Diamond Comic Distributors has released its 2012 year end comic sales and market share report with The Walking Dead being the winner!
The Walking Dead #100 was the bestselling comic title of the year and Marvel dominated the Top 10 Comic Book chart with 9 titles including six issues of Avengers vs. X-Men,Uncanny Avengers #1, Amazing Spider-Man #700 and Avengers #1, both released just a few weeks ago in December 2012.
The 2012 year-end Market Share, Comparative Sales, and Top 10 Comic Books and Top 10 Graphic Novels charts are shown below:
TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
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COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
DOLLARS | UNITS | |
YEAR 2012 VS. YEAR 2011 | ||
COMICS | 14.94% | 11.41% |
GRAPHIC NOVELS | 14.26% | 13.66% |
TOTAL COMICS/GN | 14.72% | 11.58% |
TOP 10 COMICS
RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR |
1 | WALKING DEAD #100 (MR) | $3.99 | IMA |
2 | UNCANNY AVENGERS #1 | $3.99 | MAR |
3 | AVENGERS VS X-MEN #1 | $3.99 | MAR |
4 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #700 | $7.99 | MAR |
5 | AVENGERS VS X-MEN #2 | $3.99 | MAR |
6 | AVENGERS VS X-MEN #6 | $3.99 | MAR |
7 | AVENGERS VS X-MEN #5 | $3.99 | MAR |
8 | AVENGERS VS X-MEN #3 | $3.99 | MAR |
9 | AVENGERS VS X-MEN #4 | $3.99 | MAR |
10 | AVENGERS #1 | $3.99 | MAR |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS
RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR |
1 | WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE | $9.99 | IMA |
2 | WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
3 | BATMAN EARTH ONE HC | $22.99 | DC |
4 | WALKING DEAD TP VOL 16 A LARGER WORLD (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
5 | WALKING DEAD TP VOL 03 SAFETY BEHIND BARS | $14.99 | IMA |
6 | WALKING DEAD TP VOL 17 SOMETHING TO FEAR (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
7 | WALKING DEAD TP VOL 04 HEARTS DESIRE | $14.99 | IMA |
8 | BATMAN HC VOL 01 THE COURT OF OWLS (N52) | $24.99 | DC |
9 | WALKING DEAD TP VOL 15 WE FIND OURSELVES (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
10 | LOEG III CENTURY #3 2009 (MR) | $9.95 | TOP |