Batman pursues the KGBeast to Russia after an attempt on Nightwing’s life in Tom King, Tony S. Daniel, and Danny Miki’s Batman #56 from DC Entertainment, the best-selling comic book of October 2018 according to information provided by Diamond Comic Distributors, the world’s largest distributor of comics, graphic novels, and pop culture merchandise.
Marvel Comics was October’s top publisher with a 34.22% dollar share and a 37.89% unit share. DC Entertainment was second for the month with a 30.48% dollar share and a 32.99% unit share. Image Comics was third with a 12.62% dollar share and a 12.64% unit share. In fourth was IDW Publishing with a 4.03% dollar share and a 3.74% unit share, followed by Dark Horse Comics with a 3.32% dollar share and a 2.41% unit share, Dynamite Entertainment with a 2.37% dollar share and a 2.06% unit share, and BOOM! Studios with a 1.86% dollar share and a 1.52% unit share.
In total, DC Entertainment had four titles in the top ten. In addition to Batman #56, King and Daniels’Batman #57 ranked #4; Tom King, Clay Mann, and Travis Moore’s Heroes in Crisis #2 ranked #6; and Scott Snyder and Francis Manapul’s Justice League #10 ranked #8. Image Comics’ The Walking Dead #1 15th-Anniversary Edition, a reprint of the first issue of Robert Kirkman’s legendary zombie comic for October’s Walking Dead Day, ranked #2. Marvel Comics had five titles in the top ten, led by Christos Gage, Dan Slott, and Jorge Molina’s Spider-Geddon #1 at #3; followed by Seanan McGuire and Rosi Kampe’s Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider #1 at #5; Donny Cates and Iban Coello’s Venom #7 at #7; Nick Spencer and Humberto Ramos’ Amazing Spider-Man #7 at #9; and Spencer, Ramos, and Victor Olazaba’s Amazing Spider-Man #8 at #10. Among the premier publishers, Dark Horse Comics’Stranger Things #2, based on the Netflix series, ranked #63; IDW Publishing’s Batman/The Maxx:Arkham Dreams #1, a crossover with DC Entertainment, ranked #64; BOOM! Studios’ Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #32 ranked #160; and Dynamite Entertainment’s KISS: Blood and Stardust#1 ranked #216.
Sean Murphy’s Batman: White Knight, a collection of the best-selling DC Entertainment mini-series in which The Joker, reformed, is Gotham City’s hero, was October’s best-selling graphic novel and one of the publisher’s four books in the top ten. Image Comics had five books in the top ten, led by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips’ original graphic novel My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies at #3. Marvel Comics’ Avengers By Jason Aaron Volume 1: Final Host, a collection of the first story arc of Aaron’s Marvel Legacy run on the title, ranked #9.
UDON Entertainment’s Mega Man: Official Complete Works, a collection of artwork from Capcom’s long-running video game series, was October’s best-selling book. Also of note, Dark Horse Comics’Super Mario Encyclopedia ranked #3, IDW Publishing’s Bill Sienkiewicz’s Mutants and Moon Knights Artifact Edition ranked #6, and Dynamite Entertainment’s The Art of Troma ranked #9.
Based on their best-selling online team shooter Overwatch, Blizzard Entertainment’s Overwatch: Mercy 12-Inch Statue was October’s best-selling toy product. Diamond Select Toys had four products in the top ten, led by the Marvel Gallery: Avengers Infinity War: Thor PVC Figure at #2. Funko had two PREVIEWS Exclusive products in the top ten: the POP! Marvel: Guardians of the Galaxy: Rocket Raccoon Comic Vinyl Figure ranked #3, and the POP! Marvel: Guardians of the Galaxy: Star-Lord Classic Vinyl Figure, produced for Halloween ComicFest, ranked #5. DC Collectibles also charted in the top ten; the DC Designer Series: The Trinity by Jason Fabok Statue ranked #6.
Paizo Publishing’s Starfinder RPG: Alien Archive 2, a sourcebook for the space opera role-playing game, was October’s best-selling game product and one of the eight Paizo products among the month’s top ten. Also in the top ten was IDW Games’ Batman: The Animated Series: Gotham Under Siege Game, which ranked #5 for the month.
TOP COMIC BOOK PUBLISHERS
|
PUBLISHER |
DOLLAR SHARE |
UNIT SHARE |
| MARVEL COMICS |
34.22% |
37.89% |
| DC ENTERTAINMENT |
30.48% |
32.99% |
| IMAGE COMICS |
12.62% |
12.64% |
| IDW PUBLISHING |
4.03% |
3.74% |
| DARK HORSE COMICS |
3.32% |
2.41% |
| DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT |
2.37% |
2.06% |
| BOOM! STUDIOS |
1.86% |
1.52% |
| VIZ MEDIA |
1.34% |
0.48% |
| TITAN COMICS |
0.87% |
0.57% |
| RANDOM HOUSE |
0.78% |
0.16% |
| OTHER NON-TOP 10 |
8.11% |
5.55% |
COMPARATIVE SALES STATISTICS
|
|
DOLLARS |
UNITS |
|
OCTOBER 2018 VS. SEPTEMBER 2018 |
||
| COMICS |
11.93% |
11.51% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS |
3.28% |
-0.76% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN |
9.32% |
10.49% |
| TOYS |
19.04% |
22.50% |
|
OCTOBER 2018 VS. OCTOBER 2017 |
||
| COMICS |
9.66% |
5.33% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS |
5.30% |
14.38% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN |
8.38% |
5.95% |
| TOYS |
21.58% |
47.81% |
|
YEAR-TO-DATE 2018 VS. YEAR-TO-DATE 2017 |
||
| COMICS |
2.13% |
-5.56% |
| GRAPHIC NOVELS |
-3.76% |
-4.45% |
| TOTAL COMICS/GN |
0.38% |
-5.48% |
| TOYS |
-2.16% |
-1.15% |
NEW TITLES SHIPPED
|
PUBLISHER |
COMICS SHIPPED |
GRAPHIC NOVELS SHIPPED |
MAGAZINES SHIPPED |
TOTAL SHIPPED |
| MARVEL COMICS |
95 |
41 |
0 |
136 |
| DC ENTERTAINMENT |
78 |
38 |
1 |
117 |
| IMAGE COMICS |
78 |
24 |
0 |
102 |
| IDW PUBLISHING |
34 |
16 |
0 |
50 |
| DARK HORSE COMICS |
23 |
20 |
0 |
43 |
| BOOM! STUDIOS |
26 |
14 |
0 |
40 |
| DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT |
27 |
9 |
0 |
36 |
| VIZ MEDIA |
0 |
26 |
0 |
26 |
| TITAN COMICS |
12 |
12 |
1 |
25 |
| ARCHIE COMICS |
11 |
4 |
0 |
15 |
| OTHER NON-TOP 10 |
142 |
236 |
36 |
414 |
| TOTAL |
526 |
440 |
38 |
1004 |
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS BY UNITS SHIPPED
|
RANK |
DESCRIPTION |
PRICE |
ITEM CODE |
VENDOR |
|
1 |
BATMAN #56 |
$3.99 |
AUG180501-M | DC |
|
2 |
THE WALKING DEAD #1 15TH-ANNIVERSARY EDITION |
$2.99 |
JUL188116-M | IMA |
|
3 |
SPIDER-GEDDON #1 |
$3.99 |
AUG180842-M | MAR |
|
4 |
BATMAN #57 |
$3.99 |
AUG180503-M | DC |
|
5 |
SPIDER-GWEN: GHOST-SPIDER #1 |
$3.99 |
AUG180854-M | MAR |
|
6 |
HEROES IN CRISIS #2 |
$3.99 |
AUG180462-M | DC |
|
7 |
VENOM #7 |
$3.99 |
AUG180979-M | MAR |
|
8 |
JUSTICE LEAGUE #10 |
$3.99 |
AUG180480-M | DC |
|
9 |
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #7 |
$3.99 |
AUG180971-M | MAR |
|
10 |
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #8 |
$3.99 |
AUG180975-M | MAR |
TOP 10 COMIC BOOKS BY DOLLARS INVOICED
|
RANK |
DESCRIPTION |
PRICE |
ITEM CODE |
VENDOR |
|
1 |
BATMAN #56 |
$3.99 |
AUG180501-M | DC |
|
2 |
SPIDER-GEDDON #1 |
$3.99 |
AUG180842-M | MAR |
|
3 |
VENOM #7 |
$3.99 |
AUG180979-M | MAR |
|
4 |
BATMAN #57 |
$3.99 |
AUG180503-M | DC |
|
5 |
VENOM ANNUAL #1 |
$4.99 |
AUG180977 | MAR |
|
6 |
SPIDER-GWEN: GHOST-SPIDER #1 |
$3.99 |
AUG180854-M | MAR |
|
7 |
HEROES IN CRISIS #2 |
$3.99 |
AUG180462-M | DC |
|
8 |
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #7 |
$3.99 |
AUG180971-M | MAR |
|
9 |
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #8 |
$3.99 |
AUG180975-M | MAR |
|
10 |
JUSTICE LEAGUE #10 |
$3.99 |
AUG180480-M | DC |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS BY UNITS SHIPPED
|
RANK |
DESCRIPTION |
PRICE |
ITEM CODE |
VENDOR |
|
1 |
BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT TP |
$19.99 |
JUL180733 | DC |
|
2 |
WONDER WOMAN EARTH ONE VOLUME 2 HC |
$24.99 |
JUL180591 | DC |
|
3 |
MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES HC (MR) |
$16.99 |
JUL180133 | IMA |
|
4 |
BATMAN VOLUME 7: THE WEDDING TP |
$16.99 |
JUL180717 | DC |
|
5 |
GIDEON FALLS VOLUME 1: BLACK BARN TP (MR) |
$9.99 |
AUG180153-M | IMA |
|
6 |
ISOLA VOLUME 1 TP |
$9.99 |
JUL180153-M | IMA |
|
7 |
THE WICKED & THE DIVINE VOLUME 7 TP (MR) |
$17.99 |
AUG180194 | IMA |
|
8 |
DEATH OR GLORY VOLUME 1 TP (MR) |
$16.99 |
AUG180126-M | IMA |
|
9 |
AVENGERS BY JASON AARON VOLIME 1: FINAL HOST TP |
$17.99 |
JUL181176-M | MAR |
|
10 |
BATMAN & THE JUSTICE LEAGUE MANGA VOLUME 1 TP |
$12.99 |
JUN180436 | DC |
TOP 10 GRAPHIC NOVELS & TRADE PAPERBACKS BY DOLLARS INVOICED
|
RANK |
DESCRIPTION |
PRICE |
ITEM CODE |
VENDOR |
|
1 |
WONDER WOMAN: EARTH ONE VOLUME 2 HC |
$24.99 |
JUL180591 | DC |
|
2 |
BATMAN: WHITE KNIGHT TP |
$19.99 |
JUL180733 | DC |
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