Diamond releases Top 100 comics for December

[Hrungr]

You can find the Top 100 chart here (http://www.diamondcomics.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=3&s=5&ai=79170).

Unlike November, Marvel and DC both got a lot of event-related product on the shelves in December. And what a flood it was. In addition to FC and SI and a slew of related one-shots, DC also managed to get 3 issues of Batman out in December, while Marvel got 2 issues of New Avengers out. Marvel even managed to both Hulk & Thor out in the same month, Hulk being the only book not involved in an event to break into the Top 10.

At the end of the day, Marvel really kicked ass in December:

Marvel's Dollar Share was at 45.05%
DC's Dollar Share was at 29.05%

Marvel's Unit Share was at 49.63%
DC's Unit Share was at 31.15%

Notice that SI outsold FC that month by about 40%. IIRC, ICv2 is pretty diligent at getting the numbers out these days and we should have the numbers up in a day or two.

[TradePaperbackTraitor]

I haven't looked at the numbers from previous months recently, but it looks like Thor is slipping a little which is a shame because I think it's still the same high quality read it was in the earliest issues. I hope Incredible Hercules gets better sales. I'd hate to see it cancelled. I love that series. No surprise to see the Ultimate books continue to decline with Ultimate Spidey still the best seller. It looks like all of us Ultimate fans are checking out Ultimatum as a final good-bye. I don't read Guardians of the Galaxy but I know a lot of people who swear by it and it appears its longevity is in danger with those sales numbers.

On the DC side, Booster Gold has fallen FAST! #110 in sales? Yikes! It's going to be a shame if the four fill-in authors between Johns and Jurgens screwed it up enough to repel the readers.

[Mister Mets]

I haven't looked at the numbers from previous months recently, but it looks like Thor is slipping a little which is a shame because I think it's still the same high quality read it was in the earliest issues. I hope Incredible Hercules gets better sales. I'd hate to see it cancelled. I love that series. No surprise to see the Ultimate books continue to decline with Ultimate Spidey still the best seller. It looks like all of us Ultimate fans are checking out Ultimatum as a final good-bye. I don't read Guardians of the Galaxy but I know a lot of people who swear by it and it appears its longevity is in danger with those sales numbers.

On the DC side, Booster Gold has fallen FAST! #110 in sales? Yikes! It's going to be a shame if the four fill-in authors between Johns and Jurgens screwed it up enough to repel the readers.I think the Thor thing is just the result of a really crowded month (both crossovers shipped, along with three issues of Batman, four Bendis penned Secret Invasion/ Dark Reign tie-ins.)

I would have expected Marvels 2 to sell much better.

[SquidSquod]

Flash is doing poorer than Booster Gold. Arguably DC's fifth character, Flash is not looking good. But Flash Rebirth is certainly going to pull up the nosedive a bit.

Marvel side:
- Deadpool is doing ok, War Machine is doing a respectable debut.
- Herc is doing ok.
- Ms Marvel is not doing ok. Neither does Wonder Woman
- Nova is not doing ok, but in DC Comics POV it's still doing fine. :rolleyes:

[Iron Jake]

I just hope Captain Britian and the MI13 hangs in there, it continues to sell out here in England, how is it doing in the US?

[Omega Alpha]

I would have expected Marvels 2 to sell much better.

It's likely to sell very well in TPB.