Diamond’s August 2009 Sales Charts Plus Market Share

Time for some fun with numbers! Wondering how your favorite comic book company is doing or how that summer comic blockbuster did? Well look no further, we have the numbers straight from the Diamond oven and ready to serve to you.

TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS

PUBLISHER

UNIT MARKET SHARE

DOLLAR SHARE

MARVEL COMICS

43.86%

39.70%

DC COMICS

36.04%

33.16%

DARK HORSE COMICS

4.06%

4.62%

IMAGE COMICS

2.94%

3.86%

IDW PUBLISHING

2.83%

3.34%

DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT

1.89%

1.93%

BOOM! STUDIOS

1.45%

1.54%

ARCHIE COMICS

1.16%

0.78%

VIZ MEDIA

0.72%

1.53%

WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT

0.52%

0.62%

OTHER NON-TOP 10

4.52%

8.94%

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS

QUANTITY RANK

DESCRIPTION

PRICE

VENDOR

1

BLACKEST NIGHT #2 (OF Eight)

$3.99

DC

2

CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN #2 (OF 5)

$3.99

MAR

3

BATMAN AND ROBIN #3

$2.99

DC

4

GREEN LANTERN #45

$2.99

DC

5

ULTIMATE COMICS AVENGERS #1

$3.99

MAR

6

DARK AVENGERS #8

$3.99

MAR

7

UNCANNY X-MEN #514

$3.99

MAR

8

NEW AVENGERS #56

$3.99

MAR

9

THE MARVELS PROJECT #1 (OF Eight)

$3.99

MAR

10

BLACKEST NIGHT: BATMAN #1 (OF Three)

$2.99

DC

TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

QUANTITY RANK

DESCRIPTION

PRICE

VENDOR

1

WALKING DEAD VOLUME 10: WHAT WE BECOME TP

$14.99

IMA

2

FABLES VOLUME 12: THE DARK AGES TP (MR)

$17.99

DC

3

IRREDEEMABLE VOLUME 1 TP

$9.99

BOO

4

INVINCIBLE VOLUME 11: HAPPY DAYS TP

$16.99

IMA

5

FILTHY RICH HC (MR)

$19.99

DC

6

WARREN ELLIS: FRANKENSTEIN’S WOMB GN (MR)

$6.99

AVA

7

BATMAN: HUSH COMPLETE TP

$24.99

DC

8

DARK ENTRIES HC (MR)

$19.99

DC

9

THOR BY J MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI VOLUME 2 TP

$19.99

MAR

10

SILVER SURFER: REQUIEM PREMIERE HC

$19.99

MAR