Top 300 Comics Actual--December 2007 (original) (raw)

These are estimates of the sales by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during December 2007.

For an overview and analysis of comic sales in December see "'Ultimates 3' Tops December Comic Sales."

For an analysis of the dollar trends in December, see "December Caps Off Banner Year for Comics."

For our estimates of actual sales by Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on graphic novels shipped during December, see "Top 100 Graphic Novel Actual--December 2007."

Top 300 Comics--December 2007

Notes on this chart:
Some titles have been truncated or abbreviated for space reasons. Publisher abbreviations have also been used:MAR = Marvel Comics
DC = DC Comics
DAR = Dark Horse Comics
IMA = Image Comics
ALI = Alias Enterprises LLC
ANT = Antarctic Press
ARC = Archie Comic Publications
ASP = Aspen MLT Inc.
AVA = Avatar Press
BON = Bongo Comics
BOO = Boom! Studios
CAR = Cartoon Books
DEV = Devil's Due Publishing
DYN = Dynamite Entertainment
D&Q = Drawn & Quarterly
FAN = Fantagraphics Books
GEM = Gemstone
HAR = Harris Comics
ICA = Icarus Publishing
IDW = IDW Publishing
KZR = Kenzer & Company
MIR = Mirage Studios
MOO = Moonstone
ONI = Oni Press Inc.
RAD = Radio Comix
SLG = Slave Labor Graphics
UDO = Udon Entertainment
VIR = Virgin ComicsThese estimates are based on ICv2 estimates of comic sales by Diamond North America during December, 2007. We are estimating actual sales by Diamond U.S. (primarily to North American comic stores), using Diamond's published sales indexes and publisher sales data to estimate a sales number for Batman (the anchor title Diamond uses in its calculations), and using that number and the indexes to estimate Diamond's sales on the remaining titles. We can check the accuracy of our numbers by comparing the Batman number that we calculate using multiple data points; our numbers for Batman are within 1/10 of 1% of each other, ensuring a high degree of accuracy. They do not include sales made by Diamond UK, orders on these titles placed after the end of December, or copies purchased by Diamond but held in inventory at the end of December. This information may not be reproduced in any format without also crediting Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, Devil's Due, Archie, Aspen, Dynamite Entertainment and Gemstone distribute 100% of their comic store orders through Diamond. Some other publishers distribute directly to stores or through other distributors and as a result this analysis may underestimate their sales.Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, Viz, and Archie distribute some of their titles through channels other than comic specialty stores, e.g., newsstands and bookstores. These quantity estimates do not reflect distribution through those channels.Most of the titles on this chart are also distributed to Europe by Diamond UK, which can account for significant sales for the publisher, ranging from 3-20% of the U.S. numbers. Sales by Diamond UK are not included in the numbers above.One other factor to consider is that sales through Diamond and other comic distributors are non-returnable to retailers. That means that there is a considerable unknown percentage of books unsold at the retailer level, probably amounting to 5-20% of sales.For the top 100 graphic novels actual orders in November, see "Top 100 Graphic Novel Actual--November 2007."For the top 300 comic actual orders in November, see "Top 300 Comics Actual--November 2007."For an overview and analsysis of the actual November and an explanation of the transition to our new reporting, see "'World War Hulk' Finishes Strong" and "ICv2 Kicks Off New Top 300 Reporting." For an analysis of the dollar trends in November, see "Comic Dollars Slip in November."For links to all previous Top 300 Comic and Top 100 Graphic Novel articles (going back over three years, including preorder analysis through March 2003 and actual order analysis beginning March 2003) see: "ICv2's Top 300 Comics and Top 100 GNs Index."