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Market Share data based on Total Sales for products invoiced in January 2012, with Marvel Comics leading in the Dollar Share category and DC Comics leading in the Unit Market Share category.
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Darkseid scattered Earth's heroes, forcing Green Lantern to take the lead to save the world in Geoff Johns and Jim Lee's Justice League #5 from DC Comics, the best-selling comic book sold to specialty retailers in January.
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Batman tumbles into the hallucinogenic nightmare of Wonderland thanks to his first encounter with the Mad Hatter in Batman: Through the Looking Glass, an original hardcover graphic novel by Bruce Jones and Sam Kieth from DC Comics, which was the best-selling graphic novel to comics retailers in January.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs' classic tale of Tarzan, the Lord of the Apes, is retold for a new generation in the visceral Lord of the Jungle from Dynamite Entertainment was the best-selling Non-Premier Comic sold to comics retailers in January. Naruto found himself between warring factions in Naruto Volume 54 from VIZ Media, the top-selling Non-Premier Graphic Novel for the month.
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Naruto finds himself between warring factions in Naruto Volume 54 from VIZ Media, the best-selling Manga to comics retailers in January. Overall, VIZ had four of the top ten Manga titles for the month.
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AMC's top-rated series The Walking Dead, based on Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's best-selling comic from Image Comics, served as the basis for McFarlane Toys' The Walking Dead TV Series 1 Action Figures, the best-selling Toy product to comics specialty retailers in January.
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The dynastic struggles of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros are yours to win with Fantasy Flight Games' A Game of Thrones Board Game (Second Edition), based on the best-selling fantasy novels by George R.R. Martin and the best-selling game sold to comics specialty retailers in January.
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Presenting January 2012's Top Sellers in the categories of Magazines, DVDs & Digital Media, Books, Trading Cards, Apparel, Prints & Posters, and Collectible Items based on total unit sales to comic book specialty shops.
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Market Share data based on Total Sales for products invoiced in calendar year 2011, with Marvel Comics leading in both the Dollar Share and Unit Market Share categories.
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The relaunch of the DC Universe and the dawn of the "New 52" began with August's Justice League #1 from writer Geoff Johns and artist Jim Lee, giving DC Comics the best-selling comic book in 2011 to comics specialty retailers.
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Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead Volume 1: Days Gone Bye from Image Comics, which served as the basis for the first season of AMC's hit zombie series, was the best-selling graphic novels to comics retailers in 2012.
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VIZ Media's Naruto Volume 50 was the best-selling Manga graphic novel sold to comics specialty retailers in 2011.
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DC Direct's Batman: Arkham Asylum Series 1 Action Figures, based on the best-selling video game published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, were the best-selling Toys to comics specialty retailers in 2011.
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The Last Son of Krypton, Superman, makes his appearance with WizKids/NECA's DC HeroClix: Superman Booster Brick, a massive release that adds both heroes and villains from Superman's world to the HeroClix campaign and was the best-selling Games product to comics specialty retailers in 2011.
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Presenting 2011's overall Top Sellers in the categories of Magazines, DVDs & Digital Media, Books, Trading Cards, Apparel, Prints & Posters, and Collectible Items based on total unit sales to comic book specialty shops.
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Market Share data based on Total Sales for products invoiced in December 2011, with Marvel Comics leading in both the Dollar Share and Unit Market Share categories.
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The dread lord Darkseid revealed himself to Earth's heroes in Geoff Johns and Jim Lee's Justice League #4 from DC Comics, the best-selling comic book to comics retailers in the month of December.
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Rick Grimes and his band of survivors of the zombie apocalypse continue their difficult journey toward safety in Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's The Walking Dead Volume 15: We Find Ourselves from Image Comics, December's top-selling graphic novel to comics retailers.
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Joe Benitez's steampunk heroine returned in December in the pages of Aspen MLT's Lady Mechanika #3, the best-selling Non-Premier comic for the month. Naruto faced his own inner demons in VIZ Media's Naruto Volume 53, the month's top selling Non-Premier Graphic Novel.
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Joe Benitez's steampunk adventures continued in December's Lady Mechanika #3 from Aspen MLT, giving the publisher the month's top-selling comic from the Small Press publishers. The collected edition of the first half of Zenescope Entertainment's crossover event, Grimm Fairy Tales: The Dream Eater Saga Volume 1, was the month's top-selling Small Press graphic novel.
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Naruto confronts the long dark tea-time of the soul and his own inner demons in Naruto Volume 53, the latest volume of VIZ Media's long-running ninja series and December's top-selling Manga graphic novel to comics specialty retailers.
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In November Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment released Batman: Arkham City, the long-awaited sequel to Batman: Arkham Asylum, and the characters from the new video game were brought to life with DC Direct's Batman: Arkham City Series 1 Action Figures, the best-selling Toy product to comics specialty retailers in December.
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Gamers could make their HeroClix pieces angry and unleash the might of the Incredible Hulk into their gaming campaign with December's release of WizKids/NECA's Marvel HeroClix: The Incredible Hulk Booster Brick, the best-selling Games product to comics specialty retailers for the month.
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Presenting December 2011's Top Sellers in the categories of Magazines, DVDs & Digital Media, Books, Trading Cards, Apparel, Prints & Posters, and Collectible Items based on total unit sales to comic book specialty shops.
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