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Diamond Announces Top Products for September 2010

Marvel Comics' Wolverine Faced Death Itself In Wolverine #1, September's Best-Selling Comic

(BALTIMORE, MD) — (October 7, 2010) — Jason Aaron and Renato Gates launched a new ongoing series and sent Marvel Comics' popular X-Men character Wolverine on his greatest challenge yet — the near-immortal mutant confronted death — as they gave Marvel Comics the best-selling comic book in September with Wolverine #1.

Marvel Comics was the leading publisher in both Retail Dollar and Unit Market Shares based on total sales of comics, graphic novels, and magazines to comic book specialty stores, with a dollar share of 39.33% and a unit share of 44.20% in August.

Wolverine and Hawkeye's cross-country journey through a post-apocalyptic America gave Marvel Comics the best-selling graphic novel in September with the softcover edition of Wolverine: Old Man Logan, the collection of the story arc from writer Mark Millar and artist Steve McNiven.

DC Direct's partnership with Blizzard Entertainment gave the manufacturer the best-selling toy product to comics specialty retailers for the month with the World of WarCraft Series 6 action figures, based on the popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game.

NECA/WizKids continued their best-selling HeroClix miniatures game line in September with the Marvel HeroClix: The Web of Spider-Man series, featuring all-new characters from the Spider-Man comics, giving the manufacturer the best-selling Games product to comics specialty retailers in September.

TOP COMIC BOOK AND GRAPHIC NOVEL PUBLISHERS

PUBLISHER DOLLAR
SHARE
UNIT
SHARE
MARVEL COMICS 39.33% 44.20%
DC COMICS 25.56% 29.85%
DARK HORSE COMICS 6.06% 4.73%
IMAGE COMICS 5.68% 4.60%
IDW PUBLISHING 4.59% 4.26%
DYNAMITE ENTERAINMENT 2.85% 2.83%
BOOM! STUDIOS 1.96% 1.83%
VIZ MEDIA 1.09% 0.53%
ONI PRESS 0.98% 0.42%
EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS 0.86% 0.21%
OTHER NON-TOP 10 11.04% 6.54%

 

TOP 10 COMICS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM
CODE
VENDOR
1 WOLVERINE #1 $3.99 JUL100634-M MAR
2 BRIGHTEST DAY #9 $2.99 JUL100110-M DC
3 BRIGHTEST DAY #10 $2.99 JUL100112-M DC
4 GREEN LANTERN #57 $2.99 JUN100132-M DC
5 BATMAN AND ROBIN #14 $2.99 MAY100133-M DC
6 AVENGERS #5 $3.99 JUL100543-M MAR
7 NEW AVENGERS #4 $3.99 JUL100551-M MAR
8 BATMAN #703 $2.99 JUL100138-M DC
9 SECRET AVENGERS #5 $3.99 JUL100546-M MAR
10 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #641 $3.99 JUN100542-M MAR

 

TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 WOLVERINE: OLD MAN LOGAN TP $29.99 JUL100692-M MAR
2 DR. HORRIBLE TP $9.99 MAY100031 DAR
3 INVINCIBLE VOLUME 13: GROWING PAINS TP $16.99 JUN100417 IMA
4 THE AMAZING SCREW-ON HEAD & OTHER CURIOUS OBJECTS HC $17.99 JUL100069 DAR
5 SCOTT PILGRIM'S PRECIOUS LITTLE LIFE GN (VOLUME 1) $11.99 FEB108442-M ONI
6 THE WALKING DEAD VOLUME 1: DAYS GONE BYE TP $9.99 JUL068351 IMA
7 EMPOWERED VOLUME 6 TP (MR) $15.99 MAY100032 DAR
8 THE WALKING DEAD VOLUME 12: LIFE AMONG THEM TP $14.99 APR100438 IMA
9 AMERICAN VAMPIRE VOLUME 1 HC (MR) $24.99 MAY100262 DC
10 STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS: HERO OF THE CONFEDERACY GN $7.99 MAY100057 DAR

 

TOP 10 TOYS & STATUES

RANK DESCRIPTION ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 WORLD OF WARCRAFT SERIES 6 ACTION FIGURES DEC090328 DC
2 MARVEL SELECT: SPIDER-MAN ACTION FIGURE JUL091428 DST
3 IRON MAN: WAR MACHINE ARMOR STATUE APR101547 BOW
4 MARVEL SELECT: CAPTAIN AMERICA ACTION FIGURE MAY083509 DST
5 MARVEL SELECT: WOLVERINE ACTION FIGURE NOV083698 DST
6 MARVEL MASTERWORKS: GALACTUS 19-INCH ACTION FIGURE JUL101649 KEN
7 PSYLOCKE STATUE DEC098059 BOW
8 MARVEL SELECT: THOR ACTION FIGURE OCT073173 DST
9 FALL OF THE HULKS: HULK FINE ART STATUE APR101559 KOT
10 IRON MAN 2: IRON MAN MARK VI FINE ART STATUE MAR101570 KOT

 

TOP 10 GAMES

RANK DESCRIPTION ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 MARVEL HEROCLIX: WEB OF SPIDER-MAN BOOSTER PACKS JUN101864 NEC
2 MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: SCARS OF MIRRODIN BOOSTERS AUG101862 WIZ
3 MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: SCARS OF MIRRODIN FAT PACK AUG101864 WIZ
4 WATCHMEN HEROCLIX COLLECTOR'S BOX SET APR101759 NEC
5 LEGO HARRY POTTER GAME JAN108023 LEG
6 MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: 2011 CORE SET BOOSTER PACKS MAY101847 WIZ
7 LEGO RAMSES PYRAMID GAME JAN108030 LEG
8 MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: SCARS OF MIRRODIN INTRO DECKS AUG101863 WIZ
9 MARVEL HEROCLIX: WEB OF SPIDER-MAN OP KIT JUN101865 NEC
10 LEGO MINOTAURUS GAME JAN108026 LEG

Dollar Market Shares for September

Dollar Market Share – September 2010

Unit Market Shares for September

Unit Market Share– September 2010

 

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