October 2017 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops Estimated Comics Shipped to North American Comics Shops Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors >Items marked with asterisks [*] had their reported orders reduced by 10% due to returnability. >Dollar ranks are in square brackets.
October 2017 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
> 1. Walking Dead Here's Negan HC (Image) - 19,337 [1] > 2. Batman Flash The Button Deluxe Ed HC (DC) - 12,530 [2] > 3. Seven to Eternity Vol. 2 (Image) - 5,581 [12] > 4. Rat Queens Vol. 4 High Fantasies (Image) - 5,114 [16] > 5. Super Sons Vol. 1 When I Grow Up (DC) - 4,472 [31] > 6. I Hate Fairyland Vol. 3 Good Girl (Image) - 4,294 [18] > 7. Redneck Vol. 1 Deep In The Heart (Image) - 4,231 [21] > 8. Star Wars Screaming Citadel (Marvel) - 4,112 [19] > 9. Batman Detective Vol. 3 League (DC) - 4,094 [14] > 10. Low Vol. 4 Outer Aspects of Inner Attitudes (Image) - 3,749 [22] > 11. Outcast By Kirkman & Azaceta Vol. 5 (Image) - 3,448 [26] > 12. Batman Night of the Monster Men (DC) - 3,416 [28] > 13. Civil War II (Marvel) - 3,030 [11] > 14. Weapons of Mutant Destruction (Marvel) - 2,977 [33] > 15. Mr Higgins Comes Home HC (Dark Horse) - 2,951 [35] > 16. Red Hood & The Outlaws Vol. 2 Who Is Artemis (DC) - 2,913 [37] > 17. Wild Storm Vol. 1 (DC) - 2,856 [34] > 18. Walking Dead HC Vol. 14 (Image) - 2,598 [13] > 19. Star Wars Adventures Vol. 1 (IDW) - 2,520 [75] > 20. Deathstroke Vol. 3 Twilight (DC) - 2,470 [39] > 21. Wildstorm a Celebration of 25 Years HC (DC) - 2,442 [20] > 22. Flintstones Vol. 2 (DC) - 2,356 [41] > 23. Secret Empire HC (Marvel) - 2,279 [7] > 24. Hellboy In Hell Library Edition HC (Dark Horse) - 2,125 [10] > 25. Supergirl Vol. 2 Escape From The Phantom Zone (DC) - 2,106 [48] > 26. Injustice Gods Among Us Year Five Vol. 3 (DC) - 2,067 [51] > 27. Plastic (Image) - 2,050 [49] > 28. DC Comics Bombshells Vol. 5 Death of Illusion (DC) - 2,026 [54] > 29. Hellblazer Vol. 2 The Smokeless Fire (DC) - 1,995 [57] > 30. America Vol. 1 Life & Times of America Chavez (Marvel) - 1,953 [53] > 31. Venom Vol. 2 Land Before Crime (Marvel) - 1,932 [64]
Isaac King
>first issue of a stunt mini has boosted sales why am I supposed to be surprised by this?
Kevin Carter
> 32. Spider-Gwen Vol. 4 Predators (Marvel) - 1,872 [69] > 33. Loki Agent of Asgard Vol. 1 Trust Me (Marvel) - 1,818 [209] > 34. Jean Grey Vol. 1 Nightmare Fuel (Marvel) - 1,807 [65] > 35. Demon By Jack Kirby (DC) - 1,797 [32] > 36. Flash By Mark Waid Book 3 (DC) - 1,768 [23] > 37. Shang-Chi Master of Kung Fu Omnibus HC Vol. 4 (Marvel) - 1,759 [3] > 38. Black Cloud Vol. 1 No Exit (Image) - 1,749 [123] > 39. Doctor Strange Vol. 3 Blood In The Aether (Marvel) - 1,722 [56] > 40. Injustice 2 HC Vol. 1 (DC) - 1,715 [38] > 41. Wonder Woman Rebirth Dlx Coll HC Book 1 (DC) - 1,690 [27] > 42. Steven Universe Ongoing Vol. 1 Warp Tour (Boom) - 1,684 [73] > 43. Justice League Their Greatest Triumphs (DC) - 1,677 [132] > 44. Saga Vol. 1 (Image) - 1,677 [128] > 45. Ben Reilly Scarlet Spider Vol. 1 Back In The Hood (Marvel) - 1,677 [82] > 46. Black Panther Crew We Are The Streets (Marvel) - 1,639 [70] > 47. Rick & Morty Vol. 1 (Oni) - 1,618 [45] > 48. Hulk World War Hulk Omnibus HC (Marvel) - 1,607 [4] > 49. Visitor How and Why He Stayed (Dark Horse) - 1,597 [66] > 50. Animosity Vol. 2 (Aftershock) - 1,586 [71] > 51. Predator Vs. Judge Dredd Vs. Aliens Splice & Dice (Dark Horse) - 1,572 [68] > 52. Shaolin Cowboy HC Wholl Stop The ReiGN (Dark Horse) - 1,563 [63] > 53. Superman & Miserable Rotten No Fun Really Bad Day HC (DC) - 1,538 [94] > 54. New Super Man Vol. 2 Coming to America (DC) - 1,520 [84] > 55. Legend of Korra Vol. 1 Turf Wars Pt 1 (Dark Horse) - 1,493 [126] > 56. Swamp Thing The Bronze Age Omnibus HC (DC) - 1,481 [6] > 57. Saga Vol. 7 (Image) - 1,478 [98] > 58. Thor By Walter Simonson Omnibus HC (Marvel) - 1,430 [5] > 59. Harrow County Vol. 6 Hedge Magic (Dark Horse) - 1,422 [79] > 60. Tomb of Dracula Complete Collection Vol. 1 (Marvel) - 1,419 [30] > 61. Now #1 (Fantagraphics) - 1,405 [141] > 62. Paper Girls Vol. 1 (Image) - 1,394 [155] > 63. Black Hammer Vol. 1 Secret Origins (Dark Horse) - 1,376 [103] > 64. Monstress Vol. 1 (Image) - 1,348 [159]
Adrian Flores
> 65. Watchmen (DC) - 1,324 [81] > 66. Green Lantern Kyle Rayner Vol. 1 (DC) - 1,319 [43] > 67. Lucifer Vol. 3 Blood In The Streets (DC) - 1,301 [101] > 68. Riverdale Vol. 1 (Archie) - 1,296 [83] > 69. Thor Vs. Hulk (Marvel) - 1,275 [46] > 70. Royals Vol. 1 Beyond Inhuman (Marvel) - 1,261 [99] > 71. Tank Girl World War Tank Girl (Titan) - 1,245 [86] > 72. Batman Dark Knight Master Race HC (DC) - 1,235 [47] > 73. Low Dlx HC Vol. 1 (Image) - 1,233 [25] > 74. Invincible Iron Man Vol. 3 Civil War II (Marvel) - 1,225 [113] > 75. Justice League International Omnibus HC Vol. 1 (DC) - 1,208 [9] > 76. Magneto Vol. 4 Last Days (Marvel) - 1,206 [291] > 77. Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Vol. 4 (Boom) - 1,204 [96] > 78. Paper Girls Vol. 3 (Image) - 1,185 [142] > 79. Tea Dragon Society HC (Oni) - 1,183 [93] > 80. Marvel Horror Magazine Collection (Marvel) - 1,164 [42] > 81. Werewolf By Night Complete Collection Vol. 1 (Marvel) - 1,159 [36] > 82. Walking Dead Vol. 28 (Image) - 1,140 [111] > 83. Thor Heroes Return Omnibus HC Vol. 1 (Marvel) - 1,138 [8] > 84. Secret Empire United We Stand (Marvel) - 1,131 [74] > 85. Justice League An Adult Coloring Book (DC) - 1,130 [115] > 86. Marvel Masterworks Mighty Thor HC Vol. 16 (Marvel) - 1,118 [15] > 87. Deathstroke The Terminator Vol. 3 Nuclear Winter (DC) - 1,113 [77] > 88. Thor By Walter Simonson Vol. 1 (Marvel) - 1,110 [88] > 89. My Little Pony Legends of Magic Vol. 1 (IDW) - 1,108 [91] > 90. Green Valley HC (Image) - 1,104 [62] > 91. Giant Days Vol. 6 (Boom) - 1,084 [116] > 92. Guardians of the Galaxy New Guard Vol. 4 Grounded (Marvel) - 1,079 [106] > 93. Monstress Vol. 2 (Image) - 1,065 [114] > 94. Secret Warriors Vol. 1 Secret Empire (Marvel) - 1,064 [131] > 95. Doctor Strange Epic Collection Afterlife (Marvel) - 1,060 [40] > 96. Paper Girls Vol. 2 (Image) - 1,039 [160] > 97. Golgotha (Image) - 1,038 [120] > 98. Justice League Darkseid War Saga Omnibus HC (DC) - 1,034 [17] > 99. Marvels Thor Ragnarok Prelude (Marvel) - 1,027 [137]
Bentley Bell
> 100. Suicide Squad Rebirth Dlx Coll HC Book 1 (DC) - 1,014 [50] > 101. Color Your Own Thor (Marvel) - 1,007 [211] > 102. Saga Vol. 2 (Image) - 1,002 [144] > 103. Spawn Hell On Earth (Image) - 992 [117] > 104. Incredible Hulk Epic Collection Hulk Must Die (Marvel) - 991 [44] > 105. Thor Ragnaroks (Marvel) - 990 [55] > 106. Nightwing Rebirth Dlx Coll HC Book 1 (DC) - 974 [59] > 107. Wonder Woman 77 Bionic Woman (Dynamite) - 973 [104] > 108. Lady Mechanika Oversized HC Vol. 1 (Benitez) - 954 [60] > 109. TMNT Ultimate Coll Vol. 1 (IDW) - 945 [67] > 110. William Gibson Archangel HC (IDW) - 934 [85] > 111. Unquotable Trump GN (Drawn & Quarterly) - 926 [95] > 112. Supergirl By Peter David Book 3 (DC) - 908 [80] > 113. Underwinter Vol. 1 Symphony (Image) - 897 [223] > 114. Goddamned Oversized HC (Image) - 872 [124] > 115. Plants Vs. Zombies Lawn of Doom HC (Dark Horse) - 853 [222] > 116. Batman Vol. 1 I Am Gotham (DC) - 849 [148] > 117. Avatar Last Airbender North and South Library Edition HC (Dark Horse) - 842 [58] > 118. Jla The Nail Another Nail Dlx Ed HC (DC) - 842 [61] > 119. Mage Book 1 Hero Discovered Vol. 2 (Image) - 840 [130] > 120. Harlequin Valentine HC 2nd Ed (Dark Horse) - 835 [190] > 121. Avengers Standoff (Marvel) - 824 [72] > 122. Jughead Vol. 3 (Archie) - 819 [136] > 123. Tangled The Series Adventure Is Calling (IDW) - 811 [225] > 124. Incredible Hulk By Aaron Complete Collection (Marvel) - 811 [76] > 125. Harley Quinn a Rogues Gallery The Dlx Cover Art Coll HC (DC) - 808 [110] > 126. Ragnarok Vol. 1 Last God Standing (IDW) - 805 [118] > 127. Saga Vol. 6 (Image) - 798 [182] > 128. Batman The Killing Joke Special Ed HC (DC) - 778 [152] > 129. Rashomon Commissioner Heigo Kobayashi Case HC (Dark Horse) - 775 [134] > 130. Batman Vol. 3 I Am Bane (DC) - 764 [167] > 131. Absolute Authority HC Vol. 1 (DC) - 761 [29] > 132. Rick & Morty Vol. 2 (Oni) - 757 [121] > 133. Stumptown Vol. 1 (Oni) - 755 [237] > 134. Samaris (IDW) - 754 [129]
William Sanders
> 135. Baltimore HC Vol. 8 The Red Kingdom (Dark Horse) - 745 [112] > 136. Walt Disney Donald Duck HC Vol. 10 Secret Hondorica (Fantagraphics) - 738 [90] > 137. Rapture (Valiant) - 737 [244] > 138. TMNT Universe Vol. 2 New Strangeness (IDW) - 734 [146] > 139. Saga Vol. 3 (Image) - 722 [194] > 140. Nightwing Vol. 1 Better Than Batman (DC) - 721 [173] > 141. Blood Stain Vol. 3 (Image) - 715 [178] > 142. Street Angel Superhero For a Day HC (Image) - 713 [162] > 143. Wonder Woman & The Justice League America Vol. 2 (DC) - 711 [125] > 144. Transformers Lost Light Vol. 1 (IDW) - 710 [139] > 145. Luther Strode Comp Series HC (Image) - 710 [52] > 146. Saga Vol. 5 (Image) - 710 [202] > 147. Snotgirl Vol. 1 Green Hair Dont Care (Image) - 710 [279] > 148. Michael Chabon Escapists (Dark Horse) - 707 [145] > 149. Descender Vol. 1 Tin Stars (Image) - 707 [276] > 150. Disney Manga Nightmare Before Christmas Ed (Tokyopop) - 701 [216] > 151. Flash Vol. 1 Lightning Strikes Twice (DC) - 696 [172] > 152. Penny Dreadful Vol. 1 The Awaking (Titan) - 696 [150] > 153. Saga Vol. 4 (Image) - 683 [207] > 154. Behind You One-Shot Horror Stories HC (IDW) - 677 [184] > 155. Deadpool Worlds Greatest HC Vol. 2 (Marvel) - 667 [97] > 156. Seven to Eternity Vol. 1 (Image) - 657 [292] > 157. Batman Hush Complete (DC) - 653 [133] > 158. Night Force By Wolfman & Colan Complete Series HC (DC) - 652 [87] > 159. Lumberjanes Illus HC Novel Vol. 1 Unicorn Power (Abrams) - 649 [185] > 160. Infinity Gauntlet (Marvel) - 644 [140] > 161. Crow HC (Pocket) - 641 [92] > 162. Guardians of the Galaxy Awesome Mix Digest (Marvel) - 641 [302] > 163. Batman Vol. 2 I Am Suicide (DC) - 638 [195] > 164. Ladycastle (Boom) - 636 [204] > 165. Grayson The Superspy Omnibus HC (DC) - 629 [24] > 166. Sandman Vol. 1 Preludes & Nocturnes (DC) - 623 [176] > 167. Thor Gods & Deviants (Marvel) - 623 [105] > 168. Walking Dead Vol. 1 Days Gone Bye (Image) - 614 [215] > 169. Wicked & Divine Vol. 1 The Faust Act (Image) - 598 [313]
Luke White
> 170. Preacher Book 1 (DC) - 595 [186] > 171. Rick & Morty Vol. 3 (Oni) - 591 [156] > 172. Dungeons & Dragons Frost Giants Fury (IDW) - 583 [168] > 173. I Hate Fairyland Vol. 1 Madly Ever After (Image) - 583 [315] > 174. Justice League of America Midsummers Nighmare Dlx HC (DC) - 582 [151] > 175. Dark Knight Returns (DC) - 580 [187] > 176. James Bond Black Box HC (Dynamite) - 579 [138] > 177. Avengers By Bendis Complete Collection Vol. 2 (Marvel) - 573 [100] > 178. Comic Book Story of Video Games (Random House) - 571 [163] > 179. Mystery Society Definitive Ed (IDW) - 569 [193] > 180. Rick & Morty Vol. 5 (Oni) - 563 [166] > 181. Dragons Crown Vol. 1 (Udon) - 556 [229] > 182. Batman Vol. 1 The Court of Owls (DC) - 553 [218] > 183. Road Rage (IDW) - 550 [196] > 184. East of West Vol. 7 (Image) - 550 [214] > 185. Justice League By Geoff Johns Box Set Vol. 1 (DC) - 549 [78] > 186. Star Wars Darth Vader Vol. 1 Vader (Marvel) - 549 [199] > 187. Batman The Long Halloween (DC) - 535 [158] > 188. God Country (Image) - 532 [219] > 189. Flashpoint (DC) - 531 [227] > 190. Wonder Woman Vol. 1 The Lies (DC) - 531 [217] > 191. Wytches Vol. 1 (Image) - 523 [353] > 192. Cutter (Image) - 519 [226] > 193. Kill or Be Killed Vol. 1 (Image) - 514 [356] > 194. Walking Dead Vol. 27 Whisperer War (Image) - 513 [257] > 195. Funko Universe (IDW) - 506 [210] > 196. Rat Queens Vol. 1 Sass & Sorcery (Image) - 505 [359] > 197. 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank (Black Mask) - 500 [221] > 198. Little Book of Knowledge HC Tattoos (IDW) - 498 [240] > 199. Baking With Kafka HC (Drawn & Quarterly) - 497 [181] > 200. Rick & Morty Vol. 4 (Oni) - 486 [192] > 201. Archie 1000 Page Comics Festival (Archie) - 481 [247] > 202. Bottled (IDW) - 476 [205] > 203. Disney Christmas Comics HC (IDW) - 471 [108] > 204. Sebastian O Mystery Play HC (DC) - 464 [157] > 205. Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir Lucky Charm (Action Lab) - 462 [365] > 206. Wolverine Old Man Logan (Marvel) - 460 [161]
Kayden Price
Why do people buy amazing spider-man when it relaunches or whatever. Not even talking about the quality of the book, it's like the third time they buy a book that's basically in the middle of a run.
James Sullivan
> 207. Lumberjanes Vol. 1 (Boom) - 452 [256] > 208. East of West Vol. 1 The Promise (Image) - 447 [259] > 209. Star Wars Darth Maul (Marvel) - 445 [270] > 210. Deadly Class Vol. 1 Reagan Youth (Image) - 441 [402] > 211. Planetoid Vol. 2 Praxis (Image) - 439 [266] > 212. Generations Vol. 1 (Lion Forge) - 436 [252] > 213. Super Tokyoland (IDW) - 427 [188] > 214. The Bunker Vol. 1 (Oni) - 424 [386] > 215. I Hate Fairyland Vol. 2 Fluff My Life (Image) - 422 [300] > 216. EC Archives Aces High HC (Dark Horse) - 420 [102] > 217. Hulk Planet Hulk (Marvel) - 417 [153] > 218. Kingdom Come (DC) - 416 [236] > 219. My Friend Dahmer (Abrams) - 415 [206] > 220. Y The Last Man Book 1 (DC) - 415 [241] > 221. Sex Criminals Vol. 4 Fourgy (Image) - 415 [274] > 222. Invader Zim Vol. 1 (Oni) - 412 [213] > 223. John Carpenter Tales For Halloween Night Vol. 3 (Storm King) - 412 [175] > 224. Teen Titans Vol. 1 Damian Knows Best (DC) - 411 [281] > 225. Black Panther Book 1 Nation Under Our Feet (Marvel) - 411 [289] > 226. Harley Quinn Vol. 1 Die Laughing (DC) - 406 [277] > 227. V For Vendetta (DC) - 406 [239] > 228. Superman Red Son (DC) - 405 [268] > 229. Terminator Original Series Tempest & Oneshot HC (Dark Horse) - 404 [127] > 230. Spider-Man Deadpool Vol. 1 Isnt It Bromantic (Marvel) - 399 [280] > 231. Disney Fairies Manga Vol. 2 Tinker Bell Secret (Tokyopop) - 398 [360] > 232. Descender Vol. 4 Orbital Mechanics (Image) - 397 [287] > 233. Army of Darkness Xena Forever and a Day (Dynamite) - 391 [233] > 234. Zero Girl (IDW) - 389 [234] > 235. Warhammer 40000 Vol. 2 Revelations (Titan) - 387 [248] > 236. Batman Vol. 2 The City of Owls (DC) - 385 [296] > 237. Science Comics Dogs GN (St. Martins) - 384 [311] > 238. All Star Batman Vol. 1 My Own Worst Enemy (DC) - 381 [293] > 239. One Punch Man Vol. 1 (Viz) - 381 [403] > 240. Wicked & Divine Vol. 5 Imperial Phase I (Image) - 379 [298] > 241. Batman Detective Vol. 1 Rise of the Batmen (DC) - 376 [294]
Nathan Moore
>> 16. Red Hood & The Outlaws Vol. 2 Who Is Artemis (DC) - 2,913 [37] >> 17. Wild Storm Vol. 1 (DC) - 2,856 [34] >> 20. Deathstroke Vol. 3 Twilight (DC) - 2,470 [39] >> 22. Flintstones Vol. 2 (DC) - 2,356 [41] All dead on arrival. WTF man.
Hudson Anderson
> 242. Red Hood & The Outlaws Vol. 1 Dark Trinity (DC) - 375 [299] > 243. Mister Miracle By Jack Kirby (DC) - 371 [197] > 244. Howard The Duck Complete Collection Vol. 4 (Marvel) - 370 [174] > 245. Peppy In The Wild West Herge (Fantagraphics) - 369 [283] > 246. Low Vol. 1 The Delirium of Hope (Image) - 368 [483] > 247. Descender Vol. 2 (Image) - 366 [336] > 248. Savage Wolverine Prem HC Vol. 1 Kill Island Now (Marvel) - 366 [1038] > 249. Deadpool Kills Marvel Universe (Marvel) - 364 [349] > 250. Vision Vol. 1 Little Worse Than Man (Marvel) - 363 [304] > 251. DC Super Hero Girls Vol. 3 Summer Olympus (DC) - 362 [496] > 252. Black Monday Murders Vol. 1 All Hail God Mammon (Image) - 361 [272] > 253. The Ghost of Gaudi HC (Lion Forge) - 361 [230] > 254. Hap & Leonard Savage Season (IDW) - 359 [275] > 255. Archie Vol. 3 (Archie) - 358 [286] > 256. Rick & Morty Lil Poopy Superstar Vol. 1 (Oni) - 357 [238] > 257. Kill or Be Killed Vol. 2 (Image) - 356 [310] > 258. Hulk Planet Hulk Prose Novel HC (Marvel) - 356 [231] > 259. Hatsune Miku Rin-Chan Now Vol. 3 (Dark Horse) - 355 [440] > 260. Little Nightmares HC (Titan) - 353 [271] > 261. John Carter The End (Dynamite) - 352 [251] > 262. Sex Criminals Vol. 1 (Image) - 352 [507] > 263. Flash Vol. 3 Rogues Reloaded (DC) - 351 [312] > 264. Wonder Woman Vol. 2 Year One (DC) - 350 [309] > 265. Rat Queens Vol. 3 Demons (Image) - 350 [346] > 266. Batman Year One Deluxe SC (DC) - 349 [342] > 267. Blackest Night (DC) - 349 [278] > 268. Coady & The Creepies (Boom) - 348 [325] > 269. Jim Butcher Dresden Files Omnibus Vol. 2 (Dynamite) - 348 [143] > 270. Wonder Woman Vol. 3 The Truth (DC) - 342 [317] > 271. Nailbiter Vol. 1 There Will Be Blood (Image) - 342 [515] > 272. Nightwing Vol. 3 Nightwing Must Die (DC) - 340 [318] > 273. Bitch Planet Vol. 1 Extraordinary Machine (Image) - 340 [534] > 274. DC Super Hero Girls Vol. 1 Finals Crisis (DC) - 339 [539] > 275. Flash Vol. 2 Speed of Darkness (DC) - 338 [354]
Kevin Morales
> 276. Batman Vol. 3 Death of the Family (DC) - 336 [328] > 277. Testament of Sister New Devil Storm Vol. 1 (St. Martins) - 335 [351] > 278. Ms. Marvel Vol. 1 No Normal (Marvel) - 334 [355] > 279. Spongebob Comics Treasure Chest HC (Abrams) - 333 [180] > 280. Justice League Vol. 1 The Extinction Machine (DC) - 332 [319] > 281. Shazam Vol. 1 (DC) - 332 [322] > 282. Injustice Gods Among Us Year One Complete Col (DC) - 331 [242] > 283. Kobane Calling (Lion Forge) - 331 [249] > 284. Anne of Green Gables (Pocket) - 330 [409] > 285. Titans Vol. 2 Made In Manhattan (DC) - 327 [330] > 286. Titans Vol. 1 The Return of Wally West (DC) - 326 [332] > 287. EC Jack Kamen Al Feldstein Daddy Lost His Head HC (Fantagraphics) - 326 [198] > 288. Rat Queens Vol. 2 Far Reaching Tentacles of Nrygoth (Image) - 324 [372] > 289. Bloodshot Reborn Dlx Ed HC Vol. 2 (Valiant) - 324 [119] > 290. My Hero Academia Vol. 9 (Viz) - 324 [476] > 291. Stargate Atlantis Vol. 1 (American Mythology) - 321 [254] > 292. Tokyo Ghoul Vol. 1 (Viz) - 319 [378] > 293. Descender Vol. 3 Singularities (Image) - 318 [381] > 294. Hatsune Miku Presents Everyday Vocaloid Paradise Vol. 1 ( (St. Martins) - 318 [321] > 295. Archie Vol. 1 (Archie) - 316 [297] > 296. Charmed Vol. 1 Thousand Deaths (Dynamite) - 315 [282] > 297. Superman Vol. 1 Son of Superman (DC) - 313 [343] > 298. Vision Vol. 2 Little Better Than Beast (Marvel) - 313 [339] > 299. Anno Dracula (Titan) - 313 [261] > 300. Sandman Vol. 2 The Dolls House (DC) - 310 [308] > 301. Wicked & Divine Vol. 2 Fandemonium (Image) - 310 [387] > 302. Sega Official Coloring Book SC (Penguin) - 307 [331] > 303. Black Butler Vol. 24 (Hachette) - 307 [379] > 306. Snoopy Whats Wrong With Dog Lips (Pocket) - 306 [480] > 315. Metabarons Vol. 4 Aghora & Last Metabaron (Humanoids) - 293 [348] > 318. E.V.I.L. Heroes (Zenescope) - 287 [284] > 320. Best of Archie Comics Dlx Ed HC Vol. 2 (Archie) - 283 [306] > 321. Niobi She Is Life Vol. 1 (Stranger) - 283 [285]
Analysis: blog.comichron.com/2017/11/october-2017-comics-sales-estimates.html >>Many fewer new comics were released this October versus the year before, however: 484, down 8% or 52 comics from the year previous. Perhaps owing to Legacy, Marvel's release slate was its smallest in a long time; Marvel released 81 new comic books, its fewest since February 2016 and eight fewer than it released last October. The 7.62 million comic books retailers ordered, while nearly identical to orders from the previous two months, was off 21% from 2016's overstuffed October; that shortfall likely drops to 18% with the Loot Crate book from that month removed. Marvel's Thor #700 was its top seller, in advance of the release of the popular film, Thor: Ragnarok. >>The Dark Multiverse event at DC — including Dark Nights: Metal #3 (with North American shipments of 158,700 copies) and various Batman specials — dominated the top 10; orders continued to come in for Dark Nights: Metal #1, bringing it above 271,000 copies. It remains second on the list of top-sellers for 2017. While the Marvel Legacy lenticular covers were priced identically with their normal counterparts and thus combined in rankings by Diamond, two DC issues had different prices and were not. With orders fused, Action Comics #989 and #990 would have placed 9th and 12th respectively.
Christopher Taylor
> 141. Generation X #7 (Marvel) - 14,674 [146] >Iceman is doing better than Gen x >Even if Gen x has 3 gays characters
Mason Anderson
>Dollar ranks in square brackets
Is this based on the cost of the book? For instance, the Thor #700 book cost more than DK Metal so it's got a 1 in brackets though it shipped fewer books.
Jace Perry
> 95. America #8 (Marvel) - 26,531 [85] >26,531
> 30. America Vol. 1 Life & Times of America Chavez (Marvel) - 1,953 [53] >1,953
Jace Bennett
>> 1. Dark Nights Metal #3 (DC) - 158,698 [2] >> 2. Mighty Thor #700 (Marvel) - 115,662 [1] >> 3. Amazing Spider-Man #789 (Marvel) - 110,349 [3] >> 4. Batman #32 (DC) - 108,945 [11] >> 5. Batman #33 (DC) - 97,839 [15] >> 6. Despicable Deadpool #287 (Marvel) - 93,981 [4] >> 7. Batman The Drowned #1 (DC) - 89,861 [5] >> 8. Batman The Dawnbreaker #1 (DC) - 89,427 [6] >> 9. Batman The Merciless #1 (DC) - 87,920 [8] >> 10. Batman White Knight #1 (DC) - 86,791 [7]
>the absolute state of the comic book floppy market
>2 issues of Batman >1 Batman event >4 fucking Batman one shots When did DC become Marvel?
Jose Evans
>95. America #8 (Marvel) - 26,531 [85] I swear the last time I looked at one of these it was in the low ten thousands range. Have they changed the methodology, or has this shit actually gone up?
Colton Nguyen
That is suspicious. America was shipping around 10,000 previously. They must have overshipped that book tremendously for that to be a real number of orders.
Aiden Roberts
Legacy overshipping?
Ryder Lopez
Where is Hope DiDio?
Jaxson Cruz
Lenticular variant.
Mason Long
How any of these are dead on arrival when the books above them are only more by 1-2k?
Anthony Thompson
Yes. When there's a huge discrepancy between two books next to each other with the same price, you can tell that some over-shipping happened.
Alexander Ross
These are store orders not actual sales.
Caleb Sullivan
>Supergirl is still that high What the heck? The variants are nice, but they don't deserves picking up an awful book like Supergirl.
Andrew Howard
Oh that would explain it then. Phew. It only sold 9,137 in September I thought the world had gone mad when I saw this months.
Julian Collins
How New are you? Batman is always the only thing that actually sells at DC, Rebirth was a change from the norm because we actually saw Superman and other B-list comics (as treated by DC) in the top 10.
Levi Morgan
> All New Wolverine #24 was at 33,140 copies > All New Wolverine #25 (Marvel) - 62,286
What happened? Variants? Cheats and tricks?
Daniel Wilson
Probably variants
Alexander Garcia
Wild storm yes, but the others are fine for vol 2 and 3
Jace Stewart
Right, but they're just being blatant about it now. All those #1s and events in one month
Guys, don't forget! This wasn't the REAL relaunch!
Aaron Harris
>All New Wolverine #26 (Marvel) - 28,499 It lost even more copies than it had before the legacy push.
Ayden Cook
>21. Action Comics #989 Lenticular - 64,641 [21] > 107. Action Comics #989 (DC) - 23,442 [128] > 24. Action Comics #990 Lenticular - 59,252 [24] > 114. Action Comics #990 (DC) - 21,703 [133] Action Comics #989 combined - 88,083 Action Comics #990 combined - 80,955 If combined they would be #9 & #12 on the list
Thomas Baker
this user gives me the creeps, I could swear it's the Joker.
Jeremiah Richardson
but I loved all of this, I had fun user! It's foolish and I know it aaand I want the TPBs too.
Jace Reed
Man I hate lenticulars People are just gonna sell that shit on ebay or amazon
Dominic Clark
I prefer events as #1s, I don't want them lasting forever in the main book. I HATED THAT!
Landon Wilson
>> 3. Amazing Spider-Man #789 (Marvel) - 110,349 [3] >> 4. Batman #32 (DC) - 108,945 [11] Spider-man relaunch issue vs regular Batman issue. Slott really killed the brand
Wyatt Brown
> 135. Gotham City Garage #2 (DC) - 15,418 [167] > 156. Bombshells United #3 (DC) - 13,317 [186] > 160. Bombshells United #4 (DC) - 12,874 [196] > 164. Injustice 2 #11 (DC) - 12,356 [202] > 165. Injustice 2 #12 (DC) - 12,022 [205] I really wish digital titles did better because I really like how DC has been doing elseworlds ongoings there
Noah Davis
Those are the physical reprints right? I assume they sell better when they get released each week
Carter Allen
Digital sales don't really matter though and the first Injustice was the only one that did really well
Brody Baker
>LCSs unironically ordered 2000 copies of the America Chavez trade
Thomas Adams
>DC is publishing comics people want to buy instead of force feeding a lesser known property nobody wants to supplant a popular property. DC is literally doing the exact opposite of Marvel, user.
Justin Garcia
>22. Walking Dead #172 (Image) - 64,231 [35]
Why so low?
Are people finally sick of Walking Plebe?
Julian Hughes
>All those #1s and events in one month It's one event and those #1s are one-shots, user. There's not going to be a #2.
Cooper Young
To be honest, all the comics are selling too low.
Wyatt Anderson
Holy shit, we're going to go sub-50k on ASM and it'll still be Marvel's highest non-#1 non-event book. Based Slott.
Elijah Young
> 113. Deathstroke #24 (DC) - 21,970 [108] Come on Deathstroke, stay above 20k. Priest needs his 40 issue run. Those are solid sales for a tpb. They're just not great, and there are almost always diminishing returns after the first volume.
Eli Price
Has Priest said how long his Deathstroke is gonna be?
Evan Myers
It isn't fair, Deathstroke should sell at least 30k
Ryan Edwards
>there are people who like Daniel's Deathstroke better
Ethan Flores
I can't find the source, I just have a vague recollection that he has a definitive ending planned and it's around 40 issues in.
Isaac Rivera
That's a solid number Not too long that it feels like it's dragging on and on but not too short to feel like you wanted more
Only a year and a half left then until it starts winding down ;_; Hopefully he doesn't pull a Snyder and have a shit ending
Joseph Murphy
Snyder couldn't finish his run really, N52 sales were collapsing and DC interrupted him just like that.
Jackson Gomez
>give your comic a lenticular cover >instantly sell 3 times its regular amount That's fucking lame.
Jason Russell
Snyder had the freedom to stay on Batman as long as he wanted to given its sales. He chose to leave.
Elijah Barnes
>people complaining about batman comics while a batman event is selling and literally every issue is topping the charts >people ignoring all the other comics coming out from dc
I don't know if those anons are either retarded or paid interns from Marvel.
Mason Gomez
> 109. Spawn #279 (Image) - 22,749 [130] The new arc and creative team are pretty fresh, I'm glad people are checking it out.
Nicholas Sanchez
So how likely is it that the next issue goes back down to 10k?
Ayden Allen
Why did America spike in sales?
Kevin Mitchell
It's a guarantee. Look how hard this month's double-shipped books fell.
Ryder Sanchez
Retailers had to order 125%-200% MORE copies of each book than they previously ordered to even unlock the ability to order lenticular covers. That's why the drops on titles like Venom are so high
>> 1. Dark Nights Metal #3 (DC) - 158,698 [2] >> 4. Batman #32 (DC) - 108,945 [11] >> 5. Batman #33 (DC) - 97,839 [15] >> 7. Batman The Drowned #1 (DC) - 89,861 [5] >> 8. Batman The Dawnbreaker #1 (DC) - 89,427 [6] >> 9. Batman The Merciless #1 (DC) - 87,920 [8] >> 10. Batman White Knight #1 (DC) - 86,791 [7] Well, if people like the classics, let's give them the classics!
James Reyes
>So legacy actually was a rising tide for Marvel, interesting, let's see if it lasts.
> 15. X-Men Blue #13 (Marvel) - 71,089 [16] > 61. X-Men Blue #14 (Marvel) - 37,909 [53]
Julian Carter
Why do lenticulars sell twice or thrice the amount of their normal versions?
Brandon Howard
Collectors
Angel Watson
Nah, AC Lenticulars are pretty common. The Button Batman/Flash #21 were pretty hard to get.
Connor Harris
Marvel forced them to order that many to even get them.
Hudson Sanchez
The books that double shipped are only a few % higher than before the Legacy Lenticular bump though. September and October >X-men Gold #11 52,623 >X-men Gold #12 41,657 >X-men Gold #13 81,970 Lenticular >X-men Gold #14 41,878
>Deadpool #36 30,755 >Despicable Deadpool #287 93,981 >Despicable Deadpool #288 33,875 So there is a bit of a boost following the lenticular bump, but still big drops close to what they were before Legacy People like lenticular covers because people like gimmicks. In Marvel's case, the retailer had to over-order their regular amount to be allowed to order lenticular versions on top of the normal order. DC had their covers priced higher, but were "open order."
Henry Flores
>Why do lenticulars sell twice or thrice the amount of their normal versions? For Marvel's lenticulars? Basically:
>Shop sells 10 issues of Comic X. >Shop's customers want lenticular issue of Comic X. >Marvel says to get 10 issues of lenticular Comic X the shop needs to buy 200% (i.e. 20 issues) of their previous order of Comic X. >Shop buys 20 issues of Comic X that they will likely never sell before being allowed to buy 10 issues of lenticular Comic X that they will be able to sell. >End result is that Comic X now has three times the amount of sales of their normal version.
Jayden Cook
Because Marvel set it up so that in order to qualify to order the lenticular variants, you had to exceed your previous order of a title. For example, for the ASM lenticular, you have to order 125% of your previous order to qualify to order it--say you ordered 40 copies of the previous ASM, that means you have to order 50 copies of the next ASM to order its lenticular variant. The percentages are different for each title. Thor for example required you had to order 175% of your previous order.
Jayden Bell
I feel the slightest bit of sympathy for the retailers who got burned by the variant meme. >Just to counter Brevoort’s “Everything is awesome!” tweets, here’s the sell through of the books we had to over order to get lenticulars: >Week one books – 57% >Week two books – 44% >Week three books – 45% >We can’t pay the rent on 45% sell through. Props to those who refused to play Marvel's game.
Jeremiah Rodriguez
Collectors and people that like the cover bought the Button ones. But those were open orders, meaning that retailers didn't have to go through hoops just to buy them and could order what they feel like.
Marvel saw DC's success with lenticulars and decided to tap that audience, but made it more frustrating for retailers by saddling them with buying more comics than they needed, to the point where some retailers decided to skip the variants months prior. Others felt that this could be Marvel's Rebirth or the shot in the arm that Marvel needed and was willing to try to order to meet those demands. But as it turned out a lot of Marvel's lenticulars were fucked and it didn't give a Rebirth-sized boost. Maybe only like one or two titles had any praise in the last month and a bunch of retailers expressed regrets.