Up at the top of the chart, it looks like Star Wars is going to settle over 150,000; the third issue racked up over 161,000 copies in first-month sales in the #2 slot, almost identical to the sales of #2. That would make it the #1 title in many months, giving Marvel another franchise title with reliably strong sales.
The first issue of Princess Leia was the top title in March, with over 253,000 copies sold, a hair below Darth Vader #1 last month, but continuing a string of huge launches in the Star Wars family for Marvel.
Otherwise it was a fairly blah month. There were four titles over 100,000, a solid performance for where the market is, but down from last month (see "Seven Titles Over 100K in February").
For an analysis of the dollar trends in March, see "Comic Market Up Nearly 10% in Q1."
For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on comic books shipped during March, see "Top 300 Comics Actual--March 2015."
For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on graphic novels shipped during March, see "Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--March 2015."
For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on comic books shipped during February, see "Top 300 Comics Actual--February 2015."
For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on graphic novels shipped during February, see "Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--February 2015."
For an overview and analysis of the best-selling comics and graphic novels in February, see "Seven Titles Over 100K in February." For an analysis of the dollar trends in February, see "IDW Has the #1 Comic in February."
For our index to our reports on the top comic and graphic novel preorders for January 2000 through March 2015, see "ICv2's Top 300 Comics and Top 300 GNs Index."
