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DC's Rebirth one-shot has beaten out Marvel's Civil War II #0 intro issue to take the top spot of the May 2016 comics sales charts.
Marvel held on to the lion's share of the top 10 comics, with the debut issue of the new Punisher series topping Batman and both the new Captain America #1 and Star Wars placing ahead of Justice League.
On the Graphic Novel front, DC took top spot with a Special Edition of the Killing Joke TPB while Marvel's best performing trade was Civil War in 3rd spot.
Marvel also continued its market share dominance over DC with almost 40% retail market share and nearly 45% unit market share.
TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
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NEW TITLES SHIPPED
| PUBLISHER | COMICS SHIPPED | GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED | MAGAZINES SHIPPED | TOTAL SHIPPED |
| MARVEL COMICS | 102 | 34 | 0 | 136 |
| DC ENTERTAINMENT | 74 | 28 | 0 | 102 |
| IDW PUBLISHING | 50 | 23 | 0 | 73 |
| IMAGE COMICS | 43 | 22 | 0 | 65 |
| DARK HORSE COMICS | 20 | 24 | 0 | 44 |
| BOOM ENTERTAINMENT | 24 | 12 | 0 | 36 |
| DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT | 19 | 6 | 0 | 25 |
| TITAN COMICS | 16 | 3 | 4 | 23 |
| ONI PRESS INC. | 10 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC | 10 | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| OTHER NON-TOP 10 | 111 | 114 | 19 | 244 |
COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
| DOLLARS | UNITS | |
| MAY 2016 VS. APRIL 2016 | ||
| COMICS | -6.54% | -4.15% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | -6.31% | -11.10% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | -6.46% | -4.77% |
| MAY 2016 VS. MAY 2015 | ||
| COMICS | -14.34% | -17.60% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | 4.52% | -3.39% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | -9.05% | -16.58% |
| YEAR-TO-DATE 2016 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2015 | ||
| COMICS | -9.23% | -14.01% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS | 4.80% | 3.46% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN | -5.11% | -12.72% |
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR |
| 1 | DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH #1 | $2.99 | DC |
| 2 | CIVIL WAR II #0 | $4.99 | MAR |
| 3 | THE PUNISHER #1 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 4 | BATMAN #52 | $3.99 | DC |
| 5 | CAPTAINAMERICA: STEVE ROGERS #1 | $4.99 | MAR |
| 6 | STAR WARS #19 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 7 | JUSTICE LEAGUE #50 | $5.99 | DC |
| 8 | DARTH VADER #20 | $4.99 | MAR |
| 9 | BLACK PANTHER #2 | $3.99 | MAR |
| 10 | AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #12 | $3.99 | MAR |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS
| RANK | DESCRIPTION | PRICE | VENDOR |
| 1 | BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL EDITION HC | $17.99 | DC |
| 2 | DESCENDER VOLUME 2 TP (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
| 3 | CIVIL WAR TP | $24.99 | MAR |
| 4 | BLACK SCIENCE VOLUME 4: GODWORLD TP (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
| 5 | WE STAND ON GUARD DELUXE HC (MR) | $24.99 | IMA |
| 6 | CHEW VOLUME 11: LAST SUPPERS TP (MR) | $14.99 | IMA |
| 7 | THE JOKER: ENDGAME TP | $24.99 | DC |
| 8 | STAR WARS: KANAN VOLUME 2: FIRST BLOOD TP | $17.99 | MAR |
| 9 | SPIDER-GWEN VOLUME 1: GREATER POWER TP | $17.99 | MAR |
| 10 | SPIDER-MAN/DEADPOOL: DON’T CALL IT A TEAM UP TP | $34.99 | MAR |