Marvel's March Madness

When DC relaunched all of it's titles in the company-wide event the New 52, they finally had Marvel up against the ropes for a considerable amount of time. Renewed interest had been brought back to the company and to comic books over all. Marvel had no choice but to shake up it's titles as well. They chose not to go for a reboot, instead bringing new creative teams across the board with fresh story arcs while keeping the past continuity.

DC and Marvel have been neck and neck since the new boom which is a great thing for readers and both companies. Numbers are in for the March sales and it looks like Marvel is currently taking in a large amount of readership with their newest titles and the current big event Age of Ultron. Marvel has to be pretty excited that Guardians of the Galaxy #1 is at the top of the list as they prepare to make that franchise a huge film event next summer.

Check out the official update below from IGN:

Diamond Comic Distributors has released their best-selling comics and graphic novels of last month, where Marvel had an extremely strong showing. With a dollar share of 39.96% and a unit share of a whopping 43.78%, Marvel trumped DC's 27.09% and 29.88% respectively.

The top 10 comics of the month were:

1. Guardians of the Galaxy #1 (Marvel)
2. Age of Ultron #1 (Marvel)
3. Batman #18 (DC)
4. Wolverine #1 (Marvel)
5. Age of Ultron #2 (Marvel)
6. Justice League #18 (DC)
7. Age of Ultron #3 (Marvel)
8. Superior Spider-Man #5 (Marvel)
9. Justice League of America #2 (DC)
10. All-New X-Men #8 (Marvel)

As for the top 10 trade paperbacks and graphic novels, that list looks like this:

1. Batman Vol. 2: The City of Owls HC (DC)
2. Batman Vol. 1: The Court of Owls TPB (DC)
3. Hawkeye Vol. 1: My Life as a Weapon TPB (Marvel)
4. Avatar: The Last Airbender Vol. 4: Search Part 1 TPB (Dark Horse)
5. The Walking Dead Vol. 1: Days Gone Bye TPB (Image)
6. Avengers vs. X-Men TPB (Marvel)
7. Kick-Ass 2 TPB (Marvel)
8. Kick-Ass 2: Hit-Girl HC (Marvel)
9. Saga Vol. 1 TPB (Image)

Earth 2 Vol. 1: The Gathering HC (DC)