Early September Numbers - Batman, DC #1

Early numbers show that DC titles held 8 of the top ten spots and 17 of the top 20. The best-selling book (in total units) for the month is Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo. DC's retail market share was 35.74% with Marvel just behind at 35.37%. Legendary Comics' first adventure did well. Frank Miller's HOLY TERROR was the #1 graphic novel of the month. Here's the breakdown from Diamond...


TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS
RANKDESCRIPTIONPRICEITEM
CODE
VENDOR
1BATMAN #1$2.99JUL110206DC
2ACTION COMICS #1$3.99JUL110201DC
3GREEN LANTERN #1$2.99JUL110218DC
4THE FLASH #1$2.99JUL110193DC
5SUPERMAN #1 [*]$2.99JUL110203DC
6DETECTIVE COMICS #1 [*]$2.99JUL110208DC
7BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #1 [*]$2.99JUL110210DC
8FEAR ITSELF #6$3.99JUL110570MAR
9ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #1$3.99JUL110605MAR
10BATMAN AND ROBIN #1 [*]$2.99JUL110211DC



TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS
RANKDESCRIPTIONPRICEITEM
CODE
VENDOR
1HOLY TERROR HC (MR)$29.99JUL111154LEG
2NEW TEEN TITANS: GAMES HC$24.99MAY110190DC
3CHEW VOLUME 4: FLAMBE TP (MR)$12.99MAY110447IMA
4RICHARD CASTLE'S DEADLY STORM PREMIERE HC$19.99JUL110726MAR
5HELLBOY VOLUME 11: THE BRIDE OF HELL & OTHERS TP$19.99MAY118259DAR
6MORNING GLORIES VOLUME 2 TP$12.99JUN110483IMA
7BRIGHTEST DAY VOLUME 3 HC$29.99MAY110243DC
8SAILOR MOON VOLUME 1 TP$10.99JUL111150KOD
9NARUTO VOLUME 52 TP$9.99JUN111269VIZ
10UNCANNY X-FORCE VOLUME 1: THE APOCALYPSE SOLUTION TP$15.99AUG110733MAR




TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
PUBLISHERRETAIL
MARKET
SHARE
UNIT
MARKET
SHARE
DC COMICS35.74%43.04%
MARVEL COMICS35.37%37.88%
DARK HORSE COMICS4.76%3.51%
IDW PUBLISHING4.13%3.10%
IMAGE COMICS4.08%3.29%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT3.07%3.02%
BOOM! STUDIOS1.39%0.94%
RANDOM HOUSE0.99%0.26%
EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS0.98%0.22%
LEGENDARY COMICS0.97%0.12%
OTHER NON-TOP 108.53%4.63%


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