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Top Selling Comics & Publisher Market Share: January 2015

Find out what books and companies rocked the new year

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The numbers for January are in! Diamond Comic Distributors has compiled the data from the new year and placed into awesome tables for math nerds, like us, to stare and enjoy. Let's get right down to the numbers.

In the first month of the new year, a month where STAR WARS #1 came out, Marvel took the top spot and a big jump in dollar and unit share.

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Here's some sweet pie charts to visually stimulate you.

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Anyone should be able to guess what the number one book was for January. It was STAR WARS #1. A huge debut like that is going to bring in the numbers.

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Here's what the top trade breakdown looks like. The DEATH OF WOLVERINE hardcover took the top spot with a slew of Image books falling closely behind. Volume 1 of THE WALKING DEAD continues to appear on this list, 11 years after its initial release. That's insane!

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If you were wondering how much these companies shipped out, here's the breakdown.

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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?