
May 2008 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops
Estimated Comics Shipped to North American Comics Shops
Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors
Orders were off in all categories against a year before, bringing all year-to-date categories into negative territory — though the widest category, overall comics, trade paperback, and magazine orders, was only off 2% year-to-date. May 2007 was a monster, so the comparatives were going to be hard to hit; there was also one less shipping week this in May 2008. By this point, 2008 was beginning to look a bit like 2003, a year when the market seemed to have been catching its breath after a period of stronger growth.
The top comic book of the month was Marvel’s Secret Invasion #2, with estimated sales to retailers of 182,400 copies across all variants. DC’s Final Crisis #1 came in second, with approximately 144,800 first-month copies ordered in the direct market. Secret Invasion #2 actually sold more copies than the previous May’s top seller, Fallen Son: Captain America — and in dollar terms, either Secret Invasion #2 or Final Crisis #1 would have been the top item on the list in the previous May. But that month’s list had more depth in the top tier, with 15 items selling above 100,000 copies, versus seven this time out.
Read more in our original report from the month and my archived Newsarama column. You can also click to skip to the Top Graphic Novels for the month.
—John Jackson Miller
This list includes all items on Diamond's Top 300 chart. If you don't see a book, Diamond released no data for it.
Items marked with asterisks [*] had their reported orders reduced by 10% due to returnability.
Distributor charts are regional commodity reports, not measures of a work's total reach. Read our FAQ.
The links lead to current listings for each item on eBay. You can also find the books at your comics shop.
Units | Dollars | Comic-book Title | Issue | Price | Publisher | Est. units |
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1 | 1 | Secret Invasion | 2 | $3.99 | Marvel | 182,390 |
2 | 2 | Final Crisis | 1 | $3.99 | DC | 144,784 |
3 | 5 | New Avengers | 41 | $2.99 | Marvel | 109,153 |
4 | 6 | Avengers Invaders | 1 | $2.99 | Marvel | 108,104 |
5 | 7 | Invincible Iron Man | 1 | $2.99 | Marvel | 105,833 |
6 | 3 | Giant Size Astonishing X-Men | 1 | $4.99 | Marvel | 105,477 |
7 | 8 | Batman | 676 | $2.99 | DC | 105,008 |
8 | 9 | Mighty Avengers | 13 | $2.99 | Marvel | 96,862 |
9 | 10 | Batman | 677 | $2.99 | DC | 96,088 |
10 | 12 | Mighty Avengers | 14 | $2.99 | Marvel | 95,253 |
11 | 14 | Justice League of America | 21 | $2.99 | DC | 90,009 |
12 | 4 | Dark Tower Long Road Home | 3 | $3.99 | Marvel | 87,605 |
13 | 15 | Thor | 9 | $2.99 | Marvel | 87,076 |
14 | 16 | Uncanny X-Men | 498 | $2.99 | Marvel | 82,066 |
15 | 17 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 14 | $2.99 | Dark Horse | 82,045 |
16 | 18 | X-Force | 4 | $2.99 | Marvel | 80,151 |
17 | 19 | X-Men Legacy | 211 | $2.99 | Marvel | 79,795 |
18 | 20 | Captain America | 38 | $2.99 | Marvel | 79,327 |
19 | 21 | Justice Society of America | 15 | $2.99 | DC | 78,288 |
20 | 22 | Amazing Spider-Man | 558 | $2.99 | Marvel | 76,944 |
21 | 24 | Amazing Spider-Man | 559 | $2.99 | Marvel | 74,184 |
22 | 25 | X-Men Legacy | 212 | $2.99 | Marvel | 74,011 |
23 | 26 | Amazing Spider-Man | 560 | $2.99 | Marvel | 73,991 |
24 | 30 | All Star Superman | 11 | $2.99 | DC | 70,335 |
25 | 31 | Green Lantern | 31 | $2.99 | DC | 65,854 |
26 | 32 | Fantastic Four | 557 | $2.99 | Marvel | 62,718 |
27 | 33 | Wolverine | 65 | $2.99 | Marvel | 62,433 |
28 | 34 | Secret Invasion Fantastic Four | 1 | $2.99 | Marvel | 60,671 |
29 | 11 | King Size Hulk | 1 | $4.99 | Marvel | 57,463 |
30 | 36 | Titans | 2 | $2.99 | DC | 57,341 |
31 | 37 | Avengers Initiative | 13 | $2.99 | Marvel | 56,801 |
32 | 23 | X-Men Divided We Stand | 2 | $3.99 | Marvel | 56,547 |
33 | 38 | Ultimate Spider-Man | 122 | $2.99 | Marvel | 55,742 |
34 | 27 | Marvel 1985 | 1 | $3.99 | Marvel | 55,121 |
35 | 39 | Cable | 3 | $2.99 | Marvel | 54,744 |
36 | 28 | Logan | 3 | $3.99 | Marvel | 54,612 |
37 | 13 | Action Comics Annual | 11 | $4.99 | DC | 54,307 |
38 | 40 | Incredible Hercules | 117 | $2.99 | Marvel | 52,993 |
39 | 29 | Wolverine Origins | 25 | $3.99 | Marvel | 52,891 |
40 | 41 | Superman Batman | 48 | $2.99 | DC | 52,830 |
41 | 42 | Serenity Better Days | 3 | $2.99 | Dark Horse | 52,413 |
42 | 43 | Young X-Men | 2 | $2.99 | Marvel | 51,252 |
43 | 44 | Ultimate X-Men | 94 | $2.99 | Marvel | 49,765 |
44 | 45 | Detective Comics | 844 | $2.99 | DC | 48,380 |
45 | 47 | X-Factor | 31 | $2.99 | Marvel | 48,217 |
46 | 48 | Green Lantern Corps | 24 | $2.99 | DC | 46,934 |
47 | 50 | Action Comics | 865 | $2.99 | DC | 46,751 |
48 | 51 | Teen Titans | 59 | $2.99 | DC | 46,292 |
49 | 52 | Superman | 676 | $2.99 | DC | 45,631 |
50 | 35 | Angel After The Fall | 7 | $3.99 | IDW | 45,417 |
51 | 55 | Captain Britain & M.I. 13 | 1 | $2.99 | Marvel | 43,268 |
52 | 57 | Ms. Marvel | 27 | $2.99 | Marvel | 41,119 |
53 | 58 | Daredevil | 107 | $2.99 | Marvel | 40,407 |
54 | 59 | Thunderbolts | 120 | $2.99 | Marvel | 38,319 |
55 | 60 | Wonder Woman | 20 | $2.99 | DC | 38,105 |
56 | 62 | Ultimate Fantastic Four | 54 | $2.99 | Marvel | 37,545 |
57 | 54 | Rann Thanagar Holy War | 1 | $3.50 | DC | 37,168 |
58 | 63 | X-Factor Quick & Dead | 0 | $2.99 | Marvel | 37,087 |
59 | 64 | Project Superpowers | 3 | $2.99 | Dynamic | 36,873 |
60 | 65 | Iron Man Director of Shield | 29 | $2.99 | Marvel | 36,405 |
61 | 66 | Guardians of Galaxy | 1 | $2.99 | Marvel | 36,282 |
62 | 46 | Giant Size Incredible Hulk | 1 | $3.99 | Marvel | 36,201 |
63 | 67 | Brave & Bold | 13 | $2.99 | DC | 35,804 |
64 | 49 | Iron Man Viva Las Vegas | 1 | $3.99 | Marvel | 35,142 |
65 | 69 | Batman & Outsiders | 7 | $2.99 | DC | 35,060 |
66 | 70 | Booster Gold | 9 | $2.99 | DC | 35,020 |
67 | 53 | Genext | 1 | $3.99 | Marvel | 33,676 |
68 | 56 | Wolverine Amazing Immortal Man Bloody Tales | 0 | $3.99 | Marvel | 32,270 |
69 | 71 | Flash | 240 | $2.99 | DC | 31,934 |
70 | 72 | Green Arrow Black Canary | 8 | $2.99 | DC | 30,855 |
71 | 74 | Punisher | 57 | $2.99 | Marvel | 30,519 |
72 | 75 | Star Wars Legacy | 23 | $2.99 | Dark Horse | 30,346 |
73 | 76 | Immortal Iron Fist | 15 | $2.99 | Marvel | 30,325 |
74 | 77 | Supergirl | 29 | $2.99 | DC | 30,183 |
75 | 78 | Punisher War Journal | 19 | $2.99 | Marvel | 29,898 |
76 | 79 | Twelve | 5 | $2.99 | Marvel | 29,867 |
77 | 81 | Star Wars Legacy | 24 | $2.99 | Dark Horse | 29,592 |
78 | 82 | Batman Gotham After Midnite | 1 | $2.99 | DC | 29,562 |
79 | 83 | Nightwing | 144 | $2.99 | DC | 29,358 |
80 | 84 | Newuniversal Shockfront | 1 | $2.99 | Marvel | 28,879 |
81 | 85 | Young Avengers Presents | 5 | $2.99 | Marvel | 28,788 |
82 | 87 | Nova | 13 | $2.99 | Marvel | 28,136 |
83 | 88 | Boys | 18 | $2.99 | Dynamic | 27,942 |
84 | 89 | Legion of Super Heroes | 42 | $2.99 | DC | 27,932 |
85 | 90 | Thunderbolts Reason In Madness | 0 | $2.99 | Marvel | 27,627 |
86 | 92 | New Exiles | 6 | $2.99 | Marvel | 27,525 |
87 | 93 | House of Mystery | 1 | $2.99 | DC | 27,484 |
88 | 68 | X-Men Origin Colossus | 0 | $3.99 | Marvel | 26,751 |
89 | 95 | Moon Knight | 18 | $2.99 | Marvel | 26,619 |
90 | 97 | Robin | 174 | $2.99 | DC | 26,201 |
91 | 99 | Star Wars Knights of Old Republic | 28 | $2.99 | Dark Horse | 25,101 |
92 | 100 | Ghost Rider | 23 | $2.99 | Marvel | 25,091 |
93 | 101 | Batman Confidential | 17 | $2.99 | DC | 25,010 |
94 | 102 | DC Wildstorm Dreamwar | 2 | $2.99 | DC | 24,725 |
95 | 103 | World of Warcraft | 7 | $2.99 | DC | 24,582 |
96 | 104 | Star Wars Dark Times | 11 | $2.99 | Dark Horse | 24,480 |
97 | 105 | Final Crisis Sketchbook | 0 | $2.99 | DC | 23,798 |
98 | 106 | Fables | 73 | $2.99 | DC | 23,778 |
99 | 107 | Last Defenders | 3 | $2.99 | Marvel | 23,380 |
100 | 108 | Iron Man Legacy of Doom | 2 | $2.99 | Marvel | 23,370 |
101 | 109 | Walking Dead | 49 | $2.99 | Image | 23,095 |
102 | 110 | Gotham Underground | 8 | $2.99 | DC | 22,953 |
103 | 111 | Tangent Supermans Reign | 3 | $2.99 | DC | 22,851 |
104 | 61 | Conan | 50 | $4.99 | Dark Horse | 22,535 |
105 | 112 | Wolverine First Class | 3 | $2.99 | Marvel | 22,423 |
106 | 80 | Angel Revelations | 1 | $3.99 | Marvel | 22,321 |
107 | 113 | Star Wars Knights of Old Republic | 29 | $2.99 | Dark Horse | 22,036 |
108 | 114 | Birds of Prey | 118 | $2.99 | DC | 21,934 |
109 | 115 | New Warriors | 12 | $2.99 | Marvel | 21,802 |
110 | 117 | Huntress Year One | 1 | $2.99 | DC | 21,273 |
111 | 118 | Black Panther | 36 | $2.99 | Marvel | 20,835 |
112 | 119 | She-Hulk 2 | 29 | $2.99 | Marvel | 20,672 |
113 | 91 | Countdown To Mystery | 7 | $3.99 | DC | 20,631 |
114 | 120 | Anita Blake Vampire Hunter Guilty Pleasures | 11 | $2.99 | Marvel | 20,621 |
115 | 94 | Countdown To Mystery | 8 | $3.99 | DC | 20,193 |
116 | 121 | Spawn | 178 | $2.95 | Image | 20,040 |
117 | 122 | Huntress Year One | 2 | $2.99 | DC | 19,083 |
118 | 125 | DC Special Cyborg | 1 | $2.99 | DC | 18,778 |
119 | 73 | All New Iron Manual | 0 | $4.99 | Marvel | 18,289 |
120 | 127 | War That Time Forgot | 1 | $2.99 | DC | 18,238 |
121 | 129 | Catwoman | 79 | $2.99 | DC | 17,994 |
122 | 123 | G.I. Joe Americas Elite | 35 | $3.50 | Devil's Due | 16,293 |
123 | 124 | Man With No Name | 1 | $3.50 | Dynamic | 16,191 |
124 | 133 | Red Sonja | 33 | $2.99 | Dynamic | 16,110 |
125 | 116 | Transformers Movie Sequel Reign of Starscream | 1 | $3.99 | IDW | 16,038 |
126 | 134 | BPRD 1946 | 5 | $2.99 | Dark Horse | 15,937 |
127 | 135 | Batman Death Mask | 2 | $2.99 | DC | 15,896 |
128 | 156 | Fathom | 0 | $2.50 | Aspen | 15,672 |
129 | 136 | Amazing Spider-Girl | 20 | $2.99 | Marvel | 15,641 |
130 | 138 | JSA Classified | 38 | $2.99 | DC | 15,336 |
131 | 139 | American Dream | 1 | $2.99 | Marvel | 15,254 |
132 | 140 | Checkmate | 26 | $2.99 | DC | 15,163 |
133 | 141 | Tor | 1 | $2.99 | DC | 15,142 |
134 | 142 | Abe Sapien Drowning | 4 | $2.99 | Dark Horse | 15,051 |
135 | 144 | X-Men First Class Vol. 2 | 12 | $2.99 | Marvel | 14,562 |
136 | 145 | DC Special Raven | 3 | $2.99 | DC | 14,399 |
137 | 86 | Indiana Jones & Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | 1 | $5.99 | Dark Horse | 14,256 |
138 | 132 | Terry Moores Echo | 3 | $3.50 | Abstract | 14,205 |
139 | 146 | Shadowpact | 25 | $2.99 | DC | 14,114 |
140 | 147 | Spirit | 17 | $2.99 | DC | 14,053 |
141 | 149 | Madame Mirage | 6 | $2.99 | Image | 13,920 |
142 | 150 | Metal Men | 8 | $2.99 | DC | 13,859 |
143 | 152 | Blue Beetle | 27 | $2.99 | DC | 13,798 |
144 | 128 | Marvel Comics Presents | 9 | $3.99 | Marvel | 13,666 |
145 | 130 | Doctor Who | 4 | $3.99 | IDW | 13,269 |
146 | 153 | Simon Dark | 8 | $2.99 | DC | 13,218 |
147 | 154 | American Dream | 2 | $2.99 | Marvel | 13,146 |
148 | 155 | Jonah Hex | 31 | $2.99 | DC | 13,136 |
149 | 96 | Indiana Jones & Kingdom of the Crystal Skull | 2 | $5.99 | Dark Horse | 13,126 |
150 | 137 | Zorro | 3 | $3.50 | Dynamic | 13,126 |
151 | 98 | Soleil Sky Doll | 1 | $5.99 | Marvel | 12,973 |
152 | 131 | War Is Hell First Flight Phantom Eagle Max | 3 | $3.99 | Marvel | 12,485 |
153 | 160 | Clandestine | 4 | $2.99 | Marvel | 12,220 |
154 | 162 | All New Atom | 23 | $2.99 | DC | 12,067 |
155 | 163 | Northlanders | 6 | $2.99 | DC | 12,006 |
156 | 148 | Lost Boys Reign of Frogs | 1 | $3.50 | DC | 11,996 |
157 | 164 | Supernatural Rising Son | 2 | $2.99 | DC | 11,843 |
158 | 165 | Hellblazer | 244 | $2.99 | DC | 11,823 |
159 | 170 | Gen 13 | 20 | $2.99 | DC | 11,425 |
160 | 173 | End League | 3 | $2.99 | Dark Horse | 11,364 |
161 | 126 | DC Universe Special Justice League of America | 0 | $4.99 | DC | 11,212 |
162 | 176 | Dark Ivory | 2 | $2.99 | Image | 11,089 |
163 | 179 | 100 Bullets | 91 | $2.99 | DC | 10,733 |
164 | 158 | Grendel Behold The Devil | 7 | $3.50 | Dark Horse | 10,733 |
165 | 182 | Jenna Jamesons Shadow Hunter | 3 | $2.99 | Virgin | 10,428 |
166 | 215 | Tiny Titans | 4 | $2.25 | DC | 10,366 |
167 | 151 | Star Trek Assignment Earth | 1 | $3.99 | IDW | 10,356 |
168 | 185 | Midnighter | 19 | $2.99 | DC | 10,122 |
169 | 166 | Army of Darkness | 9 | $3.50 | Dynamic | 10,081 |
170 | 189 | Tarot Witch of Black Rose | 50 | $2.95 | Broadsword | 10,071 |
171 | 186 | Infinity Inc | 9 | $2.99 | DC | 9,990 |
172 | 188 | Goon | 24 | $2.99 | Dark Horse | 9,949 |
173 | 190 | DMZ | 31 | $2.99 | DC | 9,908 |
174 | 171 | Army of Darkness Xena Why Not | 3 | $3.50 | Dynamic | 9,745 |
175 | 157 | Foolkiller | 5 | $3.99 | Marvel | 9,694 |
176 | 159 | Walking Dead Special Edition | 1 | $3.99 | Image | 9,409 |
177 | 194 | New Battlestar Galactica Season Zero | 8 | $2.99 | Dynamic | 9,399 |
178 | 195 | Sword | 8 | $2.99 | Image | 9,226 |
179 | 196 | Astounding Wolf-Man | 6 | $2.99 | Image | 9,083 |
180 | 197 | Simpsons Comics | 142 | $2.99 | Bongo | 9,043 |
181 | 198 | Madman Atomic Comics | 8 | $2.99 | Image | 9,022 |
182 | 307 | DC Universe Zero 2nd Ptg | 0 | $1.00 | DC | 8,982 |
183 | 200 | Young Liars | 3 | $2.99 | DC | 8,951 |
184 | 201 | Kick Ass | 2 | $2.99 | Marvel | 8,931 |
185 | 143 | Savage Tales | 7 | $4.99 | Dynamic | 8,880 |
186 | 168 | Judenhass | 0 | $4.00 | Aardvark-Vanaheim | 8,727 |
187 | 184 | Darkness Vs Eva | 3 | $3.50 | Dynamic | 8,696 |
188 | 172 | Locke & Key | 4 | $3.99 | IDW | 8,544 |
189 | 174 | Avengers Classic | 12 | $3.99 | Marvel | 8,513 |
190 | 175 | Dead of Night Featuring Man Thing | 4 | $3.99 | Marvel | 8,503 |
191 | 206 | Dean Koontz's Frankenstein Vol. 1 | 1 | $2.99 | Dabel | 8,452 |
192 | 192 | Battlestar Galactica Origins | 5 | $3.50 | Dynamic | 8,391 |
193 | 177 | Dead She Said | 1 | $3.99 | IDW | 8,228 |
194 | 208 | Bat Lash | 6 | $2.99 | DC | 8,197 |
195 | 237 | Justice League Unlimited | 45 | $2.25 | DC | 8,136 |
196 | 239 | Super Friends | 3 | $2.25 | DC | 8,034 |
197 | 209 | Secret History Authority Hawksmoor | 3 | $2.99 | DC | 7,994 |
198 | 213 | Number of Beast | 3 | $2.99 | DC | 7,953 |
199 | 214 | Omega Unknown | 8 | $2.99 | Marvel | 7,892 |
200 | 183 | Brothers In Arms | 1 | $3.99 | Dynamic | 7,810 |
201 | 217 | Hulk | 3 2nd Ptg | $2.99 | Marvel | 7,678 |
202 | 218 | Marvel Spotlight Hulk Movie | 0 | $2.99 | Marvel | 7,678 |
203 | 219 | Number of Beast | 4 | $2.99 | DC | 7,556 |
204 | 220 | Futurama Comics | 37 | $2.99 | Bongo | 7,485 |
205 | 249 | Teen Titans Go | 55 | $2.25 | DC | 7,383 |
206 | 204 | Halloween Nightdance | 4 | $3.50 | Devil's Due | 7,332 |
207 | 205 | Texas Chainsaw Massacre Raising Cain | 1 | $3.50 | DC | 7,240 |
208 | 255 | Sonic Hedgehog | 188 | $2.25 | Archie | 7,098 |
209 | 167 | X-Force Legacy of Vengeance One Shot | 0 | $4.99 | Marvel | 7,006 |
210 | 225 | Scalped | 17 | $2.99 | DC | 6,925 |
211 | 226 | Loveless | 24 | $2.99 | DC | 6,843 |
212 | 227 | Hercules | 2 | $2.99 | Radical | 6,762 |
213 | 228 | Franklin Richards Not So Secret Invasion | 0 | $2.99 | Marvel | 6,762 |
214 | 199 | Tank Girl Visions of Booga | 1 | $3.99 | IDW | 6,711 |
215 | 264 | Batman Strikes | 45 | $2.25 | DC | 6,609 |
216 | 202 | Warhammer Condemned By Fire | 1 | $3.99 | Boom | 6,568 |
217 | 203 | Doctor Who Classics | 6 | $3.99 | IDW | 6,558 |
218 | 231 | 1001 Arabian Nights Adventures ofnbad | 1 | $2.99 | Zenescope | 6,507 |
219 | 232 | Dan Dare | 6 | $2.99 | Virgin | 6,436 |
220 | 233 | Exterminators | 29 | $2.99 | DC | 6,395 |
221 | 235 | Casey Blue Beyond Tomorrow | 1 | $2.99 | DC | 6,263 |
222 | 273 | Legion of Super Heroes In 31st Century | 14 | $2.25 | DC | 6,202 |
223 | 236 | American Splendor Season Two | 2 | $2.99 | DC | 6,140 |
224 | 161 | Angel After The Fall Directors Cut | 1 | $5.99 | IDW | 6,039 |
225 | 187 | Simpsons Summer Shindig | 2 | $4.99 | Bongo | 5,988 |
226 | 210 | Ghost Whisperer | 3 | $3.99 | IDW | 5,977 |
227 | 223 | Scud Disposable Assassin | 24 | $3.50 | Image | 5,977 |
228 | 211 | Jim Butchers Dresden Files | 2 | $3.99 | Dabel | 5,967 |
229 | 212 | Pilot Season Twilight Guardian | 0 | $3.99 | Image | 5,957 |
230 | 193 | Captain Marvel Ms. Marvel Infiltration | 0 | $4.99 | Marvel | 5,855 |
231 | 178 | Forgotten Realms Legacy | 2 | $5.50 | Devil's Due | 5,835 |
232 | 216 | Mummy Movie Prequel Rise & Fall of Xangos Ax | 1 | $3.99 | IDW | 5,825 |
233 | 241 | Marvel Adventures Spider-Man | 39 | $2.99 | Marvel | 5,815 |
234 | 247 | Programme | 11 | $2.99 | DC | 5,580 |
235 | 248 | Vinyl Underground | 8 | $2.99 | DC | 5,570 |
236 | 250 | Lords of Avalon Sod | 4 | $2.99 | Marvel | 5,550 |
237 | 251 | Usagi Yojimbo | 112 | $2.99 | Dark Horse | 5,499 |
238 | 253 | Caliber | 2 | $2.99 | Radical | 5,377 |
239 | 234 | Dynamo 5 | 13 | $3.50 | Image | 5,367 |
240 | 254 | Marvel Adventures Avengers | 24 | $2.99 | Marvel | 5,356 |
241 | 180 | Dynamo 5 Annual | 1 | $5.99 | Image | 5,336 |
242 | 222 | Zombies Hunters | 1 | $3.99 | IDW | 5,316 |
243 | 257 | George R.R. Martin's Wild Cards | 2 | $2.99 | Dabel | 5,285 |
244 | 361 | Caliber | 1 | $1.00 | Radical | 5,204 |
245 | 258 | Marvel Illustrated Iliad | 6 | $2.99 | Marvel | 5,193 |
246 | 260 | New Dynamix | 3 | $2.99 | DC | 5,163 |
247 | 261 | Firebreather Ser | 1 | $2.99 | Image | 5,163 |
248 | 240 | Bomb Queen V | 1 | $3.50 | Image | 5,153 |
249 | 363 | Hercules | 1 | $1.00 | Radical | 5,142 |
250 | 207 | Civil War Chronicles | 11 | $4.99 | Marvel | 5,051 |
251 | 262 | Crossing Midnight | 18 | $2.99 | DC | 5,030 |
252 | 263 | Pigeons From Hell | 2 | $2.99 | Dark Horse | 5,000 |
253 | 230 | Zombie Tales | 1 | $3.99 | Boom | 4,918 |
254 | 265 | Dead Space | 3 | $2.99 | Image | 4,918 |
255 | 191 | Invincible Universe Primer | 1 | $5.99 | Image | 4,918 |
256 | 266 | Marvel Adventures Iron Man | 13 | $2.99 | Marvel | 4,908 |
257 | 242 | Dragonlance Chronicles Vol. 3 | 11 | $3.50 | Devil's Due | 4,908 |
258 | 289 | Sonic X | 33 | $2.25 | Archie | 4,725 |
259 | 271 | Power Pack Day One | 3 | $2.99 | Marvel | 4,694 |
260 | 272 | Marvel Adventures Hulk | 11 | $2.99 | Marvel | 4,684 |
261 | 238 | Star Trek Year Four Enterprise Experiment | 2 | $3.99 | IDW | 4,582 |
262 | 309 | Casanova | 14 | $1.99 | Image | 4,481 |
263 | 169 | Uncle Scrooge | 375 | $7.99 | Gemstone | 4,328 |
264 | 334 | Iron Man Legacy of Doom | 1 | $1.50 | Marvel | 4,318 |
265 | 298 | Scooby Doo | 132 | $2.25 | DC | 4,307 |
266 | 221 | Vampirella Quarterly Spring 2008 | 0 | $4.99 | Harris | 4,297 |
267 | 243 | Doktor Sleepless Manual | 1 | $3.99 | Avatar | 4,277 |
268 | 281 | Un-Men | 10 | $2.99 | DC | 4,226 |
269 | 245 | Secret Invasion | 1 | $3.99 | Marvel | 4,185 |
270 | 224 | Knights of Dinner Table | 139 | $4.99 | Kenzer | 4,185 |
271 | 246 | Transformers Best of Uk Space Pirates | 3 | $3.99 | IDW | 4,185 |
272 | 283 | Marvel Adventures Fantastic Four | 36 | $2.99 | Marvel | 4,053 |
273 | 252 | Mack Bolan Executioner Devils Tools | 2 | $3.99 | IDW | 4,043 |
274 | 229 | Shonen Jump June 08 | 0 | $4.99 | Viz | 4,022 |
275 | 256 | FX | 3 | $3.99 | IDW | 3,982 |
276 | 181 | Walt Disneys Comics & Stories | 690 | $7.99 | Gemstone | 3,941 |
277 | 259 | Cthulhu Tales | 2 | $3.99 | Boom | 3,890 |
278 | 287 | Marvel Illustrated Picture Dorian Gray | 6 | $2.99 | Marvel | 3,788 |
279 | 274 | Gemini | 1 | $3.50 | Image | 3,737 |
280 | 276 | Transhuman | 2 | $3.50 | Image | 3,707 |
281 | 267 | Igor Movie Prequel | 1 | $3.99 | IDW | 3,676 |
282 | 280 | Gargoyles Bad Guys | 3 | $3.50 | Slave Labor | 3,656 |
283 | 288 | Marvel Illustrated Moby Dick | 4 | $2.99 | Marvel | 3,595 |
284 | 268 | Star Trek TNG Intelligence Gathering | 5 | $3.99 | IDW | 3,584 |
285 | 269 | Silent Hillnners Reward | 3 | $3.99 | IDW | 3,544 |
286 | 270 | Fall of Cthulhu | 12 | $3.99 | Boom | 3,534 |
287 | 282 | Emily the Strange II: Be All You Can Be | 3 | $3.50 | Dark Horse | 3,503 |
288 | 284 | Speak of the Devil | 6 | $3.50 | Dark Horse | 3,411 |
289 | 278 | Everybodys Dead | 3 | $3.99 | IDW | 3,228 |
290 | 279 | Bloodrayne Tokyo Rogue | 1 | $3.99 | Digital Webbing | 3,218 |
291 | 304 | Return of the Gremlins | 3 | $2.99 | Dark Horse | 3,085 |
292 | 290 | Perhapanauts | 2 | $3.50 | Image | 3,004 |
293 | 292 | Pretty Baby Machine | 1 | $3.50 | Image | 2,994 |
294 | 308 | Godland | 23 | $2.99 | Image | 2,984 |
295 | 286 | Tales From Crypt | 6 | $3.95 | NBM | 2,963 |
296 | 285 | Phantom | 23 | $3.99 | Moonstone | 2,943 |
297 | 310 | Death Grub (One Shot) | 0 | $2.99 | Image | 2,902 |
298 | 311 | Proof | 8 | $2.99 | Image | 2,902 |
299 | 312 | My Inner Bimbo | 4 | $2.99 | Oni | 2,902 |
300 | 315 | Gold Digger | 96 | $2.99 | Antarctic | 2,780 |
May 2008 Graphic Novel Sales to Comics Shops
Estimated Graphic Novels and Trade Paperbacks Shipped to North American Comics Shops Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors
This list includes all items on Diamond's Top 100 chart. If you don't see a book, Diamond released no data for it.
The links lead to title details on Amazon (paid links). You can also find the books at your comics shop.
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The top-selling trade paperback was Dark Horse’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 Vol. 2, with approximately 9,500 copies sold; by dollars, World War Hulk was the biggest dollar draw, bringing in nearly a quarter of a million dollars. That wasn’t enough to top May 2007, which had three titles selling more than 10,000 copies in their first months. (Third place went to a book I wrote, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.)
