posted on Jan, 20 2006 @ 02:18 PM
DC Dominates the top 10 comics sold in 2005, but Marvel beats all in the market share.
Comicbookresources.com has published the comic industry stats as well as the
top 100 comics and graphic novels of 2005.
Here is how the top 10 2005 market share looked like.
The numbers reflect the total sales dollar share. Sales include that of comics, magazines, and graphic novels.
1. Marvel Comics 36.97%
2. DC Comics 32.96%
3. Dark Horse Comics 5.59%
4. Image Comics 3.56%
5. Tokyopop 3.11%
6. Viz LLC 2.15%
7. Wizard Entertainment 1.99%
8. IDW Publishing 1.33%
9. Devil's Due Publishing 0.83%
10. Avatar Press INC. 0.74%
The top 10 comics of 2005 look like this:
1. All Star Batman and Robin #1 (DC)
2. House of M #1 (Marvel)
3. Infinite Crisis #1 (DC)
4. DC Count Down to Infinite Crisis (DC)
5. Infinite Crisis #2 (DC)
6. Justice #1 (DC)
7. Infinite Crisis #3 (DC)
8. All Star Batman and Robin #2 (DC)
9. Green Lantern #1 (DC)
10. House of M #1 (Marvel)
Marvel and DC are the only publishers to make dominate the top 100.
How did your favorite title of 2005 fair? What books did you buy in 2005?