Comics 500, 2009 Week 29
Your Executive Summary and Index, Week Ending 12 July 2009
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Your Executive Summary and Index
Week ending 12 July 2009
Comics Top 500
1. ↔0 (1) : Watchmen – DC Vertigo, [831.5] ::
2. ↑2 (4) : Final Crisis – DC, [745.9] ::
3. ↑2 (5) : Batman The Killing Joke – DC, [721.3] ::
4. ↓-2 (2) : V for Vendetta – DC Vertigo, [720.8] ::
5. ↓-2 (3) : Dark Tower 3 – Marvel, [698.6] ::
6. ↑1 (7) : Batman The Dark Knight Returns – DC, [691.4] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight 4 – Dark Horse, [687.6] ::
8. ↔0 (8) : Maximum Ride 1 – Yen Press, [664.5] ::
9. ↔0 (9) : Batman RIP – DC, [643.3] ::
10. ↑1 (11) : Sandman 1 – DC Vertigo, [639.8] ::
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Top Publishers
Number of titles ranking in the Comics 500:
Viz Shonen Jump 62
DC Vertigo 45
DC 39
Viz Shojo Beat 31
Viz Shonen Jump Advanced 31
Tokyopop 29
Marvel 28
Del Rey 23
Dark Horse 19
Yen Press 16
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Top 50 Series:
1. ↔0 (1) : Naruto – Viz Shonen Jump, [2022.8] ::
2. ↔0 (2) : Batman – , [1872.9] ::
3. ↔0 (3) : Sandman – , [1454.2] ::
4. ↑4 (8) : Fruits Basket – Tokyopop, [1264.6] ::
5. ↔0 (5) : Buffy the Vampire Slayer – , [1252.7] ::
6. ↓-2 (4) : Bleach – Viz Shonen Jump, [1210.4] ::
7. ↓-1 (6) : Y The Last Man – , [1185.1] ::
8. ↓-1 (7) : Dark Tower – , [1148.6] ::
9. ↑1 (10) : League of Extraordinary Gentlemen – , [1011.3] ::
10. ↓-1 (9) : Bone – , [1008.7] ::
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Please note: In addition to delayed Manga charts, the Manga Publishers’ Scorecard [if it continues as a separate report], Emerging Trends Report, and the Full list of ranking New Releases and Preorders reports will be temporarily shelved for a few more weeks, until all data entry and some minor reformatting is finished.














