Preliminary data for June 2019 is now available.

Here are the top 10 comics by UNITS ordered by stores. Black Cat 1 was the top comic for June.

1 Black Cat #1 $4.99 Marvel
2 DCeased #2 $3.99 DC
3 Silver Surfer: Black #1 $3.99 Marvel
4 Batman: Damned #3 $6.99 DC
5 Batman Who Laughs #6 $4.99 DC
6 Amazing Spider-Man #24 $3.99 Marvel
7 Immortal Hulk #19 $3.99 Marvel
8 Walking Dead #192 $3.99 Image
9 Batman #73 $3.99 DC
10 Batman #72 $3.99 DC


Here are the top 10 comics by DOLLARS. Black Cat was still #1, and Frank Miller's Superman: Year 1 jumped into the top 10 based on its $8 price.

1 Black Cat #1 $4.99 Marvel
2 Batman: Damned #3 $6.99 DC
3 Superman: Year One #1* $7.99 DC
4 Dceased #2 $3.99 DC
5 Silver Surfer: Black #1 $3.99 Marvel
6 Batman Who Laughs #6 $4.99 DC
7 War of the Realms #6 $5.99 Marvel
8 Immortal Hulk #19 $3.99 Marvel
9 Amazing Spider-Man #24 $3.99 Marvel
10 Walking Dead #192 $3.99 Image


Here are the MARKET SHARE numbers for June.

Marvel 43.38% 48.93%
DC 26.71% 26.44%
Image 7.58% 8.01%
Dark Horse 3.23% 2.16%
IDW 3.08% 2.83%
Boom 2.43% 2.31%
Dynamite 2.15% 2.02%
Viz 1.61% 0.59%
Oni 0.74% 0.53%
Archie 0.57% 0.60%
Other 8.52% 5.59%


Here is the VOLUME that each company shipped:

Publisher / Comics /GNs / Mags / Total shipped
Marvel 104 43 0 147
DC 50 20 1 71
Image 46 11 0 57
IDW 30 17 0 47
Dark Horse 19 22 0 41
Boom 20 11 0 31
Dynamite 18 7 0 25
Viz 0 23 0 23
Archie 11 2 0 13
Oni 5 5 0 10
Other 121 184 18 323
TOTAL 424 345 19 788



So, while Marvel shipped more than twice as many comics as DC, it did not double DC's Market Share. A lot of this is due to all the True Believers dollar specials and the fact that Marvel publishes a lot of low-selling comics in general whereas DC has cut back on their very low sellers over the last few months.


Anyone else surprised that Black Cat made it all the way to #1? Was it good enough to sustain readership?

Notice Immortal Hulk is still in the Top 10 and outsells every other regular monthly title on the stands except Amazing Spider-Man.