Media 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 |