>Marvel Comics marketshare edged past DC last week, 36.89% to 35.65%, reclaiming the direct market lead by a whisker.>Image Comics jumped sharply to 16.49% marketshare, widening the gap on the rest of the comic book publishers.>IDW, Dynamite, Dark Horse, BOOM! and Ignition Press rounded out the top publishers in comic store sales data.>The figures cover August 18 to 25, 2026, using point-of-sale data from 600-plus comic shops via Prana DM.>Marvel Comics took back marketshare last week, but only just, with 36.9% against DC Comics' 35.7%. Image jumps up from 13% to 16.5%… as everyone else slips back a bit. Thanks to Prana Direct Market Solutions, here are the comic book publisher marketshare in the direct market of comic book stores as sold from the 18th to the 25th of August 2026, based on Point Of Sale data from 600+ stores in the Manage Comics and Comic Shop Assistant systems. You can find previous Bestseller Lists right here, including the Top 400 sales for last week, on which this data is based. >Marvel Comics — 36.89% >DC Comics — 35.65% >Image Comics — 16.49% >IDW — 3.20% >Dynamite — 1.97% >Dark Horse — 1.76% >BOOM! Entertainment — 1.30% >Ignition Press — 1.02% >Oni Press — 0.90% >Mad Cave Studios — 0.82%https://bleedingcool.com/comics/marvel-comics-took-the-lead-against-dc-on-marketshare-last-week-just/
>>155231414Surely they have better comics then, right?
>>155231581No right now DC has better comics then marvel, hell the midnight line which will launch in autumnshows how desperate marvel is I have no doubt it wll fail bigtime.
>>155231414Its gonna last two months topsBefore decade ends Image will be at 20-25%
>>155231948>right now DC has better comics then marvelThey don't. DC and Marvel are putting out equally terrible comics but Absolute (mainly Absolute Batman) has greater normalfag appeal right now.
...Now what's the comparison of all this to Shonen Jump's marketshare?
>>155231414Horrendous turn out considering Spidey just made 2.5 billy expect them to drop by 5% next month>>155233625The absolute line is amazing but I doubt a marvel tard would ever read any comics
>>155231414DCucks got a little too cocky.
>>155233673>DCuck>term used by aging Marvelsloppers who defend comics about Marvel heroes being cuckedIs this some kind of irony?
>>155233744We found cuckvoort /co/
>>155231414Gotta love the Knullster!
>>155231414It was only a matter of time. Still sad that Marvel puts out significantly more comics than DC and still barely has a lead over them.
>>155231581Heh
Did either of them even put out anything interesting this week?Only thing on my read list was X-Men
>>155234188>eitherThe absolute line up mogs everything cuckvel has done in 3 decades
>>155233625DC's been Decent the past couple of years
>>155231414This was all because of Spider-man 1000 and variant cover shenanigans, isn't it?
>>155235048Yep.I don't expect this to maintain, they'll get a bump from Midnight but unless that kicks off unexpectantly, the move plus the staff changeover is going to be some chaos for Marvel for the next year.Good. Burn it down. Gotta phoenix this shit.
>>155231414I imagine this is all based on hype for the Midnight shit and the hope that it really does become Marvel's Absolute level success?
>>155235069More the #1000 sales (which are extremely undewhelming when compared to the regular Absolute issue, but still getting factor of six figures more than the usual issue) and event spam. It's not good. Marvel have a LOT more books out so should be having the usual market share they historically have.
>>155233625>mainly Absolute Batman) has greater normalfag appeal right now.nah the Absolute line is great
Woo, IDW.
>>155235208They've come a long way.
>>155231414DC got a bump with Absolute, but that is starting to wane. Especially with the Marvel Midnight universe coming in
Prior to Absolute, when was the last time DC was regularly beating or neck and neck with Marvel? Anyone know?
>>1552350481000 doesn't release until the end of September
>>155235345New 52 was the last time DC was ahead
Who cares? This is worthless information to everyone here.Fuck off.
>>155235021Oh shit I missed that there was an Absolute WW this week until I checked thanks to you, my bad
>>155234188>X-MenNo taste.
>>155235737>1000 doesn't release until the end of SeptemberYes, and comic shops have to order them ahead of time so they have them.
>>155231414what about manga sales?
>>155231414I really have a hard time believing Dynamite sells that much. I don't know ANYONE who buys their shit. What do they even have? It's all Deja Thoris variants.
>>155238302So much of Dynamite stuff seems to be just soft-core titillation, and very samey plots at that.
>>155235035They absolutely have not. Their comics are all basically on the level of those YA original graphic novels they were putting out a few years prior and the artists are all yaoifags they pulled from social media.>>155233653Why does me saying that Marvel is making shitty comics make me a "marvel tard"?
>>155238242The rankings are for sold issues that week, not pre-orders
>>155238456You're just a joyless cunt.
>>155238276ask /a/
>>155231414
>>155231414I knew it was just making more X-Men reboots
>>155231414But where are all the good comics?
>>155235765Rich is a Marvel shill because they pass on leaks to him meanwhile Didio and everyother DC leaker got purged by WBD/AT&T. Look at how Rich is pretty much a one man propagandist army for the Stephanie Phillips DD book that had a ton of blindbags and variants.
>>155231414Already back on top? That was sooner than I expected
>>155240832KEK
>>155231414MarvelGAWDS WON!!!
