Comic Industry: Marvel Counters DC's Rebirth By Shipping More Books -- May Sales Released

That's right, if you thought that Marvel was just going to accept a drop off in sales... you were wrong. To stay strong, Marvel shipped 102 titles. What the fuck are you people buying? I can't name more than two Marvel titles at the moment and there's a 102? Fuck me; it's over people. Stop saying the big two because it's just Disney sitting at the top now. Anyway, DC did manage to snag the top spot and two others in the top ten with Rebirth, Batman, and Justice League, which was six fucking dollars! That's why Rebirth was so cheap by the way. They just redistributed that cost to Justice League. On the side of the business that makes the most money, graphic novels, Image and Marvel split the top ten while DC again grabbed the top spot. DC apparently can move any trade or hardcover that has to do with the Joker.

When you look at the dollars and the units, Image has dipped. They've been dipping ever since they hit 11% and so you have to wonder if there's going to be some shake-ups coming or if they'll take the Marvel approach and just publish more books. Dark Horse has been light on books after shaking up their editorial and fell to fifth, which is the first time I've seen them there without another publisher releasing a billion variants to beat them. Kinda hope that they get their shit together and bounce back because it's sad seeing IDW, who mainly sells variants, sitting firmly above them. Titan which has become a Dynamite/IDW lite as of late, is also sitting higher on the charts than I imagined. I guess comics based off video games sell no matter what.

I'm not going to get into how sad the books sales are since it would just be more Disney... okay I'll say it: Marvel bashing and with 102 books a month being sold, clearly they're a favorite to comic readers. Pays to have that blind loyalty right? Let's all go watch ESPN while we DVR Free Forms entire line up of shows!

TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS

PUBLISHER DOLLAR

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MARVEL COMICS 39.64% 44.80%
DC ENTERTAINMENT 26.45% 26.34%
IMAGE COMICS 8.38% 7.95%
IDW PUBLISHING 5.70% 4.99%
DARK HORSE COMICS 3.25% 2.31%
BOOM! STUDIOS 2.51% 2.34%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 1.66% 1.51%
TITAN COMICS 1.39% 1.48%
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC 1.09% 1.25%
ONI PRESS INC. 0.98% 0.89%
OTHER NON-TOP 10 8.95% 6.13%

 

NEW TITLES SHIPPED

PUBLISHER COMICS SHIPPED GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED MAGAZINES SHIPPED TOTAL

SHIPPED

MARVEL COMICS 102 34 0 136
DC ENTERTAINMENT 74 28 0 102
IDW PUBLISHING 50 23 0 73
IMAGE COMICS 43 22 0 65
DARK HORSE COMICS 20 24 0 44
BOOM ENTERTAINMENT 24 12 0 36
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 19 6 0 25
TITAN COMICS 16 3 4 23
ONI PRESS INC. 10 3 0 13
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC 10 2 0 12
OTHER NON-TOP 10 111 114 19 244

COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS

  DOLLARS UNITS
MAY 2016 VS. APRIL 2016
COMICS -6.54% -4.15%
GRAPHIC NOVELS -6.31% -11.10%
TOTAL COMICS/GN -6.46% -4.77%
MAY 2016 VS. MAY 2015
COMICS -14.34% -17.60%
GRAPHIC NOVELS 4.52% -3.39%
TOTAL COMICS/GN -9.05% -16.58%
YEAR-TO-DATE 2016 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2015
COMICS -9.23% -14.01%
GRAPHIC NOVELS 4.80% 3.46%
TOTAL COMICS/GN -5.11% -12.72%

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH #1 $2.99 APR160273-M DC
2 CIVIL WAR II #0 $4.99 MAR168949-M MAR
3 THE PUNISHER #1 $3.99 MAR160728-M MAR
4 BATMAN #52 $3.99 MAR160223-M DC
5 CAPTAIN AMERICA: STEVE ROGERS #1 $4.99 MAR160721-M MAR
6 STAR WARS #19 $3.99 MAR160891-M MAR
7 JUSTICE LEAGUE #50 $5.99 FEB160134-M DC
8 DARTH VADER #20 $4.99 MAR160897-M MAR
9 BLACK PANTHER #2 $3.99 MAR160829-M MAR
10 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #12 $3.99 MAR160781-M MAR

TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL EDITION HC $17.99 NOV070226 DC
2 DESCENDER VOLUME 2 TP (MR) $14.99 FEB160680-M IMA
3 CIVIL WAR TP $24.99 JAN072436 MAR
4 BLACK SCIENCE VOLUME 4: GODWORLD TP (MR) $14.99 FEB160656 IMA
5 WE STAND ON GUARD DELUXE HC (MR) $24.99 FEB160645 IMA
6 CHEW VOLUME 11: LAST SUPPERS TP (MR) $14.99 FEB160669 IMA
7 THE JOKER: ENDGAME TP $24.99 FEB160224 DC
8 STAR WARS: KANAN VOLUME 2: FIRST BLOOD TP $17.99 JAN160963 MAR
9 SPIDER-GWEN VOLUME 1: GREATER POWER TP $17.99 FEB160962 MAR
10 SPIDER-MAN/DEADPOOL: DON’T CALL IT A TEAM UP TP $34.99 FEB160956 MAR

TOP 10 BOOKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 DOCTOR WHO OFFICIAL ANNUAL 2015 $12.99 JAN148356 PEN
2 THE WALKING DEAD ADULT COLORING BOOK (MR) $14.99 FEB160615 IMA
3 GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK $4.99 MAR161967 RAN
4 COURAGEOUS CAPTAIN AMERICA LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK $4.99 MAR161966 RAN
5 APES & BABES SC (MR) $19.99 MAR160659 IMA
6 SPIDER MAN: TRAPPED BY THE GREEN GOBLIN LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK $4.99 MAR161974 RAN
7 SPIDER MAN: HIGH VOLTAGE LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK $4.99 MAR161973 RAN
8 MIGHTY AVENGERS LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK $4.99 MAR161970 RAN
9 THE INCREDIBLE HULK LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK $4.99 MAR161968 RAN
10 ANT-MAN LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK $4.99 MAR161965 RAN

TOP 10 TOYS

RANK DESCRIPTION ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 DC COMICS VARIANT PLAY ARTS KAI: BATMAN TIMELESS SPARTA FIGURE AUG158823 SQU
2 BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT: RED HOOD FIGURE SEP150345 DC
3 POP! STAR WARS: RANCOR WITH LUKE & SLAVE OOLA FIGURE 3-PACK SEP158902 FUN
4 STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS: CAPTAIN PHASMA ARTFX+ STATUE NOV152442 KOT
5 FFG DC COMICS COLLECTION: POISON IVY STATUE DEC158120 YAM
6 DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS: CHEETAH STATUE SEP150344 DC
7 BATMAN V SUPERMAN DAWN OF JUSTICE: SUPERMAN STATUE AUG150304 DC
8 FINDING DORY FEATURE FIGURES JUL158665 BAN
9 ALIEN: WARRIOR DRONE ALIEN ARTFX+ STATUE NOV152445 KOT
10 STAR TREK STARSHIPS SET #2: SHUTTLECRAFT JAN162289 EAG

TOP 10 GAMES

RANK DESCRIPTION ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 MARVEL HEROCLIX: UNCANNY X-MEN BOOSTER BRICK MAR162746 NEC
2 MARVEL DICE MASTERS: CIVIL WAR MAR162740 NEC
3 MACHI KORO CARD GAME MAY142831 IDW
4 MARVEL HEROCLIX: UNCANNY X-MEN FAST FORCES 6-PACK MAR162748 NEC
5 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES DICE MASTERS BOX SET FEB162984 NEC
6 TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES HEROCLIX JAN162805 NEC
7 MARVEL DICE MASTERS: CIVIL WAR STARTER MAR162744 NEC
8 3D GAME OF THRONES: KINGS LANDING PUZZLE JAN168015 4D
9 STAR WARS: EDGE OF THE EMPIRE RPG CORE RULEBOOK MAR132242 FAN
10 STAR WARS: ARMADA BOARD GAME DEC142545 FAN