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How Marvel And DC Plan To Dominate February Marketshare!

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Rich Johnston

February is coming, the marketplace is getting fat. But how can Marvel and DC squeeze an extra point in this month’s statistics? By offering retailers deals like this. Exceed total orders of Avengers Vs. X-Men #11 with orders for Guardians …

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Marvel Regains Marketshare Dominance From DC And Puts Five Books In The Top Ten, Walking Dead #103 Gets Ninth Place – October 2013

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Well that’s a turnup for the books. Marvel’s books that is. It was a five week month which generally benefits Marvel as they plan to publish more in the fifth week, but DC’s recent dominance of the top ten was …

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DC Comics Increases Marketshare In September, Marvel Keeps Avengers Vs X-Men At The Very Top, And The Market Slips From Last September’s Performance

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Last month saw both Marvel and DC benefiting from Walking Dead #100 not taking away their marketshare, and saw DC again beat Marvel on marketshare by dollar but also saw Marvel claw back the volume marketshare. But that was a …

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Both Marvel And DC Gained Marketshare In August 2012

Posted on September 7, 2012 by Rich Johnston

In August DC again beat Marvel on marketshare by dollar but this month, rarely Marvel clawed back the volume share. Marvel traditionally have better five week months like August, as they produce comics to fill the extra week while DC …

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DC Retakes Unit Market Share From Marvel, Thanks To Before Watchmen

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Rich Johnston

In May, DC Comics took had 36.72% of the sales numbers of and 32.73% of the dollars spent on comics through Diamond in North America. While Marvel  had 38.64% of the sales numbers of and 35.32% of the dollars spent. …

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DC And Marvel Put The Squeeze On Marketshare In May 2012 – Marvel Takes Top Two Titles, DC Keeps Seven Of The Top Ten

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Rich Johnston

I speculated that the release of news today about DC’s Third Wave of New 52 titles may be because the monthly Diamond marketshare results were about to be released. Bingo, but it’s not bad news. In April, DC Comics had …

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Marvel Smashes Three Titles Into The Top Five For March 2012 – But Did They?

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Rich Johnston

I expected that Marvel would take the top spot away from Justice League in March, due to the sales of Avengers Vs X-Men #0, and Jim Lee leaving the book for a short sabbatical. But, thanks to Marvel shipping Avengers …

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Top 100 Comics And Graphic Novels With Full Marketshare Stats For February 2012

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Rich Johnston

As Bleeding Cool reported earlier, DC have, again, a lock on the top ten of comics distributed to comic stores in North America by Diamond in February 2012. But Marvel have regained both retail and unit market share. And as …

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Both DC And Marvel Top For Marketshare In January – But DC Takes All The Top Ten

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The Diamond Comic Distributor statistics for January will be released soon, and you can expect some kind of update then. But Bleeding Cool can tell you two things now. That DC Comics have taken the top unit marketshare for January, …

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2011 – Marvel Takes Marketshare, DC Takes 9 Out Of The Top 10 Sellers, Walking Dead Dominates The Bookshelf

Posted on January 10, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Despite DC having a stellar end of year performance, their very rocky start to 2011 and Marvel’s recovery in December seems to have given Marvel the edge in marketshare last year, though a reduced lead on 2010. In 2011, Marvel …

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Tuesday Trending Topics: Marvel On Top

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Mark Seifert

Marvel took back the top spot in the industry’s favorite horse race for the first time in the New 52 era, though as many have pointed out, they did so by putting out substantially more books than DC did for …

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Marvel Takes Back Marketshare Lead From DC Comics In December 2011

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Rich Johnston

In September, DC Comics took back marketshare from Marvel Comics. This gave DC the lead in both dollars spent and the number of comics bought in the North American direct market. And October and November only consolidated that position as …

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Marvel Starts To Close The Gap On DC Comics In November

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Rich Johnston

It bears repeating that at the beginning of the year, DC Comics’s marketshare figures had slipped in the twenties, lagging far behind Marvel. That they have achieved three market share dominances three months in a row despite publishing far fewer …

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Friday Trending Topics: DC Comics Rising

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Mark Seifert

The news of DC Comics topping Marvel by a significant margin in the monthly marketshare battle was the talk of the town today, even making its way into the mainstream outlets via the AP wire.  With the Avengers film & …

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No Drop Off From #1 To #2 From September To October For DC Comics

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Here’s the top 100 best selling comic books and graphic novels in the month of October in comic stores through Diamond Comic Distributors. This does not include UK sales, and items with an asterisk are returnable by the retailer for …

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DC Comics Smashes Marvel Marketshare In October, Takes 51% Of Sales

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Back in March this year, Marvel Comics had a 40% share of money spent on comics through Diamond Comic Distributors, and a 45% share of the number of comics sold. DC had only 27.62% and 31.5% share respectively. Well what …

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Now Spider-Man And Fear Itself Beat Flashpoint But DC Regain Marketshare – And Dynamite Is Rising

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Ultimate Spider-Man #160, featuring the death of Ultimate Spider-Man smashed through the sales barriers in June taking the number one spot, and will likely have sold well over the 100,000 estimated sales barrier. Indeed, it looks like the estimated figure …

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