Star Wars Leads Marvel To Massive Comics Market Share Victory In March
Marvel dominated the sales charts in March 2015 as the only publisher in the market with more than [...]
Marvel dominated the sales charts in March 2015 as the only publisher in the market with more than 30% market share, beating out their next closest competition -- DC Entertainment -- by 15%, lifted by two massively-successful Star Wars comics taking the two top spots on the Top Ten.
Overall, sales of comics and graphic novels were down about 4% from February 2015, but up double digits from the same time last year.
In graphic novels and collected editions, Alan Moore's latest League of Extraordinary Gentlemen entry, Nemo: River of Ghosts took the top spot, with Marvel and Image dominating the rest of the top ten.
You can see the top ten single issues and top ten collected editions/graphic novels below.
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS
RANK |
DESCRIPTION |
PRICE |
ITEM CODE |
VENDOR |
1 |
PRINCESS LEIA #1 |
$3.99 |
JAN150727-M |
MAR |
2 |
STAR WARS #3 |
$3.99 |
JAN150742-M |
MAR |
3 |
GUARDIANS TEAM-UP #1 |
$3.99 |
DEC140815-M |
MAR |
4 |
SPIDER-GWEN #2 |
$3.99 |
JAN150785-M |
MAR |
5 |
PRINCESS LEIA #2 |
$3.99 |
JAN150738-M |
MAR |
6 |
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #16 |
$3.99 |
JAN150779-M |
MAR |
7 |
HOWARD THE DUCK #1 |
$3.99 |
JAN150769-M |
MAR |
8 |
DARTH VADER #3 |
$3.99 |
JAN150740-M |
MAR |
9 |
BATMAN: ARKHAM KNIGHT #1 |
$3.99 |
JAN150229-M |
DC |
10 |
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #16.1 |
$3.99 |
JAN150781-M |
MAR |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS
RANK |
DESCRIPTION |
PRICE |
ITEM CODE |
VENDOR |
1 |
NEMO: RIVER OF GHOSTS HC (MR) |
$14.95 |
JAN151622 |
IDW |
2 |
MS. MARVEL VOL. 2: GENERATION WHY TP |
$15.99 |
DEC140970 |
MAR |
3 |
LOW VOL. 1: THE DELIRIUM OF HOPE TP (MR) |
$9.99 |
DEC140670 |
IMA |
4 |
HAWKEYE VS. DEADPOOL TP |
$16.99 |
DEC140975 |
MAR |
5 |
SAGA VOLUME 4 TP (MR) |
$14.99 |
OCT140644 |
IMA |
6 |
DEADPOOL VOLUME 7: AXIS TP |
$17.99 |
DEC140987 |
MAR |
7 |
DEADPOOL'S THE ART OF WAR TP |
$12.99 |
DEC140974 |
MAR |
8 |
DEADLY CLASS VOL. 2: KIDS OF THE BLACK HOLE TP (MR) |
$14.99 |
DEC140657 |
IMA |
9 |
BIRTHRIGHT VOL. 1: HOMECOMING TP (MR) |
$9.99 |
JAN150622 |
IMA |
10 |
BOB'S BURGERS VOLUME 1 TP |
$17.99 |
JAN151278-M |
DE |