Top 50 Non-Premier Comics and Graphic Novels: October 2017

An ancient evil brings two wary heros, Batman and The Shadow, into an alliance to save the world in Steve Orlando and Giovanni Timpano's The Shadow/Batman #1 from Dynamite Entertainment, October's best-selling non-premier comic book.

Archie Comics' Jughead: The Hunger #1, the latest horror comic from Archie Comics, ranked #2.

BOOM! Studios had three titles in the top ten: Rugrats #1, based on the beloved Nickelodeon animated series, at #3; Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #20 at #5; and Go Go Power Rangers #4 at #10.

Valiant Entertainment had three titles in the top ten: Eternity #1 at #4, X-O Manowar #8 at #7, and Bloodshot: Salvation #2 at #9.

Benitez Production's Lady Mechanika: The Clockwork Assassin #3 ranked #6.

Finally, Oni Press' Rick and Morty #31 ranked #8.

BOOM! Studios' Steven Universe Volume 1: Warp Tour was October's best-selling non-premier graphic novel and one of the publisher's three titles in the top ten. Also charting from BOOM! were Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Volume 4 at #7 and Giant Days Volume 6 at #9.

Oni Press had two titles in top ten: Rick and Morty Volume 1 ranked #2 and The Tea Dragon Society ranked #8.

Aftershock Comics' Animosity Volume 2 ranked #3.

Fantagraphics Books' Now #1 ranked #4.

Archie Comics' Riverdale Volume 1, based on The CW television series, ranked #5.

Finally, Titan Comics' Tank Girl: World War Tank Girl ranked #6.

TOP 50 NON-PREMIER COMICS 
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in October 2017

TOP 50 NON-PREMIER GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in October 2017

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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.