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From the February Diamond Dialogue:The following data is
provided by Diamond in order to give its customers the most accurate information
on industry vendors' market share based on actual sales for
2002.
(
Please Note: This information can also be found in the
2002 Year in Review section of Diamond Dialogue's
online edition, which is located in the News & Info section of
Diamond Online's Retailer Services Area.)
2002 MARKET
SHARE(Based On All Products Invoiced Between January and December
2002)
Comics, Magazines, & GNs
|
Publisher
|
Total Sales Dollar Share
|
Total Sales Unit Share
|
|
MARVEL COMICS
|
33.61%
|
40.52%
|
|
DC COMICS
|
28.35%
|
29.44%
|
|
IMAGE COMICS
|
6.83%
|
6.80%
|
|
DARK HORSE COMICS
|
6.52%
|
4.62%
|
|
CG ENTERTAINMENT
|
3.21%
|
3.21%
|
|
WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT
|
2.48%
|
1.85%
|
|
DREAMWAVE
|
2.47%
|
2.82%
|
|
VIZ COMMUNICATIONS
|
2.18%
|
1.17%
|
|
TOKYOPOP
|
1.33%
|
0.62%
|
|
CHAOS! COMICS
|
0.66%
|
0.63%
|
|
FANTAGRAPHICS/EROS
|
0.85%
|
0.36%
|
|
ONI PRESS INC.
|
0.53%
|
0.47%
|
|
SLAVE LABOR GRAPHICS
|
0.51%
|
0.34%
|
|
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
|
0.50%
|
0.70%
|
|
AVATAR PRESS
|
0.49%
|
0.40%
|
|
ANTARCTIC PRESS
|
0.46%
|
0.29%
|
|
HARRIS COMICS
|
0.45%
|
0.40%
|
|
BONGO COMICS
|
0.38%
|
0.46%
|
|
CENTRAL PARK MEDIA CORP
|
0.30%
|
0.12%
|
|
DYNAMIC FORCES
|
0.30%
|
0.06%
|
|
Non-Top 20 Total
|
7.59%
|
4.73%
|
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