Marvel Comics was November's top publisher, taking a 37.41% dollar market share and a 42.68% unit share. DC was second, with a 30.72% dollar share and a 32.41% unit share. Image Comics placed third with 7.90% in dollars and 7.87% in units, followed by BOOM! Studios, IDW Publishing, Dark Horse Comics, and Dynamite Entertainment.
Marvel Comics had eight of November's ten best-selling comics, including X-Men #2 at #2, Absolute Carnage #5 at #3, X-Force #1 at #4, Fallen Angels #1 at #5, Deadpool #1 at #6, Amazing Spider-Man #33 at #7, and Amazing Spider-Man #34 at #10. Image Comics' Undiscovered Country #1, the new series from Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, and Daniele Orlandini, ranked #8. DC was also in the top ten; the "Year of the Villain" acetate cover edition of Tom King and Mikel Janin's Batman #82 ranked #9.
Among the premier publishers' top books for November, Matt Kindt and Matt Smith's Folklords #1 from BOOM! Studios' ranked #94; Dynamite Entertainment's Vampirella #5 ranked #105; Hazel & Cha Cha Save Christmas: Tales from The Umbrella Academy, a spin-off from Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá's The Umbrella Academy, from Dark Horse ranked #110; and IDW Publishing's Sonic the Hedgehog #23 ranked #189.
The heroes of the DC universe wage a desperate war against a world corrupted by the Anti-Life Equation in Tom Taylor and Trevor Hairsine's DCeased, November's best-selling graphic novel, collecting the best-selling mini-series from DC and one of the publisher's two books in the top ten, along with Frank Miller and John Romita, Jr.'s Superman: Year One at #5. BOOM! Studios' Firefly: The Sting, an original graphic novel based on the television series, ranked #2. Marvel Comics had four titles in the top ten; The Immortal Hulk Volume 5: Breaker of Worlds, was the top book at #3. Image Comics' November Volume 1 ranked #4. Dark Horse Comics had two titles in the top, led by The Legend of Korra Part 2: Ruins of Empire at #6.
Gemstone Publishing's The Overstreet Price Guide to Batman, a guide to eighty years of comics and collectibles focused on the Dark Knight, was November's best-selling book. Also of note, Dynamite Entertainment's Vampirella: 50th Anniversary Poster Collection ranked #3 and Titan Comics' The Philosophy of Deadpool ranked #4.
Mezco Toys' One:12 Collective: Marvel Comics: Classic Cyclops Action Figure, a PREVIEWS exclusive, was November's best-selling toy product. Diamond Select Toys had five products in the top ten, led by the Castlevania Gallery: Trevor Belmont PVC Figure, based on the Netflix animated series. DC Collectibles had three products in the top ten; the Dark Nights Metal: The Batman Who Laughs & Robins Deluxe Statue was their best-selling product at #6.
Paizo Publishing's Starfinder RPG: Character Operations Manual, a sourcebook for the science-fiction role-playing game, was November's best-selling game product and one of the seven Paizo products among the top ten.
TOP 10 TOYS BY DOLLARS INVOICED
RANK | DESCRIPTION | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
1 | ONE-12 COLLECTIVE: MARVEL: CLASSIC CYCLOPS FIGURE | SEP188229 | MEZ |
2 | CASTLEVANIA GALLERY: TREVOR BELMONT PVC FIGURE | JAN192540 | DST |
3 | POP! DC HEROES: HARLEY QUINN WITH BOOMBOX VINYL FIGURE | AUG188545 | FUN |
4 | MARVEL SELECT: CARNAGE FIGURE | NOV142179 | DST |
5 | KINGDOM HEARTS 3 GALLERY: MALEFICENT PVC STATUE | MAY189403 | DST |
6 | DARK NIGHTS METAL: THE BATMAN WHO LAUGHS & ROBINS DELUXE STATUE | MAY190542 | DC |
7 | DARK KNIGHTS METAL: BATMAN THE RED DEATH STATUE | APR190588 | DC |
8 | DC PRIME: BATMAN ACTION FIGURE | MAR190627 | DC |
9 | DC GALLERY: HARLEY QUINN REBIRTH PVC FIGURE | JUN192385 | DST |
10 | MARVEL GALLERY: AVENGERS ENDGAME CAPTAIN AMERICA PVC FIGURE | JUL192669 | DST |
TOP 10 GAMES BY DOLLARS INVOICED
RANK | DESCRIPTION | ITEM CODE | VENDOR |
1 | STARFINDER RPG: CHARACTER OPERATIONS MANUAL HC | SEP193078 | PAI |
2 | STARFINDER RPG: CORE RULEBOOK HC | JUN173371 | PAI |
3 | CRITICAL ROLE: TAL'DOREI CAMPAIGN SETTING HC | JUN173357 | GRE |
4 | PATHFINDER: LOST OMENS CHARACTER GUIDE HC (P2) | AUG193363 | PAI |
5 | PATHFINDER FLIP-MAT: BASIC NEW EDITION | MAR138328 | PAI |
6 | PATHFINDER RPG: CORE RULEBOOK POCKET EDITION | APR168770 | PAI |
7 | PATHFINDER ADVENTURE PATH: AGE OF ASHES PART 5 | SEP193076 | PAI |
8 | MY HERO ACADEMIA: THE CARD GAME | JUL183082 | S7 |
9 | POP! FUNKOVERSE STRATEGY GAME: THE GOLDEN GIRLS 100 EXPANDALONE BOARD GAME | JUN198704 | FUN |
10 | TOME OF BEASTS HC | JUN168476 | PAI |