November 2021 Comics Sales Early Look
Comics and Graphic Novels Reordered by North American Comics Shops
Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors
Due to a ransomware attack against Diamond in November, Diamond has not yet released its November sales charts. Due to a ransomware attack against Diamond in November, Diamond has not yet released its November sales charts, but we have generated a set based on its end of year rankings. It is available here. We'll be merging our DC projections with it here at a later date. Follow @Comichron on Twitter to get the alert when the report becomes available.
In the meantime, you can get a sense of what sales might be like from noting what products were most reordered by retailers. See the charts below for details.
November 2021 has four New Comic Book Days at Diamond and five at DC's distributor, Lunar. November 2020 had four for both Diamond and Lunar.
Several weeks ago, retailers began placing advance reorders for items whose initial order deadlines had passed, but which had not yet released at the time the reorders were placed. These reorders, placed further out than regular reorders, tend to be more speculative in nature, as there is less certainty that stock will still be available. But they do give us the farthest-into-the-future look at potential sales. To see potential sales for this month, you generally want to look at the advance reorders placed from the month before.
Note that the listings mix hardcovers, softcovers, and comics together, and that they also rank items by dollars rather than units. Note, too, that advance reorder charts are ranked by retail dollars, so retailers' discounts have not yet been applied.
There is no guarantee that these advance reorders will be filled. It's also likely that a lot of books in these lists won't synch up exactly with this month; reorders are placed all the time and reported weekly, while comics sales are reported monthly.
Advance reorders placed between Oct. 4-10, 2021
• Top advance-reordered November-shipping comic book:
What's the Furthest Place From Here #1 Dlx Ed. 7-Inch Record 2nd Printing (Image)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Venom Epic Collection: Lethal Protector (Publisher)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Once and Future Deluxe Ltd. Slipcase Ed. Book 1 (Boom)
The top release shipping in November was Newburn #1, from Chip Zdarsky. The reprint of the What's the Furthest Place from Here #1 record set took first.
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Advance reorders placed between Oct. 11-17, 2021
• Top advance-reordered November-shipping comic book:
House of Slaughter #1 2nt Ptg Cvr B Mercado Foil (Boom)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Dark Souls Complete Collection (Titan)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Animosity Omnibus HC (Aftershock)
Just one Marvel PRH item in the list this week, in 25th place.
This week had the first Local Comic Shop Day (LCSD) issues of the year showing up on the list.
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Advance reorders placed between October 18-24, 2021
• Top advance-reordered November-shipping comic book:
Radio Apocalypse #1 Cvr A Rk (Vault)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Once and Future Deluxe Slipcase Ed. HC Book 1 (Boom)
Vault had the top advance-reordered comic book with the resolicited Radio Apocalypse #1.
No softcover graphic novels made the list.
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Advance reorders placed between October 25-31, 2021
• Top advance-reordered November-shipping comic book:
Radio Apocalypse #1 Deluxe Foil Full Art Variant (Vault)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Spawn Compendium TPB Vol. 2 (Image)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Deadly Class Deluxe HC 2 New Edition (Image)
A week after Radio Apocalypse #1 was the top advance reordered comic book, its Local Comic Shop Day version led advance reorders.
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Advance reorder charts will be posted here as soon as they are released. Stay tuned!
Click to skip down to the Reorders placed for issues shipping this month.
Reorders, by contrast, are orders for items that had already been released at the time of the order. In other words, these are the comics customers have been asking for, generally speaking; while deep discounts November also put titles on these lists, the charts are ranked by invoiced dollars, which is what retailers actually paid.
Reorders placed between Nov. 23-29, 2021
• Top reordered comic book:
Avengers #50 (Marvel)
November saw no reorder charts at all released by Diamond for the first three weeks of the month due to a ransomware attack that brought down many of its data systems and resulted in the delayed release of many of its titles. When charts resumed at the end of the month, no advance reorder chart was released, just the below table of reorders — although except for one comic book, every issue actually came out in December, outside what was presumably the reporting period. Further, it was all comics, with no graphic novels, which is highly unusual for reorder lists.
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Reorder charts will be released weekly during the month. Stay tuned!
The true top sellers for the month will replace this page once they are released by Diamond.
