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Graphic Novels Years In The Making Top Diamond Charts In September

Frank Miller's Holy Terror, originally planned a decade ago as Batman: Holy Terror, as a response to the attacks on the World Trade Center, is the best selling graphic novel through Diamond Comic Distributors in September.

And second is Marv Wolfman and George Perez' New Teen Titans: Games, which was started twenty years ago and recently finished. And also depicts a terrorist attack on New York City.

Someone should do a comparative review. Challenge accepted.

However, all in all, graphic novel sales are way down through Diamond. Over 12% percent down in numbers from last year, almost 24% down since September last year.

This depresses the overall increase in comics and graphic novel numbers, with comics up 13% on last month and 15% on a year ago, principly because of the DC relaunch. And those numbers aren't final either, a bunch of DC orders have had their reported numbers reduced by Diamond because the books were returnable. That's around twenty percent lower to statistically cover any returned comics – even, as it seems, there aren't going to be any.

Here are the full statistics.

TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS

PUBLISHER RETAIL
MARKET
SHARE
UNIT
MARKET
SHARE
DC COMICS 35.74% 43.04%
MARVEL COMICS 35.37% 37.88%
DARK HORSE COMICS 4.76% 3.51%
IDW PUBLISHING 4.13% 3.10%
IMAGE COMICS 4.08% 3.29%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 3.07% 3.02%
BOOM! STUDIOS 1.39% 0.94%
RANDOM HOUSE 0.99% 0.26%
EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS 0.98% 0.22%
LEGENDARY COMICS 0.97% 0.12%
OTHER NON-TOP 10 8.53% 4.63%

COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS

DOLLARS UNITS
SEPTEMBER 2011 VS. AUGUST 2011
COMICS 9.95% 13.10%
GRAPHIC NOVELS -13.92% -12.64%
TOTAL COMICS/GN 1.81% 10.99%
SEPTEMBER 2011 VS. SEPTEMBER 2010
COMICS 8.37% 14.42%
GRAPHIC NOVELS -18.44% -23.50%
TOTAL COMICS/GN -1.01% 10.86%
YEAR-TO-DATE 2011 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2010
COMICS -3.02% -1.49%
GRAPHIC NOVELS -4.51% -9.68%
TOTAL COMICS/GN -3.51% -2.20%
THIRD QUARTER 2011 VS. SECOND QUARTER 2011
COMICS 14.55% 16.77%
GRAPHIC NOVELS 3.75% 0.07%
TOTAL COMICS/GN 10.92% 15.33%
THIRD QUARTER 2011 VS. THIRD QUARTER 2010
COMICS 6.18% 10.34%
GRAPHIC NOVELS -1.75% -7.85%
TOTAL COMICS/GN 3.55% 8.74%

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM
CODE
VENDOR
1 BATMAN #1 $2.99 JUL110206 DC
2 ACTION COMICS #1 $3.99 JUL110201 DC
3 GREEN LANTERN #1 $2.99 JUL110218 DC
4 THE FLASH #1 $2.99 JUL110193 DC
5 SUPERMAN #1 [*] $2.99 JUL110203 DC
6 DETECTIVE COMICS #1 [*] $2.99 JUL110208 DC
7 BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #1 [*] $2.99 JUL110210 DC
8 FEAR ITSELF #6 $3.99 JUL110570 MAR
9 ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #1 $3.99 JUL110605 MAR
10 BATMAN AND ROBIN #1 [*] $2.99 JUL110211 DC

TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM
CODE
VENDOR
1 HOLY TERROR HC (MR) $29.99 JUL111154 LEG
2 NEW TEEN TITANS: GAMES HC $24.99 MAY110190 DC
3 CHEW VOLUME 4: FLAMBE TP (MR) $12.99 MAY110447 IMA
4 RICHARD CASTLE'S DEADLY STORM PREMIERE HC $19.99 JUL110726 MAR
5 HELLBOY VOLUME 11: THE BRIDE OF HELL & OTHERS TP $19.99 MAY118259 DAR
6 MORNING GLORIES VOLUME 2 TP $12.99 JUN110483 IMA
7 BRIGHTEST DAY VOLUME 3 HC $29.99 MAY110243 DC
8 SAILOR MOON VOLUME 1 TP $10.99 JUL111150 KOD
9 NARUTO VOLUME 52 TP $9.99 JUN111269 VIZ
10 UNCANNY X-FORCE VOLUME 1: THE APOCALYPSE SOLUTION TP $15.99 AUG110733 MAR

TOP 10 TOYS

RANK DESCRIPTION ITEM
CODE
VENDOR
1 BRIGHTEST DAY SERIES 3 ACTION FIGURES JAN110442 DC
2 HALO 10TH-ANNIVERSARY ACTION FIGURES JUL110565 TMP
3 WOMEN OF THE DCU SERIES 3: SUPERGIRL BUST FEB110279 DC
4 UNIVERSAL MONSTERS SERIES 2 RETRO CLOTH FIGURES DEC108176 DST
5 GREEN LANTERN VS. SINESTRO MINI-STATUE NOV100300 DC
6 MARVEL SELECT: RED SKULL (CAPTAIN AMERICA) FIGURE MAR111682 DST
7 MARVEL UNIVERSE SUPER HERO TEAM FIGURES JUL111821 KEN
8 DC UNIVERSE ONLINE: SOLOMON GRUNDY STATUE JAN110453 DC
9 HEROES OF DCU: BLACKEST NIGHT INDIGO-1 LANTERN BUST FEB110277 DC
10 BACK TO THE FUTURE: TIME MACHINE MARK I CAR MAR094739 DST

TOP 10 GAMES

RANK DESCRIPTION ITEM
CODE
VENDOR
1 DC HEROCLIX: SUPERMAN BOOSTER BRICK JUL112183 NEC
2 DOCTOR WHO: ELEVENTH DOCTOR MONOPOLY MAY112061 WIN
3 DC HEROCLIX: GREEN LANTERN BOOSTER PACKS MAY118037 NEC
4 YU-GI-OH! TCG: GENERATION FORCE BOOSTER PACKS JUN118255 KON
5 GEARS OF WAR BOARD GAME JUL112145 FAN
6 MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: SCARS OF MIRRODIN BOOSTER PACKS AUG101862 WIZ
7 MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: 2012 BOOSTER BATTLE PACKS JUN118130 WIZ
8 YU-GI-OH! TCG 2011: COLLECTIBLE TINS WAVE 1 MAY118313 KON
9 YU-GI-OH! TCG: GENERATION FORCE SPECIAL EDITION  BOOSTER PACKS JUL112160 KON
10 OPERATION: STAR WARS R2-D2 EDITION JUL112158 KEN

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Graphic Novels Years In The Making Top Diamond Charts In September

Graphic Novels Years In The Making Top Diamond Charts In September


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Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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