With the May sales charts now out (be sure to check out our video), we now have some more data about June and July, thanks to new reorder charts are out from Diamond Comic Distributors. First, we’ll look at what’s already in stores before moving on to the future:
TOP REORDERED ITEMS for June 11-17, 2018 (in invoiced dollars)
These are items that have already shipped, but have been receiving additional orders from retailers. In most cases below, the items are in stock and so the orders are being filled; occasionally items are back-ordered, so their reorders will enter into the channel once they become available.
These are ranked by invoiced dollars, so retailers’ discounts have already applied to the totals before ranking.
The top reordered item and top reordered hardcover by dollars is the Runaways Omnibus, which came out on June 6.
The top reordered comic book was Justice League #1, from DC. It also went on sale on June 6. Man of Steel #1 also made the reorder charts, which usually means it’s sold through the portion of copies that its numbers in May were reduced by for returnability. The second issue made the list as well.
Last week’s top reordered book, Amazing Spider-Man #800, appeared in 23rd place. (See listings for the issue on eBay.)
The Infinity Gauntlet collection was yet again the top trade paperback.
The links in the table go to the Diamond information pages for each book.
And now on to the future…
TOP ADVANCE REORDERED ITEMS for June 11-17, 2018 (in full retail dollars)
These are items that have not yet shipped, but for which the Final Order Deadlines have passed.
These reorders, if books are available to fill them, may or may not land in the same shipping month as the books’ release weeks, so a book’s presence on this chart can mean that an item might make a repeat appearance in Diamond’s monthly top-seller charts.
X-23 #1 from Mariko Tamaki and Juan Cabal was the top comic book in advance reorders. On sale on July 11, it’s the beneficiary of a deep discount connected to retailers’ orders of X-Men Red #3.
Immortal Hulk #1 is up to a second printing, which placed second.
Justice League Odyssey #1 was the top advance-reordered DC book.
No hardcovers or softcovers made the list.
This chart is ranked by full retail dollars and not units, or wholesale dollars.
| Item and Diamond Catalog Link | Price | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | X-23 #1 | $4.99 | Marvel |
| 2 | Immortal Hulk #1 2nd Ptg Bennet Var | $4.99 | Marvel |
| 3 | Justice League Odyssey #1 | $3.99 | DC |
| 4 | Amazing Spider-Man #1 | $5.99 | Marvel |
| 5 | Superman #1 | $3.99 | DC |
| 6 | Flash #50 Var Ed | $3.99 | DC |
| 7 | Avengers #1 3rd Ptg Mcguinness Var | $4.99 | Marvel |
| 8 | Deadpool #1 2nd Ptg Klein Var | $4.99 | Marvel |
| 9 | Farmhand #1 | $3.99 | Image |
| 10 | Justice League Odyssey #1 Var Ed | $3.99 | DC |
| 11 | Titans #23 Var Ed | $3.99 | DC |
| 12 | Doctor Strange #1 2nd Ptg Saiz Var | $3.99 | Marvel |
| 13 | Superman #1 Mack Var Ed | $3.99 | DC |
| 14 | Hawkman #2 Var Ed | $3.99 | DC |
| 15 | Star Wars Darth Vader #18 | $3.99 | Marvel |
| 16 | X-23 #1 Young Var | $4.99 | Marvel |
| 17 | X-23 #1 Choi Design Var | $4.99 | Marvel |
| 18 | Amazing Spider-Man #1 Davis Var | $5.99 | Marvel |
| 19 | Plastic Man #2 | $3.99 | DC |
| 20 | Flash #50 | $3.99 | DC |
| 21 | Elvira Mistress of Dark #1 Stars Stripes Photo Cvr | $3.99 | Dynamite |
| 22 | Titans #23 | $3.99 | DC |
| 23 | Superman #1 Hughes Var Ed | $3.99 | DC |
| 24 | X-23 #1 Blank Var | $4.99 | Marvel |
| 25 | Outpost Zero #1 | $4.99 | Image |
We’ve seen enough reorders and advance from the past few weeks from Diamond Comic Distributors to be able to collate some information onto pages for June 2018 and July 2018. Check them out for a further glance at the future.
Comichron founder John Jackson Miller has tracked the comics industry for more than 25 years, including a decade editing the industry’s retail trade magazine; he is the author of several guides to comics, as well as more than a hundred comic books for various franchises.
He is the author of novels including Star Wars: Kenobi, Star Wars: A New Dawn, Star Trek: Discovery – The Enterprise War, and his upcoming release, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds – The High Country. Read more about them at his fiction site.
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