COMICS: Marvel Dominated The Industry In 2015

Diamond Comic Distributors have released the first portion of their 2015 year-end sales chart which shows a strong year from Marvel along with solid showings from IDW and Boom!. Batman keeps DC Comics in the conversation while Image'S Saga absolutely owns the GN market.

In 2014, Marvel Comics had 8 of the 10 top-selling comic books of the year, spearheaded by strong showings from The Amazing Spider-Man and Death of Wolverine.  In 2015, Marvel dominated once again, with 5 of the top 10 titles coming from the Star Wars Universe.  Check out the full list of 2015's top selling comics (and other data) below.

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS

  1. Star Wars #1(Marvel)
  2. Secret Wars #1 (Marvel)
  3. Bravest Warriors:  Tales From Holo John #1 (Boom! Studios)
  4. Orphan Black #1 (IDW)
  5. Dark Knight III: The Master Race (DC Comics)
  6. Star Wars Vade Down #1 (Marvel)
  7. Darth Vader #1 (Marvel)
  8. Spider-Gwen #1 (Marvel)
  9. Invincible Iron Man #1 (Marvel)
  10. Princess Leia #1 (Marvel)
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS
  1. Saga Vol. 4 (Image)
  2. Saga Vol. 1 (Image)
  3. Saga Vol. 5 (Image)
  4. Civil War TP (Marvel)
  5. The Walking Dead Vol. 23 (image)
  6. Batman: The Killing Joke Special Edition (DC Comics)
  7. Saga Vol. 2 (Image)
  8. The Walking Dead Vol 1 (Image)
  9. Saga Vol. 3 (image)
  10. Star Wars: Vol 1 - SKywalker Strikes (Marvel)
RETAIL MARKET SHARE
  1. Marvel Comics 38.74%
  2. DC Comics 25.75%
  3. Image Comics 9.93%
  4. IDW 5.59%
  5. Dark Horse Comics 3.79%
  6. Boom! Studios 2.28%
  7. Dynamite Entertainment 1.99%
  8. Titan Comics 1.03%
  9. Eaglemoss Publications 0.94%
  10. VIZ Media 0.93%
It should be noted that the monthly subscription, Loot Crate, contained bundles for many of the titles in the top 10 including Orphan Black #1 and Bravest Warriors #1, which accounts for Boom! and IDW entering the yearly top-10 for the first time.  Loot Crate has 500,000 monthly subscribers so that's half-a-million guaranteed sales for any comic that's included. Star Wars #1 was also featured in Loot Crate.
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