Top Selling Comics & Publisher Market Share of 2013

I thought Death of the Family was the number 1 selling Graphic novel? Guess not.

@drewyetti: I didn't mean animation. It's a fact that DC's animated stuff is superior to Marvel's (love Justice League). By TV, I meant live-action TV. Also, glad to see another Valiant fan. They rock.

Valiant only puts out like six books a month. Everything they print could be the top selling books in the industry and they still probably wouldn't hit double digits in percent market share. Just be happy that Valiant even made the cut at all.

Wow Image got the number one place in comic and dominates graphic novels and trade paperback.

Awesome to see an Image title at #1 over all! Love to see things like that. And I can't help but feel a little immature joy seeing Marvel go over DC. I've been a DC reader my entire life but the last two years, I've found that I'm dropping more DC titles and picking up more Marvel (and other companies) ones.

I personally would love to see more diamond charts like this, @g_man so hopefully enough users do too because this is all really interesting.

I hate to sound ignorant but I've never even heard of Eaglemoss before, never seen a book from them either.

This surprised me the most. Nothing against GotG or Bendis but I am surprised so many people bought this over the more known titles like Avengers, Spider-Man, or X-Men.

Hell Yeah

Wow The Killing Joke is still selling, clearly proves that is still one of the best Batman/Joker tale. And both Marvel and DC are selling about the same, so nobody is winning, only the comics.

@masterbelmont: I agree with you on Marvel being practically unbeatable in comics and movies but in tv series and animation? that's another story. I also agree with you on valiant and i follow valiant titles like harbinger, archer & armstrong and bloodshot in trade and i'm also getting quantum & woody, x-o manowar, eternal warrior, shadowman and unity in trade as well. I'm loving valiant as i see it being a nice getaway from Marvel and DC as they can get too repetitive. It's a shame and unusual for Valiant to be underrated. More people need to pick up on valiant ASAP!

Mahvel, baby! They're just unstoppable these days not just in comics, but in film and TV. My favorite publisher is Valiant, and it's unfortunate they're not huge sellers yet. Oh well, their time will come.

I concur wholeheartedly.

I agree.

They don't have many books, so that doesn't help. Quality doesn't really do anything unfortunately.

Yup, but i'm talking about global sale. Still, it's a shame for Valiant. Damnit.

@med: It states at the end where the data is from. This is from Diamond. Digital sales are rarely made public for some reason. At least, I haven't really seen them.

Valiant is doing quality over quantity.

DC beat Marvel in digital comics.

They didn't really. The drop off after the top 10 for Marvel is pretty huge. As stated, DC owns 13 of the top 20 spots.

Shocked, but really happy to see Guardians of the Galaxy and Hawkeye at the top of the lists for Marvel.

Were digital comics neglected for this? I figured Injustice would have ranked.

Marvel beat DC. My day is made.

Glad to see IDW at the #4 spot. I have 3 books from them on my pull (Godzilla, Judge Dredd, and TMNT). The rest of my money goes to Marvel and DC.

@jphu8414: I was gonna say the same thing. Didn't realise it done so well.

Nice to see a Superman title doing well

Superman Unchained has been great

@saren: Both the unit share and market share were higher in 2010, the year prior to the reboot, then they are now. Yes, those numbers went way up initially, with the reboot, in 2011. I still contend those sales were primarily driven by speculators in the marketplace. Two years later, now, and DC's numbers are below what they were in 2010. DC wanted, & needed, the "New" 52 initiative's success to be bigger, and more sustainable. That just hasn't been the case.

Hurray for IDW being 4th

Personally, I love data and would love to see the numbers whenever possible. Some of our fellow viners will post them here and there. It's always great to see how your favorite titles are doing.

Go Image and Valiant! My love to both of you... Even when my money goes to DC comics hahaha, but I'm gonna rectify that this year, promise!

I presume like other sales data, this doesn't take in digital? Cause I assume Valiant take in a lot from that, considering the amount of sales and how often it makes them appear in the comixology charts.

word

Valaint just started and doesn't have 70 books out. Marvel beating DC.:) Thats good. DC has been terrible this year.

@unlondun14: The gain in new readers has been incremental. DC hired Nielsen to do a survey to establish what their readership was, after the "New" 52 initiative went into effect. The gain was 5% new readers, with only 2% under the age of 18. 70% were the same old readers, like me, that they always had. What the survey doesn't point out, is the percentage of readers who bailed on DC when the publisher rebooted their entire line. If that number is only 1% ( & I actually have no idea what it is) then that's cutting into their gain.

I know people who read "graphic novels" and think it's cool but if you tell them that you read comics they still look down on you. Yes, crazy I know.

@chalkshark: DC had 13 books in the top 20.

@chalkshark: While I agree that sales wise the new 52 hasn't had quite the impact that DC were expecting, its objective to get new readers into comic books has worked with me at least- and a few people I know who had no interest before.

Nice.

Dem figurines.

BB

Congratulations to an independent for taking the top spot.

These numbers also seem to be the clearest indicator that DC's "New" 52 initiative has failed, and that Jim Lee's artwork continues to be the only real weapon in their arsenal.

Yarp

Whoa Walking Dead 115 was the top-selling issue of the year? That's intense. And it makes me very happy.

This is a crime too IMO.

Also, very interesting that GotG #1 was the top selling Marvel issue.

AGREED x10.

QFT

My though is that 4$ (and in my case 4€) is too much for a single issue ! In france, you can get a french graphic novel (bande dessinée) for something like 8-10€ and it's at least twice as long, it has a hardcover and is not riddled with ads !! Plus, it is not sold as massively as those comics.

I know, and I see, that there is a lot of work and people needed to make good comics but I still think that the price is too high.

Valiant at 1% is a crime.

More people need to check them out.

Nice information though. Image is very competitive even if 8% looks small.