Look for much more analysis of January 2012 sales from our content partner Comichron in the upcoming hours and days. Perhaps the best overall news is while January sales were down by single digits compared to December 2011, 2012 got off to a strong start compared to last year, with January comic book sales up 33.56% over January 2011 and graphic novel sales up 8.45%, for a total +31.38% jump on Year-to-Year sales. Marvel, whose average cover price for comic book is higher than DC, flipped the script on Dollar Sales, however, leading the industry with 35.17% of sales to DC's 33.55%.Īs always, Diamond's reported sales are for products ordered by comic book retailers, and not sales made to consumers in-store. DC also had the bestselling graphic novel of the month, the Batman: Through the Looking Glass Hardcover.ĭC's Unit Share for January was 39.86%, with Marvel trailing just a few percentage points behind at 37.51%.
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