QtyRank | Index | Title | Price | Pub | Est.Qty | |
1 | 10.21 | V FOR VENDETTA TP | $19.99 | DC | 7,127 | |
2 | 8.83 | FRUITS BASKET VOL 13 GN (Of 14) | $9.99 | TKP | 6,164 | |
3 | 7.45 | SHOWCASE PRESENTS SUPERMAN FAMILY VOL 1 TP | $16.99 | DC | 5,200 | |
4 | 7.39 | SEVEN SOLDIERS O/VICTORY VOL 2 TP | $14.99 | DC | 5,159 | |
5 | 7.19 | NARUTO VOL 9 TP | $7.95 | VIZ | 5,019 | |
6 | 6.94 | SAMURAI EXECUTIONER VOL 9 TP (MR) | $9.95 | DAR | 4,844 | |
7 | 6.76 | SECRET WAR HC | $29.99 | MAR | 4,719 | |
8 | 6.56 | ESSENTIAL GODZILLA TP | $19.99 | MAR | 4,579 | |
9 | 6.37 | CAPTAIN AMERICA WINTER SOLDIER VOL 1 TP | $16.99 | MAR | 4,447 | |
10 | 6.19 | WIZARD BEST OF BASIC TRAINING CHARACTER CREATION TP | $19.99 | WIZ | 4,321 | |
11 | 5.84 | CHRONICLES O/CONAN VOL 10 GIANTS WALK EARTH TP | $16.95 | DAR | 4,077 | |
12 | 5.78 | JSA VOL 10 BLACK VENGEANCE TP | $19.99 | DC | 4,035 | |
13 | 5.7 | LENORE VOL 3 COOTIES TP | $13.95 | SLG | 3,979 | |
14 | 5.58 | ESSENTIAL OFF HANDBOOK MARVEL UNIVERSE DLX ED VOL 1 TP | $16.99 | MAR | 3,895 | |
15 | 5.46 | FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST VOL 6 TP | $9.99 | VIZ | 3,811 | |
16 | 5.42 | RUNAWAYS VOL 5 ESCAPE TO NEW YORK DIGEST TP | $7.99 | MAR | 3,783 | |
17 | 5.22 | TOP 10 FORTY NINERS SC (MR) | $17.99 | DC | 3,644 | |
18 | 5.2 | NEW AVENGERS VOL 3 SECRETS & LIES PREM HC | $19.99 | MAR | 3,630 | |
19 | 5.08 | KINGDOM HEARTS VOL 3 GN (Of 4) | $5.99 | TKP | 3,546 | |
20 | 5.07 | SW CLONE WARS VOL 8 LAST SIEGE FINAL TRUTH TP | $17.95 | DAR | 3,539 | |
21 | 5 | NEGIMA VOL 9 GN (MR) | $10.95 | RAN | 3,490 | |
22 | 4.94 | BATTLE ROYALE VOL 15 GN (Of 15) (MR) | $9.99 | TKP | 3,448 | |
23 | 4.87 | DAREDEVIL VOL 13 MURDOCK PAPERS TP | $14.99 | MAR | 3,400 | |
24 | 4.59 | ULTIMATE IRON MAN VOL 1 PREM HC | $19.99 | MAR | 3,204 | |
25 | 4.57 | RUROUNI KENSHIN VOL 24 TP | $7.95 | VIZ | 3,190 | |
26 | 4.49 | ESSENTIAL NOVA VOL 1 TP | $16.99 | MAR | 3,134 | |
27 | 4.27 | FORGOTTEN REALMS DARK ELF TRILOGY VOL 2 EXILE TP | $14.95 | DDP | 2,981 | |
28 | 4.2 | INFINITY WAR TP | $29.99 | MAR | 2,932 | |
29 | 4.13 | EXILES VOL 12 WORLD TOUR BOOK 1 TP | $16.99 | MAR | 2,883 | |
30 | 4.11 | SQUADRON SUPREME DEATH O/UNIVERSE TP | $24.99 | MAR | 2,869 | |
31 | 4.03 | ULTIMATE X-MEN ULTIMATE COLL VOL 1 TP | $24.99 | MAR | 2,813 | |
32 | 3.75 | SILVER SURFER REBIRTH O/THANOS TP | $24.99 | MAR | 2,618 | |
33 | 3.73 | BIRDS O/PREY BETWEEN DARK & DAWN TP | $14.99 | DC | 2,604 | |
34 | 3.67 | DONALD DUCK ADVS VOL 17 TP | $7.95 | GEM | 2,562 | |
35 | 3.64 | AUTHORITY REVOLUTION BK TWO 2 (MR) | $14.99 | DC | 2,541 | |
36 | 3.64 | NIGHTWING MOBBED UP TP | $12.99 | DC | 2,541 | |
37 | 3.52 | KARE KANO VOL 19 GN (Of 20) | $9.99 | TKP | 2,457 | |
38 | 3.45 | MAXX BOOK SIX TP (MR) | $19.99 | DC | 2,408 | |
39 | 3.42 | INCREDIBLE HULK PLANET HULK PRELUDE TP | $13.99 | MAR | 2,387 | |
40 | 3.42 | X-MEN DARK PHOENIX SAGA TP | $24.99 | MAR | 2,387 | |
41 | 3.4 | WALKING DEAD VOL 1 DAYS GONE BYE TP (MR) | $9.95 | IMA | 2,373 | |
42 | 3.34 | DEARS VOL 6 GN (Of 7) | $9.99 | TKP | 2,331 | |
43 | 3.33 | WALKING DEAD VOL 4 HEARTS DESIRE TP (MR) | $12.99 | IMA | 2,325 | |
44 | 3.32 | HELLBLAZER LADY CONSTANTINE TP (MR) | $9.99 | DC | 2,318 | |
45 | 3.31 | SUPERMAN DAILY PLANET TP | $19.99 | DC | 2,311 | |
46 | 3.26 | LADY SNOWBLOOD VOL 3 RETRIBUTION PT 1 TP (MR) | $14.95 | DAR | 2,276 | |
47 | 3.26 | MICKEY MOUSE ADVS VOL 8 TP | $7.95 | GEM | 2,276 | |
48 | 3.21 | WAR STORIES VOL 2 TP (MR) | $19.99 | DC | 2,241 | |
49 | 3.21 | ALL STAR ARCHIVES VOL 0 HC | $39.99 | DC | 2,241 | |
50 | 3.13 | LULLABY ONCE UPON TIME VOL 1 PIED PIPER O/HAMELIN GN | $5.99 | ALI | 2,185 | |
51 | 3.1 | DEATH NOTE VOL 4 TP | $7.99 | VIZ | 2,164 | |
52 | 2.96 | X-MEN MUTANT GENESIS TP | $19.99 | MAR | 2,066 | |
53 | 2.96 | CABLE DEADPOOL VOL 4 BOSOM BUDDIES TP | $14.99 | MAR | 2,066 | |
54 | 2.93 | HOUSE O/M TP | $24.99 | MAR | 2,045 | |
55 | 2.92 | WILL EISNERS SPIRIT ARCHIVES VOL 18 HC | $49.99 | DC | 2,038 | |
56 | 2.9 | CRYING FREEMAN VOL 1 TP | $14.95 | DAR | 2,024 | |
57 | 2.88 | SPAWN MANGA VOL 3 TP | $9.99 | IMA | 2,010 | |
58 | 2.78 | X-MEN COLOSSUS BLOODLINE TP | $13.99 | MAR | 1,941 | |
59 | 2.77 | BLACK PANTHER WHO I/BLACK PANTHER TP | $14.99 | MAR | 1,934 | |
60 | 2.71 | CHRONO CRUSADE MANGA VOL 7 TP | $9.99 | ADV | 1,892 | |
61 | 2.66 | WATCHMEN TP | $19.99 | DC | 1,857 | |
62 | 2.64 | ALIAS OMNIBUS HC | $69.99 | MAR | 1,843 | |
63 | 2.4 | THOR BLOOD OATH HC | $19.99 | MAR | 1,675 | |
64 | 2.38 | DRAX THE DESTROYER EARTH FALL TP | $10.99 | MAR | 1,661 | |
65 | 2.34 | TENJHO TENGE VOL 6 | $9.99 | DC | 1,633 | |
66 | 2.3 | ROCKETO VOL 1 JOURNEY TO HIDDEN SEA TP | $19.99 | IMA | 1,606 | |
67 | 2.3 | SUIKODEN III VOL 9 GN (Of 9) (MR) | $9.99 | TKP | 1,606 | |
68 | 2.29 | CHIBI VAMPIRE VOL 1 GN (Of 5) (MR) | $9.99 | TKP | 1,599 | |
69 | 2.23 | CONCRETE VOL 4 KILLER SMILE TP | $12.95 | DAR | 1,557 | |
70 | 2.22 | RUROUNI KENSHIN VOL 25 TP | $7.95 | VIZ | 1,550 | |
71 | 2.2 | MARVEL VISIONARIES JACK KIRBY VOL 2 HC | $34.99 | MAR | 1,536 | |
72 | 2.2 | LAST FANTASY VOL 1 GN (Of 5) | $9.99 | TKP | 1,536 | |
73 | 2.2 | PSYCHIC ACADEMY VOL 11 GN (Of 11) | $9.99 | TKP | 1,536 | |
74 | 2.19 | ASTONISHING X-MEN VOL 1 GIFTED TP | $14.99 | MAR | 1,529 | |
75 | 2.17 | EVERY GIRL I/END O/T WORLD FOR ME GN (MR) | $8.00 | TOP | 1,515 | |
76 | 2.17 | ASTONISHING X-MEN VOL 2 DANGEROUS TP | $14.99 | MAR | 1,515 | |
77 | 2.17 | OUR EVERLASTING VOL 2 GN (MR) | $12.95 | DIG | 1,515 | |
78 | 2.16 | READ OR DIE VOL 1 GN | $9.99 | VIZ | 1,508 | |
79 | 2.15 | OUR KINGDOM VOL 2 GN (MR) | $12.95 | DIG | 1,501 | |
80 | 2.14 | YELLOW VOL 3 GN (MR) | $12.95 | DIG | 1,494 | |
81 | 2.14 | MY ONLY KING GN (MR) | $12.95 | DIG | 1,494 | |
82 | 2.13 | GIRLS BRAVO VOL 3 GN (Of 10) (MR) | $9.99 | TKP | 1,487 | |
83 | 2.12 | SUPERMAN ADVS VOL 3 LAST SON O/KRYPTON | $6.99 | DC | 1,480 | |
84 | 2.11 | SUPERMAN ADVS VOL 4 MAN O/STEEL | $6.99 | DC | 1,473 | |
85 | 2.06 | FULL METAL PANIC MANGA VOL 9 TP | $9.99 | ADV | 1,438 | |
86 | 2.06 | ULTIMATES 2 VOL 1 GODS & MONSTERS TP | $15.99 | MAR | 1,438 | |
87 | 2.06 | WALKING DEAD VOL 2 MILES BEHIND US TP (MR) | $12.95 | IMA | 1,438 | |
88 | 2.06 | BLEACH VOL 12 TP | $7.95 | VIZ | 1,438 | |
89 | 2.05 | SUPERMAN RED SON TP | $17.99 | DC | 1,431 | |
90 | 2.04 | FUSHIGI YUGI GENBU KAIDEN VOL 3 TP | $8.99 | VIZ | 1,424 | |
91 | 2.03 | WALKING DEAD VOL 3 SAFETY BEHIND BARS TP (MR) | $12.95 | IMA | 1,417 | |
92 | 2.01 | I LUV HALLOWEEN VOL 2 GN (Of 3) (MR) | $9.99 | TKP | 1,403 | |
93 | 2 | METAL GEAR SOLID VOL 2 TP | $19.99 | IDW | 1,396 | |
94 | 1.92 | WARCRAFT VOL 2 GN (Of 3) | $9.99 | TKP | 1,340 | |
95 | 1.9 | RG VEDA VOL 5 GN (Of 10) | $9.99 | TKP | 1,326 | |
96 | 1.89 | MARVEL MASTERWORKS ANT-MAN GIANT-MAN VOL 1 NEW ED HC | $49.99 | MAR | 1,319 | |
97 | 1.89 | ABANDONED VOL 1 GN (Of 3) (MR) | $9.99 | TKP | 1,319 | |
98 | 1.89 | TARZAN JOE KUBERT YEARS VOL 2 HC | $49.95 | DAR | 1,319 | |
99 | 1.87 | YUBISAKI MILK TEA VOL 1 GN (Of 4) (MR) | $9.99 | TKP | 1,305 | |
100 | 1.81 | Y THE LAST MAN VOL 6 GIRL O/GIRL TP (MR) | $12.99 | DC | 1,263 |
Sales Estimates for March Based on Diamond Indexes and Publisher Title Data
Posted by ICv2 on April 16, 2006 @ 11:00 pm CT
These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during March 2006.
For an overview and analysis of comic sales in March, see ''Infinite Crisis' #5 Up 11%.'
For an analysis of the dollar trends in March, see 'Healthy Comic Periodical Market in March, Q1.'
For our estimates of actual orders to Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on comic books scheduled to ship during March, see 'Top 300 Comics Actual--March 2006.'
Notes on this chart:
Some titles have been truncated or abbreviated for space reasons. Publisher abbreviations have also been used:
MAR = Marvel Comics
DC = DC Comics
DAR = Dark Horse Comics
IMA = Image Comics
ABS = Abstract Studio
ADV = A.D. Vision
ALI = Alias Enterprises LLC
ANT = Antarctic Press
ARC = Archie Comic Publications
ASP = Apen MLT Inc.
AVA = Avatar Press
BON = Bongo Comics
CAR = Cartoon Books
DEV = Devil's Due Publishing
DYN = Dynamite Entertainment
FAN = Fantagraphics Books
GEM = Gemstone Publishing
IDW = IDW Publishing
MIR = Mirage Studios
ONI = Oni Press Inc.
SLG = Slave Labor Graphics
TIT = Titan Publishing
TKP = Tokyopop
VIZ = Viz Media
We are estimating actual sales by Diamond U.S. (primarily to North American comic stores), using Diamond's published sales indexes and publisher sales data to estimate a sales number for Batman (the anchor title Diamond uses in its calculations), and using that number and the indexes to estimate Diamond's sales on the remaining titles. We can check the accuracy of our numbers by comparing the Batman number that we calculate using multiple data points; our numbers for Batman are within 1/10 of 1% of each other, ensuring a high degree of accuracy. They do not include sales made by Diamond UK, orders on these titles placed after the end of March, or copies purchased by Diamond but held in inventory at the end of March. This information may not be reproduced in any format without also crediting Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.
Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, IDW, Devil's Due, Avatar, Aspen Studios and Gemstone distribute 100% of their comic store orders through Diamond. Some other publishers distribute directly to stores or through other distributors and as a result this analysis may underestimate their sales.
Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, and Archie distribute some of their titles through channels other than comic specialty stores, e.g., newsstands and bookstores. These quantity estimates do not reflect distribution through those channels.
Most of the titles on this chart are also distributed to Europe by Diamond UK, which can account for significant sales for the publisher, ranging from 3-20% of the US numbers. Sales by Diamond UK are not included in the numbers above.
One other factor to consider is that sales through Diamond and other comic distributors are non-returnable to retailers. That means that there is a considerable unknown percentage of books unsold at the retailer level, probably amounting to 5-20% of sales.