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NUMBERS GAME: Independents — June 2013

NUMBERS GAME: Independents — June 2013

The Independent Top 10 (13) The Walking Dead #111 (74,857) (33) Jupiters Legacy #2 (48,217) (34) Lazarus #1 (48,030) (45) Star Wars #6 (42,806) (46) True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys #1 (42,613) (54) East of West #3 (39,441) (66) My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic #8 (33,114) (74) Ten Grand #2 (29,241) (75) Bubblegun

NUMBERS GAME: Independents — May 2013

The Independent Top 10 1. (13) The Walking Dead #110 (76,455) 2. (24) Ten Grand #1 (57,216) 3. (41) Star Wars #5 (44,310) 4. (56) Regular Show #1 (38,466) 5. (68) My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #7 (32,188) 6. (78) TMNT Ongoing #22 (27,759) 7. (90) Charismagic Vol. 2 #1 (25,212) 8. (95) Bounce

NUMBERS GAME: DC Comics — May 2013

May saw DC Comics recuperate a bit of its market share after April’s massive gap between them and Marvel, spurred on by… nothing too significant. What this demonstrates is that market share is not nearly as important as the bottom line dollars, which continue to show massive gains — up 22% — against the market

NUMBERS GAME: Marvel Comics — May 2013

What’s the phrase? April showers bring May flowers? If last month was an insane thunderstorm of success for the House of Ideas, May was the pleasant aftermath. Taking back the #1 spot on the Diamond chart and reverting to a much more recognizable market share (from last month’s Age of Ultron-palooza) of 37% unit and

NUMBERS GAME: Marvel Comics — April 2013

As the House of Ideas winds down its first wave of Marvel NOW! title launches, we finally have a pretty great picture of where all the chips will fall — and it’s a pretty damn fine arrangement. Sure, April saw Marvel (and their distinguished competition) lose 2% market share to some rather aggressive independent publishers,

NUMBERS GAME: DC Comics — April 2013

Not a ton of excitement to report for DC Comics this month as both it and its colleague across the aisle lost 2% market share to some rather aggressive indie publishers between March and April. While the market is up overall, it’s got to smart a little to drop share in the midst of a

NUMBERS GAME: Independents — April 2013

The Mid-Market Top 10 (3)  Jupiter’s Legacy #1 (105,437) (8) Walking Dead #109 (90,362) (27)  Saga #12 (53,339) (40)  Star Wars #4 (45,019) (46)  East of West #2 (41,838) (60)  Jirni #1 (35,777) (65)  My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #6 (33,903) (91)  My Little Pony Micro Series #3 (23,338) (95)  Buffy the Vampire Slayer

NUMBERS GAME: Independents — March 2013

The Mid-Market Top 10 1. (21) The Walking Dead #108 (67,423) 2. (33) Saga #11 (50,023) 3. (35) East of West #1 (49,518) 4. (44) Star Wars #3 (45,522) 5. (55) My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #4 (41,541) 6. (65) My Little Pony Friendship is Magic #5 (36,354) 7. (78) Shrugged Vol. 2 #1 (30,657)

NUMBERS GAME: DC Comics — March 2013

If there’s one word that describes DC Comics’ March sales, it would likely be “plateaued.” It was a month where not too much could have moved the needle for DC, as there was only one new #1, no major creative team changes, and most storylines wrapping in advance of April’s gatefold cover month (designed in

NUMBERS GAME: Marvel Comics — March 2013

There are two ways to look at the overall numbers for March — either Marvel had a GREAT month, or that DC had a terrible one.  I’m more inclined to side with the notion that Marvel had a great, slightly lucky, month.  Marvel completely took over the month with overall units (43.78% compared to DC’s

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