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The 100 Most-Ordered Comics & Graphic Novels in October 2018

We've seen the marketshare and top ten ordered titles for October 2018 – and now we get the top hundred comics and graphic novels sold into comic book stores in the North American direct market through Diamond Comic Distributors.

The 100 Most-Ordered Comics & Graphic Novels in October 2018

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in October 2018

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 BATMAN #56 $3.99 AUG180501 DC ENTERTAINMENT
2 WALKING DEAD #1 15TH ANNV VAR $2.99 JUL188116 IMAGE COMICS
3 SPIDER-GEDDON #1 $3.99 AUG180842 MARVEL COMICS
4 BATMAN #57 $3.99 AUG180503 DC ENTERTAINMENT
5 SPIDER-GWEN GHOST-SPIDER #1 $3.99 AUG180854 MARVEL COMICS
6 HEROES IN CRISIS #2 $3.99 AUG180462 DC ENTERTAINMENT
7 VENOM #7 $3.99 AUG180979 MARVEL COMICS
8 JUSTICE LEAGUE #10 $3.99 AUG180480 DC ENTERTAINMENT
9 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #7 $3.99 AUG180971 MARVEL COMICS
10 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #8 $3.99 AUG180975 MARVEL COMICS
11 RETURN OF WOLVERINE #2 $3.99 AUG180889 MARVEL COMICS
12 VENOM ANNUAL #1 $4.99 AUG180977 MARVEL COMICS
13 JUSTICE LEAGUE #9 $3.99 AUG180477 DC ENTERTAINMENT
14 CATWOMAN #4 $3.99 AUG180509 DC ENTERTAINMENT
15 SUPERMAN #4 $3.99 AUG180567 DC ENTERTAINMENT
16 INFINITY WARS #4 $4.99 AUG180874 MARVEL COMICS
17 DETECTIVE COMICS #990 $3.99 AUG180517 DC ENTERTAINMENT
18 WALKING DEAD #184 (MR) $3.99 AUG180047 IMAGE COMICS
19 ACTION COMICS #1004 $3.99 AUG180496 DC ENTERTAINMENT
20 BATMAN SECRET FILES #1 $4.99 AUG180451 DC ENTERTAINMENT
21 AVENGERS #9 $3.99 AUG180939 MARVEL COMICS
22 FLASH #56 $3.99 AUG180522 DC ENTERTAINMENT
23 X-MEN BLACK EMMA FROST #1 $4.99 AUG180913 MARVEL COMICS
24 WONDER WOMAN #56 $3.99 AUG180467 DC ENTERTAINMENT
25 JUSTICE LEAGUE AQUAMAN DROWNED EARTH #1 $4.99 SEP180412 DC ENTERTAINMENT
26 SPIDER-GEDDON #2 $3.99 AUG180838 MARVEL COMICS
27 JUSTICE LEAGUE DARK #4 $3.99 AUG180471 DC ENTERTAINMENT
28 CAPTAIN AMERICA #4 $3.99 AUG180951 MARVEL COMICS
29 DETECTIVE COMICS #991 $3.99 AUG180519 DC ENTERTAINMENT
30 THOR #6 $3.99 AUG180947 MARVEL COMICS
31 X-MEN BLACK MAGNETO #1 $4.99 AUG180905 MARVEL COMICS
32 WONDER WOMAN & JL DARK WITCHING HOUR #1 $4.99 AUG180464 DC ENTERTAINMENT
33 IMMORTAL HULK #7 $3.99 AUG180963 MARVEL COMICS
34 JUSTICE LEAGUE ODYSSEY #2 $3.99 AUG180542 DC ENTERTAINMENT
35 STAR WARS #55 $3.99 AUG181061 MARVEL COMICS
36 STAR WARS DARTH VADER #22 $3.99 AUG181066 MARVEL COMICS
37 SUPERGIRL #23 $3.99 AUG180565 DC ENTERTAINMENT
38 BLACK PANTHER VS DEADPOOL #1 $3.99 AUG180902 MARVEL COMICS
39 COSMIC GHOST RIDER #4 $3.99 AUG180993 MARVEL COMICS
40 FLASH #57 $3.99 AUG180524 DC ENTERTAINMENT
41 JL DARK & WONDER WOMAN THE WITCHING HOUR #1 $4.99 AUG180473 DC ENTERTAINMENT
42 X-MEN BLACK MYSTIQUE #1 $4.99 AUG180909 MARVEL COMICS
43 WONDER WOMAN #57 $3.99 AUG180469 DC ENTERTAINMENT
44 HARLEY QUINN #52 $3.99 AUG180534 DC ENTERTAINMENT
45 X-MEN BLACK JUGGERNAUT #1 $4.99 AUG180911 MARVEL COMICS
46 TONY STARK IRON MAN #4 $3.99 JUL181029 MARVEL COMICS
47 EXTERMINATION #4 $3.99 AUG181034 MARVEL COMICS
48 TONY STARK IRON MAN #5 $3.99 AUG180957 MARVEL COMICS
49 OLD MAN LOGAN #50 $4.99 AUG181051 MARVEL COMICS
50 BATGIRL #28 $3.99 AUG180499 DC ENTERTAINMENT
51 DEADPOOL #5 $3.99 AUG181040 MARVEL COMICS
52 X-MEN BLACK MOJO #1 $4.99 AUG180907 MARVEL COMICS
53 TEEN TITANS #23 $3.99 AUG180569 DC ENTERTAINMENT
54 SUPERIOR OCTOPUS #1 $4.99 AUG180863 MARVEL COMICS
55 X-MEN RED #9 $3.99 AUG181054 MARVEL COMICS
56 OLD LADY HARLEY #1 $3.99 AUG180484 DC ENTERTAINMENT
57 SUICIDE SQUAD #47 $3.99 AUG180563 DC ENTERTAINMENT
58 WHAT IF? PUNISHER #1 $3.99 AUG180925 MARVEL COMICS
59 X-23 #5 $3.99 AUG181032 MARVEL COMICS
60 AQUAMAN #41 $3.99 AUG180475 DC ENTERTAINMENT
61 NIGHTWING #51 $3.99 AUG180548 DC ENTERTAINMENT
62 TITANS #27 $3.99 AUG180571 DC ENTERTAINMENT
63 STRANGER THINGS #2 [*] $3.99 AUG180318 DARK HORSE COMICS
64 BATMAN THE MAXX ARKHAM DREAMS #1 $4.99 JUL180846 IDW PUBLISHING
65 SHURI #1 $3.99 AUG180868 MARVEL COMICS
66 GREEN ARROW #4 $3.99 AUG180526 DC ENTERTAINMENT
67 SPIDER-GIRLS #1 $3.99 AUG180851 MARVEL COMICS
68 MOON KNIGHT #200 $4.99 AUG181016 MARVEL COMICS
69 GREEN LANTERNS #56 $3.99 AUG180528 DC ENTERTAINMENT
70 DOCTOR STRANGE #6 $3.99 AUG181012 MARVEL COMICS
71 ASTONISHING X-MEN #16 $3.99 AUG181044 MARVEL COMICS
72 BOOKS OF MAGIC #1 (MR) $3.99 AUG180456 DC ENTERTAINMENT
73 SPIDER-FORCE #1 $3.99 AUG180846 MARVEL COMICS
74 INFINITY WARS ARACHKNIGHT #1 $3.99 AUG180881 MARVEL COMICS
75 TITANS #28 $3.99 AUG180573 DC ENTERTAINMENT
76 BLACK PANTHER #5 $3.99 AUG180998 MARVEL COMICS
77 INFINITY WARS WEAPON HEX #1 $3.99 AUG180886 MARVEL COMICS
78 WALKING DEAD #1 15TH ANNV BLIND BAG FINCH VAR (MR) $3.99 MAY188674 IMAGE COMICS
79 WALKING DEAD #19 15TH ANNV BLIND BAG CAMPBELL VAR (MR) $3.99 MAY188677 IMAGE COMICS
80 PUNISHER #3 $3.99 JUL181082 MARVEL COMICS
81 HARLEY QUINN #51 $3.99 AUG180532 DC ENTERTAINMENT
82 TYPHOID FEVER SPIDER-MAN #1 $4.99 AUG180967 MARVEL COMICS
83 RED HOOD OUTLAW #27 $3.99 AUG180553 DC ENTERTAINMENT
84 HAWKMAN #5 $3.99 AUG180536 DC ENTERTAINMENT
85 WHAT IF? SPIDER-MAN #1 $3.99 AUG180923 MARVEL COMICS
86 NIGHTWING #50 $4.99 AUG180546 DC ENTERTAINMENT
87 VAULT OF SPIDERS #1 $4.99 AUG180849 MARVEL COMICS
88 OLD MAN LOGAN #49 $3.99 AUG181050 MARVEL COMICS
89 CURSE OF BRIMSTONE #7 $2.99 AUG180513 DC ENTERTAINMENT
90 LUCIFER #1 (MR) $3.99 AUG180459 DC ENTERTAINMENT
91 WHAT IF? THOR #1 $3.99 AUG180919 MARVEL COMICS
92 LIFE OF CAPTAIN MARVEL #4 $3.99 AUG181024 MARVEL COMICS
93 AVENGERS HALLOWEEN SPECIAL #1 $4.99 AUG180866 MARVEL COMICS
94 DEATHSTROKE #36 $3.99 AUG180515 DC ENTERTAINMENT
95 WHAT IF? X-MEN #1 $3.99 AUG180917 MARVEL COMICS
96 DAREDEVIL #609 $3.99 AUG181002 MARVEL COMICS
97 MAGIC ORDER #4 (MR) [*] $3.99 JUL180259 IMAGE COMICS
98 WHAT IF? GHOST RIDER #1 $3.99 AUG180921 MARVEL COMICS
99 OBLIVION SONG BY KIRKMAN & DE FELICI #8 (MR) $3.99 AUG180259 IMAGE COMICS
100 PETER PARKER SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN #311 $3.99 AUG180862 MARVEL COMICS

TOP 100 GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in October 2018

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 BATMAN WHITE KNIGHT TP $19.99 JUL180733 DC ENTERTAINMENT
2 WONDER WOMAN EARTH ONE HC VOL 02 $24.99 JUL180591 DC ENTERTAINMENT
3 MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES HC (MR) $16.99 JUL180133 IMAGE COMICS
4 BATMAN TP VOL 07 THE WEDDING REBIRTH $16.99 JUL180717 DC ENTERTAINMENT
5 GIDEON FALLS TP VOL 01 BLACK BARN (MR) $9.99 AUG180153 IMAGE COMICS
6 ISOLA TP VOL 01 $9.99 JUL180153 IMAGE COMICS
7 WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 07 MOTHERING INVENTION (MR) $17.99 AUG180194 IMAGE COMICS
8 DEATH OR GLORY TP VOL 01 (MR) $16.99 AUG180126 IMAGE COMICS
9 AVENGERS BY JASON AARON TP VOL 01 FINAL HOST $17.99 JUL181176 MARVEL COMICS
10 BATMAN & THE JUSTICE LEAGUE MANGA TP VOL 01 $12.99 JUN180436 DC ENTERTAINMENT
11 MAN OF STEEL BY BRIAN MICHAEL BENDIS HC $24.99 JUL180765 DC ENTERTAINMENT
12 BLACK SCIENCE TP VOL 08 LATER THAN YOU THINK (MR) $16.99 AUG180113 IMAGE COMICS
13 X-MEN GRAND DESIGN SECOND GENESIS TP $29.99 JUL181178 MARVEL COMICS
14 MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 15 $9.99 AUG182426 VIZ MEDIA LLC
15 SAGA TP VOL 09 (MR) $14.99 JUL180297 IMAGE COMICS
16 SANDMAN TP VOL 01 PRELUDES & NOCTURNES 30TH ANNIV ED $19.99 JUL180774 DC ENTERTAINMENT
17 LIKELY STORIES HC (MR) $17.99 APR180018 DARK HORSE COMICS
18 TERRIFICS TP VOL 01 MEET THE TERRIFICS $16.99 JUL180800 DC ENTERTAINMENT
19 BATMAN THE DARK PRINCE CHARMING HC $34.99 JUL180732 DC ENTERTAINMENT
20 LUMBERJANES ORIGINAL GN VOL 01 INFERNAL COMPASS $14.99 JUN181213 BOOM! STUDIOS
21 MOONSHINE TP VOL 02 (MR) $16.99 JUL180265 IMAGE COMICS
22 ANALOG CYBER DYSTOPIAN NOIR TP VOL 01 (MR) $9.99 JUL180142 IMAGE COMICS
23 WALKING DEAD HC VOL 15 (MR) $34.99 AUG180049 IMAGE COMICS
24 DEADPOOL ASSASSIN TP $17.99 JUL181189 MARVEL COMICS
25 MAESTROS TP VOL 01 (MR) $16.99 AUG180164 IMAGE COMICS
26 TEEN TITANS TP VOL 03 THE RETURN OF KID FLASH REBIRTH $16.99 JUL180797 DC ENTERTAINMENT
27 BLACK EYED PEAS PRESENTS MASTERS SUN ZOMBIES CHRONICLES TP $24.99 APR171143 MARVEL COMICS
28 JESSICA JONES MPGN TP BLIND SPOT $19.99 AUG181021 MARVEL COMICS
29 FRANKENSTEIN ALIVE ALIVE HC THE COMPLETE COLLECTION $24.99 JUN180751 IDW PUBLISHING
30 FRANKENSTEIN HC JUNJI ITO STORY COLLECTION $22.99 AUG182424 VIZ MEDIA LLC
31 MY HERO ACADEMIA VIGILANTES GN VOL 02 $9.99 AUG182427 VIZ MEDIA LLC
32 MONSTRESS TP VOL 01 (MR) $9.99 APR160803 IMAGE COMICS
32 ROYAL CITY TP VOL 03 WE ALL FLOAT ON (MR) $16.99 AUG180188 IMAGE COMICS
34 MONSTRESS TP VOL 03 (MR) $16.99 JUL180261 IMAGE COMICS
35 RED HOOD & THE OUTLAWS TP VOL 04 GOOD NIGHT GOTHAM $19.99 JUL180768 DC ENTERTAINMENT
36 SAGA TP VOL 01 (MR) $9.99 AUG120491 IMAGE COMICS
37 BATMAN HC VOL 01 THE COURT OF OWLS (N52) $24.99 JAN120300 DC ENTERTAINMENT
38 MANIFEST DESTINY TP VOL 06 (MR) $16.99 MAY180199 IMAGE COMICS
39 HIT-GIRL TP VOL 02 (MR) $14.99 AUG180158 IMAGE COMICS
40 IRON MAIDEN LEGACY OF THE BEAST TP $9.99 JUL181963 HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE
41 DOCTOR STRANGE BY DONNY CATES TP VOL 02 CITY OF SIN $15.99 JUL181187 MARVEL COMICS
41 MARVEL SUPERHERO ADVENTURES GN TP TO WAKANDA AND BEYOND $9.99 JUL181168 MARVEL COMICS
43 GREEN LANTERNS TP VOL 07 SUPERHUMAN TRAFFICKING $14.99 JUL180757 DC ENTERTAINMENT
44 DEATHSTROKE TP VOL 05 THE FALL OF SLADE REBIRTH $16.99 JUL180743 DC ENTERTAINMENT
45 RAVEN DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS TP VOL 01 $16.99 JUL180766 DC ENTERTAINMENT
46 MOB PSYCHO 100 TP VOL 01 $11.99 JUN180383 DARK HORSE COMICS
47 SWAMP THING THE BRONZE AGE OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 $24.99 JUL180795 DC ENTERTAINMENT
48 DOCTOR STRANGE TP DAMNATION $15.99 JUL181185 MARVEL COMICS
49 RUNAWAYS BY RAINBOW ROWELL TP VOL 02 BEST FRIENDS FOREVER $17.99 JUL181180 MARVEL COMICS
50 DONT LET THE PENGUIN DRIVE THE BATMOBILE HC $14.99 JUN180440 DC ENTERTAINMENT
51 HUNT FOR WOLVERINE HC $50.00 JUL181169 MARVEL COMICS
52 X-MEN BLUE TP VOL 05 SURVIVING EXPERIENCE $19.99 AUG181088 MARVEL COMICS
53 WEAPON H TP VOL 01 AWOL $17.99 AUG181087 MARVEL COMICS
54 SUICIDE SQUAD TP VOL 07 DRAIN THE SWAMP REBIRTH $19.99 JUL180778 DC ENTERTAINMENT
55 SAGA TP VOL 08 (MR) $14.99 OCT170715 IMAGE COMICS
56 INFINITY GAUNTLET TP $24.99 JUL110745 MARVEL COMICS
57 JUSTICE LEAGUE THE DARKSEID WAR ESSENTIAL EDITION TP $29.99 JUL180763 DC ENTERTAINMENT
58 WATCHMEN TP $19.99 FEB140265 DC ENTERTAINMENT
59 FLASH BY MARK WAID TP BOOK 05 $34.99 JUL180749 DC ENTERTAINMENT
60 HARROW COUNTY TP VOL 08 DONE COME BACK $17.99 JUN180373 DARK HORSE COMICS
61 WAKANDA FOREVER TP $15.99 JUL181181 MARVEL COMICS
62 STAR WARS DARTH VADER DARK LORD SITH HC VOL 01 $34.99 MAY180961 MARVEL COMICS
62 SUPERGIRL TP VOL 04 PLAIN SIGHT REBIRTH $16.99 JUL180791 DC ENTERTAINMENT
64 DOCTOR STRANGE EPIC COLLECTION TP MASTER OF THE MYSTIC ARTS $39.99 JUL181205 MARVEL COMICS
65 BLOODBORNE TP VOL 01 (MR) $16.99 APR181810 TITAN COMICS
66 SIDEWAYS TP VOL 01 STEPPIN OUT $16.99 JUL180787 DC ENTERTAINMENT
67 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN BY MICHELINIE & MCFARLANE OMNIBUS HC $100.00 APR180851 MARVEL COMICS
68 DEAD HAND TP VOL 01 COLD WAR RELICS (MR) $16.99 JUL180144 IMAGE COMICS
69 BOMBSHELLS UNITED TP VOL 02 WAR BONDS $16.99 JUL180740 DC ENTERTAINMENT
70 MARVELOCITY MARVEL COMIC ART ALEX ROSS HC $50.00 JUL182072 PANTHEON BOOKS
71 SCARLET TP BOOK 01 (MR) $14.99 JUL180782 DC ENTERTAINMENT
72 DEADLY CLASS DLX HC VOL 02 (MR) $49.99 JUL180204 IMAGE COMICS
73 NEW MUTANTS TP DEAD SOULS $17.99 JUL181188 MARVEL COMICS
74 AQUICORN COVE HC $12.99 JUN181896 ONI PRESS INC.
75 TOKYO GHOUL RE GN VOL 07 $12.99 AUG182431 VIZ MEDIA LLC
75 WWE UNDERTAKER ORIGINAL GN $19.99 JUN181228 BOOM! STUDIOS
77 APOCRYPHA THE LEGEND OF BABYMETAL SC $24.99 AUG182367 Z2 COMICS
78 MONSTRESS TP VOL 02 (MR) $16.99 APR170834 IMAGE COMICS
79 MARVEL KNIGHTS BLACK WIDOW BY GRAYSON & RUCKA TP (MR) $19.99 JUL181173 MARVEL COMICS
80 STAR WARS LEGENDS EPIC COLLECTION NEW REPUBLIC TP VOL 04 $39.99 JUL181170 MARVEL COMICS
81 ALIENS ESSENTIAL COMICS TP VOL 01 $24.99 JUN180361 DARK HORSE COMICS
82 BATMAN HAUNTED KNIGHT TP $19.99 JUL180727 DC ENTERTAINMENT
83 PAPER GIRLS TP VOL 01 $9.99 JAN160645 IMAGE COMICS
84 IDENTITY CRISIS 10TH ANNIVERSARY HC $29.99 AUG140340 DC ENTERTAINMENT
85 MAGE TP VOL 05 HERO DENIED BOOK THREE $19.99 AUG180167 IMAGE COMICS
86 BLACK LIGHTNING COLD DEAD HANDS TP $16.99 JUL180736 DC ENTERTAINMENT
86 DARK NIGHTS METAL DELUXE ED HC $29.99 JAN180379 DC ENTERTAINMENT
88 HELLBOY OMNIBUS TP VOL 01 SEED OF DESTRUCTION $24.99 JAN180104 DARK HORSE COMICS
89 BPRD HELL ON EARTH HC VOL 03 $34.99 JUN180365 DARK HORSE COMICS
90 BATMAN THE DARK KNIGHT DETECTIVE TP VOL 02 $29.99 JUL180734 DC ENTERTAINMENT
91 BATMAN THE KILLING JOKE SPECIAL ED HC $17.99 NOV070226 DC ENTERTAINMENT
92 ARCHIE TP VOL 06 $17.99 AUG181581 ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
93 INCREDIBLE HULK EPIC COLLECTION TP LEADER LIVES $39.99 AUG181099 MARVEL COMICS
94 ME THE PEOPLE HC $14.99 JUL180131 IMAGE COMICS
95 WEAPON X TP VOL 04 RUSSIAN REVOLUTION $15.99 AUG181089 MARVEL COMICS
96 ABBOTT TP $17.99 JUN181244 BOOM! STUDIOS
97 MMW INVINCIBLE IRON MAN HC VOL 11 $75.00 APR18084 MARVEL COMICS
98 FLASH STARTING LINE ESSENTIAL EDITION TP $24.99 JUL180755 DC ENTERTAINMENT
99 SAGA TP VOL 02 (MR) $14.99 APR130443 IMAGE COMICS
100 UMBRELLA ACADEMY TP VOL 01 APOCALYPSE SUITE $17.99 SEP108136 DARK HORSE COMICS

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Rich JohnstonAbout Rich Johnston

Founder of Bleeding Cool. The longest-serving digital news reporter in the world, since 1992. Author of The Flying Friar, Holed Up, The Avengefuls, Doctor Who: Room With A Deja Vu, The Many Murders Of Miss Cranbourne, Chase Variant. Lives in South-West London, works from Blacks on Dean Street, shops at Piranha Comics. Father of two. Political cartoonist.
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