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Mayo Report: Detective Comics #1000 Sells Most Units in 2019
Detective Comics #1000 sold the most copies in 2019 and Spawn came in second, but Marvel ended up selling more comics, total. → Read More
Spawn Tops Comic Sales for September 2019, Marvel's X-Men Remain Strong
Todd McFarlane's Spawn was the best-selling comic of September, though Marvel's House of X/Powers of X dominated the Top Ten. → Read More
Marvel Continues to Dominate Sales with Variants, New Titles & One-Shots
Marvel Comics has a lock on its position as the industry's top publisher thanks to a combination of factors. → Read More
Absolute Carnage, Marvel Comics #1000, X-Men Dominate August 2019 Sales
August was almost all about Marvel Comics, as the publisher squeezed everyone not named Batman out of the Top Ten. → Read More
How House/Powers of X Debut and The Walking Dead Finale Affects Comic Book Sales
Marvel's War of the Realms is over, but Jonathan Hickman's X-Men epic takes its place, all as The Walking Dead wrapped up in July 2019. → Read More
Marvel's House of X and Power of X Top Comic Sales for July 2019
Marvel, as expected, topped the sales charts in July thanks to a one-two punch from Jonathan Hickman's anticipated X-Men reboot. → Read More
How Marvel's Black Cat #1 Became the Best-Selling Comic in June 2019
Walking Dead and Spawn saw sales increases in June 2019, but they couldn't hit the heights of Marvel's Black Cat #1. → Read More
Marvel's Black Cat Outsold DC's Zombie-Fueled DCeased by Over 100K
Marvel's Black Cat was the best-selling comic in June 2019, besting DC's hit DCeased by over 100K copies. → Read More
DC Tops May 2019 Sales with DCeased, Doomsday Clock & Batman: Last Knight on Earth
Readers wanted undead DC superheroes, leading DCeased to top May 2019's sales charts, → Read More
War of the Realms Helps Marvel Control Over 50% Market Share in April
Marvel kicked off the War of the Realms in April, with the Thor-centric event helping the publisher account over half the Direct Market for the month. → Read More
Detective Comics #1000 Sold Over a Half-Million Copies
Batman's anniversary celebration launched Detective Comics #1000 to the top of March's direct market charts, selling nearly 527K copies. → Read More
Top Comics Down Over 1M in February, Lowest Sales in Eight Years
Marvel and DC both saw major decreases in February sales, but it's far from an emergency since the month only had four weeks of shipping. → Read More
Batman Who Laughs Was The Only Comic To Top 100K in February
DC's Dark Knight villain rose to the top in February, when the evil Batman was the only comic to scare up sales over 100K → Read More
2018 Comic Sales Were Below Average, But Industry Was Buoyed by New Titles
Comic book sales continued their downward trend in 2018, though there are some positive signs among the data. → Read More
Comic Sales Rise Over 500K in January, Despite Major Marvel Fluctuations
DC's gains were larger from December to January, but Marvel remained the top-selling publisher overall. → Read More
Batman Who Laughs, Captain Marvel Top January 2019 Sales
Captain Marvel soars in her new series, but the Batman Who Laughs' second issue tops the sales charts to kick off 2019. → Read More
DC's Action Comics Takes Top Spot on 2018's Best-Selling Comics
Marvel was the top publisher overall, but DC's Action Comics #1000 was the best selling comic of 2018. → Read More
November Sales Dip In the Wake of October's Variants & One-Shot Boost
Comic sales dropped in November, but Uncanny X-Men's relaunch helped to lessen the overall blow as we head into the new year. → Read More
Uncanny X-Men Tops November Sales; Top 300 Comics Drop 1.1M
Marvel's Uncanny X-Men launched to solid numbers, but the overall comics market saw a major sales dip in November 2018. → Read More
MAYO REPORT: October 2018 Sales Shoot Up Thanks to Events, Variants & One-Shots
October's sales were up, thanks to DC and MArvel's one-shots, events, and a copious amount of variant covers. → Read More