DC Entertainment won a total of six Diamond Gem Awards in 2019.
Comic book specialty retailers named DC Entertainment comic book publisher of the year with more than 3 percent market share, according to a Diamond Comic Distributors announcement.
The comic book giant also brought home the award for Comic Book of the Year $3.99 and Under with Heroes In Crisis #1; Comic Book of the Year Over $3.99 with Action Comics #1000; Reprint Trade Paperback or Hardcover of the Year with Batman White Knight; Best All Ages Series with DC Super Hero Girls; and Best All-Ages Original/Reprint Graphic Novel with DC Super Hero Girls: Date With Disaster.
To top off these honors, DC Collectibles won Collectible Statue of the Year with the Batman Black and White: The Batman Who Laughs statue.
Marvel Comics followed behind DC Entertainment with five Gem Awards, including Top Dollar Market Share Publisher of the Year; Licensed Comic of the Year with Star Wars: Darth Vader Dark Lord of the Sith Volume 2: Legacy’s End; and Best New Comic Book Series with Immortal Hulk.
Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, VIZ Media, and Diamond Select Toys each took home two Gem Awards. Diamond Select Toys’ awards included Toy Manufacturer of the Year.
Funko snagged 2018 Toy Line of the Year with Funko POP!, while Diamond Select Toys’ Marvel Select Thor: Ragnarok Gladiator Hulk Action Figure won Toy Product of the Year.
Check out the full list of 2018 Diamond Gem Award winners.
2018 Diamond Gem Award Suppliers of the Year
2018 Comic Book Publisher of the Year – Over 3%: DC Entertainment
2018 Comic Book Publisher of the Year – Under 3%: BOOM! Studios
2018 Backlist Publisher of the Year: Image Comics
2018 Top Dollar Comic Book Publisher of the Year: Marvel Comics
2018 Manga Publisher of the Year: VIZ Media
2018 Game Manufacturer of the Year: WizKids/NECA
2018 Toy Manufacturer of the Year: Diamond Select Toys
2018 Diamond Gem Award Products of the Year
2018 Comic Book of the Year – Under $3.99: Heroes in Crisis #1, DC Entertainment
2018 Comic Book of the Year – Over $3.99: Action Comics #1000, DC Entertainment
2018 Top Dollar Comic Book: Action Comics #1000, DC Entertainment
2018 Best New Comic Book Series: Immortal Hulk, Marvel Comics
2018 Best All Ages Series: DC Super Hero Girls, DC Entertainment
2018 Best All Ages Original/Reprint GN: DC Super Hero Girls, Date With Disaster, DC Entertainment
2018 Licensed Comic of the Year: Stranger Things #1, Dark Horse Comics
2018 Licensed TP or HC of the Year: Star Wars Darth Vader Dark Lord Sith Volume 2: Legacy’s End, Marvel Comics
2018 Original Graphic Novel of the Year: My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies, Image Comics
2018 Reprint TP or HC of the Year: Batman White Knight, DC Entertainment
2018 Indie Graphic Novel of the Year: Berlin: The Complete Edition, Drawn + Quarterly
2018 Manga TP of the Year: My Hero Academia, Volume 13, VIZ Media
2018 Anthology of the Year: Thanos Legacy #1, Marvel Comics
2018 Magazine of the Year: Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal Magazine
2018 Trade Book of the Year: The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia, Dark Horse Comics
2018 Best Free Comic Book Day Book: FCBD 2018 Avengers Captain America, Marvel Comics
2018 Game Product of the Year: Batman: The Animated Series Gotham Under Siege, IDW Games
2018 Toy Product of the Year: Marvel Select Thor: Ragnarok Gladiator Hulk Action Figure, Diamond Select Toys
2018 Toy Line of the Year: Funko POP!, Funko
2018 Collectible Statue of the Year: Batman Black and White: The Batman Who Laughs Statue, DC Collectibles
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