Top 100 Comics: January 2022

A super-team of Spawns forms in Sean Lewis, Stephen Segovia, and Paolo Siqueira's Spawn: The Scorched #1, the new Spawnverse title from Todd McFarlane and Image Comics and Diamond Comic Distributors’ best-selling comic book of January 2022.

In total, Image Comics had eight of January's ten best-selling comics through Diamond. Other titles in the top ten include Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples' long-awaited Saga #55 (#2); Stray Dogs: Dog Days #2 (#3), the Nocterra Special (#4); Gunslinger Spawn #4 (#5); King Spawn #6 (#7); Spawn #325 (#8); and Joe Hill's Rain #1 (#10).

James Tynion IV, Tate Brombal, Chris Shehan, and Werther Dell'Edera's House of Slaughter #4 from BOOM! Studios ranked #6 for the month.

Also in the top ten, Rainbow Rowell and Roge Antonia's She-Hulk #1 from Marvel Comics ranked #9.

For the other premier publishers, IDW Publishing's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #125 was their best-seling book at #19; Dynamite Entertainment's top book, Vampirella/Dracula: Unholy #2, ranked #23; and Dark Horse Comics' Hellboy: The Silver Lantern Club #4 ranked #120.

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in January 2022

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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 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.