Marvel Comics Dominated 2019
The comics market in 2019 was marked by the complete dominance of Marvel. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, citing data from Diamond Comic Distributors, Marvel took 40.2 percent of the market in dollar terms and 44.72 percent in terms of the number of magazines purchased by stores. In the top ten most popular comic series of 2019 Marvel periodicals took seven places in the year, with X-Men No. 1 becoming the most popular. As for DC, its share fell to 29.29 percent in dollar terms and 30, 74 percent by number of copies. The third place was taken by Image Comics with indicators of 8.04 and 7.69 percent, respectively. As for collectible editions, the most popular among them was the series "Guardians". Overall, according to the report, the print comic book market showed steady growth in 2019, with sales increasing 2.23 percent over 2018. Periodicals became the engine of growth. Collectible, on the contrary, showed a drop of two percent. Note that in the past year, comic book adaptations continued to dominate the box office. Several of them have raised over a billion dollars at once. The Topic of Article: Marvel Comics Dominated 2019. |
