2005 MARKET SHARES & ACTUAL SALES DATA
2005 Market Shares
Based on All Products Invoiced between January
and December 2005
Comics, Comics, Comics, Comics,
Magazines Magazines Magazines Magazines
&
GNs &
GNs & GNs & GNs
Total
Sales Total
Sales Total
Reos. Total
Reos.
Publisher Dollar
Share Unit
Share Dollar
Share Unit
Share
|
MARVEL COMICS |
36.97% |
42.62% |
21.48% |
22.75% |
|
DC COMICS |
32.96% |
35.46% |
35.78% |
37.22% |
|
DARK HORSE COMICS |
5.59% |
3.76% |
10.77% |
7.93% |
|
IMAGE COMICS |
3.56% |
4.52% |
4.68% |
9.19% |
|
TOKYOPOP |
3.11% |
1.21% |
7.74% |
5.91% |
|
VIZ LLC |
2.15% |
0.96% |
4.95% |
4.19% |
|
WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT |
1.99% |
1.25% |
0.85% |
0.50% |
|
IDW PUBLISHING |
1.33% |
1.02% |
1.05% |
1.05% |
|
DEVILS DUE PUBLISHING |
0.83% |
0.93% |
0.36% |
0.58% |
|
AVATAR PRESS INC |
0.74% |
0.63% |
0.25% |
0.39% |
|
GEMSTONE PUBLISHING |
0.65% |
0.38% |
0.71% |
0.78% |
|
DYNAMIC FORCES |
0.61% |
0.81% |
0.24% |
0.42% |
|
FANTAGRAPHICS
BOOKS/EROS COMIX |
0.60% |
0.22% |
0.68% |
0.32% |
|
A. D. VISION |
0.52% |
0.18% |
0.86% |
0.65% |
|
ASPEN MLT INC |
0.45% |
0.59% |
0.14% |
0.32% |
|
DIAMOND UK |
0.42% |
0.20% |
0.24% |
0.14% |
|
RANDOM HOUSE |
0.36% |
0.11% |
0.68% |
0.44% |
|
ARCHIE COMIC
PUBLICATIONS |
0.33% |
0.50% |
0.21% |
0.36% |
|
SLG PUBLISHING |
0.33% |
0.25% |
0.93% |
1.14% |
|
BONGO COMICS |
0.32% |
0.34% |
0.20% |
0.21% |
|
Other Non-Top 20 |
6.19% |
4.05% |
7.21% |
5.54% |
TOP 100 COMICS
|
QtyRank |
Item Code |
Description |
Price |
VEN |
|
1 |
MAY050190 |
ALL STAR BATMAN &
ROBIN #1 |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
2 |
JAN058160/APR051867/APR058048/JUN058199 |
HOUSE OF M #1 (Of 8)* |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
3 |
AUG050205 |
INFINITE CRISIS #1 (Of
7) |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
4 |
JAN050296 |
DC COUNTDOWN TO
INFINITE CRISIS #1 |
$1.00 |
DC |
|
5 |
SEP050228 |
INFINITE CRISIS #2 (Of
7) |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
6 |
JUN050370 |
JUSTICE #1 (Of 12) |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
7 |
OCT050239 |
INFINITE CRISIS #3 (Of
7) |
$3.99 |
DC |
|
8 |
JUL050189 |
ALL STAR BATMAN &
ROBIN #2 |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
9 |
MAR050403 |
GREEN LANTERN #1 |
$3.50 |
DC |
|
10 |
JAN058161/APR051868 |
HOUSE OF M #2 (Of 8)* |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
11 |
SEP048064/JAN051837 |
NEW AVENGERS #5* |
$2.25 |
MAR |
|
12 |
SEP048065/FEB051909 |
NEW AVENGERS #6* |
$2.25 |
MAR |
|
13 |
JUN050341/JUN058272/JUL058321 |
SUPERGIRL #1* |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
14 |
AUG050180/SEP058264 |
ALL STAR BATMAN &
ROBIN #3* |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
15 |
JAN058021/MAR051905 |
NEW AVENGERS #7* |
$2.25 |
MAR |
|
16 |
SEP050218 |
ALL STAR SUPERMAN #1 |
$2.99 |
DC |
|
17 |
JAN058163/MAY051737/AUG058181 |
HOUSE OF M #4 (Of 8)* |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
18 |
SEP048063/DEC041771 |
NEW AVENGERS #4* |
$2.25 |
MAR |
|
19 |
JAN051856/MAR058206 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN #10* |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
20 |
JAN058157/APR051897 |
NEW AVENGERS #8* |
$2.50 |
MAR |
|
21 |
JAN058162/MAY051736 |
HOUSE OF M #3 (Of 8)* |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
22 |
SEP048061/OCT041743 |
NEW AVENGERS #2* |
$2.25 |
MAR |
|
23 |
OCT041723/JAN058104 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN #8* |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
24 |
JAN051798/JAN058124/MAY058106 |
ULTIMATE IRON MAN #1
(Of 5)* |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
25 |
SEP048062/NOV041792 |
NEW AVENGERS #3* |
$2.25 |
MAR |
|
26 |
FEB058379/MAY051775 |
NEW AVENGERS #9* |
$2.50 |
MAR |
|
27 |
JUN052008/APR058336 |
NEW AVENGERS #10* |
$2.50 |
MAR |
|
28 |
JAN058164/JUN051975 |
HOUSE OF M #5 (Of 8)* |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
29 |
JAN058165/JUN051976 |
HOUSE OF M #6 (Of 8)* |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
30 |
APR051926/JUN058283 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN #12* |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
31 |
JAN058166/JUL051844 |
HOUSE OF M #7 (Of 8)* |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
32 |
NOV041813 |
ASTONISHING X-MEN #9 |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
33 |
JAN058167/AUG051883 |
HOUSE OF M #8 (Of 8)* |
$2.99 |
MAR |
|
34 |
JUL051876 |
NEW AVENGERS #11 |