COMICS: Marvel Dominated The Industry In 2015

COMICS: Marvel Dominated The Industry In 2015

Diamond Comic Distributors have released the first portion of their 2015 year-end sales chart which shows a strong year from Marvel along with solid showings from IDW and Boom!. Batman keeps DC Comics in the conversation while Image'S Saga absolutely owns the GN market.

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By MarkJulian - Jan 06, 2016 10:01 AM EST
Filed Under: Marvel Comics
Source: Diamond Comic Distributors

In 2014, Marvel Comics had 8 of the 10 top-selling comic books of the year, spearheaded by strong showings from The Amazing Spider-Man and Death of Wolverine.  In 2015, Marvel dominated once again, with 5 of the top 10 titles coming from the Star Wars Universe.  Check out the full list of 2015's top selling comics (and other data) below.

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS

  1. Star Wars #1(Marvel)
  2. Secret Wars #1 (Marvel)
  3. Bravest Warriors:  Tales From Holo John #1 (Boom! Studios)
  4. Orphan Black #1 (IDW)
  5. Dark Knight III: The Master Race (DC Comics)
  6. Star Wars Vade Down #1 (Marvel)
  7. Darth Vader #1 (Marvel)
  8. Spider-Gwen #1 (Marvel)
  9. Invincible Iron Man #1 (Marvel)
  10. Princess Leia #1 (Marvel)
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS
  1. Saga Vol. 4 (Image)
  2. Saga Vol. 1 (Image)
  3. Saga Vol. 5 (Image)
  4. Civil War TP (Marvel)
  5. The Walking Dead Vol. 23 (image)
  6. Batman: The Killing Joke Special Edition (DC Comics)
  7. Saga Vol. 2 (Image)
  8. The Walking Dead Vol 1 (Image)
  9. Saga Vol. 3 (image)
  10. Star Wars: Vol 1 - SKywalker Strikes (Marvel)
RETAIL MARKET SHARE
  1. Marvel Comics 38.74%
  2. DC Comics 25.75%
  3. Image Comics 9.93%
  4. IDW 5.59%
  5. Dark Horse Comics 3.79%
  6. Boom! Studios 2.28%
  7. Dynamite Entertainment 1.99%
  8. Titan Comics 1.03%
  9. Eaglemoss Publications 0.94%
  10. VIZ Media 0.93%
It should be noted that the monthly subscription, Loot Crate, contained bundles for many of the titles in the top 10 including Orphan Black #1 and Bravest Warriors #1, which accounts for Boom! and IDW entering the yearly top-10 for the first time.  Loot Crate has 500,000 monthly subscribers so that's half-a-million guaranteed sales for any comic that's included. Star Wars #1 was also featured in Loot Crate.
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Desr0w
Desr0w - 1/6/2016, 10:48 AM
Nice, I'm impressed with Image Comics.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 1/6/2016, 11:03 AM
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Loved what Image churned out last year.

The Fade Out by Brubaker has been the best thing I've read in a while
JorL5150
JorL5150 - 1/6/2016, 11:07 AM
PesciGotPepsi
PesciGotPepsi - 1/6/2016, 11:11 AM
Once again Star Wars dominating.

Movies and comic books. and once the tv series comes out, they'll dominate that as well
JamesMann
JamesMann - 1/6/2016, 11:11 AM
I got around to Saga as well as Wicked + The Divine this year.

Good stuff ya got there Image.
SirGoraf
SirGoraf - 1/6/2016, 11:11 AM
Star Wars be ruling the world. Holy shit.
blackandyellow
blackandyellow - 1/6/2016, 11:12 AM
Secret Wars has been awesome. Can't wait to see how they bring the Punisher back to life and see what Becky Cloonan does writing him.
Tevii
Tevii - 1/6/2016, 11:12 AM
If it wasn't for Star Wars, I wouldn't read Marvel at all anymore. Dark Horse really felt the hit with the loss of that property. Marvel use to be my favorite but WOW their superhero books are just a mess now, IMO.

Convergence and early post Convergence DC hasn't been that great, but better than the Marvel books. Justice League is the best superhero book out.

Its really great to see companies like Boom, IDW and Image making it on there. The more variety the better.
JamesMann
JamesMann - 1/6/2016, 11:12 AM
Of course four of the top 10 in 2015 were Star Wars comics.

Not surprised by that at all.
JamesMann
JamesMann - 1/6/2016, 11:14 AM
Damn, Valiant doesn't even make it on the list yet Sony is doing a shared cinematic universe for them.
Dotanuki
Dotanuki - 1/6/2016, 11:16 AM
Star Wars, Secret Wars, Orphan Black and Bravest Warriors all beat Dark Knight 3-even with the 80+ variants they released...and that's it for DC. They are probably thanking their lucky stars they were able to get Miller to do it.
billnye69
billnye69 - 1/6/2016, 11:16 AM
Obviously, Marvel is part of Disney/StarWars now. I'd be worried if they weren't at the #1 spot.
rabid
rabid - 1/6/2016, 11:17 AM
I confess, I spent a pretty penny with Marvel this year. A depressing amount, because I enjoyed very little of it. For the first time in decades I'm dropping lots of titles. Not into this new kiddy style, nor seeing all my favorite characters whisked off to comic book limbo.
JamesMann
JamesMann - 1/6/2016, 11:19 AM
Ah, Orphan Black and Bravest Warriors are only on this list and that high up because of Loot Crate.

That explains a lot.
JamesMann
JamesMann - 1/6/2016, 11:26 AM
The trolls come out to play.
SirGoraf
SirGoraf - 1/6/2016, 11:27 AM
@ballZ - RIP DC except Batman (for now).
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