TOP 20 COMICS of AUGUST 2010 (Brightest Day at No.1)
Diamond Comic Distributors released their sales figures for August 2010 for comics. DC owning the top spot with their main storyline. Even though, Marvel has 13 books in the top 20 list.
1. Brightest Day #7 (DC)
2. Brightest Day #8 (DC)
3. Avengers #4 (Marvel)
4. New Avengers #3 (Marvel)
5. Secret Avengers #4 (Marvel)
6. Amazing Spider-Man #640 (Marvel)
7. Batman #702 (DC)
8. X-Men #2 (Marvel)
9. Uncanny X-Men #527 (Marvel)
10. Green Lantern: Emerald Warriors #1(DC)
11. Green Lantern Corps #51 (DC)
12. Amazing Spider-Man #639 (Marvel)
13. Justice League of America #48 (DC)
14. Avengers Prime #2 (Marvel)
15. Ultimate Comics Avengers 3 #1 (Marvel)
16. X-Men Legacy #239 (Marvel)
17. Captain America #609 (Marvel)
18. Captain America #608 (Marvel)
19. Thor #613 (Marvel)
20. Astonishing X-Men #35 (Marvel)
Diamond follows the overall market share and which publishers fared the best in August. By each publisher you’ll see two numbers. The first is the market share in terms of units, or books, sold. The second is in terms of dollar share – the money made from sales to retailers. Note that these charts do not actually reflect sales to consumers.