Top 100 Comics: May 2015

The Final Incursion threatens the multiverse with collapse in Marvel Comics' Secret Wars #1 by Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic, the best-selling comic book of May.

In total, Marvel Comics had seven titles among the top ten, including Secret Wars #2 at #3; Jason Aaron and John Cassaday's Star Wars #5 at #4; Deadpool's Secret Secret Wars #1 at #5; G. Willow Wilson's A-Force #1, introducing an all-women Avengers team, at #6; Old Man Logan #1 at #7; and Kieron Gillen and Salvador Larocca's Darth Vader #5 at #8.

BOOM! Studios' Bravest Warriors: Tales of the Holo John #1 ranked #2 for the month.

DC Entertainment had two titles in the top ten — Covergence #5 at #9 and Convergence #6 at #10.

Among the premier publishers, Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead ranked #21 for the month and was Image Comics' best-selling comic in May. Chuck Palahniuk returned to the world of Fight Club with artist Cameron Stewart for Fight Club #1, Dark Horse Comics' top book in May at #25. And finally, IDW Publishing's My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic #30 ranked #112 and was the publisher's best-selling book for the month.

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

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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.