The numbers for July are in! Diamond Comic Distributors has compiled the data from July and placed into awesome tables for math nerds, like us, to stare and enjoy. Let's get right down to the numbers.
Marvel takes the top spot for July, once again, with DC falling a bit behind.
It's pretty obvious that ROCKET RACCOON #1 took first place, especially after it was announced that the first issue sold 300,000 copies.
Image comics continues to do extremely well in the trade market with volume 21 of THE WALKING DEAD taking the top spot and two volumes of SAGA making the list.
If you were wondering how many books each of the companies shipped out, here's the numbers. There's only a difference of one item between Marvel and DC.
How do they calculate this information? It all starts at the comic book shop.
Data for Diamond’s sales charts — which include the monthly market shares and all top product charts — are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from a universe of over 3,500 comic book specialty shops located in North America and around the world. The account base includes brick-and-mortar comic book specialty shops, Internet merchants, and other specialty stores.
Unit and dollars sales are calculated based upon orders invoiced and shipped to Diamond accounts during January to December 2013, which comprises initial pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable.
What are your thoughts on all these numbers? What's your predictions for this month?