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"DC Comics has dominated September&amp;#039;s comic charts thanks to the success of its &amp;#039;Forever Evil&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Villains Month&amp;#039; events. The publisher ended the month with 40.39% of the direct market&amp;#039;s Dollar Share and 45.17% of its Unit Share, outperforming Marvel Comics&amp;#039; 28.49% and 29.83%.   Geoff Johns&amp;#039;s Forever Evil #1 was the month&amp;#039;s bestselling issue, while the &amp;#039;Villains Month&amp;#039; one-shots featuring the Joker, the Riddler, Bane and the Penguin all went top 10. Marvel had some success in the comics chart, claiming positions two to four with Infinity #2 and #3, and X-Men: Battle of the Atom #1, as well as seventh place with Mighty Avengers #1 and ninth with Avengers #19. Image Comics claimed the top spot in the graphic novels chart with Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta&amp;#039;s first East of West collection, with DC&amp;#039;s Justice League Volume Three: The Throne of Atlantis taking second place. Overall sales rose dramatically during September, marking a 32% dollar increase over the previous month. Year-on-year sales were up by 33.9% in dollars and 26.97% in units compared to 2012. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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