Image Comics, which nearly hit a double digit share in comic stores for October (see "Comics Market Starts Q4 Strong"), crossed that threshold in November with a 10.62% market share, according to information released by Diamond Comic Distributors. A new volume of The Walking Dead (Vol. 22) and a new $49.99 collection of Saga, which took the #1 and #3 slots, respectively, on the Top Ten Graphic Novels chart for the month, were the strongest titles from the publisher.
November Comic Store Market Share
34.88% Marvel Comics
27.53% DC Entertainment
10.62% Image Comics
5.65% IDW Publishing
4.85% Dark Horse Comics
2.84% Dynamite Entertainment
2.73% BOOM! Studios
1.20% Random House
0.97% VIZ Media
0.77% Eaglemoss Publications
Top 10 Graphic Novels--November 2014
- The Walking Dead Vol. 22 (Marvel)
- Teen Titans: Earth One Vol. 1 (DC)
- Saga Deluxe Edition Vol. 1 (Image)
- The Wicked & The Divine Vol. 1: The Faust Act (Image)
- Saga Vol. 1 (Image)
- Serenity: Leaves on the Wind (Dark Horse)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender Vol. 9: Rift Part 3 (Dark Horse)
- Batman Eternal Vol. 1 (DC)
- The Wake (DC)
- Deadpool Vol. 6: Original Sin (Marvel)
On the comic chart, Amazing Spider-Man #9, the first title in Marvel’s Spider-verse event (see "Marvel Announces Spider-Verse," "Teams, Covers for 'Edge of Spider-Verse'") took the #1 slot, and the first issue of the new Captain America (see "Marvel Launching New 'Cap' Series") was #2 in an overall strong month for Marvel, which dominated the Top 10 with eight titles vs. DC’s two.
Top 10 Comics--November 2014
- Amazing Spider-Man #9 (Marvel)
- All-New Captain America #1 (Marvel)
- Batman #36 (DC)
- Amazing Spider-Man #10 (Marvel)
- Spider-Woman #1 (Marvel)
- Thor #2 (Marvel)
- Superior Iron Man #1 (Marvel)
- Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #4 (Marvel)
- Avengers and X-Men: AXIS #5 (Marvel)
- Justice League #36 (DC)
November continued the strong Q4 begun last month with 8.36% growth in comics and graphic novels over the year ago period. That was composed of 5.47% growth in periodical comics and a very strong 14.44% jump in graphic novel sales over November 2013.
Year-to-date growth has increased to 4.52% over the first 11 months of 2013, via 3.8% growth in comics and 6.16% growth in graphic novels.
For an overview and analysis of comic sales in November, see "'Spider-Verse' X-Over Starts Strong."
For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on comic books shipped during November, see "Top 300 Comics Actual--November 2014."
For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on graphic novels shipped during November, see "Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--November 2014."
For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on comic books shipped during October, see “Top 300 Comics Actual--October 2014.”
For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on graphic novels shipped during October, see "Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--October 2014.”
For an overview and analysis of the best-selling comics and graphic novels in October, see "Loot Crate Wakes 'The Walking Dead'.” For an analysis of the dollar trends in October, see "Comics Market Starts Q4 Strong.”
For our index to our reports on the top comic and graphic novel preorders for January 2000 through November 2014, see "ICv2's Top 300 Comics and Top 300 GNs Index."
