Exclusive: September's Top 100 Best-Selling Comics

While an ancient secret is uncovered in South Africa, the Avengers battle Frost Giants in a secret government facility and an adamantium statue in Canada breaks open in Marvel Comics' Marvel Legacy #1, the launch of the publisher's new direction by Jason Aaron, Esad Ribic, and an all-star line-up of artists, and the best-selling comic book of September.

Marvel Comics had two titles in the top ten; in addition to Marvel Legacy #1, Cullen Bunn and Iban Coello's Venomverse #1 ranked #3.

DC Entertainment had seven titles in September's top ten, led by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo's Dark Nights: Metal #2. Also in the top ten from DC, Tom King and Clay Mann's Batman #30 ranked #4; King and Mikel Janin's Batman #31 ranked #5; the Harley Quinn 25th-Anniversary Special from an all-star roster of writers and artists ranked #6; Joshua Williamson and Carmine Di Giandomenico's Batman: The Red Death #1, a Metal tie-in, ranked #8; Frank Tieri and Ricardo Federici's Batman: The Murder Machine #1, another Metal tie-in, ranked #9; and the lenticular edition of Dan Jurgens and Viktor Bogdanovic's Action Comics #987, the first chapter in "The Oz Effect," ranked #10.

Also in the top ten, Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard's The Walking Dead #171 from Image Comics ranked #7.

Among the premier publishers, Star Wars Adventures #1 was IDW Publishing's top book at #33, while Neil Gaiman's American Gods: Shadows #7 was Dark Horse Comics' top-ranked book at #115.

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in September 2017

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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.