Paul O'Brien writes at The Beat:

Lots going on this month. The Dark Reign books are mounting up, the War of Kings crossover has begun, and Obama is back. There are also a lot of new releases, with the first issues of SECRET WARRIORS, ASTONISHING TALES and AGENTS OF ATLAS, as well as the relaunched BLACK PANTHER.

As usual, Marvel had the largest share of the North American direct market by a comfortable margin, beating DC by 48% to 28% in unit share, and 45% to 27% in dollar terms.