Just crunched the numbers from the 2024 Diamond Comics sales charts

I always figured Marvel outsold DC by a huge margin but after looking at the annual report from Comichron last night, the gap is only about 15% in dollar share which surprised me given how many folks I see online saying DC is basically dead, has anyone else dug into those stats and found something that changed your mind about the fanbase?

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alice9282d ago

Yeah @williamw75 it's like people just repeat what they see online without checking the actual data.

the_robin2d ago

Wait, so you're telling me the internet might have been EXAGGERATING about something?! Color me shocked, I never would've guessed. All those hot takes about DC being a zombie company living off Batman reprints seem a little more quiet now, huh. Yeah, I dug into the Comichron data last week and the 15% gap basically means Marvel is winning but it's not a knockout. Feels like people online love to announce the death of a publisher every Tuesday just for engagement. Maybe the fanbase is just louder about hating DC than they are about actually buying it, who knows. Either way, it's funny how the reality doesn't match the drama.

williamw752d ago

Yeah, that stat really caught me off guard too. Feels like the online noise doesn't match the real sales, right?