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Preliminary numbers have been released by Diamond Distributors showing the best selling comics, graphic novels, trade paperbacks, and companies from 2012. Sadly, DC Comics is almost absent from those lists. According to the preliminary numbers "The Walking Dead" was the top selling comic overall while Scott Snyder's "Court of the Owls" trade paperback is 8th on the list for top selling trade paperbacks. In the retail market share and the unit market share categories Marvel beat DC by a slim margin, but still, DC doesn't have one single issue comic that made it into Diamond Distributors top 10 comics for the year.
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS
RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE $9.99 JUL068351 IMA
2 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US (MR) $14.99 SEP088204-M IMA
3 BATMAN EARTH ONE HC $22.99 MAR120234 DC
4 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 16 A LARGER WORLD (MR) $14.99 APR120487 IMA
5 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 03 SAFETY BEHIND BARS $14.99 NOV082245 IMA
6 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 17 SOMETHING TO FEAR (MR) $14.99 SEP120449 IMA
7 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 04 HEARTS DESIRE $14.99 SEP088205-M IMA
8 BATMAN HC VOL 01 THE COURT OF OWLS (N52) $24.99 JAN120300 DC
9 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 15 WE FIND OURSELVES (MR) $14.99 OCT110502 IMA
10 LOEG III CENTURY #3 2009 (MR) $9.95 APR121232 TOP
RETAIL MARKET SHARE
MARVEL COMICS 34.06%
DC ENTERTAINMENT 31.94%
IMAGE COMICS 7.31%
IDW PUBLISHING 5.57%
DARK HORSE COMICS 4.81%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 3.11%
BOOM! STUDIOS 1.53%
EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS LTD 1.15%
VIZ MEDIA 0.93%
AVATAR PRESS INC 0.89%
OTHER NON-TOP 10 8.70%
UNIT MARKET SHARE
MARVEL COMICS 37.59%
DC ENTERTAINMENT 36.75%
IMAGE COMICS 6.60%
IDW PUBLISHING 4.36%
DARK HORSE COMICS 3.80%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 3.00%
BOOM! STUDIOS 1.53%
ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC 0.74%
AVATAR PRESS INC 0.73%
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS 0.69%
OTHER NON-TOP 10 4.22%
Posted by Dane Haji
