Diamond Announces the Top Publishers and Products for January 2010

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Diamond Distribution just supplied Hypergeek with data for the top publishers and products for January 2010.

[Update: Diamond have released numbers for their Top 300  comics and graphic novels & trades, to see the charts, go to http://www.hypergeek.ca/2010/02/diamond-distribution%e2%80%99s-top-20-publishers-top-300-comics-and-top-300-tpbs-gns-for-january-2010.html]

The following charts show the top 10 publishers, the top 10 comics, top 10 graphic novels & trades, top 10 toys & statues, and top 10 games for the month of January 2010.

Remember to check back next week when Diamond releases their full charts, and we will do a far more in-depth analysis of Diamond’s Top 300 comics, Top 300 OGNs & TPBs, as well as take a look at this month’s Indie charts and small press charts.

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Top 10 Publishers

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.

PUBLISHERUNIT SHAREDOLLAR SHARE
MARVEL COMICS42.56%38.77%
DC COMICS34.89%29.59%
DARK HORSE COMICS4.20%5.62%
IMAGE COMICS3.37%4.23%
IDW PUBLISHING3.00%3.68%
BOOM! STUDIOS1.99%2.10%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT1.70%1.80%
ARCHIE COMICS1.01%0.70%
WIZARD ENTERTAINMENT0.86%1.01%
VIZ MEDIA0.75%1.66%
OTHER NON-TOP 105.68%10.84%

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Top 100 Comics

Norman Osborn’s plans to place a 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 Brian Michael Bendis and Olivier Coipel’s Siege #1, the first part of the mini-series that marks a culmination in a seven-year-long storyline, which gave Marvel Comics the best-selling comic book in January 2010.

In total, Marvel Comics had six of the top ten comics for the month. Captain America: Reborn #6, concluding the mini-series event that returned Steve Rogers to the Marvel Universe, ranked #4. New Avengers #61 placed #5, Amazing Spider-Man #617 ranked #6, Dark Avengers #13 ranked #8, and Uncanny X-Men #520 ranked #10.

DC Comics had four of the top ten comics for January. Green Lantern #50, part of their Blackest Night crossover, was their best-selling comic and ranked #2 for the month. This was followed by Batman and Robin #7 at #3, Green Lantern Corps #44 at #7, and Blackest Night: The Flash #2 at #9.

QUANTITY RANKDOLLAR RANKINDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
11170.93NOV090419-MSIEGE #1$3.99MAR
22167.72NOV090105-MGREEN LANTERN #50$3.99DC
37138.31NOV090125-MBATMAN AND ROBIN #7$2.99DC
43133.68NOV090429-MCAPTAIN AMERICA REBORN #6$3.99MAR
54123.22NOV090423NEW AVENGERS #61$3.99MAR
66120.90NOV090448-MAMAZING SPIDER-MAN #617$3.99MAR
710120.47NOV090108-MGREEN LANTERN CORPS #44$2.99DC
85116.14NOV090424DARK AVENGERS #13$3.99MAR
912109.32NOV090110-MBLACKEST NIGHT THE FLASH #2$2.99DC
1015103.61NOV090501UNCANNY X-MEN #520$2.99MAR
118100.76NOV090463CAPTAIN AMERICA #602$3.99MAR
1216100.00NOV090127BATMAN #695$2.99DC
13998.10NOV090153-MJUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA #41$3.99DC
141997.64NOV090452-MAMAZING SPIDER-MAN #618$2.99MAR
151796.70NOV090114-MBLACKEST NIGHT WONDER WOMAN #2$2.99DC
162092.57NOV090112-MBLACKEST NIGHT JSA #2$2.99DC
172589.55NOV090454AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #619$2.99MAR
182787.22NOV090493THOR #606$2.99MAR
191385.50NOV090469-MHULK #19$3.99MAR
201183.78NOV090418SIEGE EMBEDDED #1$3.99MAR
212981.96NOV090425DARK WOLVERINE #82$2.99MAR
223280.12NOV090505-MX-FORCE #23$2.99MAR
233477.52NOV090507X-MEN LEGACY #232$2.99MAR
241477.51NOV090152JUSTICE LEAGUE CRY FOR JUSTICE #6$3.99DC
253574.07NOV090046-MBUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #31$2.99DAR
263673.90NOV090479MIGHTY AVENGERS #33$2.99MAR
273773.68NOV090474INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #22$2.99MAR
283873.13MAR092617KICK ASS #8 (MR)$2.99MAR
291872.38NOV090128DETECTIVE COMICS #861$3.99DC
302370.67NOV090471-MINCREDIBLE HULK #606$3.99MAR
312169.11OCT090213-MSUPERMAN SECRET ORIGIN #4$3.99DC
322268.73NOV090447ULTIMATE COMICS SPIDER-MAN #6$3.99MAR
332466.99NOV090136ADVENTURE COMICS #6$3.99DC
342666.94NOV090472FALL OF HULKS RED HULK #1$3.99MAR
354465.05NOV090467-MFANTASTIC FOUR #575$2.99MAR
362863.92NOV090511-MDEADPOOL MERC WITH A MOUTH #7$3.99MAR
374562.92NOV090155JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA #35$2.99DC
384661.83NOV090117CATWOMAN #83$2.99DC
393061.26NOV090446-MULTIMATE COMICS ENEMY #1$3.99MAR
404860.93NOV090121STARMAN #81$2.99DC
414960.69NOV090124SECRET SIX$2.99DC
423359.67NOV090502DARK X-MEN #3$3.99MAR
435059.67NOV090135RED ROBIN #8$2.99DC
445159.64NOV090116ATOM AND HAWKMAN #46$2.99DC
455359.59NOV090123SUICIDE SQUAD #67$2.99DC
465758.51NOV090464DAREDEVIL #504$2.99MAR
475657.97NOV090119POWER OF SHAZAM #48$2.99DC
485557.87OCT090198-MBATMAN WIDENING GYRE #4$2.99DC
495956.92NOV090426AVENGERS INITIATIVE #32$2.99MAR
505856.62NOV090118PHANTOM STRANGER #42$2.99DC
513155.67OCT090176-MBLACKEST NIGHT #6$3.99DC
526055.39NOV090514WOLVERINE ORIGINS #44$2.99MAR
536253.36NOV090143SUPERMAN BATMAN #68$2.99DC
546353.10NOV090122WEIRD WESTERN TALES #71$2.99DC
553952.93NOV090503NATION X #2$3.99MAR
566451.57NOV090141-MSUPERMAN WORLD OF NEW KRYPTON #11$2.99DC
576551.48NOV090512DEADPOOL TEAM-UP #897$2.99MAR
584051.37NOV090156JSA ALL STARS #2$3.99DC
596750.33NOV090139SUPERMAN #696$2.99DC
604149.91NOV090513WOLVERINE WEAPON X #9$3.99MAR
614249.86NOV090489-MMARVELS PROJECT #5$3.99MAR
624348.34NOV090138ACTION COMICS #885$3.99DC
637348.17NOV090508NEW MUTANTS #9$2.99MAR
647047.90NOV090130BATGIRL #6$2.99DC
657647.10NOV090486SECRET WARRIORS #12$2.99MAR
667746.85NOV090518X-FACTOR #201$2.99MAR
674746.67NOV090504NATION X X-FACTOR$3.99MAR
688145.13NOV090494THUNDERBOLTS #140$2.99MAR
698244.77NOV090509CABLE #22$2.99MAR
705244.61NOV090133BATMAN STREETS OF GOTHAM #8$3.99DC
718044.52NOV090132GOTHAM CITY SIRENS #8$2.99DC
725443.79NOV090160TEEN TITANS #79$3.99DC
738343.69NOV090140SUPERGIRL #49$2.99DC
748443.67NOV090487SPIDER-WOMAN #5$2.99MAR
758541.63NOV090317-MHAUNT #4$2.99IMA
766141.10NOV090427SIEGE STORMING ASGARD$3.99MAR
7719740.25NOV090224JOE THE BARBARIAN #1$1.00DC
788739.64NOV090165WONDER WOMAN #40$2.99DC
798939.27NOV090162TITANS #21$2.99DC
8011739.08NOV090606ARCHIE #605$2.50ARC
816638.48NOV090455WEB OF SPIDER-MAN #4$3.99MAR
826837.89JUN090494DARK REIGN HAWKEYE #5$3.99MAR
839437.40NOV090485PUNISHER #13$2.99MAR
849237.33NOV090390WALKING DEAD #69 (MR)$2.99IMA
856936.62NOV090473INCREDIBLE HERCULES #140$3.99MAR
867136.20NOV090517PSYLOCKE #3$3.99MAR
877236.06NOV090526PUNISHERMAX #3 (MR)$3.99MAR
8810035.65NOV090134OUTSIDERS #26$2.99DC
899134.98NOV090724BOYS #38 (MR)$2.99DE
907834.61NOV090146BOOSTER GOLD #28$3.99DC
9110434.41NOV090497NOVA #33$2.99MAR
927934.31NOV090480-MAVENGERS VS AGENTS OF ATLAS #1$3.99MAR
9310334.29NOV090158POWER GIRL #8$2.99DC
9410734.07NOV090498GUARDIANS OF GALAXY #22$2.99MAR
9510533.73NOV090148BRAVE AND THE BOLD #31$2.99DC
9611133.37NOV090478MS MARVEL #49$2.99MAR
9710833.27NOV090144-MWORLDS FINEST #4$2.99DC
9811232.05NOV090074STAR WARS LEGACY #44 MONSTER PT 2$2.99DAR
997531.95NOV090829ANGEL #29$3.99IDW
10011631.80NOV090230FABLES #92 (MR)$2.99DC

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Top 100 GNs

Just optioned by AMC for a television series, Image Comics’ The Walking Dead from writer Robert Kirkman and artist Charlie Adlard has revolutioning zombie comics. The collection The Walking Dead Volume 11: Fear the Hunters gave Image the best-selling graphic novel in January as it collected the series’ latest story arc.

DC Comics had three books in the top ten graphic novels for January. Leading the way from their Vertigo imprint was The Unwritten Volume 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity at #2, which collected the debut issues of their new series about a young man who was the subject a series of children’s books when he was younger. Chill, from the Vertigo Crime imprint, ranked #5, and House of Mystery Volume 3: The Space Between, also from the Vertigo imprint, ranked #7.

Marvel Comics had four books in the top ten with Ultimate Spider-Man Volume 22: Ultimatum, which showed the effect of the Ultimatum crossover on the world of Spider-Man, their top book at #3. This was followed by the collected edition of Ultimatum at #4, Captain America: Road to Reborn at #6, and Siege Prelude, which collected a number of stories leading up to this winter’s Siege crossover, ranked #10 for the month.

Rounding out the top ten graphic novels for January was Dark Horse Comics, with two volumes in the top reaches of the chart. Blade of the Immortal Volume 22: Footsteps, the latest volume of the long-running and best-selling manga, placed #8 on the chart, and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Volume 9: Destroyer ranked #9.

QUANTITY RANKDOLLAR RANKINDEXITEM CODEDESCRIPTIONPRICEVENDOR
1126.65OCT090390WALKING DEAD TP VOL 11 FEAR THE HUNTERS (MR)$14.99IMA
2169.20OCT090309UNWRITTEN TP VOL 01 TOMMY TAYLOR BOGUS IDENTITY TP (MR)$9.99DC
326.73NOV090559ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN TP VOL 22 ULTIMATUM$19.99MAR
465.82NOV090561ULTIMATUM TP$19.99MAR
5124.77SEP090215CHILL HC (MR)$19.99DC
6144.76NOV090558CAPTAIN AMERICA ROAD TO REBORN TP$19.99MAR
7244.60OCT090303HOUSE OF MYSTERY TP VOL 03 THE SPACE BETWEEN (MR)$14.99DC
8104.58SEP090042BLADE OF THE IMMORTAL TP VOL 22 FOOTSTEPS$19.99DAR
9184.38OCT090108STAR WARS KNIGHTS O/T OLD REPUBLIC TP VOL 08 DESTROYER$17.99DAR
1084.32NOV090557SIEGE PRELUDE TP$24.99MAR
11194.15NOV090540THOR BY J MICHAEL STRACZYNSKI PREM HC VOL 03$19.99MAR
12113.93NOV090626NO HERO TP (MR)$19.99AVA
13233.66OCT090254TALES OF THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS VOL 02$19.99DC
1493.65SEP090039STAR WARS OMNIBUS SHADOWS OF EMPIRE TP VOL 01$24.99DAR
15153.64NOV090562SPIDER-MAN ELECTION DAY TP$24.99MAR
16343.59NOV090560ULTIMATUM REQUIEM TP$15.99MAR
17303.44OCT090243BATMAN UNDER THE COWL TP$17.99DC
18663.39OCT091141FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST TP VOL 22$9.99VIZ
19263.38OCT090602INVINCIBLE IRON MAN PREM HC VOL 03 MOST WANTED BK 02$19.99MAR
20223.36APR083834TROUBLEMAKERS HC$19.99FAN
21393.35OCT090247JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA SANCTUARY TP$14.99DC
22133.23NOV090538LIST HC$29.99MAR
23203.20NOV090556HULK FALL OF THE HULKS PRELUDE TP$24.99MAR
24293.19NOV090570ESSENTIAL AVENGERS TP VOL 07$19.99MAR
25283.15NOV090565DAREDEVIL TP BORN AGAIN$19.99MAR
26703.14AUG090055OH MY GODDESS RTL TP VOL 34$10.99DAR
27463.10SEP090031GOON TP VOL 00 ROUGH STUFF REVISED ED$13.99DAR
28902.96NOV090617SONIC THE HEDGEHOG ARCHIVES TP VOL 12$7.95ARC
29322.94OCT090246DOC SAVAGE THE SILVER PYRAMID TP$19.99DC
30332.86NOV090232LOSERS VOLUME 1 AND 2 TP (MR)$19.99DC
31532.85OCT090298HUMAN TARGET CHANCE MEETINGS TP$14.99DC
32692.74NOV090746TSUBASA GN VOL 25$10.99RAN
33852.73JUL068351WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE$9.99IMA
34592.57OCT090248JUSTICE SOCIETY OF AMERICA STRANGE ADVENTURES TP$14.99DC
35612.57OCT090307YOUNG LIARS TP VOL 03 ROCK LIFE (MR)$14.99DC
36962.53SEP090288CHEW TP VOL 01 (MR)$9.99IMA
37412.45NOV090827TRANSFORMERS ALL HAIL MEGATRON TP VOL 04$17.99IDW
38712.34AUG091074STREET FIGHTER IV TP VOL 01$12.95UDO
39172.32JUN090616X-MEN MUTANT MASSACRE HC$39.99MAR
40442.31OCT090255TITANS TP VOL 01 OLD FRIENDS$19.99DC
4142.31JUN090055CREEPY ARCHIVES HC VOL 05$49.95DAR
42212.31AUG090555X-MEN ASGARDIAN WARS HC$34.99MAR
43472.30OCT090250SUPERBOY THE GREATEST TEAM UPS EVER TOLD TP$19.99DC
4452.30SEP090018BARRY WINDSOR SMITH CONAN ARCHIVES HC VOL 01$49.99DAR
45352.28NOV090542SPIDER-MAN RETURN OF BLACK CAT PREM HC$24.99MAR
46502.25JUL090606-MX-MEN VS AVENGERS PREM HC$19.99MAR
4732.24AUG090547-MMMW ATLAS ERA JUNGLE ADVENTURE HC VOL 01$59.99MAR
48522.18JUL090604-MX-MEN VS FANTASTIC FOUR PREM HC$19.99MAR
49772.18OCT090264BATMAN THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD TP$12.99DC
50582.18OCT090249REBELS TP VOL 01 THE COMING OF STARRO$17.99DC
5189902.14FEB072176RED PROPHET TALES OF ALVIN MAKER PREM HC VOL 01 BM ED$19.99MAR
52732.09OCT090385SPAWN ORIGINS TP VOL 04$14.99IMA
5372.07AUG090545-MMMW DOCTOR STRANGE HC VOL 04$54.99MAR
541222.05JUL098327FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST TP VOL 21$9.99VIZ
551242.03OCT091128YU GI OH GX GN VOL 04$9.99VIZ
56572.02NOV090543SECRET WARRIORS VOL 02 GOD OF FEAR GOD OF WAR PREM HC$19.99MAR
571271.99OCT091138INU YASHA TP VOL 44$9.99VIZ
581091.98SEP090705INCREDIBLES TP VOL 01 CITY OF INCREDIBLES$9.99BOO
591281.98JUL098326FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST TP VOL 20$9.99VIZ
60641.98OCT090019REX MUNDI TP VOL 06 GATE OF GOD$17.99DAR
611301.97OCT091130ONE PIECE TP VOL 24$9.99VIZ
62831.93OCT091123PLUTO URASAWA X TEZUKA GN VOL 07$12.99VIZ
631171.92SEP090712MUPPET SHOW TREASURE OF PEG LEG WILSON TP$9.99BOO
641041.86OCT090267MAD ABOUT SUPER HEROES TP VOL 02$12.99DC
65481.86NOV090547OFF HB OF MARVEL UNIV A TO Z PREM HC VOL 12$24.99MAR
661131.85OCT058020Y THE LAST MAN TP VOL 01 UNMANNED$12.99DC
671561.79APR058372FABLES TP VOL 01 LEGENDS IN EXILE$9.99DC
68511.78NOV090548AVENGERS WORLD TRUST PREM HC$24.99MAR
69371.76AUG090745LIFE & TIMES OF SCROOGE MCDUCK HC VOL 01 (BOOM)$24.99BOO
701211.72OCT090866NEGIMA NEO GN VOL 04 (MR)$10.99RAN
71551.70NOV090531-MMMW FANTASTIC FOUR TP VOL 03$24.99MAR
72971.68JUN090332WALKING DEAD TP VOL 10 WHAT WE BECOME$14.99IMA
731391.64OCT091079STARCRAFT GHOST ACADEMY GN VOL 01$10.99TOK
741081.62NOV090554MARVEL FAIRY TALES TP GN$14.99MAR
75741.62FEB058406-MWATCHMEN TP$19.99DC
761441.62SEP090701CARS TP VOL 02 RADIATOR SPRINGS$9.99BOO
771121.61NOV090563MARVEL DIVAS TP$14.99MAR
78671.60SEP090750BOYS TP VOL 05 HEROGASM (MR)$19.99DE
79991.60JUL090022CLEANERS TP VOL 01 ABSENT BODIES$14.95DAR
80271.57SEP090277ART OF GREG HORN HC VOL 02 COVER STORIES$39.99IMA
81881.57JAN092437DARK TOWER TREACHERY PREM HC$24.99MAR
821651.55OCT091131ONE PIECE TP VOL 25$9.99VIZ
83651.54AUG090566-MTHING PROJECT PEGASUS PREM HC$24.99MAR
84491.51NOV090568HULK VISIONARIES PETER DAVID TP VOL 07$29.99MAR
851721.51OCT090699ARCHIE & FRIENDS TP VOL 02 BETTYS DIARY$9.95ARC
861461.50NOV090566WOLVERINE BLACK CAT CLAWS TP$12.99MAR
87251.49OCT090995COMPLETE CHESTER GOULDS DICK TRACY HC VOL 09$39.99IDW
88401.47NOV090567ALIAS ULTIMATE COLLECTION TP BOOK 02$34.99MAR
89761.45NOV090544CABLE PREM HC VOL 03 STRANDED$19.99MAR
901321.44NOV068026WALKING DEAD TP VOL 02 MILES BEHIND US (MR)$12.99IMA
911831.44OCT091154NANA TP VOL 20 (MR)$9.99VIZ
921661.43OCT091093FATE STAY NIGHT GN VOL 06$10.99TOK
931821.43OCT091132ONE PIECE TP VOL 26$9.99VIZ
941681.43NOV090652GURREN LAGANN GN VOL 04$10.99BAN
951851.42OCT091133ONE PIECE TP VOL 27$9.99VIZ
96821.42NOV090537HULK SON OF HULK HC DARK SON RISING$19.99MAR
971871.41OCT091134ONE PIECE TP VOL 28$9.99VIZ
98791.41NOV090840STAR TREK SPOCK REFLECTIONS TP$17.99IDW
992211.40NOV090552MARVEL ADVENTURES SPIDER-MAN AND AVENGERS TP DIGEST$9.99MAR
100861.40NOV090545AGENTS OF ATLAS TURF WARS PREM HC$19.99MAR

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Top 10 Toys & Statues

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 bestselling Toy product to comics specialty retailers in January.

RANKDESCRIPTIONITEM CODEVENDOR
1DC DYNAMICS: WONDER WOMAN STATUEJUN090288DC
2BATMAN: BLACK & WHITE STATUE: LEE BERMEJOJUN090289DC
3MARVEL SELECT: BEST OF ACTION FIGURES SERIES 4JUL091427DST
4RATCHET & CLANK: SERIES 1 ACTION FIGURESMAY090263DC
5RESISTANCE SERIES 1 ACTION FIGURESFEB090276DC
6DANNY KETCH: GHOST RIDER STATUEAUG091517BOW
7STAR WARS ULTIMATE QUARTER-SCALE: EMPEROR PALPATINE FIGUREMAR094732DST
8HEROES OF THE DCU: THE FLASH BUSTJUN090300DC
9JOHNNY BLAZE: GHOST RIDER STATUEAUG091519BOW
10MARVEL MINIMATES SERIES 31 MINI-FIGURE 2-PACKSAUG091432DST

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Top 10 Games

NECA/WizKids, for the third month in a row, had the bestselling games product to comics specialty shops with the Marvel HeroClix: Hammer of Thor Booster Packs, which relaunched the fan-favorite HeroClix miniatures game.

RANKDESCRIPTIONITEM CODEVENDOR
1MARVEL HEROCLIX HAMMER OF THOR BOOSTER PACKJUL098192NEC
2MTG TCG SHARDS ALARA PREMIUM FOIL PACK DISNOV091471WIZ
3MARVEL HEROCLIX THORS MIGHTY CHARIOTNOV091475NEC
4MARVEL HEROCLIX CLASSICS BATTLEPACK ASSTAUG098135NEC
5YU GI OH TCG TWILIGHT ED BOX DISNOV091445KON
6STAR WARS CMG DARK TIMES BOOSTER PACKNOV091472WIZ
7YU GI OH TCG 5DS DUELIST PACK YUSEI 2 DISNOV091444KON
8MTG TCG 2010 CORE SET BOOSTER DISMAY091798WIZ
9D&D UNDERDARKNOV091469WIZ
10KILL DR LUCKY 2009 EDDEC091518PAI

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