December 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 December 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.
December 2021 has five New Comic Book Days at Diamond and four at DC's distributor, Lunar. December 2020 had five for both Diamond and Lunar.
The estimated comics sales for the month will become available sometime in January 2022. 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.
No advance reorder charts for December-shipping product were available, due to a ransomware attack against Diamond in November. While Diamond started reorder charts up again at the end of the month, advance reorder data was not made available.
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 also put titles on these lists, the charts are ranked by invoiced dollars, which is what retailers actually paid.
Reorders placed between November 29-December 5, 2021
• Top reordered December-shipping comic book:
Mother F. Goose #1 Cvr A Elsma (Aftershock)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Sonic the Hedgehog Encyclospeedia HC (Dark Horse)
Diamond's second reorder chart after it was hit with a ransomware attack in November was again incomplete and unusual, as no advance reorders were available and all items on the chart, with the exception of one graphic novel, were December 8 items — so these can't be reorders in any traditional sense. It's not clear what the list is reporting.
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Reorders placed between Dec. 6-12, 2021
• Top reordered December-shipping comic book:
BRZRKR #6 Cvr A Garbett (Boom)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Spawn Compendium Vol. 2 (Image)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Something Is Killing the Children Deluxe Ed. HC Vol. 1 (Boom)
The third reorder chart released by Diamond since its November ransomware attack was again without an advance-reorder chart companion — and was again unusual in that all but one item came out after the reorder period being reported. It's unclear what kind of orders specifically this list is reporting; it's possible it might be some kind of bestseller list (by dollars) just for December 15.
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Reorders placed between Dec. 13-19, 2021
• Top reordered December-shipping comic book:
House of Slaughter #3 Cvr A Shehan (Boom)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Fist of the North Star GN Vol. 3 (Viz)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Deserter Junji Ito Story Coll HC (Viz)
Another week where the chart does not appear to represent reorders, but sales of comics that shipped for the first time.
Items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below that were available at posting time from Things from Another World have links to that site; this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
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Reorders placed between Dec. 20-26, 2021
• Top reordered December-shipping comic book:
Stray Dogs Dog Days #1 Cvr B Horror Movie Var (Boom)
Image led the final reorder chart of 2021 with Stray Dogs: Dog Days #1.
Like the earlier charts since Diamond's ransomware attack, it again without an advance-reorder chart companion — and was again unusual in that every item on the list came out after the reorder period being reported. It's unclear what kind of orders specifically this list is reporting; it's possible it might be some kind of bestseller list (by dollars) just for December 29.
Items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below that were available at posting time from Things from Another World have links to that site; this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
All other items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below have links to eBay. As an eBay Partner, this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
The true top sellers for the month will replace this page once they are released by Diamond.
