ICv2.com Releases their January 2005 Direct Market Numbers and Analysis

The comics business analysis site ICv2.com has stepped up with their usual array of numbers and analysis concerning the direct market of comic shops and hobbie stores. This includes their general news story, an analysis story, a list of top 300 comics with the site's arrived-at numbers, and a similar list featuring the top 100 graphic novels. The slight declines continue, Marvel enjoys top of chart dominance while DC catches its breath between mega-series, and retailers like manga if Dark Horse sells it.

ICV2.com can offer monthly numbers that go back several years, which means it's easy to start to notice things. Like comparing January 2002 to January 2005: the number of comics selling over 70,000 and over 50,000 seems to have stayed the same or gone up slightly, but the numbers on comics selling over 20,000 and over 10,000 have gone down. The sales of the #25 and #50 comic have stayed relatively the same, but the number of comics sold by the 100th best selling comic have gone down. The lower part of the comics market seems to be dropping off and spreading out.

Cover art from New Avengers #2; the king of comic books.
 
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