@bezza said:

Marvel rules again. DC need to up their game. Aside from the ever popular Batman they are falling way off the pace....the new Green Lantern series post Geoff Johns has not caught the imagination, WW is critically acclaimed but polarising WW fans and a commercial failure. The promising Superman Unchained has been hit by delays and many people like me have given up on it. DCs other characters just aren't well known enough in the wider world to attract new readers. Marvel have a strong line up with interesting new characters and they don't keep ret-conning their universe to further aleniate existing readers!!!

No, instead of ret-conning Marvel just starts out with new #1's and creative teams every 10 issues. So both companies have their failings. And for as much BS as people give Batman fans, the Wolverine / Deadpool fans are just as bad. I would venture to guess that out of the 69 comics that Marvel put out Wolverine was probably in almost 20 of them. I wish both companies would take more chances on ongoings for interesting characters. But hey, they gave Magneto a series that will be cancelled in twelve issues so I am happy for the next year.

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@theblackhood:

re Mags comic, I bought that one too and yeah It will get cancelled no doubt! Also agree re Wolverine, he is one of my favourites, but is in too many comics....

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Superior Spiderman is doing brilliantly so what do they do? cancel it. Right.

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Shame on the people who bought Paul Cornell's "Wolverine".

Shame, shame, shamity, shame.

None of them will ever know dignity sir.

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@patrat18 said:

@vaeternus said:

So more or less comes down to

Batman vs. Marvel Universe lol

Batman wins every time.

Lol :)

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Also glad FF #1 did well. Now, it is a #1 so no surprise, but it was a really cool comic. I hope everyone that bought the first issue, buys the second. I know I will.

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@pikahyper: They make quite a lot of other stuff apart from the chess collections. I think they currently make Doctor Who figurines, Batmobiles, Star Trek ships, etc.

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@v_scarlotte_rose: very true but anything they sell that is not a comic book or collection should not be put in the ranking for top marketshare, a publisher should distribute comics to be included.

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