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Diamond Announces Top Products for October 2017

(BALTIMORE, MD) — (November 10, 2017) — With Batman vanished, the Justice League battles his evil doppelgangers from the Dark Multiverse in DC Entertainment's Dark Nights: Metal by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo, the best-selling comic book of October 2017 according to information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors, the world's largest distributor of comics, graphic novels, and pop culture merchandise.

Marvel Comics was October's top publisher with a 36.38% dollar share and a 38.63% unit share. DC Entertainment was second with a 30.58% dollar share and a 35.48% unit share. In third was Image Comics with an 11.46% dollar share and a 9.84% unit share. In fourth was IDW Publishing with a 4.33% dollar share and a 3.31% unit share, followed by Dark Horse Comics with a 2.82% dollar share and a 1.74% unit share.

DC Entertainment had seven titles in the top ten. In addition to Dark Nights: Metal #3, Batman #32, the finale of "The War of Jokes and Riddles," ranked #4 and Batman #33 ranked #5. Titles #7 though #9 respectively were Metal tie-in one-shots spotlighting evil versions of Batman from the Dark Multiverse: Batman: The Drowned #1, Batman: The Dawnbreaker #1, and Batman: The Merciless #1. Sean Murphy's Batman: White Knight #1, a tale of a seemingly reformed version of The Joker with Batman as Gotham City's criminal, came in at #10. Marvel Comics had three titles in the top ten, all Marvel Legacy titles: Jason Aaron and Russell Dauterman's The Mighty Thor #700 at #2, Amazing Spider-Man #789 at #3, and The Despicable Deadpool #287 at #6. Among the premier publishers, Image Comics' The Walking Dead #172 ranked #22 for the month, IDW Publishing's Star Wars Adventures #3 ranked #104, and Dark Horse Comics' Neil Gaiman's American Gods: Shadows #8 ranked #122.

The Walking Dead: Here's Negan, a hardcover collection of the comic strip by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard, and Cliff Rathburn originally published in Image Comics' IMAGE+ magazine, was October's best-selling graphic novel and one of Image Comics' six titles in the top ten. Also charting for Image Comics were Seven to Eternity Volume 2 at #3, Rat Queens Volume 4: High Fantasies at #4, I Hate Fairyland Volume 3: Good Girl at #6, Redneck Volume 1: Deep in the Heart at #7, and Low Volume 4: Outer Aspects of Inner Attitudes at #10. DC Entertainment had three titles in the top ten, led by Batman/The Flash: The Button Deluxe Edition at #2, followed by Super Sons Volume 1: When I Grow Up at #5 and Batman: Detective Comics Volume 3: League at #9. Marvel Comics' Star Wars: The Screaming Citadel ranked #8 for the month.

Dark Horse Comics' Overwatch Anthology Volume 1, a collection of background materials on the characters from the best-selling video game, was the best-selling book of October. In total, Dark Horse Comics had four titles in the top ten including The Art of Overwatch at #3, the Serenity: Everything's Shiny Adult Coloring Book at #4, and The Art of Overwatch Limited Edition at #6. BOOM! Studio's Jim Henson's Labyrinth Adult Coloring Book ranked #2. IDW Publishing had two titles in the top ten: The Art of the Pulps: An Illustrated History at #7 and The Princess Bride: As You Wish: Memorable Quotes to Color at #8.

Good Smile's Overwatch: Tracer "Classic Skin" Nendoroid, a figure based on one of the most popular characters from Blizzard's Overwatch video game, was October's best-selling toy product. DC Collectibles had six products in the top ten: the Batman Animated Series: Batcave Playset with Alfred Action Figure at #2; the DCTV The Flash: The Flash Season 3 Action Figure at #5; the Bat-Signal Prop, inspired by Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, ranked #6; the Justice League Movie: Wonder Woman Statue ranked #7; the DC Icons: Batman Rebirth Action Figure ranked #9; and the Batman Black & White: Harley Quinn by Amanda Conner Statue ranked #10. Diamond Select Toys also had two titles among the top the: the Marvel Select: Spider-Man Homecoming: Spider-Man Action Figure ranked #3 and the Marvel Select: Netflix Daredevil Action Figure ranked #4. Finally, Funko's POP! Marvel Heroes: Emma Frost Diamond Form Vinyl Figure, a PREVIEWS Exclusive figure released in conjunction with Halloween Comic Fest, ranked #8.

Cryptozoic Entertainment's Rick and Morty: Total Rickall Card Game was October's best-selling game product. Also in the top ten, IDW Games' Atari: Centipede Board Game, based on the classic 1980s video game, ranked #7 for the month.

TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS

RETAIL MARKET SHARE
PUBLISHER SHARE
MARVEL COMICS 36.38%
DC ENTERTAINMENT 30.58%
IMAGE COMICS 11.46%
IDW PUBLISHING 4.33%
DARK HORSE COMICS 2.82%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 1.99%
BOOM! STUDIOS 1.96%
ONI PRESS INC. 1.08%
TITAN COMICS 1.02%
ARCHIE COMICS 0.68%
OTHER NON-TOP 10 7.70%
 
UNIT MARKET SHARE
PUBLISHER SHARE
MARVEL COMICS 38.63%
DC ENTERTAINMENT 35.48%
IMAGE COMICS 9.84%
IDW PUBLISHING 3.31%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 1.96%
BOOM! STUDIOS 1.81%
DARK HORSE COMICS 1.74%
TITAN COMICS 0.85%
ONI PRESS INC. 0.76%
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC 0.73%
OTHER NON-TOP 10 4.89%

COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS

  DOLLARS UNITS
OCTOBER 2017 VS. SEPTEMBER 2017
COMICS 2.84% -1.10%
GRAPHIC NOVELS 9.60% 0.08%
TOTAL COMICS/GN 4.74% -1.02%
TOYS -3.64% -7.22%
OCTOBER 2017 VS. OCTOBER 2016
COMICS -15.74% -21.05%
GRAPHIC NOVELS 2.37% -8.02%
TOTAL COMICS/GN -11.12% -20.27%
TOYS -16.10% -12.91%
YEAR-TO-DATE 2017 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2016
COMICS -9.93% -7.89%
GRAPHIC NOVELS -10.55% -12.76%
TOTAL COMICS/GN -10.12% -8.27%
TOYS -11.82% -17.78%

NEW TITLES SHIPPED

PUBLISHER COMICS SHIPPED GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED MAGAZINES SHIPPED TOTAL SHIPPED
MARVEL COMICS 81 41 0 122
DC ENTERTAINMENT 79 39 1 119
IMAGE COMICS 67 22 0 89
IDW PUBLISHING 41 36 0 77
BOOM! STUDIOS 29 7 0 36
DARK HORSE COMICS 15 18 0 33
TITAN COMICS 21 8 3 32
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT 24 6 0 30
ONI PRESS 12 4 0 16
ARCHIE COMICS 11 4 0 15
OTHER NON-TOP 10 104 160 24 288
TOTAL 484 345 28 857

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 DARK NIGHTS: METAL #3 $3.99 JUL170304-M DC
2 THE MIGHTY THOR #700 $5.99 AUG170848-M MAR
3 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #789 $3.99 AUG170779-M MAR
4 BATMAN #32 $2.99 AUG170197-M DC
5 BATMAN #33 $2.99 AUG170199-M DC
6 THE DESPICABLE DEADPOOL #287 $3.99 AUG170830-M MAR
7 BATMAN: THE DROWNED #1 $3.99 JUL170311-M DC
8 BATMAN: THE DAWNBREAKER #1 $3.99 JUL170310-M DC
9 BATMAN: THE MERCILESS #1 $3.99 JUL170312-M DC
10 BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT #1 $3.99 AUG170269-M DC

TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 THE WALKING DEAD: HERE'S NEGAN HC (MR) $19.99 JUL170766-M IMA
2 BATMAN/THE FLASH: THE BUTTON DELUXE EDITION HC $19.99 JUN170380-M DC
3 SEVEN TO ETERNITY VOLUME 2 TP (MR) $16.99 AUG170728 IMA
4 RAT QUEENS VOLUME 4: HIGH FANTASIES TP (MR) $14.99 AUG170704 IMA
5 SUPER SONS VOLUME 1: WHEN I GROW UP TP $12.99 JUL170465 DC
6 I HATE FAIRYLAND VOLUME 3: GOOD GIRL TP (MR) $16.99 AUG170669 IMA
7 REDNECK TP VOL 01 DEEP IN THE HEART (MR) $16.99 AUG170579-M IMA
8 STAR WARS: THE SCREAMING CITADEL TP $17.99 JUL171215 MAR
9 BATMAN: DETECTIVE COMICS VOLUME 3: LEAGUE TP $19.99 JUL170458 DC
10 LOW VOL. 4: OUTER ASPECTS OF INNER ATTITUDES TP (MR) $16.99 JUN170763 IMA

TOP 10 BOOKS

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 OVERWATCH ANTHOLOGY VOLUME 1 HC $19.99 JUN170080 DAR
2 JIM HENSON'S LABYRINTH ADULT COLORING BOOK TP $16.99 JUN171331 BOO
3 ART OF OVERWATCH HC $49.99 JUN170078 DAR
4 SERENITY: EVERYTHING'S SHINY ADULT COLORING BOOK TP $14.99 JUN170101 DAR
5 WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE'S THE FORCE DOTH AWAKEN HC $14.95 AUG172376 RAN
6 ART OF OVERWATCH LIMITED EDITION HC $100.00 JUN170079 DAR
7 ART OF THE PULPS: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY HC $49.99 MAY170545 IDW
8 THE PRINCESS BRIDE: AS YOU WISH MEMORABLE QUOTES TO COLOR TP $16.99 JUN170544 IDW
9 THE SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOLUME 122 SC $14.95 JUL172465 SAN
10 DECONSTRUCTING THE INCAL HC $24.95 AUG171792 HUM

TOP 10 TOYS

RANK DESCRIPTION ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 OVERWATCH: TRACER "CLASSIC SKIN" NENDOROID JAN178091 GOO
2 BATMAN ANIMATED: BATCAVE PLAYSET WITH ALFRED FIGURE APR170463 DC
3 MARVEL SELECT: SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING ACTION FIGURE FEB172613 DST
4 MARVEL SELECT: NETFLIX DAREDEVIL ACTION FIGURE MAY172531 DST
5 DCTV THE FLASH: THE FLASH SEASON 3 ACTION FIGURE AUG170365 DC
6 BAT SIGNAL PROP MAY170373 DC
7 JUSTICE LEAGUE MOVIE: WONDER WOMAN STATUE APR170460 DC
8 POP! MARVEL EMMA FROST DIAMOND FORM VINYL FIGURE JUL170020 FUN
9 DC ICONS: BATMAN REBIRTH ACTION FIGURE MAY170378 DC
10 BATMAN BLACK & WHITE: HARLEY QUINN BY AMANDA CONNER STATUE APR170470 DC

TOP 10 GAMES

RANK DESCRIPTION ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 RICK AND MORTY: TOTAL RICKALL CARD GAME AUG168447 CRY
2 MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: IXALAN BOOSTER PACKS JUN173398 WIZ
3 SCOTT PILGRIM'S PRECIOUS LITTLE CARD GAME JUN173385 REN
4 MARVEL HEROCLIX: THOR RAGNAROK MOVIE EXPANSION JUN173414 NEC
5 PATHFINDER BATTLES: MAZE OF DEATH BOOSTER BRICK JUN173415 NEC
6 YU-GI-OH! TCG: LEGENDARY DRAGON DECKS AUG173192 KON
7 ATARI: CENTIPEDE GAME AUG170531 IDW
8 MARVEL DICE MASTERS: X-MEN FIRST CLASS FEB173226 NEC
9 DUNGEONS & DRAGONS RPG: TOMB OF ANNIHILATION HC AUG173217 WIZ
10 MAGIC THE GATGHERING TCG: IXALAN BUNDLE PACK JUN173399 WIZ

 

Dollar Market Shares for October 2017
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Unit Market Shares for October 2017
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How does Diamond calculate the charts? It all starts at the comic book shop.

Data for Diamond’s sales charts — which includes the monthly market shares and all top product charts — are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from sales made to thousands of comic book specialty shops located inNorth Americaand around the world.  Additional sales made to online merchants and other specialty retailers may be included as well.

Unit and dollar market shares are calculated based upon orders for comic books, graphic novels, and magazines invoiced and shipped to Diamond customers during any given month, which comprises pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable. Please note that comics marked with an asterisk (*) have had their reported quantities reduced due to retailer returnability, and thus may rank lower on the charts than their actual sales would reflect.

The category tables in this press release are ranked by units sold by Diamond to its accounts for the comic books, graphic novels, and books categories and by the dollars invoiced by Diamond for the toys and games categories.

The New Titles Count Chart includes all titles that were invoiced by Diamond to retailers for the first time during the month and is not the official solicited title count for the month. Variant edition comic books and graphic novels at the same price point count as a single SKU. Variant edition comic books, lenticular covers, digital combo packs, and graphic novels at different price points count as separate SKUs for each edition.

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