We expect the May sales charts to be along this weekend, but in the meantime, last week’s reorder charts are out from Diamond Comic Distributors. Amazing Spider-Man #800 continued to lead one, while the Walking Dead 15th anniversary box set led the other. First, we’ll look at what’s already in stores before moving on to the future:
TOP REORDERED ITEMS for June 4-10, 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.
Last week’s top reordered book, Amazing Spider-Man #800, topped the list once again. (See listings for the issue on eBay.)
The top hardcover was Batman: Knightfall Omnibus Vol. 3: Knightsend.
The Infinity Gauntlet collection was yet again the top trade paperback.
The top reordered comic book from DC was Batman: Prelude to the Wedding: Robin Vs. Ras Al Ghul #1. It went on sale on May 30. DC also had the top reordered comic book released in June, Justice League #1.
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 4-10, 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.
The Walking Dead Compendium 15th Anniversary Box Set was the top advance-reordered item by dollars. Priced at $200, it goes on sale October 3.
The Jim Lee variant of Batman #50 was the top advance-reordered comic book, with the regular edition right behind. It goes on sale July 4 as part of the midnight-release promotion many shops are participating in.
The Fresh Start relaunch Amazing Spider-Man #1 was the top advance reordered comic book from Marvel. The 56-page issue has a discount program keyed to retailer’s orders of Amazing Spider-Man #796. Marvel also had a lot of Captain America #1 variants in the chart.
No trade paperbacks made the list.
This chart is ranked by full retail dollars and not units, or wholesale dollars.
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 May 2018, 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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