2018 sales

The first advance reorders for October-shipping comics are out from Diamond Comic Distributors. Last week’s top title was Stanley Lau‘s variant of Catwoman #4. The issue has a ship date of Oct. 10. The top Marvel was the new Magneto title, while November’s Thanos original graphic novel topped hardcover reorders. Our October sales chart preview … Read more

DC’s Heroes in Crisis #1 by Tom King and Clay Mann was the top advance-reordered comic book by retailers during the last week of August; a variant appeared in first place, with the main edition in third. Second place was held by Die Die Die #3 from Image, with Marvel‘s Spider-Geddon #0 in fourth. (Click to see our September-so-far … Read more

A strong week for X-Men-related titles last week, according to Diamond Comic Distributors’ reorder data. Extermination #1 led reorders by dollar volume; the issue went on sale August 15. The top softcover for the week was Old Man Logan; the top hardcover, Batman by Grant Morrison Omnibus. Check out that and more reorder activity from … Read more

Retailers reordered more Fantastic Four #1s by Dan Slott and Skottie Young last week than any other comic from Diamond Comic Distributors, by dollar volume. Check out that and more reorder activity from last week on our August-so-far page. Meanwhile, DC’s “Black Label” launches in September with Batman Damned #1 by Brian Azzarello; the issue … Read more

  Retailer reorders from last week are in from Diamond Comic Distributors, and they show the lingering effects of Batman #50‘s colossal 441,000-copy sale to retailers in North America in July. Batman #52 was the top reordered comic book for the week. X-Men Revolution by Chris Claremont Omnibus was the top reordered item by dollars. … Read more