Top 100 Comics: June 2014

Batman confronts the Riddler in the penultimate chapater of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's retelling of Batman's origins, "Zero Year," in Batman #32 from DC Entertainment, the best-selling comic book in June.

In total, DC had five of the month's best-selling comics. In addition to Batman #32, Amanda Conner, Jimmy Palmiotti, and Chad Hardin's Harley Quinn #7 ranked #4; Geoff Johns and John Romita, Jr.'s Superman #32 ranked #5; Johns and Keith Champagne's Justice League #31 ranked #8; and Brian Buccaletto and Francis Manapul's Detective Comics #32 ranked #10.

Marvel Comics had four titles in the top ten, led by Dan Slott and Humberto Ramos' Amazing Spider-Man #3 at #2. Also in the top ten were Jason Aaron and Mike Deodato's Original Sin #3, Aaron and Deodato's Original Sin #4 at #6, and Slott and Ramon Perez's Amazing Spider-Man #1.2 at #7.

Also in the top ten was Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's The Walking Dead #128 at #9.

Among the premier publishers, Dark Horse Comics' Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #6, the sequel to Joss Whedon's film Serenity, was the publisher's top book for June at #43. Finally, IDW Publishing's top book for June was My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic #20, which ranked #112.

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in June 2014

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.