The weak month also took the year-to-date sales negative; comics and graphic novel sales for the first 11 months of the year were down 0.98%, with a 6.67% decline in graphic novels more than offsetting a 1.48% increase in comic sales.
After only a narrow win last month, Marvel Comics was over 14 share points ahead of DC Entertianment in November, with over 40% of all comic dollars sold by the House.
November 2018 Comic Store Market Share (Dollar Share)
40.80% Marvel Comics
26.74% DC Entertainment
8.57% Image Comics
3.62% IDW Publishing
3.37% Dark Horse Comics
2.95% BOOM! Studios
2.24% Dynamite Entertainment
1.26% VIZ Media
1.20% Titan Comics
0.97% Oni Press Inc.
8.28% Other Non-Top 10
Uncanny X-Men #1 was the top comic by units shipped in November, the first time that title’s been at the top of the charts in some time.
Top 10 Comics by Units Shipped – November 2018
1. Uncanny X-Men #1 (Marvel Comics)
2. The Green Lantern #1 (DC Comics)
3. Web of Venom: Carnage Born #1 (Marvel Comics)
4. Amazing Spider-Man #10 (Marvel Comics)
5. Batman #58 (DC Comics)
6. Batman #59 (DC Comics)
7. Amazing Spider-Man #9 (Marvel Comics)
8. Heroes in Crisis #3 (DC Comics)
9. Avengers #10 (Marvel Comics)
10. Venom #8 (Marvel Comics)
Looking at the Top 10 Comics by dollars, two of Marvel’s up-priced books, Web of Venom: Carnage Born #1 and Avengers #10, moved up the ranks.
Top 10 Comics by Dollars Invoiced – November 2018
1. Uncanny X-Men #1 (Marvel Comics)
2. Web of Venom: Carnage Born #1 (Marvel Comics)
3. The Green Lantern #1 (DC Comics)
4. Avengers #10 (Marvel Comics)
5. Amazing Spider-Man #10 (Marvel Comics)
6. Batman #58 (DC Comics)
7. Batman #59 (DC Comics)
8. Amazing Spider-Man #9 (Marvel Comics)
9. Heroes in Crisis #3 (DC Comics)
10. Venom #8 (Marvel Comics)
Marvel had the top two graphic novels by units shipped in November, with its Venom collection a timely opportunity to tie into the hit movie.
Top 10 Graphic Novels by Units Shipped – November 2018
1. Venom by Donny Cates Volume 1: Rex TP (Marvel Comics)
2. Thanos: The Infinity Conflict HC (Marvel Comics)
3. Justice League Volume 1: The Totality TP (DC Comics)
4. Black Eyed Peas Presents: Masters of the Sun: The Zombie Chronicles TP (Marvel Comics)
5. Amazing Spider-Man by Nick Spencer Volume 1: Back To Basics TP (Marvel Comics)
6. The Immortal Hulk Volume 1: Or Is He Both? TP (Marvel Comics)
7. Batman: White Knight TP (DC Comics)
8. Unnatural Volume 1: Awakening TP (Image Comics)
9. Star Wars: Lando: Double or Nothing TP (Marvel Comics)
10. Domino Volume 1: Killer Instinct TP (Marvel Comics)
Six of the top ten graphic novels by dollars were $75 or more MSRP, as fat collections of older material still collect more dollars than new graphic novel releases.
Top 10 Graphic Novels by Dollars Invoiced – November 2018
1. X-Men Mutant: Massacre Omnibus HC (Marvel Comics)
2. Thanos: The Infinity Conflict HC (Marvel Comics)
3. Absolute Transmetropolitan Volume 3 HC (DC Comics)
4. Silver Surfer by Slott and Allred Omnibus HC (Marvel Comics)
5. Black Eyed Peas Presents: Masters of the Sun: The Zombie Chronicles TP (Marvel Comics)
6. Venom by Donny Cates Volume 1: Rex TP (Marvel Comics)
7. Firefly: Big Damn Heroes Box Set (BOOM! Studios)
8. Wonder Woman: The Golden Age Omnibus Vol. 3 HC (DC Comics)
9. Marvel Masterworks: The Mighty Thor Volume 17 HC (Marvel Comics)
10. Justice League Volume 1: The Totality TP (DC Comics)
For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on comic books shipped during November, see "Top 500 Comics Actual-- November 2018."
For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on graphic novels shipped during November, see "Top 500 Graphic Novels Actual--November 2018."
For links to all previous Top 300 Comic and Top 300 Graphic Novel articles, see "ICv2 Top 300 Comics and Top 300 GNs Index."