Detective Comics #1000, copertina di Jim Lee

Potremmo riassumerla così: se la Marvel si porta a casa la maggior parte del bottino, la DC Comics può dare lustro ai suoi titoli più prestigiosi. Con circa 600.000 copie vendute, è stato infatti il numero #1000 di Detective Comics l’albo più venduto dello scorso anno, seguito non da un titolo della Casa delle Idee ma bensì a uno targato Image Comics: Spawn #300 (300.000 copie).

La progenie infernale di Todd McFarlane ha avuto la meglio sui rivoluzionari mutanti di Jonathan Hickman, che si devono accontentare del bronzo di X-Men #1 (disegnato da Leinil Francis Yu), oltre che dell’ottava e della nona posizione con gli albi d’esordio delle miniserie House of X e Powers of X.

Al di là delle prime due posizioni della quarta, occupata dal numero #1 del sorprendente horror DCeased (di Tom Taylor e Trevor Hairsine), quella dei comic-book più venduti del 2019 è una Top 10 dominata dall’editore di New York, che non per niente ha venduto il 44,72% delle copie fisiche in tutto il settore, portandosi a casa il 40,20% degli incassi; tutto ciò migliorando le sue prestazioni rispetto al 2018, quando le percentuali erano state rispettivamente il 40.40% e il 38.24%.

 

 

Meno bene la casa editrice di Burbank, con un dollar share del 29.29% e un unit share 30.74%, quando lo scorso anno indicavano 30.04% e 33.82%. Idem la Image, che senza nuove storie di Saga (di Brian K. Vaughan e Fiona Staples) e la chiusura di The Walking Dead (di Robert Kirkman e Charlie Adlard) porta a casa l’8.04% e il 7.69%, quando nel 2018 aveva toccato quota 9.93% e 9.90%.

C’è poi la IDW Publishing, che con Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #100 si aggiudica la sessantaseiesima posizione; per il resto non c’è un solo altro albo nei primi cento posti che non sia targato Marvel, DC Comics o Image.

 

 

In generale, le vendite degli spillati sono aumentate quasi del 4% rispetto al 2018, mentre quelle dei volumi (tra brossurati, cartonati e graphic novel originali) sono diminuite del 2%, con un aumento complessivo del 2,23%.

Di seguito trovate la Top 100 dei comic-book che vi abbiamo descritto in apertura, mentre poco sotto riprendiamo il discorso parlando proprio di come sono andate le cose in libreria, dove a primeggiare è stato un certo fumetto pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1986.

 

Gli albi più venduti del 2019

 

PosizioneTitoloPrezzoEditore
1DETECTIVE COMICS #1000$9.99JAN190542-MDC COMICS
2SPAWN #300$7.99JUN190014-MIMAGE COMICS
3X-MEN #1$4.99AUG190845-MMARVEL COMICS
4BLACK CAT #1$4.99APR190773-MMARVEL COMICS
5DCEASED #1$3.99MAR190464-MDC COMICS
6ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #1$7.99JUN190761-MMARVEL COMICS
7MARVEL COMICS #1000$9.99JUN190842-MMARVEL COMICS
8HOUSE OF X #1$5.99MAY190690-MMARVEL COMICS
9POWERS OF X #1$5.99MAY190703-MMARVEL COMICS
10WAR OF REALMS #1$5.99JAN190870-MMARVEL COMICS
11SPAWN #301$4.99JUL190084-MIMAGE COMICS
12SYMBIOTE SPIDER-MAN #1$4.99FEB190822-MMARVEL COMICS
13SPIDER-MAN #1$4.99JUL190833-MMARVEL COMICS
14BATMAN SUPERMAN #1$3.99JUN190450-MDC COMICS
15POWERS OF X #6$5.99AUG190879-MMARVEL COMICS
16HOUSE OF X #6$4.99AUG190870-MMARVEL COMICS
17DCEASED #2$3.99APR190459-MDC COMICS
18POWERS OF X #5$4.99JUL190873-MMARVEL COMICS
19HOUSE OF X #5$4.99JUL190857-MMARVEL COMICS
20BATMAN LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH #1 (MR)$5.99MAR190458-MDC COMICS
21SILVER SURFER BLACK #1$3.99APR190783-MMARVEL COMICS
22NEW MUTANTS #1 DX$4.99SEP190749-MMARVEL COMICS
23POWERS OF X #4$4.99JUL190865-MMARVEL COMICS
24BATMAN WHO LAUGHS THE GRIM KNIGHT #1$4.99JAN190535-MDC COMICS
25HOUSE OF X #4$4.99JUL190849-MMARVEL COMICS
26CAPTAIN MARVEL #1$4.99NOV188701-MMARVEL COMICS
27JOKER YEAR OF THE VILLAIN #1$4.99AUG190440-MDC COMICS
28HOUSE OF X #3$4.99JUN190821-MMARVEL COMICS
29BATMAN WHO LAUGHS #2$4.99NOV180414-MDC COMICS
30DOOMSDAY CLOCK #9$4.99NOV180434-MDC COMICS
31WALKING DEAD #192 (MR)$3.99APR190202-MIMAGE COMICS
32HOUSE OF X #2$4.99JUN190814-MMARVEL COMICS
33SAVAGE AVENGERS #1$4.99MAR190757-MMARVEL COMICS
34POWERS OF X #2$4.99JUN190828-MMARVEL COMICS
35DOOMSDAY CLOCK #10$4.99JAN190585-MDC COMICS
36WALKING DEAD #193 (MR)$3.99MAY190111-MIMAGE COMICS
37BATMAN DAMNED #3 (MR)$6.99MAR190493-MDC COMICS
38X-MEN #2 DX$3.99SEP190778-MMARVEL COMICS
39DOOMSDAY CLOCK #12$5.99OCT190523-MDC COMICS
40AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #25$7.99MAY190815-MMARVEL COMICS
41GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #1$4.99DEC188796-MMARVEL COMICS
42DOOMSDAY CLOCK #11$4.99MAR190507-MDC COMICS
43POWERS OF X #3$4.99JUN190835-MMARVEL COMICS
44AMAZING MARY JANE #1$3.99AUG190933-MMARVEL COMICS
45BATMAN LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH #2$5.99MAY190360-MDC COMICS
46CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1$4.99NOV180740-MMARVEL COMICS
47BATMAN WHO LAUGHS #3$4.99DEC180539-MDC COMICS
48BATMAN WHO LAUGHS #5$4.99MAR190495-MDC COMICS
49X-FORCE #1 DX$4.99SEP190760-MMARVEL COMICS
50ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #5 AC$4.99SEP190790-MMARVEL COMICS
51STAR WARS GALAXYS EDGE #1$3.99FEB190943-MMARVEL COMICS
52BATMAN WHO LAUGHS #4$4.99FEB190484-MDC COMICS
53X-MEN #3 DX$3.99OCT190903-MMARVEL COMICS
54ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #2 AC$4.99JUN190775-MMARVEL COMICS
55ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #4 AC$4.99AUG190902-MMARVEL COMICS
56BATMAN WHO LAUGHS #6$4.99APR190454-MDC COMICS
57ABSOLUTE CARNAGE #3 AC$4.99JUL190885-MMARVEL COMICS
58GHOST RIDER #1$4.99AUG190978-MMARVEL COMICS
59BATMAN CURSE OF THE WHITE KNIGHT #1$4.99MAY190356-MDC COMICS
60IMMORTAL HULK #16$3.99FEB190849-MMARVEL COMICS
61BATMAN #64$3.99DEC180510-MDC COMICS
62AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #21$3.99MAR190831-MMARVEL COMICS
63BATMAN #77$3.99JUN190479-MDC COMICS
64MARAUDERS #1 DX$4.99AUG190863-MMARVEL COMICS
65THANOS #1$4.99FEB190810-MMARVEL COMICS
66AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #14$3.99NOV180903-MMARVEL COMICS
67EXCALIBUR #1 DX$4.99AUG190856-MMARVEL COMICS
68JOKER HARLEY CRIMINAL SANITY #1$5.99AUG190443-MDC COMICS
69HARLEEN #1 (MR)$7.99JUL190510-MDC COMICS
70BATMAN #62$3.99NOV180402-MDC COMICS
71WAR OF REALMS NEW AGENTS OF ATLAS #1 WR$3.99MAR190793-MMARVEL COMICS
72IMMORTAL HULK #19$3.99APR190792-MMARVEL COMICS
73IMMORTAL HULK #17$3.99MAR190845-MMARVEL COMICS
74AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #24$3.99APR190824-MMARVEL COMICS
75BATMAN #65$3.99DEC180515-MDC COMICS
76DCEASED A GOOD DAY TO DIE #1$4.99JUL190514-MDC COMICS
77BATMAN WHO LAUGHS #7$4.99JUN190448-MDC COMICS
78BATMAN LAST KNIGHT ON EARTH #3 (MR)$5.99SEP190478-MDC COMICS
79IMMORTAL HULK #25$5.99AUG191030-MMARVEL COMICS
80IMMORTAL HULK #20$3.99MAY190775-MMARVEL COMICS
81BATMAN #69$3.99FEB190480-MDC COMICS
82DARK KNIGHT RETURNS THE GOLDEN CHILD #1$5.99OCT190471-MDC COMICS
83VENOM #11$3.99DEC180962-MMARVEL COMICS
84BATMAN #68$3.99FEB190478-MDC COMICS
85HEROES IN CRISIS #4$3.99NOV180457-MDC COMICS
86VENOM #19 AC$3.99AUG190927-MMARVEL COMICS
87SUPERMAN YEAR ONE #1 (MR)$7.99APR190432-MDC COMICS
88UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY #1 (MR)$3.99SEP190027-MIMAGE COMICS
89BLACK CAT #2$3.99MAY190834-MMARVEL COMICS
90BATMAN #63$3.99NOV180404-MDC COMICS
91DEADPOOL #1$4.99SEP190835-MMARVEL COMICS
92BATMAN #70$3.99MAR190487-MDC COMICS
93BATMAN #67$3.99JAN190576-MDC COMICS
94BATMAN #66$3.99JAN190574-MDC COMICS
95BATMAN #71$3.99MAR190489-MDC COMICS
96HEROES IN CRISIS #5$3.99NOV180459-MDC COMICS
97BATMAN #78$3.99JUL190537-MDC COMICS
98FALLEN ANGELS #1 DX$4.99SEP190769-MMARVEL COMICS
99BATMAN #73$3.99APR190448-MDC COMICS
100WAR OF REALMS #2 WR$4.99FEB190759-MMARVEL COMICS

 

Watchmen - Nuova Edizione, di Alan Moore e Dave Gibbons

Stranamente non ci sono volumi Marvel tra i primi dieci più venduti dello scorso anno. La Casa delle Idee inizia infatti ad apparire solo dalla dodicesima posizione, con il classico Infinity Gauntlet, di Jim Starlin, George Pérez e Ron Lim, per questioni cinematografiche, dato che il 2019 è stato l’anno di Avengers: Endgame.

Si dividono la Top 10 la DC Comics e la Image: la prima beneficia della miniserie HBO che ha dato un seguito a Watchmen (di Alan Moore e Dave Gibbons), del grande successo di Mister Miracle (di Tom King e Mitch Gerads) e occupa altri cinque slot con storie vecchie e nuove di Batman (tra cui un altro classico di Alan Moore, The Killing Joke, disegnato da Brian Bolland); la seconda sfoggia i suoi titoli più amati e premiati, The Walking Dead, Saga e Monstress (di Marjorie Liu e Sana Takeda), oltre alla new entry Die, neonata serie scritta da Kieron Gillen e disegnata Stephanie Hans.

Sul podio anche la Dark Horse, grazie al successo della serie televisiva Netflix che adatta Umbrella Academy, di Gerard Way e Gabriel Bà.

 

I volumi più venduti del 2019

 

PosizioneTitoloPrezzoEditore
1WATCHMEN TP$24.99JUN190614-MDC COMICS
2SAGA TP VOL 01 (MR)$9.99AUG120491IMAGE COMICS
3UMBRELLA ACADEMY TP VOL 01 APOCALYPSE SUITE$17.99SEP108136DARK HORSE COMICS
4MONSTRESS TP VOL 01 (MR)$9.99APR160803-MIMAGE COMICS
5MISTER MIRACLE TP (MR)$24.99OCT180598DC COMICS
6DIE TP VOL 01 FANTASY HEARTBREAKER (MR)$9.99MAR190080-MIMAGE COMICS
7BATMAN WHITE KNIGHT TP$19.99JUL180733DC COMICS
8WALKING DEAD TP VOL 31 (MR)$16.99JAN190186IMAGE COMICS
9BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE HC NEW ED$17.99JUN190574DC COMICS
10BATMAN DAMNED HC (MR)$29.99MAR190571DC COMICS
11WALKING DEAD TP VOL 32$16.99JUN190045IMAGE COMICS
12INFINITY GAUNTLET TP$24.99JUL110745MARVEL COMICS
13PAPER GIRLS TP VOL 01$9.99JAN160645IMAGE COMICS
14SAGA TP VOL 09 (MR)$14.99JUL180297IMAGE COMICS
15DARK NIGHTS METAL TP$19.99OCT180569DC COMICS
16UMBRELLA ACADEMY TP VOL 02 DALLAS$17.99DEC098005DARK HORSE COMICS
17IMMORTAL HULK TP VOL 01 OR IS HE BOTH$15.99AUG181082MARVEL COMICS
18UMBRELLA ACADEMY TP VOL 03 HOTEL OBLIVION$19.99MAR190279DARK HORSE COMICS
19JOKER TP BLACK LABEL$14.99APR190556DC COMICS
20DC SUPER HERO GIRLS SEARCH FOR ATLANTIS TP$9.99JUN180439DC COMICS
21DETECTIVE COMICS 80 YEARS OF BATMAN DLX ED HC$29.99DEC180641DC COMICS
22BOYS OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 (MR)$29.99DEC181256-MDYNAMITE
23DEADLY CLASS TP VOL 01 REAGAN YOUTH (MR)$9.99MAY140626-MIMAGE COMICS
24HOUSE OF X POWERS OF X HC$60.00SEP190963-MMARVEL COMICS
25MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 01$9.99JUN151643VIZ MEDIA LLC
26MONSTRESS TP VOL 04 (MR)$16.99JUL190105-MIMAGE COMICS
27MONSTRESS TP VOL 03 (MR)$16.99JUL180261IMAGE COMICS
28PAPER GIRLS TP VOL 06$14.99JUL190107IMAGE COMICS
29IMMORTAL HULK TP VOL 02 GREEN DOOR$15.99NOV181036MARVEL COMICS
30BATMAN WHO LAUGHS HC$29.99JUN190568DC COMICS
31TEEN TITANS RAVEN TP DC INK$16.99FEB190469DC COMICS
32SAGA TP VOL 02 (MR)$14.99APR130443IMAGE COMICS
33BATMAN HUSH TP$29.99JUN190569DC COMICS
34GIDEON FALLS TP VOL 01 BLACK BARN (MR)$9.99AUG180153IMAGE COMICS
35DISNEY DESCENDANTS EVIES WICKED RUNWAY TP VOL 01$15.99JAN192254TOKYOPOP
36MIRACULOUS TALES LADYBUG CAT NOIR TP S2 VOL 04 NO EVIL DOING$8.99SEP181357ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
37DISNEY DESCENDANTS EVIES WICKED RUNWAY TP VOL 02$15.99FEB192149TOKYOPOP
38MIDDLEWEST TP BOOK 01 (MR)$9.99MAR190092-MIMAGE COMICS
39WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 01 THE FAUST ACT (MR)$9.99SEP140684IMAGE COMICS
40MONSTRESS TP VOL 02 (MR)$16.99APR170834IMAGE COMICS
41IMMORTAL HULK TP VOL 03 HULK IN HELL$15.99FEB190998MARVEL COMICS
42COSMIC GHOST RIDER TP BABY THANOS MUST DIE$15.99NOV181028MARVEL COMICS
43SANDMAN TP VOL 01 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES 30TH ANNIV ED$19.99JUL180774DC COMICS
44SAGA TP VOL 08 (MR)$14.99OCT170715IMAGE COMICS
45MAGIC ORDER TP VOL 01 (MR)$19.99FEB190095-MIMAGE COMICS
46RICK AND MORTY VS DUNGEONS & DRAGONS TP VOL 01$19.99DEC180776IDW PUBLISHING
47SAGA TP VOL 03 (MR)$14.99JAN140556IMAGE COMICS
48DC POSTER PORTFOLIO STANLEY ARTGERM LAU TP 01$24.99OCT180551DC COMICS
49LIFE OF CAPTAIN MARVEL TP$15.99OCT181018-MMARVEL COMICS
50DOOMSDAY CLOCK HC PART 01$24.99JUL190638DC COMICS
51STRANGER THINGS TP VOL 01 OTHER SIDE$17.99JAN190427DARK HORSE COMICS
52DC SUPER HERO GIRLS OUT OF THE BOTTLE TP$9.99FEB180156DC COMICS
53DARK NIGHTS METAL DARK KNIGHTS RISING TP$24.99DEC180638DC COMICS
54DCEASED HC$29.99AUG190650-MDC COMICS
55BAD WEEKEND HC (MR)$16.99MAY190040IMAGE COMICS
56KINGDOM COME TP BLACK LABEL$19.99JAN190687DC COMICS
57CRITICAL ROLE TP VOL 01 VOX MACHINA ORIGINS$19.99JUN190303DARK HORSE COMICS
58SPIDER-GEDDON TP$24.99NOV181026MARVEL COMICS
59HELLBOY OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 SEED OF DESTRUCTION$24.99JAN180104DARK HORSE COMICS
60WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 08 OLD IS THE NEW NEW (MR)$17.99JAN190247IMAGE COMICS
61GIDEON FALLS TP VOL 02 ORIGINAL SINS (MR)$16.99FEB190077IMAGE COMICS
62HARLEY QUINN BREAKING GLASS TP DC INK$16.99APR190434DC COMICS
63MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 02$9.99SEP151698VIZ MEDIA LLC
64PAPER GIRLS TP VOL 02$12.99SEP160815IMAGE COMICS
65PAPER GIRLS TP VOL 05$14.99OCT180099IMAGE COMICS
66SAGA TP VOL 04 (MR)$14.99OCT140644IMAGE COMICS
67SNOTGIRL TP VOL 01 GREEN HAIR DONT CARE$9.99DEC160774IMAGE COMICS
68SAGA TP VOL 07 (MR)$14.99JAN170850IMAGE COMICS
69UNDER THE MOON A CATWOMAN TALE TP DC INK$16.99JAN190554DC COMICS
70DESCENDER TP VOL 01 TIN STARS (MR)$9.99JUL150554IMAGE COMICS
71SPIDER-MAN LIFE STORY TP$24.99JUL191106MARVEL COMICS
72STAR WARS DARTH VADER DARK LORD SITH TP VOL 04 FORTRESS VADE$19.99OCT181014MARVEL COMICS
73MISTER MIRACLE HC (MR)$34.99JAN198940DC COMICS
74SPAWN ORIGINS TP VOL 01 (NEW PTG)$9.99MAR190064IMAGE COMICS
75VENOM BY DONNY CATES TP VOL 01 REX$17.99AUG181081MARVEL COMICS
76IMMORTAL HULK TP VOL 04 ABOMINATION$15.99JUN191051MARVEL COMICS
77DETECTIVE COMICS #1000 DELUXE ED HC$19.99MAR190576DC COMICS
78SEVEN TO ETERNITY TP VOL 03$16.99OCT180111IMAGE COMICS
79EAST OF WEST TP VOL 09$16.99FEB190059IMAGE COMICS
80SAGA TP VOL 06 (MR)$14.99MAR160684IMAGE COMICS
81WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 09$17.99JUN190046IMAGE COMICS
82VENOM BY DONNY CATES TP VOL 02$17.99JAN191101MARVEL COMICS
83FARMHAND TP VOL 01 (MR)$12.99OCT180065IMAGE COMICS
84BATMAN THE LONG HALLOWEEN TP$24.99JUL110251DC COMICS
85SAGA TP VOL 05 (MR)$14.99JUL150565IMAGE COMICS
86BOYS OMNIBUS TP VOL 02 (MR)$29.99MAR191177-MDYNAMITE
87SAGA DLX ED HC VOL 03 (MR)$49.99MAR190127IMAGE COMICS
88MAN-EATERS TP VOL 01$12.99DEC180123IMAGE COMICS
89ADVENTURE ZONE GN VOL 02 MURDER ON ROCKPORT LIMITED$19.99MAY191698:01 FIRST SECOND
90BATMAN TP VOL 09 THE TYRANT WING$16.99DEC180627DC COMICS
91AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BY NICK SPENCER TP VOL 01 BACK BASICS$15.99SEP181008MARVEL COMICS
92BATMAN WHITE KNIGHT HC$29.99JAN198939DC COMICS
93ISOLA TP VOL 01$9.99JUL180153IMAGE COMICS
94BATMAN TP VOL 01 THE COURT OF OWLS (N52)$16.99DEC120323DC COMICS
95MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 17$9.99DEC182240VIZ MEDIA LLC
96DC SUPER HERO GIRLS SPACED OUT TP$9.99JAN190555DC COMICS
97WAR OF REALMS TP$29.99MAY190956MARVEL COMICS
98DARK KNIGHT RETURNS TP$19.99NOV150279DC COMICS
99THEY CALLED US ENEMY TP$19.99MAR190630IDW PUBLISHING
100MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 03$9.99DEC151700VIZ MEDIA LLC

 

 

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