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Wise Wizard Games announced the launch of Wacky Wizard Games, a new brand imprint focused on family-friendly, lightweight games. Three games are planned for release in 2024 as part of this new brand imprint: Star Realms Academy, Caution Signs, and Pack the Essentials. If you are interested and attending PAX Unplugged they will have prototypes of Caution Signs and Pack the Essentials. "We are super excited to be adding this new family friendly product line to our catalog. We wanted to maintain the focus of Wise Wizard Games on strategy card and dice games with geeky themes, and have created Wacky Wizard Games as an umbrella for lightweight games with a more whimsical, cute vibe," shared Debbie Moynihan, COO of Wise Wizard Games. Star Realms Academy Forge your own star realms, overloaded with cuteness! A kid friendly but still fun for grown-ups version of the popular Star Realms deckbuilding game for 2 players. A little less math, no reading necessary, but still tons of fun! 
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Diamond Announces Top Products for September 2014 #Wolverine #FuturesEnd #Saga

Diamond Comic Distributors has released their September 2014 product sales data. Included are Top Comic Book Publishers by Retail Market Share & Unit Share, Comparative Sales, Top 10 Comics, Graphic Novels, Toys, and Games.




"(BALTIMORE, MD) — (October 3, 2014) — Hunted by his enemies, his healing factor gone, Wolverine faces his final reckoning in Charles Soule and Steve McNiven's Death of Wolverine #1 from Marvel Comics, the best-selling comic book of September 2014 according to information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors, the world's largest distributor of comics, graphic novels, and pop culture merchandise.

 DC Entertainment was September's top publisher with a 36.58% dollar market share and a 40.76% unit market share. Marvel Comics was second with a 32.04% dollar share and 34.11% unit share. Image Comics was third with a 7.49% dollar share and an 8.24% unit share. IDW Publishing's dollar share in September was fourth at 4.52% and Dark Horse Comics was fifth at 4.11%.

 Marvel Comics had four titles among September's top ten best-selling comics, including Death of Wolverine #2 at #2. DC Entertainment placed six titles in the top ten, driven by DC Comics' Futures End month-long event featuring lenticular covers and led by Batman: Futures End #1 at #3.

 DC Entertainment's Batman: Death of the Family Book & The Joker Mask Boxed Set, a special edition of the Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo storyline that comes with a Joker mask, was September's best-selling graphic novel and one of the publisher's three titles in the top ten. Also in the top ten were Marvel Comics with two titles, led by Brian Michael Bendis and Sara Pichelli's Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2: Angela at #4, and Image Comics with four titles, led by Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead Volume 10 hardcover at #5.

 Released to coincide with the debut of the new season of Doctor Who, Running Press' Doctor Who: K-9 Light & Sound Figurine and Book Set was September's best-selling book. Also among the top ten was Dark Horse Comics' Legend of Korra: Art of the Animated Series Book 2: Spirits at #4.

 Based on the best-selling video game, the Batman: Arkham City: Harley Quinn/Batman/Nightwing/Robin Action Figure 4-Pack from DC Collectibles was the best-selling toy product in September and one of the manufacturer's five products among the top ten. Diamond Select Toys also placed in the top ten with the Marvel Select: Zombie Magneto Action Figure at #8.

Hasbro's perennial best-seller Risk Legacy, a multi-game revision of the venerable board game, returned to the top of the sales charts in September as the month's best-selling game."

TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS

PUBLISHER
DOLLAR SHAREUNIT SHARE
 DC ENTERTAINMENT
36.58%
40.76%
 MARVEL COMICS
32.04%
34.11%
 IMAGE COMICS
7.49%
8.24%
 IDW PUBLISHING
4.52%
3.24%
 DARK HORSE COMICS
4.11%
3.30%
 BOOM! STUDIOS
2.34%
2.28%
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
2.32%2.14%
 EAGLEMOSS PUBLICATIONS LTD
1.29%-
 VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC
-0.71%
RANDOM HOUSE
1.15%-
 AVATAR PRESS INC
-0.66%
VIZ MEDIA
0.96%-
 ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC
-0.63%
OTHER NON-TOP 10
7.34%4.77%

TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS

TOP 10 GAMES

  1. RISK LEGACY
  2. MARVEL HEROCLIX: GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY COMIC BOOSTER BRICK
  3. MONOPOLY: THE WALKING DEAD SURVIVAL EDITION
  4. ADVENTURE TIME: CARD WARS PACK 3: PRINCESS BUBBLEGUM VS THE LUMPY SPACE PRINCESS
  5. MARVEL DICE MASTERS: AVENGERS VS. THE X-MEN
  6. RISK: THE WALKING DEAD SURVIVAL EDITION
  7. THE WALKING DEAD TV BOARD GAME
  8. MY LITTLE PONY LIFE
  9. DC HEROCLIX: WAR OF LIGHT BOOSTER BRICK WAVE 2
  10. YU-GI-OH! TCG 2014 MEGA-TIN

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