Diamon Comic Distributors has released details of the top selling titles for 2019, with DC Comics claiming top spot in both the comic book and graphic novel charts but Marvel ending the year as the top publisher in the industry with a 40.2% dollar share and 44.7% unit share compared to DC’s 29.3% and 30.7%.
The biggest selling comic book title of the year was DC’s Detective Comics #1000, a celebration of Batman’s 80th anniversary, while the Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons classic Watchmen was the bestselling graphic novel of 2019, boosted by interest thanks to the acclaimed HBO TV series. Check out the full charts here..
Bestselling Comic Books of 2019
1. DETECTIVE COMICS #1000
2. SPAWN #300
3. X-MEN #1
4. BLACK CAT #1
5. DCEASED #1
6. ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #1
7. MARVEL COMICS #1000
8. HOUSE OF X #1
9. POWERS OF X #1
10. WAR OF REALMS #1
Bestselling Graphic Novels of 2019
1. WATCHMEN
2. SAGA VOLUME 1
3. UMBRELLA ACADEMY VOL. 1: APOCALYPSE SUITE
4. MONSTRESS VOLUME 1
5. MISTER MIRACLE
6. DIE VOL. 1: FANTASY HEARTBREAKER TP (MR)
7. BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT TP
8. THE WALKING DEAD VOL. 31 TP (MR)
9. BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE HC
10. BATMAN: DAMNED HC (MR)
Publisher Dollar and Unit Share for 2019
MARVEL COMICS – 40.20% dollar share; 44.72% unit share
DC – 29.29% dollar share; 30.74% unit share
IMAGE COMICS – 8.04% dollar share; 7.69% unit share
IDW PUBLISHING – 3.55% dollar share; 3.29% unit share
DARK HORSE COMICS – 3.19% dollar share; 2.33% unit share
BOOM! STUDIOS – 2.56% dollar share; 2.42% unit share
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT – 2.16% dollar share; 1.88% unit share
VIZ MEDIA – 1.45% dollar share; 0.55% unit share
ONI PRESS – 0.61% dollar share; 0.43% unit share
TITAN COMICS – 0.60% dollar share; 0.49% unit share
OTHER NON-TOP 10 – 8.34% dollar share; 5.47% unit share
