Diamond December 2008 sales data updated

Diamond continues its rollout today of the December 2008 comics sales figures, with a release of a longer (and corrected) market share list and the Top 100 Comics.

On the December number score: First off, my hunch was correct that the dollar and unit sales columns were reversed in last week's "sneak peak," so I'm glad I didn't post them. The corrected and expanded ones from Diamond are here, reproduced below:

Publisher	Comics, Magazines, & GNs Retail Dollar Share	Comics, Magazines, & GNs Unit Share
Marvel	45.05%	49.63%
DC	29.05%	31.15%
Dark Horse	5.23%	4.24%
Image	3.59%	3.21%
IDW	2.90%	2.57%
Dynamic Forces	2.24%	1.92%
Viz	1.64%	0.80%
Wizard	0.87%	0.63%
Tokyopop	0.87%	0.36%
Boom	0.63%	0.59%
Eaglemoss	0.55%	0.11%
Random House	0.50%	0.16%
Avatar Press	0.37%	0.34%
Fantagraphics	0.36%	0.08%
Gemstone	0.36%	0.16%
Zenescope	0.35%	0.38%
Archie	0.29%	0.41%
Devil's Due	0.26%	0.20%
Aspen	0.24%	0.31%
Digital Manga	0.20%	0.07%
Other	4.47%	2.68%

As we can see, "other" is always higher in dollars than units.

The Top 100 comics are reproduced here — and we can see a new addition to the charts: "New This Month" replaces the "In Stock" column. This will be very helpful in light of the news of Diamond increasing its order minimums for publishers, since we'll be able to more quickly weed out the comics sold on reorder as we look to see where the dividing line really falls.

Qty Rank	Retail Rank	Index	Code	Description	Price	Ven	New this Month
1	1	163.08	SEP082358-60	SECRET INVASION #8 (Of 8) SI*	$3.99	MAR	*
2	2	116.81	AUG080114	FINAL CRISIS #5 (Of 7)	$3.99	DC	*
3	3	110.12	OCT082339-40	SECRET INVASION DARK REIGN DKR*	$3.99	MAR	*
4	5	102.39	SEP082361	NEW AVENGERS #47 SI	$2.99	MAR	*
5	6	100.47	OCT082345	NEW AVENGERS #48 DKR	$2.99	MAR	*
6	7	100.00	SEP080111-2	BATMAN #682*	$2.99	DC	*
7	9	96.58	SEP080113-4	BATMAN #683*	$2.99	DC	*
8	10	93.92	OCT082409-10	HULK #9*	$2.99	MAR	*
9	11	92.10	SEP082368	MIGHTY AVENGERS #20 DKR	$2.99	MAR	*
10	4	91.61	SEP082309-10	ULTIMATUM #2 (Of 5)*	$3.99	MAR	*
11	13	89.18	OCT082473	WOLVERINE #70	$2.99	MAR	*
12	14	88.02	OCT082461-2	UNCANNY X-MEN #505 MD*	$2.99	MAR	*
13	15	85.54	OCT080110-1	BATMAN #684*	$2.99	DC	*
14	17	81.10	SEP080155	JUSTICE LEAGUE O/AMERICA #27 SIGHTINGS	$2.99	DC	*
15	19	78.94	SEP082381	THOR #12	$2.99	MAR	*
16	20	77.81	OCT080152	JUSTICE LEAGUE O/AMERICA #28	$2.99	DC	*
17	21	76.92	SEP080038-9	BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER #20*	$2.99	DAR	*
18	23	76.16	OCT082396-7	CAPTAIN AMERICA #45*	$2.99	MAR	*
19	24	74.66	OCT082381-2	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #579*	$2.99	MAR	*
20	25	74.53	SEP080156-7	JUSTICE SOCIETY O/AMERICA #21*	$2.99	DC	*
21	26	73.72	OCT082384-5	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #581*	$2.99	MAR	*
22	8	73.27	OCT082342	DARK REIGN NEW NATION DKR	$3.99	MAR	*
23	27	72.34	OCT080153-4	JUSTICE SOCIETY O/AMERICA #22*	$2.99	DC	*
24	31	69.50	OCT080108-9	DETECTIVE COMICS #851*	$2.99	DC	*
25	32	69.28	SEP080151	GREEN LANTERN #36 (RES)	$2.99	DC	*
26	12	67.90	OCT082349	SECRET INVASION REQUIEM #1 DKR	$3.99	MAR	*
27	34	67.38	OCT082383	AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #580	$2.99	MAR	*
28	35	64.82	OCT082463	X-MEN LEGACY #219	$2.99	MAR	*
29	36	62.91	OCT082466-7	X-FORCE #10*	$2.99	MAR	*
30	16	61.92	SEP082387	ASTONISHING X-MEN GHOST BOXES #2 (Of 2)	$3.99	MAR	*
31	38	61.17	OCT080132-3	ACTION COMICS #872 NEW KRYPTON*	$2.99	DC	*
32	39	60.67	OCT082343-4	INVINCIBLE IRON MAN #8 DKR*	$2.99	MAR	*
33	18	59.59	OCT080122-4	BATMAN CACOPHONY #2 (Of 3)*	$3.99	DC	*
34	41	59.15	OCT080106-7	SUPERMAN #683 NEW KRYPTON*	$2.99	DC	*
35	42	57.84	AUG082347	FANTASTIC FOUR #562	$2.99	MAR	*
36	22	57.49	OCT082360-2	DARK TOWER TREACHERY #4 (Of 6)*	$3.99	MAR	*
37	43	56.23	SEP082362	AVENGERS INITIATIVE #19 SI	$2.99	MAR	*
38	44	55.84	OCT082394-5	AVENGERS INVADERS #7 (Of 12)*	$2.99	MAR	*
39	46	54.81	OCT082341	AVENGERS INITIATIVE #20 DKR	$2.99	MAR	*
40	47	54.64	OCT082380	ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN #129	$2.99	MAR	*
41	49	54.06	MAY082347	KICK ASS #5 (MR)	$2.99	MAR	*
42	28	53.48	SEP080100	FINAL CRISIS REVELATIONS #4 (Of 5)	$3.99	DC	*
43	51	53.23	OCT082347-8	WAR MACHINE #1 DKR*	$2.99	MAR	*
44	29	52.72	OCT080096	FINAL CRISIS SECRET FILES #1	$3.99	DC	*
45	30	52.65	OCT082363-5	STAND CAPTAIN TRIPS #4 (Of 5)*	$3.99	MAR	*
46	33	51.80	OCT082464-5	X-INFERNUS #1 (Of 4)*	$3.99	MAR	*
47	54	50.13	OCT082472	DEADPOOL #5	$2.99	MAR	*
48	55	49.18	SEP080144	SUPERMAN BATMAN #54	$2.99	DC	*
49	56	48.67	OCT080134-5	SUPERGIRL #36 NEW KRYPTON*	$2.99	DC	*
50	57	48.19	OCT082460	WOLVERINE ORIGINS #31	$2.99	MAR	*
51	58	47.46	OCT082379	ULTIMATE X-MEN #99	$2.99	MAR	*
52	59	47.45	OCT082402-3	DAREDEVIL #114*	$2.99	MAR	*
53	61	47.11	OCT080148	GREEN LANTERN CORPS #31	$2.99	DC	*
54	37	46.41	AUG082314	ULTIMATE HULK ANNUAL #1	$3.99	MAR	*
55	40	44.76	OCT082415	MARVEL ZOMBIES 3 #3 (Of 4)	$3.99	MAR	*
56	64	44.64	OCT080090	TRINITY #27	$2.99	DC	*
57	65	44.41	OCT080091	TRINITY #28	$2.99	DC	*
58	66	43.74	OCT080092	TRINITY #29	$2.99	DC	*
59	67	43.62	OCT080093	TRINITY #30	$2.99	DC	*
60	68	43.41	OCT080094	TRINITY #31	$2.99	DC	*
61	70	41.89	OCT080114	TITANS #8	$2.99	DC	*
62	45	41.44	OCT082434	THOR GOD SIZED #1	$3.99	MAR	*
63	48	40.63	OCT082430/ SEP088006	MARVELS EYE O/CAMERA #1 (Of 6)*	$3.99	MAR	*
64	50	40.28	OCT084215	ANGEL AFTER THE FALL #15	$3.99	IDW	*
65	72	39.43	OCT082398-9	INCREDIBLE HERCULES #124*	$2.99	MAR	*
66	73	39.38	OCT080113	TEEN TITANS #66	$2.99	DC	*
67	52	38.97	OCT082440-1	PUNISHER WAR ZONE #1 (Of 6)*	$3.99	MAR	*
68	53	38.93	OCT082459	X-MEN KINGBREAKER #1 (Of 4)	$3.99	MAR	*
69	77	38.92	OCT082438-9	THUNDERBOLTS #127*	$2.99	MAR	*
70	80	37.67	OCT080131	NIGHTWING #151	$2.99	DC	*
71	81	37.01	OCT082446-7	SKAAR SON OF HULK #6*	$2.99	MAR	*
72	82	36.94	OCT082468	CABLE #9	$2.99	MAR	*
73	83	36.83	OCT082469	X-FACTOR #38	$2.99	MAR	*
74	85	36.39	OCT082378	ULTIMATE FANTASTIC FOUR #59	$2.99	MAR	*
75	86	35.92	SEP082396	WOLVERINE MANIFEST DESTINY #2 (Of 4) MD	$2.99	MAR	*
76	60	35.44	OCT082350-1	X-MEN NOIR #1 (Of 4)*	$3.99	MAR	*
77	62	34.84	OCT082476	X-MEN MANIFEST DESTINY #4 (Of 5) MD	$3.99	MAR	*
78	88	34.78	SEP082363	SECRET INVASION FRONT LINE #5 (Of 5) SI	$2.99	MAR	*
79	89	34.58	OCT080157/ OCT088013	WONDER WOMAN #27*	$2.99	DC	*
80	90	34.41	OCT080127	BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #14	$2.99	DC	*
81	63	34.22	OCT082352-3	SPIDER-MAN NOIR #1 (Of 4)*	$3.99	MAR	*
82	92	33.77	OCT082457-8	GUARDIANS O/GALAXY #8*	$2.99	MAR	*
83	95	33.03	OCT082455	WHAT IF CAPTAIN AMERICA FALLEN SON	$2.99	MAR	*
84	96	32.64	OCT082470-1	YOUNG X-MEN #9 MD*	$2.99	MAR	*
85	99	31.85	OCT082346	MS MARVEL #34 DKR	$2.99	MAR	*
86	69	31.82	OCT082442	PUNISHER WAR ZONE #2 (Of 6)	$3.99	MAR	*
87	101	31.46	OCT082432-3	NOVA #20*	$2.99	MAR	*
88	102	31.28	OCT082477	WOLVERINE MANIFEST DESTINY #3 (Of 4) MD	$2.99	MAR	*
89	71	30.41	OCT082443	PUNISHER WAR ZONE #3 (Of 6)	$3.99	MAR	*
90	105	29.84	OCT080129	ROBIN #181	$2.99	DC	*
91	107	29.30	OCT080042	STAR WARS LEGACY #31 VECTOR PART 12 O/12	$2.99	DAR	*
92	75	29.26	OCT082444	PUNISHER WAR ZONE #4 (Of 6)	$3.99	MAR	*
93	76	29.25	OCT082456	WHAT IF SECRET WARS	$3.99	MAR	*
94	78	29.16	OCT082431/ SEP088007	MARVELS EYE O/CAMERA #2 (Of 6)*	$3.99	MAR	*
95	108	29.13	OCT082453	WHAT IF SPIDER-MAN BACK IN BLACK	$2.99	MAR	*
96	109	29.03	OCT084027	BOYS #25 (MR)	$2.99	DE	*
97	110	28.71	OCT080143	BOOSTER GOLD #15	$2.99	DC	*
98	79	28.65	OCT082452	WHAT IF HOUSE OF M	$3.99	MAR	*
99	112	28.35	OCT080146	FLASH #247	$2.99	DC	*
100	84	27.36	OCT082478	X-MEN SPIDER-MAN #2 (Of 4)	$3.99	MAR	*

The December 2008 estimates — and the 2008 year-end estimates — will appear on Comichron after the full release is received and analyzed. Stay tuned...