Exclusive: August's Top 100 Comics

The zombie apocalypse overruns Coney Island and Harley Quinn takes matters into her own hands in Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Chad Hardin's Harley Quinn #1 from DC Entertainment, the best-selling comic book of August.

In total, DC Entertainment had nine titles in the top ten. In addition to Harley Quinn #1, Scott Snyder and John Romita, Jr.'s All-Star Batman #1 ranked #2, Rob Williams and Jim Lee's Suicide Squad #1 ranked #3, Suicide Squad Rebirth #1 ranked #5, Batman #4 ranked #6, Batman #5 ranked #7, Justice League #2 ranked #8, Harley Quinn #2 ranked #9, and Supergirl Rebirth #1 ranked #10.

Rounding out the top ten, Dan Slott and Giuseppe Camuncoli's Amazing Spider-Man #16 from Marvel Comics ranked #4 for August.

Among the premier publishers, Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's The Walking Dead #157 was Image Comics' best-selling book in July at #13.

IDW Publishing's TMNT Universe #1, a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles spin-off, was their top book for the month at #85.

Finally, Brian Wood and Mack Chater's Briggs Land #1, a new series about anti-government extremists in the American west in development as a television series for AMC, was Dark Horse Comics' top book for August at #127.

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in August 2016

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How does Diamond calculate the charts? It all starts at the comic book shop.

Data for Diamond’s sales charts — which includes the monthly market shares and all top product charts — are compiled by Diamond Comic Distributors from sales made to thousands of comic book specialty shops located in North America and around the world.  Additional sales made to online merchants and other specialty stores may be included as well.

Unit and dollar market shares are calculated based upon orders for comic books, graphic novels, and magazines invoiced and shipped to Diamond customers during any given month, which comprises pre-orders, advance reorders, and reorders, minus any copies that are received back from a title marked as returnable. Please note that comics marked with an asterisk (*) have had their reported quantities reduced due to retailer returnability, and thus may rank lower on the charts than their actual sales would reflect.

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 month, as Batman did not ship, Convergence #8 from DC Entertainment was used as the control index.) 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.