Top 100 Comics: August 2014

Batman is determined to catch a killer who has eluded him for years in Scott Snyder and Matteo Scalera's Batman #34 from DC Entertainment, August's best-selling comic book.

In total, DC had four of the month's top ten comic books. In addition to Batman #34, Grant Morrison and Ivan Reis' Multiversity #1 ranked #4, Harley Quinn #9 ranked #7, and Batman Eternal #18 ranked #10.

Marvel Comics had five titles in the top ten, led by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos' Amazing Spider-Man #5 at #2. Also in the top ten were Jason Aaron and Mike Deodato's Original Sin #7 at #3, Superior Spider-Man #32 at #5, Amazing Spider-Man #1.4 at #8, and Guardians of the Galaxy #18 at #9.

Rounding out the top ten, Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead #130 from Image Comics ranked #6.

Among the premier publishers, Dark Horse Comics' Star Wars #20 was the publisher's top book in August at #84. Finally, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic #22 was IDW Publishing's top book for the month at #108.

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in August 2014

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 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.