Top 50 Non-Premier Comics and Graphic Novels: January 2015

Mark Rahner and Edu Menna take readers back to Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone in Dynamite Entertainment's The Twilight Zone: Shadow and Substance #1, the best-selling non-premier comic book of January. In total, Dynamite had two titles in the top ten.

BOOM! Studios had two titles in the top ten, led Munchkin #1, based on the fan-favorite board game, ranked #2.

Valiant Entertainment also had two titles in the top ten, led by Ivar, Timewalker #1 at #3.

Titan Comics had three titles in the top ten, with Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor #7 as their top book at #4.

Avatar Press had one title in the top ten, Alan Moore's Crossed +100 #2 at #9.

Terry Moore's Rachel Rising Volume 5: Night Cometh from Abstract Studios was January's best-selling non-premier graphic novel.

Other publishers in the top ten include Avatar Press, Dynamite Entertainment, Oni Press, Valiant Entertainment, and Yen Press.

TOP 50 NON-PREMIER COMICS 
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in January 2015

TOP 50 NON-PREMIER GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in January 2015

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Item codes followed by -M indicate multiple covers and skus at the standard SRP.

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. 

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 Ba