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Publisher Market Shares: June 2010
Market Share data based on Total Sales for products invoiced in June 2010, with Marvel Comics leading in both the Unit Market Share and Dollar Share categories.
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Top 100 Comics: June 2010
Luke Cage, Spider-Man, Wolverine, Ms. Marvel, and The Thing come together to form an all-new team of New Avengers as Brian Michael Bendis and Stuart Immonen relaunched the best-selling title for the Heroic Age, giving Marvel Comics the top spot on the comics sales chart in June with New Avengers #1.
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Top 100 Graphic Novels: June 2010
Sam Kieth took readers on a journey into Gotham City's heart of darkness with Batman: Arkham Asylum: Madness, an original hardcover that gave DC Comics the best-selling graphic novel in the month of June. In total, DC Comics had six of the top ten best-selling graphic novels.
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Top 50 Indie Comics & Graphic Novels: June 2010
Acclaimed film director Kevin Smith's reimagining of Green Hornet gave Dynamite Entertainment the best-selling Indie comic in the month of June as Kevin Smith's Green Hornet #5 topped the sales chart. VIZ Media held the top spot on the Indie Graphic Novels chart in June with Naruto Volume 48.
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Top 25 Small Press Comics and Graphic Novels: June 2010
Archaia Studios Press had the best-selling Small Press Comic in June with Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard #1, the debut issue of the anthology spin-off to David Petersen's acclaimed murine heroic fantasy. Byran Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness, the third volume in the best-selling series from Oni Press, was the best-selling Small Press Graphic Novel.
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Top 50 Manga Graphic Novels & TPs: June 2010
Viz Media dominated the top-selling manga sales chart in June, taking nine of the top ten titles for the month sold to comics specialty retailers, with Naruto Volume 48, the latest chapter in the long-running saga about a ninja-in-training, leading the the way as the best-selling title for the month.
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Top 25 Toys: June 2010
DC Direct dominated the month of June as they had eight of the top ten best-selling toy products to comics specialty retailers, with the DCU Origins Series 1 Action Figures leading the way.
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Top 25 Games: June 2010
NECA/WizKids continued their HeroClix line in June with the DC HeroClix: Blackest Night Starter Set, featuring the heroes of the DC Universe, including The Flash and Wonder Woman, in their Lantern Corps identities. This set, based on DC's best-selling Blackest Night crossover event, proved to be the vendor the best-selling Game product to comics specialty shops for the month.
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Top Sellers: June 2010
Presenting June 2010's Top Sellers in the categories of Magazines, Videos, Books, Trading Cards, Apparel, Prints & Posters, and Collectible Items based on total unit sales to comic book specialty shops.
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Publisher Market Shares: May 2010
Market Share data based on Total Sales for products invoiced in May 2010, with Marvel Comics leading in both the Unit Market Share and Dollar Share categories.
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Top 100 Comics: May 2010
The dawn of the Heroic Age in the Marvel Universe and the reestablishment of one of the classic names in super-heroism in Avengers #1 from Brian Michael Bendis and John Romita, Jr., gave Marvel Comics the top spot on the comics sales chart in May.
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Top 100 Graphic Novels: May 2010
As the monthly series winds to its conclusion, Brian K. Vaughn and Tony Harris' Ex Machina Volume 9: Ring Out the Old from DC Comics' Wildstorm imprint gave DC Comics the best-selling graphic novel in the month of May. In total, DC Comics had four the top ten best-selling graphic novels for the month.
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Top 50 Indie Comics & Graphic Novels: May 2010
Acclaimed film director Kevin Smith's reimagining of Green Hornet gave Dynamite Entertainment the best-selling Indie comic in the month of May as Kevin Smith's Green Hornet #4 topped the sales chart. BOOM! Studios led the way on the Indie Graphics Novels chart with Incorruptible Volume 1, a collection of the first four issues Mark Waid's spin-off of Irredeemable.
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Top 25 Small Press Comics and Graphic Novels: May 2010
Aspen MLT had the best-selling Small Press Comic in the month of May with Fathom: Blue Descent #0, the prelude issue to the upcoming series starring Michael Turner's aquatic heroine Aspen Matthews. Del Rey topped the Small Press Graphic Novel with Tony Lee's Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
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Top 50 Manga Graphic Novels & TPs: May 2010
The battle against the vampire hordes in Kohta Hirano's Hellsing came to its earth-shattering conclusion in the final volume of the series, Hellsing Volume 10, giving Dark Horse Comics the best-selling manga to comics specialty retailers in May.
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Top 25 Toys: May 2010
DC Direct's partnership with Hong Kong toymaker Hot Toys produced The Dark Knight: 1/6-Scale Batman (Sonar) MMS DX Figure, based on Christopher Nolan's blockbuster film, and gave the manufacturer the best-selling toy product to comic specialty retailers in May.
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Top 25 Games: May 2010
NECA/WizKids continued their HeroClix line in May with the DC HeroClix: The Brave and the Bold Expansion, featuring some of the greatest hero team-ups of DC Comics, giving the vendor the best-selling Game product for the month.
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Top Sellers: May 2010
Presenting May 2010's Top Sellers in the categories of Magazines, Videos, Books, Trading Cards, Apparel, Prints & Posters, and Collectible Items based on total unit sales to comic book specialty shops.
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