Black Panther Tops April's Sales Chart
The debut issue of the new Black Panther series from writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and artist Brian [...]
The debut issue of the new Black Panther series from writer Ta-Nehisi Coates and artist Brian Stelfreeze reintroduce readers to T'Challa is the best-selling comic book of April 2016, according to Diamond Comic Distributors.
Marvel Comics was April's top publisher with a 42.98% dollar share and a 47.87% unit share. DC Entertainment was second with a 25.82% dollar share and a 25.13% unit share. Image Comics was third with an 8.72% dollar share and an 8.95% unit share. IDW Publishing was fourth with a 4.41% dollar share and a 3.67% unit share, and Dark Horse Comics was fifth with a 3.07% dollar share and 2.42% units share.
Marvel Comics had seven of April's ten best-selling titles. In addition to Black Panther #1 topping the chart, Star Wars: Poe Dameron #1 came in at #2 and Star Wars Special C-3P0 #1 at #4. DC Entertainment had three titles in the top ten: Dark Knight III Master Race Book 4 at #3, Batman #51 at #5, and Harley Quinn & Suicide Squad April Fools Special #1 at #9. Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead #153 was Image Comics' top book for the month at #13, IDW Publishing's Micronaunts #1 ranked #75, and Dark Horse Comics' Aliens: Defiance #1 ranked #132 for the month.
Grant Morrison and Yanick Paquette's Wonder Woman Earth One Volume 1 from DC Entertainment was the best-selling graphic novel of April. DC Entertainment had two titles in the top ten with the release of Alan Moore and Brian Bolland's Batman: The Killing Joke Special Edition at #9. Marvel Comics had four titles in the top ten – Star Wars: Vader Down at #2, Thanos: The Infinity Finale OGN at #5, Civil War at #6, and Deadpool: World's Greatest Volume 1: A Millionaire with Mouth at #7. Image Comics had three titles in the top ten including Rat Queens Volume 3: Demons at #3, I Hate Fairyland Volume 1: Madly Ever After at #4, and Black Magick Volume 1: Awakening at #8. Oni Press' Rick & Morty: Volume 2 ranked #10.
Image Comics' Spawn Adult Coloring Book was April's best-selling book. Random House's Star Wars Little Golden Book: The Force Awakens ranked #2 for the month.
DC Collectibles' Batman V Superman Dawn of Justice: Batman Statue was April's best-selling toy product. Also in the top ten was DC Collectible's DC Comics Bombshells: The Joker & Harley Quinn Statue 2nd Edition at #5. Diamond Select Toys has five products in the top ten, led by the Ghostbusters Select Series 2 Action Figures at #2. Diamond Select Toys rounds out the top ten with Marvel Select: Deadpool Action Figure at #7, Marvel Select: Black Widow Action Figure at #8, Ghostbusters Select Series 1 Action Figures at #9, and Batman Premium Collection: Mad Love Harley Quinn Statue at #10.
Wizkids/NECA's Marvel Heroclix: Uncanny X-Men Booster Brick was April's best-selling game product.
TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
PUBLISHER |
DOLLAR SHARE |
UNIT SHARE |
MARVEL COMICS |
42.98% |
47.87% |
DC ENTERTAINMENT |
25.82% |
25.13% |
IMAGE COMICS |
8.72% |
8.95% |
IDW PUBLISHING |
4.41% |
3.67% |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
3.07% |
2.42% |
BOOM! STUDIOS |
2.39% |
2.45% |
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT |
1.53% |
1.45% |
TITAN COMICS |
1.10% |
1.09% |
VIZ MEDIA |
0.97% |
0.38% |
ONI PRESS |
0.87% |
0.63% |
OTHER NON-TOP 10 |
8.12% |
5.96% |
NEW TITLES SHIPPED
PUBLISHER |
COMICS SHIPPED |
GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED |
MAGAZINES SHIPPED |
TOTAL SHIPPED |
MARVEL COMICS |
92 |
35 |
1 |
128 |
DC ENTERTAINMENT |
80 |
31 |
1 |
112 |
IMAGE COMICS |
56 |
17 |
1 |
73 |
IDW PUBLISHING |
43 |
21 |
0 |
64 |
DARK HORSE COMICS |
27 |
19 |
0 |
46 |
BOOM ENTERTAINMENT |
27 |
8 |
0 |
35 |
TITAN COMICS |
22 |
3 |
1 |
26 |
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT |
19 |
6 |
0 |
25 |
VIZ MEDIA |
0 |
21 |
0 |
21 |
ONI PRESS INC. |
8 |
4 |
0 |
12 |
OTHER NON-TOP 10 |
46 |
139 |
26 |
211 |
COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
|
DOLLARS |
UNITS |
APRIL 2016 VS. MARCH 2016 | ||
COMICS |
8.18% |
8.19% |
GRAPHIC NOVELS |
-8.81% |
-8.22% |
TOTAL COMICS/GN |
2.06% |
6.50% |
APRIL 2016 VS. APRIL 2015 | ||
COMICS |
-18.05% |
-22.28% |
GRAPHIC NOVELS |
-11.99% |
-12.42% |
TOTAL COMICS/GN |
-16.19% |
-21.49% |
YEAR-TO-DATE 2016 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2015 | ||
COMICS |
-7.84% |
-13.05% |
GRAPHIC NOVELS |
4.87% |
5.23% |
TOTAL COMICS/GN |
-4.06% |
-11.69% |
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS
RANK |
DESCRIPTION |
PRICE |
ITEM CODE |
VENDOR |
1 |
BLACK PANTHER #1 |
$4.99 |
FEB160740-M |
MAR |
2 |
STAR WARS: POE DAMERON #1 |
$4.99 |
FEB160747-M |
MAR |
3 |
DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE #4 |
$5.99 |
JAN160219-M |
DC |
4 |
STAR WARS SPECIAL: C-3PO #1 |
$4.99 |
OCT150933 |
MAR |
5 |
BATMAN #51 |
$3.99 |
FEB160185-M |
DC |
6 |
GWENPOOL #1 |
$4.99 |
FEB160762-M |
MAR |
7 |
STAR WARS #18 |
$3.99 |
FEB160935-M |
MAR |
8 |
DARTH VADER #19 |
$3.99 |
FEB160938 |
MAR |
9 |
HARLEY QUINN & SUICIDE SQUAD APRIL FOOL'S SPECIAL #1 |
$4.99 |
FEB160121-M |
DC |
10 |
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #10 |
$3.99 |
FEB160792-M |
MAR |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS
RANK |
DESCRIPTION |
PRICE |
ITEM CODE |
VENDOR |
1 |
WONDER WOMAN: EARTH ONE BOOK 1 HC |
$22.99 |
DEC150215 |
DC |
2 |
STAR WARS: VADER DOWN TP |
$19.99 |
JAN160962 |
MAR |
3 |
RAT QUEENS VOLUME 3: DEMONS TP (MR) |
$14.99 |
JAN160696 |
IMA |
4 |
I HATE FAIRYLAND VOL. 1: MADLY EVER AFTER TP (MR) |
$9.99 |
JAN160644-M |
IMA |
5 |
THANOS: THE INFINITY FINALE OGN HC |
$24.99 |
DEC150873 |
MAR |
6 |
CIVIL WAR TP |
$24.99 |
JAN072436 |
MAR |
7 |
DEADPOOL: WORLD'S GREATEST VOLUME 1: A MILLIONAIRE WITH MOUTH TP |
$15.99 |
JAN160939 |
MAR |
8 |
BLACK MAGICK VOL. 1: AWAKENING PART ONE TP (MR) |
$9.99 |
JAN160635-M |
IMA |
9 |
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL EDITION HC |
$17.99 |
NOV070226 |
DC |
10 |
RICK & MORTY VOLUME 2 TP |
$19.99 |
FEB161683-M |
ONI |
TOP 10 BOOKS
RANK |
DESCRIPTION |
PRICE |
ITEM CODE |
VENDOR |
1 |
SPAWN ADULT COLORING BOOK |
$14.99 |
FEB160614 |
IMA |
2 |
STAR WARS LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK: THE FORCE AWAKENS |
$4.99 |
FEB162187 |
RAN |
3 |
THE SHADOW DOUBLE NOVEL VOLUME 105 SC |
$14.95 |
JAN161934 |
SAN |
4 |
STAR WARS CHARACTER ENCYCLOPEDIA UPDATED EXPANDED HC |
$16.99 |
MAR162015 |
DK |
5 |
FIREFLY DICTIONARY AND PHRASEBOOK HC |
$21.95 |
JAN161711 |
RAN |
6 |
NARUTO: SAKURA STORY SC |
$10.99 |
MAR161867 |
VIZ |
7 |
LEGO DC COMICS SUPER HEROES CHARACTER ENCYCLOPEDIA |
$18.99 |
MAR161976 |
DK |
8 |
CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO FIRST AVENGER HC |
$24.99 |
MAR161964 |
DK |
9 |
STAR TREK: MAD LIBS |
$4.99 |
FEB162184 |
PUT |
10 |
DC SUPER HEROES: MY FIRST BOOK OF GIRL POWER BOARD BOOK |
$9.99 |
SEP148145 |
POC |
TOP 10 TOYS
RANK |
DESCRIPTION |
ITEM CODE |
VENDOR |
1 |
BATMAN V SUPERMAN DAWN OF JUSTICE: BATMAN STATUE |
AUG150303 |
DC |
2 |
GHOSTBUSTERS SELECT SERIES 2 ACTION FIGURES |
JAN162250 |
DST |
3 |
MOVIE REALIZATION STAR WARS: TEPPO ASHIGARU SANDTROOPER ACTION FIGURES |
JUL158518 |
BLU |
4 |
HATSUNE MIKU PLAY ARTS KAI: TETSUYA FIGURE |
SEP152434 |
SQU |
5 |
DC COMICS BOMBSHELLS: THE JOKER & HARLEY QUINN STATUE 2ND EDITION |
AUG150309 |
DC |
6 |
POP! STAR WARS: RANCOR WITH LUKE & SLAVE OOLA 3-PACK |
SEP158902 |
FUN |
7 |
MARVEL SELECT: DEADPOOL ACTION FIGURE |
MAR101468 |
DST |
8 |
MARVEL SELECT: BLACK WIDOW ACTION FIGURE |
SEP118154 |
DST |
9 |
GHOSTBUSTERS SELECT SERIES 1 ACTION FIGURES |
MAY152168 |
DST |
10 |
BATMAN PREMIUM COLLECTION: MAD LOVE HARLEY QUINN STATUE |
JUL158013 |
DST |
TOP 10 GAMES
RANK |
DESCRIPTION |
ITEM CODE |
VENDOR |
1 |
MARVEL HEROCLIX: UNCANNY X-MEN BOOSTER BRICK |
MAR162746 |
NEC |
2 |
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES HEROCLIX |
JAN162805 |
NEC |
3 |
SHADOWS OVER CAMELOT |
FEB054009 |
DAY |
4 |
SMALL WORLD |
FEB095181 |
DOW |
5 |
MARVEL HEROCLIX: CAPTAIN AMERICA CIVIL WAR |
FEB162982 |
NEC |
6 |
MAGIC THE GATHERING TCG: SHADOWS OVER INNISTRAD BOOSTERS |
FEB162979 |
WIZ |
7 |
DC HEROCLIX: BATMAN ARKHAM ORIGINS QUICK START KIT |
JAN160053 |
NEC |
8 |
MEMOIR '44 |
APR044222 |
DOW |
9 |
TICKET TO RIDE |
MAR043750 |
DOW |
10 |
DC DICE MASTERS: WORLDS FINEST |
JAN162799 |
NEC |
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