Top 100 Comics: March 2016

With Bruce Wayne back under the cowl, Batman battles Mr. Bloom for the fate of Gotham City the concluding chapter of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's "Superheavy" storyline in DC Entertainment's Batman #50, the best-selling comic book for March.

DC Entertainment had two titles in the top ten, including Superman #50 at #4.

BOOM! Studios' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #1 was March's #2 book overall and its best-selling non-premiere comic book.

Marvel Comics had seven titles in the top ten, led by Jason Aaron and Leinil Francis Yu's Star Wars #17 at #3. Also in the top ten were Amazing Spider-Man #9 at #5, Darth Vader #17 at #6, Darth Vader #18 at #7, Deadpool #8 at #8, Brian Michael Bendis and Alex Maleev's International Iron Man #1 at #9, and Nick Spencer and Jesus Saiz's Avengers Standoff: Assault on Pleasant Hill Alpha at #10.

Among the premier publishers, Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead #152 was Image Comics' top book for the month at #12. Dark Horse Comics' Fight Club 2 #10, the finale to Chuck Palahniuk's sequel to his novel, ranked #72. Finally, IDW Publishing's Back to the Future #6 ranked #109 for the month.

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in March 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.