Comics

'Wolverine' dominates sales charts

Published Thursday, Oct 7 2010, 21:31 BST | By Mark Langshaw
Wolverine

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Wolverine titles are on course to top both the bestselling comic book and trade paperback charts for September, Newsarama reports.

According to preliminary sales figures released by Diamond Comics Distributors, Marvel's Wolverine #1 was the month's top-selling comic, while Wolverine: Old Man Logan was the most popular graphic novel.

DC titles accounted for five of the top ten slots in the comics chart. Brightest Day #9 and #10 were the publisher's highest entries, taking second and third respectively. Green Lantern #57 and Batman & Robin #14 completed the top five.

Marvel's Avengers and Spider-Man titles occupied four of the remaining spaces.

Dark Horse's Dr. Horrible trade paperback took second spot in the graphic novels chart, and was one of four titles from the publisher in the top ten. Image's Walking Dead occupied two spaces, while Oni Press' Scott Pilgrim series took one.

The figures saw Marvel claim the largest market share, accounting for 44.20% of all comics sold. Rivals DC came second with 29.85%.
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