Diamond released sales information for comic book sales for the month of March.
Below you can check out the info and charts:
Dan Slott and Stuart Immonen kick off a new storyline with the Green Goblin in Marvel Comics’ oversized Amazing Spider-Man #25, March’s best-selling comic book according to information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors, the world’s largest distributor of comics, graphic novels, and pop culture merchandise.
Marvel Comics was March’s top publisher by dollars invoiced with a 35.41% dollar share and a 34.34% unit share, while DC Entertainment was the month’s top publisher by units shipped with a 28.75% dollar share and a 35.46% unit share. Image Comics topped ten percent market share in both the dollar and unit categories in March, placing third for the month with a 10.71% dollar share and a 10.02% unit share. In fourth was IDW Publishing with a 5.68% dollar share and a 4.72% unit share, followed by Dark Horse Comics with a 2.57% dollar share and a 1.45% unit share.
Marvel Comics had four titles in March’s top ten. In addition to Amazing Spider-Man #25, Ed Brisson and Mike Perkins’ Iron Fist #1 ranked #5, Mark Guggenheim and Ken Lashley’s X-Men Prime #1 ranked #6, and Jason Aaron and Salvador Larroca’s Star Wars #29 ranked #7. DC Entertainment lead the category with five titles in the top ten with Frank Miller, Brian Azzarello, Andy Kubert, and Klaus Janson’s Dark Knight III: The Master Race #8 at #2, followed by Tom King and David Finch’s Batman #18 at #3, King and Finch’s Batman #19 at #4, Scott Snyder and Giuseppe Camuncoli’s All-Star Batman #8 at #8, and Bryan Hitch and Fernando Pasarin’s Justice League #16 ranked #10. Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard’s The Walking Dead #185 from Image Comics ranked #9. Among the premier publishers, P. Craig Russell and Scott Hampton’s Neil Gaiman’s American Gods: Shadows #1, adapting Neil Gaiman’s award-winning novel to comics, was Dark Horse Comics’ best-selling title in March at #36, and IDW Publishing’s Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #5, a co-production with DC Entertainment, was their best-selling title at #107.
Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ Saga Volume 7 from Image Comics was March’s best-selling graphic novel. Also in the top ten from Image Comics were The Walking Dead Volume 27: The Whisperer War at #2 and Deadly Class Volume 5: Carousel at #10. DC Entertainment had five titles in the top ten: Harley Quinn Volume 1: Die Laughing at #3, Suicide Squad Volume 1: The Black Vault at #4, Titans Volume 1: The Return of Wally West at #6, Deathstroke Volume 1: The Professional at #8, and Batgirl Volume 1: Beyond Burnside at #9. Marvel Comics rounded out the top ten with two titles: Death of X at #5 and Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s Wolverine: Old Man Logan at #7.
Jeffrey Brown’s Star Wars: Darth Vader & Family Coloring Book, a coloring book from Chronicle Books based on Brown’s Darth Vader & Son series of picture books, was March’s best-selling book. Dark Horse Comics had three titles in the top ten: World of Warcraft Chronicle Volume 2 at #2, The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts at #3, and The Art of Mass Effect: Andromeda at #6.
DC Collectibles’ DC Rebirth: Justice League Action Figure 7-Pack, featuring the core seven characters of the Justice League in their new Rebirth costumes, was March’s best-selling toy product. Also among the top ten for DC Collectibles were the Batman Animated: Batman Expressions Pack at #4, the DC Designer Series: DC Bombshells Harley Quinn Action Figure at #5, and the DC Designer Series: Superman and Lois Lane by Gary Frank Statue at #8. Mezco had two PREVIEWS Exclusive items in the top ten: the One-12 Collective: Marvel: The Punisher Deluxe Action Figure at #3 and the One-12 Collective: DC: Reverse Flash Action Figure at #10. Diamond Select Toys’ best-selling product in March was the DC Gallery: Batman the Animated Series: Lawyer Harley PVC Figure which ranked #38 for the month.
WizKids/NECA’s Marvel HeroClix: Deadpool and X-Force Booster Brick was March’s best-selling games product. IDW Publishing had three products in March’s top ten: the Machi Koro Card Game ranked #3, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows of the Past Board Game ranked #9, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shadows of the Past: April O’Neil Adventure Pack ranked #10.
