OCT05 MARKET
SHARES & ACTUAL SALES DATA
October Market
Shares
Based on Actual
Sales of Products Invoiced in October 2005
Comics,
Mag- Comics,
Mag-
azines,
& GNs azines,
& GNs
Publisher Dollar
Share Unit
Share
|
DC COMICS
|
36.96%
|
39.12%
|
|
MARVEL
COMICS
|
32.43%
|
37.04%
|
|
DARK HORSE
COMICS
|
4.99%
|
4.35%
|
|
IMAGE
COMICS
|
4.75%
|
4.36%
|
|
TOKYOPOP
|
2.88%
|
1.10%
|
|
WIZARD
ENTERTAINMENT
|
1.70%
|
1.12%
|
|
VIZ LLC
|
1.69%
|
0.80%
|
|
IDW
PUBLISHING
|
1.49%
|
2.06%
|
|
DEVILS DUE
PUBLISHING
|
0.95%
|
1.02%
|
|
FANTAGRAPHICS
BOOKS/EROS COMIX
|
0.94%
|
0.28%
|
|
ASPEN MLT
INC
|
0.93%
|
1.17%
|
|
GEMSTONE
PUBLISHING
|
0.71%
|
0.44%
|
|
BONGO
COMICS
|
0.53%
|
0.58%
|
|
AVATAR
PRESS INC
|
0.52%
|
0.44%
|
|
DYNAMIC
FORCES
|
0.50%
|
0.47%
|
|
SLG
PUBLISHING
|
0.47%
|
0.40%
|
|
A. D.
VISION
|
0.46%
|
0.17%
|
|
RANDOM
HOUSE
|
0.38%
|
0.09%
|
|
ARCHIE
COMIC PUBLICATIONS
|
0.33%
|
0.53%
|
|
UDON
ENTERTAINMENT CORP
|
0.29%
|
0.46%
|
|
Other Non-Top 20
|
6.09%
|
4.03%
|
TOP 300 COMICS
|
QtyRank
|
RetailRank
|
Index
|
In Stock
|
Code
|
Title
|
Price
|
VEN
|
|
1
|
1
|
356.22
|
**
|
AUG050205
|
INFINITE CRISIS #1 (Of 7)
|
$3.99
|
DC
|
|
2
|
3
|
192.11
|
**
|
JAN058166/JUL051844
|
HOUSE OF M #7 (Of 8)*
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
3
|
4
|
182.85
|
**
|
AUG051908
|
NEW AVENGERS #12
|
$2.50
|
MAR
|
|
4
|
2
|
178.80
|
**
|
AUG050223
|
JUSTICE #2 (Of 12)
|
$3.50
|
DC
|
|
5
|
5
|
122.56
|
|
AUG051884
|
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #1
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
6
|
6
|
120.43
|
**
|
AUG051941
|
UNCANNY X-MEN #465
|
$2.50
|
MAR
|
|
7
|
7
|
119.91
|
**
|
AUG050236
|
VILLAINS UNITED #6 (Of 6)
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
8
|
9
|
118.46
|
**
|
AUG050217
|
JLA #120
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
9
|
11
|
113.64
|
|
AUG051886
|
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #525
|
$2.50
|
MAR
|
|
10
|
14
|
112.71
|
**
|
AUG050218
|
JLA #121
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
11
|
18
|
108.13
|
|
AUG051898
|
WOLVERINE #34
|
$2.50
|
MAR
|
|
12
|
19
|
107.35
|
**
|
AUG051892
|
ULTIMATE X-MEN #64
|
$2.50
|
MAR
|
|
13
|
20
|
106.71
|
**
|
AUG051893
|
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #84
|
$2.50
|
MAR
|
|
14
|
21
|
106.66
|
**
|
AUG051951
|
X-MEN #176
|
$2.50
|
MAR
|
|
15
|
22
|
105.30
|
**
|
AUG051899
|
WOLVERINE #35
|
$2.50
|
MAR
|
|
16
|
23
|
102.00
|
**
|
AUG050231
|
RANN THANAGAR WAR #6 (Of 6)
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
17
|
24
|
100.82
|
**
|
AUG051890
|
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #24
|
$2.50
|
MAR
|
|
18
|
25
|
100.00
|
**
|
AUG050183
|
BATMAN #646
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
19
|
8
|
99.59
|
**
|
AUG051900
|
GHOST RIDER #2 (Of 6)
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
20
|
10
|
98.50
|
**
|
AUG050214
|
GREEN LANTERN CORPS RECHARGE #2 (Of 6)
|
$2.99
|
DC
|
|
21
|
27
|
96.66
|
**
|
AUG050195
|
SUPERMAN #222
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
22
|
28
|
95.15
|
**
|
JUL050253
|
TEEN TITANS #28
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
23
|
13
|
94.52
|
|
AUG051885
|
MARVEL KNIGHTS SPIDER-MAN #19
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
24
|
15
|
92.76
|
**
|
AUG051891
|
ULTIMATE SECRET #4 (Of 4)
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
25
|
17
|
91.28
|
**
|
JUL051883
|
YOUNG AVENGERS #8
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
26
|
26
|
82.58
|
**
|
JUN050360
|
DC SPECIAL RETURN O/DONNA TROY #4 (Of 4)
|
$2.99
|
DC
|
|
27
|
31
|
79.89
|
**
|
AUG050222
|
JSA CLASSIFIED #4
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
28
|
16
|
78.03
|
**
|
AUG050198
|
SUPERMAN SHAZAM FIRST THUNDER #2 (Of 4)
|
$3.50
|
DC
|
|
29
|
32
|
77.27
|
**
|
AUG050221
|
JSA #78
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
30
|
29
|
76.29
|
**
|
AUG051909
|
SENTRY #2 (Of 8)
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
31
|
35
|
75.59
|
|
JUL050258
|
WONDER WOMAN #221
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
32
|
36
|
72.93
|
**
|
AUG050197
|
ADVS O/SUPERMAN #645
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
33
|
42
|
68.55
|
**
|
AUG050196
|
ACTION COMICS #832
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
34
|
43
|
68.04
|
**
|
AUG050224
|
OUTSIDERS #29
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
35
|
44
|
67.26
|
**
|
AUG050238
|
WONDER WOMAN #222
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
36
|
45
|
66.69
|
**
|
AUG050212
|
FLASH #227
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
37
|
33
|
64.54
|
|
JUL051884
|
CAPTAIN AMERICA #11
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
38
|
34
|
64.41
|
|
AUG051902
|
DAREDEVIL #78
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
39
|
49
|
62.64
|
**
|
AUG050220
|
JLA CLASSIFIED #13
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
40
|
37
|
60.67
|
**
|
AUG051912
|
INCREDIBLE HULK #87
|
|