Siege #1 Tops January 2010 Sales Charts
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Posted by Richard Boom on Feb 4, 2010
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Norman Osborn's plans to establish his stranglehold on the Marvel Universe reached a fruition as he launched his long-planned attack on Asgard itself and the heroes of the Marvel Universe united against him in its defense in Siege #1, the first part of the four-issue mini-series that marks the culmination of a seven-year-long storyline, giving Marvel Comics the best-selling comic book in January 2010, based upon total unit sales to comic book specialty shops, according to Diamond Comic Distributors.
Marvel Comics took the top publisher spot in January, leading in both the Unit Market and Dollar Shares categories, with a 42.56% Unit Market Share and a 38.77% Dollar Share for the month.
Just optioned by AMC for a television series, Image Comics' The Walking Dead from writer Robert Kirkman and artist Charlie Adlard has revolutionized zombie comics. The collection The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear the Hunters gave Image the best-selling graphic novel in January in this collection of the series' latest story arc.
DC Direct's DC Dynamics statues bring the heroes and heroines of the DC Universe to life, and Tim Bruckner's vibrant take on DC's Amazon princess with the DC Dynamics: Wonder Woman Statue gave DC Comics the best-selling Toy product to comics specialty retailers in January. NECA/WizKids, for the third month in a row, had the best-selling games product to comics specialty shops with the Marvel HeroClix: Hammer of Thor Booster Packs, which relaunched the fan-favorite HeroClix miniatures game.
TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
|
PUBLISHER |
UNIT SHARE |
DOLLAR SHARE |
|
MARVEL COMICS |
42.56% |
38.77% |
|
DC COMICS |
34.89% |
29.59% |
|
DARK HORSE COMICS |
4.20% |
5.62% |
|
IMAGE COMICS |
3.37% |
4.23% |
|
IDW PUBLISHING |
3.00% |
3.68% |
|
BOOM! STUDIOS |
1.99% |
2.10% |
|
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT |
1.70% |
1.80% |
|
ARCHIE COMICS |
1.01% |
0.70% |
|
WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT |
0.86% |
1.01% |
|
VIZ MEDIA |
0.75% |
1.66% |
|
OTHER NON-TOP 10 |
5.68% |
10.84% |
TOP 10 COMICS
1. SIEGE #1
2. GREEN LANTERN #50
3. BATMAN AND ROBIN #7
4. CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN #6
5. NEW AVENGERS #61
6. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #617
7. GREEN LANTERN CORPS #44
8. DARK AVENGERS #13
9. BLACKEST NIGHT: THE FLASH #2
10. UNCANNY X-MEN #520
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. THE WALKING DEAD VOLUME 11: FEAR THE HUNTERS TP
2. THE UNWRITTEN VOLUME 1: TOMMY TAYLOR AND THE BOGUS IDENTITY TP
3. ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN VOLUME 22: ULTIMATUM TP
4. ULTIMATUM TP
5. CHILL HC
6. CAPTAIN AMERICA: ROAD TO REBORN TP
7. HOUSE OF MYSTERY VOLUME 3: THE SPACE BETWEEN TP
8. BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL VOLUME 22: FOOTSTEPS TP
9. STAR WARS: KNIGHTS OF THE OLD REPUBLIC VOLUME 8: DESTROYER TP
10. SIEGE: PRELUDE TP
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