Exclusive: April's Top 100 Best-Selling Comics

Steve Rogers unleashes his plan for Hydra domination of the Earth in Nick Spencer, Daniel Acuna, and Rod Reis' Secret Empire#0 from Marvel Comics, the first chapter of Marvel's summer crossover event and April's best-selling comic book.

Marvel Comics had five titles in March's top ten. In addition to Secret Empire #0, Marc Guggenheim and Ardian Syaf's X-Men Gold #1 ranked #3, Cullen Bunn and Jorge Molina's X-Men Blue #1 ranked #4, Jason Aaron and Salvador Larroca's Star Wars #30 ranked #8, and Greg Pak and Greg Land's Weapon X#1 ranked #9.

DC Entertainment had four titles among the top ten: the lenticular edition of Tom King and Jason Fabok's Batman #21, the first chapter of "The Button" storyline in which Batman and the Flash investigate a mysterious and bloody smiley button, ranked #2; the lenticular edition of Joshua Willingham and Howard Porter's The Flash #21, the second chapter of "The Button," ranked #5; King and David Finch's Batman #20, the finale of "I Am Bane," ranked #6; and the regular edition of King and Fabok's Batman#21 ranked #7.

Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's The Walking Dead#166 from Image Comics ranked #10.

Among the premier publishers, Dark Horse Comics' Neil Gaiman's American Gods: Shadows #2 ranked #66 for the publisher's top book, and Star Trek/Green LanternVolume 2 #5 was IDW Publishing's top-ranked book for April at #158.

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in April 2017

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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.