Bloodshot #2Media Release -- Valiant Entertainment relaunched another classic comic title of the 1990s in August in Archer and Armstrong #1, the best-selling Non-Premier Comic Book to retailers for the month. All four of Valiant's titles placed in the top ten for the month — X-O Manowar #4 ranked #5, Bloodshot #2 ranked #7, and Harbinger #3
BOOM! Studio's KaBOOM! imprint had two titles in the top ten — Adventure Time #7 ranked #2 and Adventure Time: Marceline and the Scream Queens #2 ranked #4.

Dynamite Entertainment had three titles in the top ten, led by The Shadow #4 at #3. Archie Comics rounded out the top ten with Sonic the Hedgehog #240 at #10.

Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim returned in August with Scott Pilgrim Color Volume 1: Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life from Oni Press, a remastered and fully-colored hardcover edition of the first volume of the fan-favorite series that topped the sales chart as August's best-selling Non-Premier Graphic Novel.

Other publishers in the top ten include Archie Comics (two titles, led by The Sonic Saga Volume 1: The Darkest Storm at #8), BOOM! Studios (Irredeemable Volume 10 ranked #4), Kodansha Comics (Sailor Moon volume 6 ranked #2), Scholastic (Amulet Volume 5: Prince of the Elves ranked #9), Studio Foglio (Girl Genius Volume 11: Agatha Heterodyne and the Hammerless Bell ranked #7), and VIZ Media (three titles, led by Yu-Gi-Oh! GX Volume 9 at #3).

Data for Diamond's sales charts – which include the monthly market shares and all top product charts – are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from a universe of over 3,500 accounts, comprised of comic book specialty shops and other merchant stores and buyers. The shops are primarily located in North America, with a percentage of sales also to international stores and buyers located throughout the world. The account base includes not only brick-and-mortar comic book specialty shops, but also Internet stores, chain stores, and other specialty stores.

Unit and dollars sales are calculated based upon orders invoiced and shipped to Diamond accounts during any given month, which comprises initial pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable.

About the Diamond Sales Index: The Sales Index of selected monthly Best Seller Charts is presented as a comparative tool for retailers and publishers. It presents Diamond's monthly sales for individual titles in relation to Diamond's total sales for the issue of DC Comics' monthly Batman comic book. (Batman is used as the control title – with a value of 100 – because sales of Batman usually remain relatively stable.) This allows for easy comparison to other titles and helps retailers gauge their orders for all other titles. This formula is only a guide, other factors may impact a titles' ability to sell in certain locations and clientele.

QTY RANK OVERALL QTY RANK OVERALL DOLLAR RANK INDEX TITLE VENDOR
1 108 75 18.73 ARCHER & ARMSTRONG #1 VAL
2 130 88 15.51 ADVENTURE TIME #7 BOO
3 133 96 15.22 SHADOW #4 DE
4 140 113 13.91 ADVENTURE TIME MARCELINE SCREAM QUEENS #2 BOO
5 143 119 13.48 X-O MANOWAR #4 VAL
6 147 121 12.97 BOYS #69 (MR) DE
7 150 122 12.79 BLOODSHOT #2 VAL
8 154 125 12.36 HARBINGER #3 VAL
9 165 135 11.4 PATHFINDER #1 DE
10 200 225 8.06 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #240 ARC
11 201 183 7.93 PEANUTS VOL 2 #1 BOO
12 202 184 7.9 WARLORD OF MARS #20 (MR) DE
13 204 186 7.69 WARLORD OF MARS DEJAH THORIS #14 (MR) DE
14 207 237 7.37 SONIC THE HEDGEHOG #239 ARC
15 209 188 7.36 CROSSED BADLANDS #11 (MR) AVA
16 212 196 7.11 CROSSED BADLANDS #12 (MR) AVA
17 213 201 7.09 VAMPIRELLA #20 DE
18 218 204 6.86 VAMPIRELLA #21 DE
19 223 210 6.65 RACHEL RISING #10 ABS
20 225 248 6.55 LIL HOMER #1 BON
21 228 255 6.36 SPONGEBOB COMICS #11 UNI
22 229 212 6.35 THE SPIDER #4 DE
23 230 215 6.31 KEVIN SMITH BIONIC MAN #12 DE
24 231 213 6.31 DARK SHADOWS VAMPIRELLA #1 DE
25 232 216 6.28 DANGER GIRL ARMY OF DARKNESS #6 DE
26 234 222 6.12 LORD OF THE JUNGLE #7 (MR) DE
27 238 227 5.98 GARTH ENNIS JENNIFER BLOOD #15 (MR) DE
28 244 214 5.84 LADY DEATH #20 (MR) AVA
29 246 232 5.81 STEED AND MRS PEEL #0 BOO
30 247 233 5.71 WITCHBLADE DEMON REBORN #1 DE
31 248 235 5.68 HYPERNATURALS #2 BOO
32 249 217 5.63 CALL OF WONDERLAND #3 (MR) ZEN
33 250 283 5.59 SIMPSONS COMICS #193 BON
34 251 239 5.57 MOUSE GUARD BLACK AXE #5 ARA
35 253 236 5.55 PROPHECY #3 DE
36 254 270 5.52 GRIMM FAIRY TALES #76 (MR) ZEN
37 255 285 5.51 SONIC UNIVERSE #43 ARC
38 259 241 5.24 BIONIC WOMAN #3 DE
39 260 298 5.23 FUTURAMA COMICS #62 BON
40 267 244 5.13 RED SONJA #68 DE
41 269 243 5.03 IDOLIZED #1 ASP
42 271 219 4.93 RASL #15 (MR) CAR
43 274 250 4.88 THUNDA #1 DE
44 275 252 4.85 GREEN HORNET #27 DE
45 277 253 4.84 HELLRAISER #17 (MR) BOO
46 278 308 4.83 MEGA MAN #16 ARC
47 280 257 4.73 WARRIORS OF MARS #4 (MR) DE
48 281 261 4.73 WITCHBLADE DEMON REBORN #2 DE
49 282 264 4.7 HIGHER EARTH #3 BOO
50 283 229 4.69 VAMPIRELLA ANNUAL #2 DE