Diamond Comic Distributors have released their direct sales information for January 2019, with DC’s The Batman Who Laughs #2 and Dark Knights: Metal topping the comic book and graphic novel sales charts respectively. Nevertheless, it wasn’t enough for DC to dethrone Marvel as the bestselling publisher of the month, with Marvel once again coming out on top in terms of market share.
Top 10 Bestselling Comics of January 2019
1. THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS #2
2. CAPTAIN MARVEL #1
3. GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1
4. CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1
5. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #14
6. BATMAN #62
7. BATMAN #63
8. HEROES IN CRISIS #4
9. HEROES IN CRISIS #5
10. FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN #1
Top 10 Bestselling Graphic Novels of January 2019
1. DARK NIGHTS: METAL
2. THE INFINITY GAUNTLET
3. THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN MARVEL
4. STAR WARS: DARTH VADER: DARK LORD OF THE SITH VOLUME 4: FORTRESS VADER
5. COSMIC GHOST RIDER: BABY THANOS MUST DIE
6. BLACK HAMMER VOL. 3: AGE OF DOOM PART I
7. FARMHAND VOLUME 1
8. DARK DAYS: THE ROAD TO METAL
9. BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT
10. SPIDER-GEDDON: EDGE OF SPIDER-GEDDON
Publisher Dollar / Unit Share
1. MARVEL COMICS – 39.24% dollar share; 41.29% dollar share
2. DC – 29.70% dollar share; 33.39% dollar share
3. IMAGE COMICS – 7.56% dollar share; 7.77% dollar share
4. DARK HORSE COMICS – 3.95% dollar share; 2.97% dollar share
5. IDW PUBLISHING – 3.65% dollar share; 3.32% dollar share
6. BOOM! STUDIOS – 2.32% dollar share; 2.23% dollar share
7. DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT – 2.13% dollar share; 1.83% dollar share
8. VIZ MEDIA – 1.55% dollar share; 0.61% dollar share
9. TITAN COMICS – 0.80% dollar share; 0.60% dollar share
10. ARCHIE COMICS – 0.78% dollar share; 0.77% dollar share
OTHER NON-TOP 10 – 8.31% dollar share; 5.20% dollar share