  The Sign of the Times: The Significance of Marvel's Dominant
Market Share  A column article, Comics Bulletin Soapbox by:
Keith Dallas, Paul Brian McCoy , Dave Wallace  Keith Dallas: I'm
sure you guys have read about Marvel's recent dominant market
share. If you haven't, allow me to inform you that Marvel
Comics' titles comprised 50.92% of all comic books distributed
to retailers in September 2008. DC's titles meanwhile comprised
28.47% of all comic books distributed to retailers that month.
Think about that: Half of all the comic books distributed to
retailers were Marvel books with DC a (very) distant second.
September's data isn't anomalous. In August 2008 Marvel's market
share of comic books distributed was 48.09% (DC's was 32.73%),
and in June 2008 Marvel's market share was 48.39% while DC's was
29.56%. Even if Marvel doesn't replicate a 50% share for the
month of October (it assuredly will not since DC released Final
Crisis #4 in October), we're witnessing a consistent trend that
has been playing out