Media release — Batman as well as his new partner Bluebird find that Catwoman, Gotham City’s new criminal offense lord, holds a prisoner who might save Gotham City in Scott Snyder, James Tynion IV, as well as Dustin Nguyen’s Batman #28, a flash-forward to the upcoming DC Comics regular comic Batman permanently as well as February 2014’s very popular comic book to specialty retailers, according to info offered by diamond Comic Distributors, the world’s largest supplier of comics, graphic novels, as well as pop culture merchandise.
Marvel Comics was February’s top publisher, with a 34.10% dollar Share as well as 37.36% system Share, compared to 28.73% as well as 31.12% respectively for runner-up DC Entertainment. marvel Comics had five of the month’s top ten very popular comics, led by Paul Cornell as well as Ryan Stegman’s Wolverine #1 at #3, while DC home entertainment had three titles as well as picture Comics two, led by The walking Dead #121 at #8.
Joe hill as well as Gabriel Rodriguez’s Locke & essential series for IDW publishing concerned a close with February’s Locke & essential volume 6: Alpha & Omega, the collected edition of the series’ final two storylines as well as the very popular graphic book for the month. picture Comics had four of the month’s top-ten graphic novels, including Ed Brubaker as well as Sean Phillips’ Fatale volume 4 at #2.
Sanctum Publishing’s The shadow double book volume 81, a collection of traditional pulp-era stories of The Shadow, was February’s very popular book in the comic book specialty market. Dark equine Comics had three books in the top ten, led by the Alabaster book pale at #3, together with perennial best-sellers The legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia as well as The Hellboy Companion.
Ant Lucia’s 1940’s pin-up redesign of Batgirl influenced DC Collectibles’ DC Comics Bombshells: Batgirl Statue, February’s very popular toy product.
The 31st-century heroes of the legion of Super-Heroes starred in WizKids/NECA’s DC HeroClix: legion of Super-Heroes Boosters, an growth for the fan-favorite miniatures game as well as the very popular game product in February.
TOP COMIC book PUBLISHERS
PUBLISHER
DOLLAR SHARE
UNIT SHARE
MARVEL COMICS
34.10%
37.36%
DC COMICS
28.73%
31.12%
IMAGE COMICS
7.85%
8.88%
DARK equine COMICS
6.61%
5.59%
IDW PUBLISHING
6.01%
5.00%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
3.51%
3.40%
BOOM! STUDIOS
2.05%
1.94%
EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS
1.28%
0.27%
ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT
1.05%
0.99%
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT
1.02%
1.08%
OTHER NON-TOP 10
7.78%
4.38%
NEW TITLES SHIPPED
PUBLISHER
COMICS SHIPPED
GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED
MAGAZINES SHIPPED
TOTAL SHIPPED
DC COMICS
85
26
0
111
MARVEL COMICS
69
32
0
101
IMAGE COMICS
48
11
0
59
DARK equine COMICS
39
19
0
58
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
50
8
0
58
IDW PUBLISHING
40
17
0
57
BOOM ENTERTAINMENT
24
6
0
30
ZENESCOPE home entertainment INC
14
2
0
16
VALIANT home entertainment LLC
9
2
0
11
EAGLEMOSS
0
0
4
4
OTHER
65
101
21
187
COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
DOLLARS
UNITS
FEBRUARY 2014 VS. JANUARY 2013
COMICS
-5.48%
-4.47%
GRAPHIC NOVELS
-4.48%
5.98%
TOTAL COMICS/GN
-5.17%
-3.65%
FEBRUARY 2014 VS. FEBRUARY 2013
COMICS
-10.39%
-14.77%
GRAPHIC NOVELS
2.83%
14.99%
TOTAL COMICS/GN
-6.71%
-12.83%
YEAR-TO-DATE 2014 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2013
COMICS
-5.53%
-11.18%
GRAPHIC NOVELS
-6.69%
3.16%
TOTAL COMICS/GN
-5.89%
-10.15%
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS
RANK
DESCRIPTION
PRICE
ITEM CODE
VENDOR
1
BATMAN #28
$3.99
DEC130250
DC
2
FOREVER EVIL #5
$3.99
NOV130118
DC
3
WOLVERINE #1
$3.99
DEC130609
MAR
4
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #27.NOW
$3.99
DEC130648
MAR
5
JUSTICE league #28
$3.99
DEC130202
DC
6
SUPERIOR SPIDER-MAN #28
$3.99
DEC130653
MAR
7
FANTASTIC four #1
$3.99
DEC130616
MAR
8
THE walking DEAD #121 (MR)
$2.99
DEC130604
IMA
9
THE walking DEAD #122 (MR)
$2.99
DEC130605
IMA
10
ALL new X-MEN #23
$3.99
DEC130692
MAR
TOP 10 graphic NOVELS & trade PAPERBACKS
RANK
DESCRIPTION
PRICE
ITEM CODE
VENDOR
1
LOCKE & essential volume 6: ALPHA & OMEGA HC
$29.99
NOV130333
IDW
2
FATALE volume 4: PRAY FOR rain TP (MR)
$14.99
OCT130469
IMA
3
ADVENTURE TIME volume 4 TP
$14.99
DEC130995
BOO
4
INVINCIBLE volume 19: THE war AT house TP
$16.99
DEC130496
IMA
5
SAGA volume 1 TP (MR)
$9.99
AUG120491
IMA
6
STAR-LORD: ANNIHILATION CONQUEST
$7.99
DEC130736
MAR
7
INFINITY HC
$75.00
NOV130707
MAR
8
MY bit pony TALES volume 2 TP
$17.99
DEC130439
IDW
9
REVIVAL volume 3: A FARAWAY location TP (MR)
$14.99
DEC130527
IMA
10
THE FLASH volume 2: ROGUES transformation TP (N52)
$16.99
NOV130229
DC
TOP 10 BOOKS
RANK
DESCRIPTION
PRICE
ITEM CODE
VENDOR
1
THE shadow double book volume 81 SC
$14.95
DEC131431
SAN
2
MODERN MASTERS volume 29: CLIFF CHIANG SC
$15.95
OCT131328
TWO
3
ALABASTER NOVEL: pale SC
$14.99
OCT130051
DAR
4
DISNEY’S THE MUPPETS character ENCYCLOPEDIA HC
$16.99
DEC131414
DK
5
THE AVENGER double book volume 12 SC
$14.95
SEP131507
SAN
6
MAD biggest ARTISTS: DAVE BERG HC
$30.00
AUG131587
RUN
7
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