June 2022 Comics Sales Early Look
Comics and Graphic Novels Reordered by North American Comics Shops
Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors
June 2022 has five New Comic Book Days at Diamond and Penguin Random House, and four for DC's distributor, Lunar. June 2021 had four for both Diamond and Lunar.
In June, Penguin Random House becomes IDW's exclusive distributor, though if it follows the same pattern as with Marvel, Diamond will be able to sell its books as a wholesaler.
Diamond has not yet released its sales charts for this month. It is the fourth break in data releases from the distributor since the pandemic began, but the reports did resume three previous times. 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.
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 May 2-8, 2022
• Top advance-reordered June-shipping comic book:
Closet #1 Cvr A Fullerton (Image)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Elvira Mistress of the Dark Classic Years Omnibus (Dynamite)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
TMNT: The Last Ronin HC (IDW)
The launch of the new series The Closet from James Tynion IV and Gavin Fullerton was the top advance-reordered comic book.
Advance reorders placed between May 9-15, 2022
• Top advance-reordered June-shipping comic book:
Spawn #330 Cvr C Revolver (Image)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Clementine Book 1 (Image)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
TMNT: The Last Ronin HC (IDW)
The Revolver cover of Spawn #330 was the top advance reordered comic book during the second week in May. The main cover is depicted.
Advance reorder charts will be released weekly during the month. 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 December also put titles on these lists, the charts are ranked by invoiced dollars, which is what retailers actually paid.
Reorders placed between May 30-June 5, 2022
• Top reordered comic book:
Amazing Spider-Man #2 (Marvel)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Moon Knight Lemire Smallwood Complete Collection (Marvel)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Something is Killing the Children Deluxe Ed. Book 1 (Boom)
Several comic books that released May 25 made the lower half of the charts, a bit of a change after several months of charts heavily populated by manga.
Reorders placed between June 6-12, 2022
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba Vol. 2 (Viz)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Something Is Killing the Children HC Book 1 (Boom)
No comic books whatsoever made the Top 25 reordered items list, which is sorted by Diamond by dollars and not units. While an infrequent occurrence, it has happened several times.
Note that Diamond only handles around 35-40% of Marvel and IDW's comic book orders.
Reorders placed between June 13-19, 2022
• Top reordered June-shipping comic book:
Amazing Spider-Man #3 (Marvel)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba Vol. 2 (Viz)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Dark Ark Complete Arc (Aftershock)
Star Wars Tales: Krssantan #1 ranked 11th; its page count may put it between a comic book and a graphic novel.
Note that Diamond only handles around 35-40% of Marvel and IDW's comic book orders.
Reorders placed between June 20-26, 2022
• Top reordered comic book:
Aftershock Triple Play #1 (Aftershock)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Something is Killing Children TPB Vol. 1 (Boom)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Dark Ark Complete Arc (Aftershock)
Aftershock published two of the category leaders.
Note that Diamond only handles around 35-40% of Marvel and IDW's comic book orders.
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.
