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DC dethrones Marvel as top comic book publisher for March 2019

April 26, 2019 by Gary Collinson

Thanks to the 80th anniversary celebrations for Batman, DC Entertainment has topped Diamond Comic Distributors comic book charts for March 2019. It’s the first month that Marvel has had to settle for second place since August 2016, and only the second time in six years that DC has found itself ahead of the competition in the monthly publisher charts.

Top Ten Comic Books of March 2019

1. DETECTIVE COMICS #1000
2. THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS: THE GRIM KNIGHT #1
3. DOOMSDAY CLOCK #9
4. BATMAN #67
5. BATMAN #66
6. HEROES IN CRISIS #7
7. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #17
8. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #18
9. SPIDER-MAN: CITY AT WAR #1
10. JUSTICE LEAGUE #20

Top Ten Graphic Novels of March 2019

1. THE WALKING DEAD VOLUME 31
2. DETECTIVE COMICS: 80 YEARS OF BATMAN
3. SAGA VOLUME 1
4. MONSTRESS VOLUME 1
5. THE WICKED & THE DIVINE VOL. 8: OLD IS THE NEW NEW
6. SEVEN TO ETERNITY VOLUME 3
7. BATMAN VOLUME 9: THE TYRANT WING
8. SUPER SONS: THE POLARSHIELD PROJECT
9. SAGA VOLUME 9
10. MERA: TIDEBREAKER

Publisher Dollar / Unit Share

DC – 36.20% dollar share; 34.00% unit share
MARVEL COMICS – 34.46% dollar share; 40.94% unit share
IMAGE COMICS – 9.63% dollar share; 9.36% unit share
DARK HORSE COMICS – 3.26% dollar share; 2.45% unit share
IDW PUBLISHING – 3.19% dollar share; 3.19% unit share
BOOM! STUDIOS – 2.19% dollar share; 2.13% unit share
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT – 1.24% dollar share; 1.08% unit share
VIZ MEDIA – 1.23% dollar share; 0.50% unit share
ARCHIE COMICS – 0.80% dollar share; 0.86% unit share
ONI PRESS – 0.74% dollar share; 0.64% unit share
OTHER NON-TOP 10 – 7.07% dollar share; 4.85% unit share

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

About Gary Collinson

Gary Collinson is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Flickering Myth. He is a film, television and digital content writer and producer, whose work includes the gothic horror feature The Baby in the Basket and the suspense thriller Death Among the Pines. He is also the author of Holy Franchise, Batman! Bringing the Caped Crusader to the Screen.

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