DEC05 MARKET
SHARES & ACTUAL SALES DATA
December Market
Shares
Based on Actual
Sales of Products Invoiced in December 2005
Comics,
Mag- Comics,
Mag-
azines,
& GNs azines,
& GNs
Publisher Dollar
Share Unit
Share
|
MARVEL COMICS
|
37.22%
|
44.84%
|
|
DC COMICS
|
32.04%
|
34.24%
|
|
DARK HORSE COMICS
|
5.52%
|
3.88%
|
|
IMAGE COMICS
|
4.91%
|
3.68%
|
|
VIZ LLC
|
2.10%
|
1.04%
|
|
TOKYOPOP
|
1.95%
|
0.80%
|
|
WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT
|
1.68%
|
1.14%
|
|
GEMSTONE PUBLISHING
|
1.39%
|
0.28%
|
|
IDW PUBLISHING
|
1.38%
|
1.06%
|
|
AVATAR PRESS INC
|
1.29%
|
1.17%
|
|
DEVILS DUE PUBLISHING
|
1.04%
|
1.11%
|
|
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS/EROS COMIX
|
0.65%
|
0.25%
|
|
ASPEN MLT INC
|
0.64%
|
0.89%
|
|
UDON ENTERTAINMENT CORP
|
0.44%
|
0.44%
|
|
GRAPHIC-SHA
|
0.42%
|
0.13%
|
|
A. D. VISION
|
0.38%
|
0.14%
|
|
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
|
0.30%
|
0.50%
|
|
RANDOM HOUSE
|
0.24%
|
0.09%
|
|
ALIAS ENTERPRISES LLC
|
0.24%
|
0.36%
|
|
ABSTRACT STUDIO
|
0.23%
|
0.16%
|
|
Other Non-Top 20
|
5.93%
|
3.81%
|
TOP 300 COMICS
|
QtyRank
|
Index
|
Item Code
|
Description
|
Price
|
VEN
|
|
1
|
299.05
|
OCT050239
|
INFINITE CRISIS #3 (Of 7)
|
$3.99
|
DC
|
|
2
|
258.10
|
AUG050180/SEP058264
|
ALL STAR BATMAN & ROBIN #3*
|
$2.99
|
DC
|
|
3
|
196.83
|
OCT051978
|
NEW AVENGERS #14
|
$2.50
|
MAR
|
|
4
|
179.52
|
OCT050253
|
JUSTICE #3 (Of 12)
|
$3.50
|
DC
|
|
5
|
161.91
|
JUL050210
|
SUPERMAN BATMAN #23
|
$2.99
|
DC
|
|
6
|
159.85
|
OCT051943
|
ULTIMATE WOLVERINE VS HULK #1 (Of 6)
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
7
|
149.63
|
SEP051900
|
ULTIMATES 2 #9
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
8
|
140.04
|
AUG050213
|
GREEN LANTERN #6
|
$2.99
|
DC
|
|
9
|
128.71
|
OCT052008
|
UNCANNY X-MEN #467
|
$2.50
|
MAR
|
|
10
|
125.51
|
OCT051946
|
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #527
|
$2.50
|
MAR
|
|
11
|
125.24
|
AUG051911
|
SECRET WAR BOOK FIVE (Of 5)
|
$3.99
|
MAR
|
|
12
|
122.23
|
OCT052010
|
X-MEN #179
|
$2.50
|
MAR
|
|
13
|
121.77
|
OCT050254
|
JLA #123
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
14
|
119.71
|
OCT052012
|
X-MEN DEADLY GENESIS #2 (Of 6)
|
$3.50
|
MAR
|
|
15
|
118.03
|
OCT051940
|
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #87
|
$2.50
|
MAR
|
|
16
|
117.79
|
OCT052011
|
X-MEN #180
|
$2.50
|
MAR
|
|
17
|
115.57
|
OCT051941
|
ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #88
|
$2.50
|
MAR
|
|
18
|
114.51
|
OCT051944
|
FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #3
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
19
|
111.98
|
OCT051959
|
WOLVERINE #37
|
$2.50
|
MAR
|
|
20
|
108.19
|
OCT051938
|
ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #26
|
$2.50
|
MAR
|
|
21
|
107.75
|
OCT051945
|
MARVEL KNIGHTS SPIDER-MAN #21
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
22
|
106.34
|
SEP050261
|
TEEN TITANS #30
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
23
|
102.12
|
SEP050237
|
GREEN LANTERN CORPS RECHARGE #3 (Of 6)
|
$2.99
|
DC
|
|
24
|
101.27
|
SEP058474/OCT051988
|
SPIDER-WOMAN ORIGIN #1 (Of 5)*
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
25
|
100.90
|
OCT050232
|
SUPERMAN #224
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
26
|
100.16
|
OCT051939
|
ULTIMATE IRON MAN #5 (Of 5)
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
27
|
100.00
|
OCT050215
|
BATMAN #648
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
28
|
99.61
|
OCT051942
|
ULTIMATE X-MEN FANTASTIC FOUR SPECIAL
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
29
|
98.58
|
OCT052007
|
SON OF M #1 (Of 6)
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
30
|
94.50
|
OCT051955
|
GHOST RIDER #4 (Of 6)
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
31
|
90.40
|
OCT051947
|
SPIDER-MAN BLACK CAT EVIL THAT MEN DO #4 (Of 6)
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
32
|
88.76
|
SEP051967
|
X-FACTOR #1
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
33
|
85.27
|
OCT051948
|
SPIDER-MAN BLACK CAT EVIL THAT MEN DO #5 (Of 6)
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
34
|
80.79
|
OCT051998
|
YOUNG AVENGERS SPECIAL #1
|
$3.99
|
MAR
|
|
35
|
80.54
|
OCT050259
|
JSA #80
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
36
|
77.30
|
OCT052005
|
NEW EXCALIBUR #2
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
37
|
74.78
|
OCT050272
|
WONDER WOMAN #224
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
38
|
74.03
|
SEP051929
|
FANTASTIC FOUR #533
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
39
|
73.72
|
OCT050264
|
OUTSIDERS #31
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
40
|
71.76
|
OCT050257
|
JSA CLASSIFIED #6
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
41
|
71.18
|
OCT052009
|
X-FACTOR #2
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
42
|
71.17
|
SEP051926
|
CAPTAIN AMERICA #13
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
43
|
68.96
|
OCT052004
|
GENERATION M #2 (Of 5)
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
44
|
68.84
|
OCT052006
|
NEW X-MEN #21
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
45
|
68.58
|
OCT051953
|
DAREDEVIL #80
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
46
|
67.18
|
OCT050230
|
ACTION COMICS #834
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
47
|
66.88
|
OCT050231
|
ADVS O/SUPERMAN #647
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
48
|
66.43
|
OCT050256
|
JLA CLASSIFIED #15
|
$2.99
|
DC
|
|
49
|
66.35
|
OCT051984
|
SENTRY #4 (Of 8)
|
$2.99
|
MAR
|
|
50
|
65.65
|
OCT050245
|
FLASH #229
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
51
|
58.82
|
OCT050216
|
DETECTIVE COMICS #814
|
$2.50
|
DC
|
|
52
|
58.47
|
OCT051967
|
INCREDIBLE HULK #90
|
|