Top 100 Best-Selling Comics: April 2015

Luke Skywalker's quest to become a Jedi takes him back to Tatooine in Jason Aaron and John Cassaday's Star Wars #4 from Marvel Comics, the best-selling comic book of April.

Marvel had four titles in the top ten overall, with Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larroca's Darth Vader #4 ranking #5, Greg Weisman and Pepe Larraz's Kanan: The Last Padawan #1 ranking #8, and Mark Waid and Terry Dodson's Princess Leia #3 ranking #!0.

DC Entertainment had six titles in the top ten, led by Dan Jurgens, Jeff King, and Ethan Van Sciver's Convergence #0 at #2. Also in the top ten were Convergence #1 at #3, Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's Batman #40 at #4, Convergence #2 at #6, Convergence #3 at #7, and Convergence #4 at #9.

Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead #140 was Image Comics' best-selling comic book in April at #20 for the month. Dark Horse Comics' top book, Alex de Campi and Fernando Ruiz's Archie Vs. Predator #1, a crossover with Archie Comics and the 20th Century Fox sci-fi horror franchise, ranked #74. Finally, My Little Pony: Fiendship Is Magic #1: Sombra, the first part of IDW Publishing's weekly event about the villains of the Ponyverse, was the publisher's best-selling comic for the month at #143.

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in April 2015

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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.