Vaders Little Princess HCMedia Release -- Presenting April 2013's Top Sellers in the categories of Magazines, Videos, Books, Trading Cards, Apparel, Prints & Posters, and Collectible Items based on total unit sales to comic book specialty shops.

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.

TOP 10 MAGAZINES

QtyRank RetailRank Index Magazine VendName
1 1 2.70 DC SUPERHERO CHESS FIG COLL MAG #28 BLACK BAT WHITE PAWN EAG
2 3 2.54 DC SUPERHERO CHESS FIG COLL MAG #29 VENTRILOQUIST BLACK PAWN EAG
3 2 2.05 DC BATMAN AUTOMOBILIA FIG COLL MAG #4 BATMAN FOREVER MOVIE B EAG
4 6 1.98 DOCTOR WHO MAGAZINE #458 PAN
5 5 1.66 CLASSIC MARVEL FIG COLL MAG #197 SPIDER-MAN 2099 EAG
6 7 1.20 DOCTOR WHO SPECIAL #34 PAN
7 8 1.19 BACK ISSUE #63 TWO
8 4 0.97 CLASSIC MARVEL FIG COLL MAG SPECIAL SKURGE EAG
9 12 0.86 ALTER EGO #116 TWO
10 24 0.85 MARVEL SUPER HEROES #8 DIS

TOP 10 BOOKS

QtyRank DollarRank Index Book VendName
1 2 2.60 VADERS LITTLE PRINCESS HC CHR
2 1 1.54 LEGEND OF ZELDA HYRULE HISTORIA HC DAR
3 4 1.34 DARTH VADER AND SON HC CHR
4 12 0.83 SUPERMAN GLOWING KRYPTONITE & BOOK KIT RUN
5 7 0.79 DOCTOR WHO CHARACTER ENCYCLOPEDIA HC DK
6 13 0.75 SUPERMAN COLLECTIBLE FIGURINE & PENDANT KIT RUN
7 28 0.69 DC SUPER HEROES BATMAN YR TP MAN BEHIND THE MASK CAP
8 30 0.67 DC SUPER HEROES BATMAN YR TP MY FROZEN VALENTINE CAP
9 3 0.66 DRAGON AGE WORLD OF THEDAS HC VOL 01 DAR
10 31 0.66 DC SUPER HEROES SUPERMAN YR TP STOLEN SUPERPOWERS CAP

TOP 10 TRADING CARDS

DollarRank QtyRank Trading Card VendName
1 1 MARVEL GREATEST BATTLES T/C BOX RIT
2 2 TOPPS 2013 GYPSY QUEEN BASEBALL T/C BOX TOP
3 4 BENCHWARMER HOT FOR TEACHER 2 SUPER PREM T/C BOX BEN
4 9 TOPPS 2013 TRIBUTE BASEBALL T/C BOX TOP
5 3 CASTLE SEASON 1 & 2 T/C BOX CRY
6 8 TOPPS 2012 VALOR FOOTBALL T/C BOX TOP
7 5 ALPHAS SEASON 1 T/C BOX CRY
8 22 TOPPS 2012 FIVE STAR FOOTBALL T/C BOX TOP
9 23 SPARTACUS 2013 PREMIUM PK T/C BOX RIT
10 7 GARBAGE PAIL KIDS SERIES 2 T/C BOX TOP

TOP 10 APPAREL

DollarRank QtyRank Apparel VendName
1 5 VENOM SYMBOL PX BLACK THERMAL SHIRT LG MAD
2 6 VENOM SYMBOL PX BLACK THERMAL SHIRT XL MAD
3 3 JOKER & HARLEY QUINN T/S LG GRA
4 1 WALKING DEAD RICK POSTER PX BLK T/S XL CHA
5 4 JOKER & HARLEY QUINN T/S XL GRA
6 10 VENOM SYMBOL PX BLACK THERMAL SHIRT MED MAD
7 2 WALKING DEAD RICK POSTER PX BLK T/S LG CHA
8 8 DOCTOR WHO TARDIS LAPLANDER ELO
9 9 WALKING DEAD COMIC FACES RED T/S LG JIN
10 11 WALKING DEAD COMIC FACES RED T/S XL JIN

TOP 10 POSTERS

QtyRank DollarRank Poster VendName
1 1 GAMORA BY MANARA POSTER MAR
2 4 IRON MAN BY RIVERA POSTER MAR
3 5 ULTRON BY DJURDJEVIC POSTER MAR
4 6 ZOMBIE BRAINS WALL POSTER AQU
5 12 DEADPOOL BY GEOFF DARROW POSTER NOW MAR
6 10 WALKING DEAD ZOMBIE BLACK LIGHT POSTER SCO
7 11 WALKING DEAD SEASON 3 JAILHOUSE POSTER SCO
8 2 STAR TREK TOS ART PRINTS SET 5 QUA
9 3 STAR TREK TOS ART PRINTS SET 4 QUA
10 16 CARNAGE BY CRAIN POSTER MAR

TOP 10 COLLECTIBLES

DollarRank QtyRank Collectible VendName
1 2 SW HAN IN CARBONITE BOTTLE OPENER DST
2 3 POP WALKING DEAD MICHONNE & GID PET ZOMBIES PX 3 PK FUN
3 1 SW DEATH STAR SILICONE TRAY KOT
4 4 GHOSTBUSTERS SILICONE TRAY DST
5 45 DR WHO SONIC SCREWDRIVER UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL ENT
6 8 ST USS ENTERPRISE BOTTLE OPENER BRO
7 6 BTTF SILICONE TRAY DST
8 7 GHOSTBUSTERS SLIMER GELATIN MOLD DST
9 160 STREET FIGHTER ENAMEL KEYCHAIN 100PC DS BEA
10 60 DC HEROES NEW 52 JLA DBL PK VINYL STICKER ASST ELE

TOP 10 VIDEOS

QtyRank DollarRank Video VendName
1 1 AVENGERS ASSEMBLED BD SET MAR
2 7 DOCTOR WHO ANGELS KISS AUDIO CD PER
3 2 CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC RAILGUN DVD SEA 01 PT 2 FUN
4 8 SUMMER WARS BD + DVD FUN
5 19 DOCTOR WHO WAR AGAINST LAAN AUDIO CD DIA
6 28 SHAMANIC PRINCESS COMP COLL DVD ALL
7 6 HYAKKO COMP SER DVD RIG
8 3 FAIRY TAIL BD + DVD COLL 01 FUN
9 26 REPLIGATOR DVD MVD
10 5 CERTAIN SCIENTIFIC RAILGUN DVD SEA 01 PT 1 FUN