DC Comics Performs Strong in Sales for July

DC Comics has struck gold with the launching Rebirth, as the new series of comics has been doing amazing with comic book sales since its launch. Starting off with DC Universe: Rebirth #1 coming in as the #1 selling comic for the month of May, selling over 200,000 issues. This continue on in pre-order and re-order sales for the comics as well in the month of June, by having seven titles in the top ten.

Now for the month of July, eight of the top ten best-selling comics are DC Comics, seeing a Direct Market shares rose to 35.36% in dollar shares, and 40.96% unit shares, topping Marvel Comics.

PUBLISHER	DOLLAR SHARE	UNIT SHARE
DC ENTERTAINMENT	35.36%	40.96%
MARVEL COMICS	34.20%	35.69%
IMAGE COMICS	8.15%	7.56%
IDW PUBLISHING	4.49%	3.00%
DARK HORSE COMICS	2.83%	1.98%
BOOM! STUDIOS	2.05%	1.68%
ARCHIE COMICS	1.36%	1.26%
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC	1.06%	1.03%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT	1.19%	0.95%
ONI PRESS INC.	1.14%	0.84%
OTHER NON-TOP 10	8.18%	5.06%

COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS

	DOLLARS	UNITS
JULY 2016 VS. JUNE 2016
COMICS	-8.15%	-3.24%
GRAPHIC NOVELS	-26.54%	-35.83%
TOTAL COMICS/GN	-13.77%	-6.16%
JULY 2016 VS. JULY 2015
COMICS	4.32%	12.01%
GRAPHIC NOVELS	-19.12%	-28.26%
TOTAL COMICS/GN	-3.01%	8.28%
YEAR-TO-DATE 2016 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2015
COMICS	-2.59%	-5.39%
GRAPHIC NOVELS	2.42%	0.26%
TOTAL COMICS/GN	-1.08%	-4.94%

NEW TITLES SHIPPED

PUBLISHER	COMICS SHIPPED	GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED	MAGAZINES SHIPPED	TOTAL SHIPPED
MARVEL COMICS	97	33	0	130
DC ENTERTAINMENT	63	31	0	94
IMAGE COMICS	61	11	1	73
IDW PUBLISHING	37	13	0	50
DARK HORSE COMICS	21	18	0	39
BOOM ENTERTAINMENT	21	10	0	31
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT	19	7	0	26
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC	11	5	0	16
ONI PRESS INC.	13	2	0	15
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS	10	1	0	11
OTHER NON-TOP 10	102	144	23	269

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS

RANK	DESCRIPTION	PRICE	VENDOR
1	JUSTICE LEAGUE #1 [*]	$2.99	DC
2	JUSTICE LEAGUE REBIRTH #1 [*]	$2.99	DC
3	BATMAN #2 [*]	$2.99	DC
4	CIVIL WAR II #3	$4.99	MAR
5	BATMAN #3 [*]	$2.99	DC
6	NIGHTWING REBIRTH #1 [*]	$2.99	DC
7	CIVIL WAR II #4	$4.99	MAR
8	NEW SUPER MAN #1 [*]	$2.99	DC
9	NIGHTWING #1 [*]	$2.99	DC
10	HAL JORDAN & THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS REBIRTH #1 [*]	$2.99	DC

TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS

RANK	DESCRIPTION	PRICE	VENDOR
1	MONSTRESS VOLUME 1 TP (MR)	$9.99	IMA
2	HARLEY QUINN’S GREATEST HITS TP	$9.99	DC
3	BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL EDITION HC	$17.99	DC
4	STAR WARS: OBI-WAN AND ANAKIN TP	$16.99	MAR
5	HUCK TP	$14.99	IMA
6	SOUTHERN BASTARDS VOLUME 3: HOMECOMING TP (MR)	$14.99	IMA
7	SAGA VOLUME 6 TP (MR)	$14.99	IMA
8	BONE CODA 25TH ANNIVERSARY TP	$14.95	CAR
9	WOLVERINE: OLD MAN LOGAN VOLUME 1: BERZERKER TP	$16.99	MAR
10	AGENTS OF SHIELD VOLUME 1: COULSON PROTOCOLS TP	$17.99	MAR

Source: ComicbookResources.com