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"Direct market comic sales passed $40 million (\u00C2\u00A325m) in October. The Comichron reports that overall dollar orders for comics, trade paperbacks, and magazines exceeded the milestone for the first time since September 2009. The research and analysis website confirmed that sales rose by 6.9 percent during September, attributing the increase to  DC Comics&amp;#039; &amp;#039;New 52&amp;#039; relaunch. &amp;quot;While that may sound counter-intuitive, it isn&amp;#039;t when you consider that all those first issues continued to have reorders selling through October,&amp;quot; said analyst John Jackson Miller.  &amp;quot;Retailers with an eye on the aftermarket may also have some sense that second issues are historically under-ordered - something which goes at least back to the experience of G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #2 in the 1980s, which wound up being much more valuable than its first issue.&amp;quot; Diamond Comic Distributors&amp;#039; figures for October suggested that DC has a significant lead over Marvel Comics in terms of marketshare, capturing 50.97 percent compared to its rival&amp;#039;s 30.29 percent. Justice League #2 was the bestselling comic of the month. DC&amp;#039;s Flashpoint hardcover volume topped the graphic novels chart. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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