Top 100 Comics: August 2019

Carnage's hunt for Venom — and all those who have carried a symbiote — threatens chaos in New York City in Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman's Absolute Carnage #1 from Marvel Comics, the best-selling comic book of August.

Marvel Comics had seven of the month's top ten best-selling comic books. In addition to Absolute Carnage #1, the 80th-anniversary celebration Marvel Comics #1000 ranked #2, Jonathan Hickman and Pepe Larraz's House of X #3 ranked #4, Hickman and R.B. Silva's Powers of X #2 ranked #5, Hickman and Larraz's House of X #2 ranked #6, Hickman and Silva's Powers of X #3 ranked #7, and Cates and Stegman's Absolute Carnage #2 ranked #8.

DC had three titles in the top ten: Joshua Williamson and David Marquez's Batman/Superman #1, spinning out of the events of The Batman Who Laughs, ranked #3, Tom King and Tony S. Daniel's Batman #77 ranked #9, and Sean Murphy's Black Label book, Batman: Curse of the White Knight #2, ranked #10.

Among the premier publishers, IDW Publishing's top book for August was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #97 at #44; Dynamite Entertainment's Vampirella #2 ranked #51; BOOM! Studios' Once and Future #1, the new series from Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora, ranked #64; Dark Horse Comics' Black Hammer/Justice League #2 ranked #88; and Image Comics' Die #6 ranked #95.

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in July 2019

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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 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.