Top 100 Comics: November 2015

Gotham City's champion returns in Frank Miller, Brian Azzarello, Andy Kubert, and Klaus Janson's Dark Knight III: The Master Race #1 from DC Entertainment, the best-selling comic book of November.

Marvel Comics had nine of the month's top ten best-selling comics, with Jason Aaron and Mike Deodato's Star Wars: Vader Down #1, a special that kicked off the "Vader Down" crossover between Star Wars and Darth Vader as their best-selling comic for the month at #2. Also in the top ten were four launch titles for the "All-New All-Different Marvel" — Deadpool #1 at #3, Extraordinary X-Men #1 at #5, All-New All-Different Avengers #1 at #6, and All-New Wolverine #1 at #10 — as well as Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic's Secret Wars #7 at #4 and Brian Michael Bendis' Uncanny X-Men #600 at #8.

Among the premier publishers, Image Comics' best-selling comic for November was Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's The Walking Dead #148 at #21. Dark Horse Comics' Fight Club 2 #7 was their top comic at #76. IDW Publishing's Back to the Future #2 was their top comic at #99.

November's top non-premiere comic was Dynamite Entertainment's James Bond #1 at #69.

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