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Marvel Legacy tops Dark Nights: Metal as the bestselling comic book of 2017

January 17, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Diamond Comic Distributors has announced that Marvel Legacy #1 was the biggest selling comic book title of 2017, pipping Dark Nights: Metal #1 to the top spot.

The top ten featured five titles from Marvel and five from DC, with Marvel leading the way in terms of both publisher and dollar share.

Graphic novels belonged to Image Comics however, with Saga Vol. 7, Saga Vol. 1, The Walking Dead Vol. 27 and Paper Girls Vol. 1 taking the top four spots, with Batman Vol. 1 in fifth.

Top 10 Comic Books of 2017

1. MARVEL LEGACY #1
2. DARK NIGHTS: METAL #1
3. PETER PARKER: SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #1
4. SECRET EMPIRE #0
5. SECRET EMPIRE #1
6. DARK NIGHTS: METAL #3
7. DARK NIGHTS: METAL #2
8. DOOMSDAY: CLOCK #2
9. DARK NIGHTS: METAL #4
10. PHOENIX RESURRECTION: THE RETURN OF JEAN GREY #1

Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2017

1. SAGA VOLUME 7
2. SAGA VOLUME 1
3. THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 27: WHISPERER WAR
4. PAPER GIRLS VOLUME 1
5. BATMAN VOLUME 1: I AM GOTHAM
6. MONSTRESS VOLUME 1
7. RICK AND MORTY VOLUME 1
8. THE WALKING DEAD: HERE’S NEGAN
9. SAGA VOLUME 8
10. SEVEN TO ETERNITY VOLUME 1

Publisher Dollar/Unit Share for 2017

1. MARVEL COMICS – 36.36% dollar; 38.30% unit
2. DC ENTERTAINMENT – 30.07% dollar; 33.93% unit
3. IMAGE COMICS – 9.80% dollar; 10.12% unit
4. IDW PUBLISHING – 4.54% dollar; 3.66% unit
5. DARK HORSE COMICS – 3.12% dollar; 2.25% unit
6. BOOM! STUDIOS – 2.10% dollar; 1.85% unit
7. DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT – 1.90% dollar; 2.04% unit
8. TITAN COMICS – 1.15% dollar; 0.97% unit
9. VIZ MEDIA – 1.15% dollar; 0.41% unit
10. ONI PRESS – 1.00% dollar; 0.64% unit
OTHER NON-TOP 10 – 8.81% dollar; 5.83% unit

Filed Under: Comic Books, Gary Collinson, News Tagged With: Boom! Studios, Dark Horse, DC, Dynamite Entertainment, IDW, Image, Marvel, Oni Press, Titan, Viz Media

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is a film, TV and digital content producer and writer, who is the founder of the pop culture website Flickering Myth and producer of the gothic horror feature film 'The Baby in the Basket' and the upcoming suspense thriller 'Death Among the Pines'.

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