The seventh and final issue of Marvel's
Civil War
crossover event topped the February sales chart of periodical comics sold via Diamond Comic Distributors with sales of 265,935 units.
Civil War #
7 was one of just five titles to post gains over previous issues, while 17 series declined, but sales of periodicals were given a definite boost by debut comics, three of which finished in the top 25.
Marvel's
Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born
#1 comic came in at number 2 with 172,147 copies sold, while DC's
Brave & Bold
#1 (2 covers; 50/50 ratio) was at #13 with 92,091 copies sold, and Marvel's
X-Men Annual
(65,559) was #22.
Marvel took the first six spots and 15 out of the top 25.
In addition to
Civil War
and
Dark
Tower
, Marvel's top titles included
Amazing Spider-Man
#538 a
Civil W
ar tie-in and
New Avengers
#27, which featured the debut of artist Leinil Yu,
Astonishing X-Men
#20 and
Wolverine
#51.
Overall Marvel had 33 out of the top 50 titles, while DC had 17.
Dark Horse's
Star Wars Legacy
#8 (at 57),
Conan
#37 (at 75), and Dynamite Entertainment's
Red Sonja
#19 (at 93) were the only non-Marvel or DC titles in the top 100.
While Marvel dominated the periodical comic book list, DC took 8 out of the top 10 spots in the graphic novel chart, though Marvel did claim the top spot (in units) with
Civil War: The Road to Civil War
, while
New Avengers
Vol. 5 came in at #7.
DC's contingent was led by the Alex Ross'
Justice
Vol. 2 hardcover (#2 in units, #1 in dollars), the deluxe softcover edition of
Batman Year One
,
Jack of Fables
Vol.1,
DMZ
Vol.2, and
Justice Society
Vol.2.
Viz Media's
Bleach
, which is picking up steam in both the direct and bookstore markets, was the top manga release at #11, followed closely by Tokyopop's
Kingdom Hearts:
Chain of Memories
Vol.2 at #12.
Dark Horse's $30
300
hardcover was #15 in units, but third in dollar sales.
Here are ICv2's estimates of the sales by Diamond Comic Distributors to comic stores on the top 25 comic titles in January:
265,935
Civil War
#7 (of 7)
172,147
Dark
Towe
r
: The Gunslinger Born
#1 (of 7)
142,956
Amazing Spider-Man
#538
130,531
New Avengers
#27
119,736
Astonishing X-Men
#20
97,181
Wolverine
#51
94,960
Justice
#10 (of 12)
94,694
52 Week
#40
94,486
52 Week
#41
94,220
52 Week
#42
93,505
52 Week
#43
92,881
New Avengers: Illuminati
#2 (of 5)
92,091
Brave & Bold
#1
89,163
Civil War Frontline
#11 (of 11)
84,356
Justice Society of
America
#3
83,167
Batman
#663
83,009
Uncanny X-Men
#483
78,901
Wolverine: Origins
#11
75,707
X-Men
#196
74,376
Ultimate Spider-Man
#105
69,860
Wonder Woman
#4
65,569
X-Men Annual
#1
64,554
Action Comics
#846
64,363
Ultimate X-Men
#79
62,791
Thunderbolts
#111
We are estimating actual sales by Diamond U.S. (primarily to North American comic stores), using Diamond's published sales indexes and publisher sales data to estimate a sales number for
Batman
(the anchor title Diamond uses in its calculations), and using that number and the indexes to estimate Diamond's sales on the remaining titles.
We can check the accuracy of our numbers by comparing the
Batman
number that we calculate using multiple data points; our numbers for
Batman
are within 1/10 of 1% of each other, ensuring a high degree of accuracy.
For an analysis of the dollar trends in February, see '
Comic Books & Graphic Novels Post Gains Again
.'
For our estimates of actual orders to Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on comic books scheduled to ship during February, see
'
Top 300 Comics Actual--February 2007
.'
For our estimates of actual orders to Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on graphic novels scheduled to ship during February, see
'
Top 100 Graphic Novels Actual--February 2007
.'
For our estimates of actual orders to Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on comic books scheduled to ship during January, see
'
Top 300 Comics Actual--January 2007
.'
For our estimates of actual orders to Diamond U.S. from comic specialty stores on graphic novels scheduled to ship during January, see
'
Top 100 Graphic Novels Actual--January 2007
.'
For our index to our reports on the top comic and graphic novel preorders for January 2000 through February 2007, see '
ICv2's Top 300 Comics and Top 100 GNs Index
.'
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