Marvel’s market share in comic stores topped 40% again in June, the second consecutive month with a 15% spread between Marvel and second place DC, according to rankings released by Diamond Comic Distributors.  DC’s share had jumped during its Convergence event, powered by promotions and returnability, but Secret Wars is just too strong compared to DC’s post-Convergence relaunches.  Image Comics' share continues to hover around 10%.

June 2015 Comic Store Market Share

40.86%                  Marvel Comics
25.06%                  DC Comics
  9.81%                  Image Comics
  5.18%                  IDW Publishing
  4.25%                  Dark Horse Comics
  1.93%                  BOOM! Studios
  1.83%                  Dynamite Entertainment
  1.26%                  Titan Comics
  0.96%                  Archie Comics
  0.72%                  Valiant Entertainment

The comic store market is booming this year, with a big jump in June, and for Q2 and the first half.  June 2015 comic store sales of comics and graphic novels were up nearly 17% (16.88%), with graphic novels leading the way with 18.03% growth and comics up 16.34%.

Q2 sales were up 16.09%, with comics up 18.74% and graphic novels up 10.43%, and first half was up 13.07%, behind comics growth of 16.46% and graphic novels up 5.85%.

As was the case in May, Marvel had seven of the top ten comic titles; Batman and Justice League were the only DC franchises that ranked that high.  Marvel’s Star Wars continues to sell extremely well for an ongoing series, at #3 in June.

Top 10 Comics—June 2015

  1. Secret Wars #3
  2. Amazing Spider-Man:  Renew Your Vows #1
  3. Star Wars #6
  4. Justice League of America #1
  5. Batman #41
  6. Thors #1
  7. Darth Vader #6
  8. X-Men ’92 #1
  9. Justice League #41
  10. Groot #1

Image and Marvel split the Top 10 Graphic Novels chart, with Image taking the top spot with Wytches Vol. 1.

Top 10 Direct Market Graphic Novels—June 2015

  1. Wytches Vol. 1
  2. Thanos:  The Infinity Relativity
  3. East of West Vol. 4:  Who Wants War
  4. Ms. Marvel Vol. 3:  Crushed
  5. Civil War
  6. Saga Vol. 1
  7. Saga Vol. 4
  8. House of Hem
  9. Odyc Vol. 1
  10. Marvel Universe: Ant-Man Digest

For an overview and analysis of comic sales in June, see "'Secret Wars' Helps Marvel Dominate Again in June."

For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on comic books shipped during June, see "Top 300 Comics Actual--June 2015."

For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on graphic novels shipped during June, see "Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--June 2015."

For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on comic books shipped during May, see "Top 300 Comics Actual--May 2015."

For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on graphic novels shipped during May, see "Top 300 Graphic Novels Actual--May 2015."

For an overview and analysis of the best-selling comics and graphic novels in May, see "'Secret Wars' Dominates May Sales."  For an analysis of the dollar trends in May, see "Marvel Share Tops 40% in Comic Stores."

​For our index to our reports on the top comic and graphic novel preorders for January 2000 through June 2015, see "ICv2's Top 300 Comics and Top 300 GNs Index."