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DC dethrones Marvel as bestselling publisher in December 2017 thanks to Doomsday Clock

January 14, 2018 by Gary Collinson

Diamond Comic Distributors has released its figures for December 2017, with Doomsday Clock #2 helping DC Entertainment to dethrone Marvel Comics as the bestselling comic book publisher of the month. The second issue of the Watchmen crossover led the top ten comic book chart, with Image’s Saga Vol. 8 the biggest selling graphic novel of the month.

Top Ten Bestselling Comic Books of December 2017

1. DOOMSDAY CLOCK #2
2. DARK NIGHTS: METAL #4
3. PHOENIX RESURRECTION: THE RETURN OF JEAN GREY #1
4. BATMAN #36
5. BATMAN #37
6. BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT #3
7. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN/VENOM: VENOM INC. ALPHA #1
8. MARVEL TWO-IN-ONE #1
9. HAWKMAN FOUND #1
10. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #792

Top Ten Bestselling Comic Books of December 2017

1. SAGA VOLUME 8
2. BATMAN VOL. 4: THE WAR OF JOKES & RIDDLES
3. STAR WARS VOL. 6: OUT AMONG THE STARS
4. BATMAN: DETECTIVE COMICS VOL. 4: DEUS EX MACHINA
5. BLACK HAMMER VOL. 2: THE EVENT
6. JUSTICE LEAGUE VS. SUICIDE SQUAD
7. SHIRTLESS BEAR-FIGHTER
8. DEADLY CLASS VOLUME 6
9. VENOMVERSE
10. RICK AND MORTY VOLUME 6

Publisher Dollar / Unit Share

1. DC ENTERTAINMENT – 34.54% dollar; 37.65% unit
2. MARVEL COMICS – 33.80% dollar; 3.8.81% unit
3. IMAGE COMICS – 8.69% dollar; 7.20% unit
4. IDW PUBLISHING – 3.92% dollar; 2.92% unit
5. DARK HORSE COMICS – 2.69% dollar; 2.06% unit
6. BOOM! STUDIOS – 2.28% dollar; 1.98% unit
7. DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT – 2.08% dollar; 1.84% unit
8. ONI PRESS – 1.00% dollar; 5.2% unit
9. VIZ MEDIA – 9.6% dollar; 3.5% unit
10. VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT – 9.6% dollar; 1.08% unit
OTHER NON-TOP 10 – 9.08% dollar; 5.59% unit

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