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Comics Industry Vital Statistics

Charts and graphs on sales trends, pricing, and more


MARKET PERFORMANCE

Comics Sales to Comics Shops
Charts and graphs tabulating comic books and graphic novels bought by comics shops in North America from 2003-present

Market Shares by Year, 1991-present
Market shares across time for publishers shipping products through Diamond Comic Distributors
 
Market Shares by Month
Market shares across time for publishers shipping products through Diamond Comic Distributors

Comics Sales Records
Sales records for comics in the Diamond Exclusive Era, 1997-present






TOP-SELLING ISSUES

Top Sellers by Month
#1 comics each month as reported by Diamond Comic Distributors and Heroes World Distribution
 
Top Sellers by Year
#1 comics each year as reported by Diamond Comic Distributors and Heroes World Distribution

Top 300 Comics of the Decade: The 2000s
A list of the top-selling comics at Diamond from 2000 to 2009, based on merging reports for individual issues

Top 300 Comics of the Decade: The 2010s
A list of the top-selling comics at Diamond from 2010 to last year, based on merging reports for individual issues

Top 300 Comics of the 21st Century
A list of the top-selling comics at Diamond from 2000 forward, based on merging reports for individual issues

Number of Comics Placed in Top 300 by Publisher
Month-by-month and average yearly counts of comics ranking in Diamond's Top 300 for several large publishers


OTHER SALES BENCHMARKS

  50th Place Title by Month
100th Place Title by Month
150th Place Title by Month
200th Place Title by Month
300th Place Title by Month
400th Place Title by Month
500th Place Title by Month
These are the titles that appear at the corresponding slots on the Top 500 list of comics sold to retailers each month through Diamond Comic Distributors


COVER PRICES

Average Cover Prices by Month
Average cover prices of comics sold each month by  Diamond Comic Distributors


Median Cover Prices by Year
Median cover prices of comics each year by all publishers, and by Marvel, DC, and Archie, 1961-2005