Top 100 Comics: March 2022

A new story arc began in James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera’s Something Is Killing the Children #21 from BOOM! Studios, the best-selling comic book of March 2022 through Diamond Comic Distributors.

In addition to the standard edition of BOOM!’s Something Is Killing the Children #21, the die-cut mask variant edition of issue #21 also charted in the top ten for the publisher at #5 for the month.

Image Comics placed seven titles in March’s top ten: Rory McConville and Carlo Barberi’s Spawn #327 (#2 for the month), Sean Lewis and Stephen Segovia’s Spawn: The Scorched #3 (#3), Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan’s Saga #57 (#4), Little Monsters #1 (#6), Rogue Sun #1 (#8), Gunslinger Spawn #6 (#9), and Spawn #328 (#10).

Also in the top ten, Marvel Comics’ Strange #1 by Jed MacKay and Marcelo Ferreira ranked #7.

Among the premier publishers, Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s supernatural series We Have Demons #1 from Dark Horse Comics was their top book for March at #13, and Dynamite Entertainment’s Draculina #2 by Christopher Priest and Michael Sta. Maria ranked #44 for the month.

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in March 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 Image Comics' monthly Spawn comic book. (Spawn is used as the control title – with a value of 100 – because sales of Spawn 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.