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Exclusive: June's Top 100 Best-Selling Graphic Novels

DC Entertainment's Dark Nights: Metal Deluxe Edition HardcoverCollecting DC Entertainment's best-selling event, the Dark Nights: Metal Deluxe Edition hardcover by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo was June's best-selling graphic novel.

Also from DC Entertainment among the top ten, Dark Nights Metal: Dark Nights Rising, a collection of the tie-in one-shots, ranked #2; Dark Nights Metal: The Resistance, ranked #3; The Flash Volume 6: A Cold Day in Hell ranked #8; Batman: Detective Comics Volume 6: Fall of the Batmen ranked #9; and Super Sons of Tomorrow ranked #10.

Marvel Comics had two titles in the top ten: Thanos Wins ranked #4, and Jim Starlin, George Perez, and Ron Lim's The Infinity Gauntlet ranked #5.

Jason Aaron and Jason Latour's Southern Bastards Volume 4: Gut Check from Image Comics ranked #6.

Dark Horse Comics' Neil Gaiman's A Study in Emerald, with art by Rafael Albuquerque, ranked #7.

TOP 100 GRAPHIC NOVELS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in June 2018

RANK DESCRIPTION PRICE ITEM CODE VENDOR
1 DARK NIGHTS METAL DELUXE ED HC $29.99 JAN180379 DC ENTERTAINMENT
2 DARK NIGHTS METAL DARK NIGHTS RISING HC $29.99 JAN180380 DC ENTERTAINMENT
3 DARK NIGHTS METAL THE RESISTANCE TP $24.99 JAN180381 DC ENTERTAINMENT
4 THANOS WINS BY DONNY CATES TP $19.99 APR180867-M MARVEL COMICS
5 INFINITY GAUNTLET TP $24.99 JUL110745 MARVEL COMICS
6 SOUTHERN BASTARDS TP VOL 04 GUT CHECK (MR) $16.99 NOV170835 IMAGE COMICS
7 NEIL GAIMAN STUDY IN EMERALD HC $17.99 FEB180021 DARK HORSE COMICS
8 FLASH TP VOL 06 COLD DAY IN HELL REBIRTH $16.99 MAR180343 DC ENTERTAINMENT
9 BATMAN DETECTIVE COMICS TP VOL 06 FALL OF THE BATMEN REBIRTH $19.99 MAR180334 DC ENTERTAINMENT
10 SUPER SONS OF TOMORROW TP REBIRTH $14.99 MAR180354 DC ENTERTAINMENT
11 DC YOUNG ANIMAL MILK WARS TP (MR) $19.99 MAR180321 DC ENTERTAINMENT
12 HAWKEYE VS DEADPOOL TP $16.99 DEC140975 MARVEL COMICS
13 JUSTICE LEAGUE TP VOL 06 PEOPLE VS THE JUSTICE LEAGUE $14.99 MAR180349 DC ENTERTAINMENT
14 ICE CREAM MAN TP VOL 01 RAINBOW SPRINKLES $16.99 APR180546-M IMAGE COMICS
15 HELLBOY COMPLETE SHORT STORIES TP VOL 01 $24.99 FEB180036 DARK HORSE COMICS
16 HIT-GIRL TP VOL 01 (MR) $14.99 APR180502 IMAGE COMICS
17 CAPTAIN AMERICA BY WAID AND SAMNEE TP VOL 01 HOME OF BRAVE $17.99 MAR180991 MARVEL COMICS
18 SECRET EMPIRE TP $39.99 APR180859 MARVEL COMICS
19 TEEN TITANS GO THIER GREATEST HIJINKS TP $9.99 MAR180356 DC ENTERTAINMENT
20 HAL JORDAN & THE GLC TP VOL 05 TWILIGHT OT GUARDIANS REBIRTH $16.99 MAR180347 DC ENTERTAINMENT
21 DOCTOR STRANGE BY DONNY CATES TP VOL 01 GOD OF MAGIC $15.99 MAR181000 MARVEL COMICS
22 MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 13 $9.99 APR181944 VIZ MEDIA LLC
23 HELLBOY OMNIBUS TP VOL 02 STRANGE PLACES $24.99 FEB180037 DARK HORSE COMICS
24 HELLBOY AND THE BPRD 1955 TP $19.99 FEB180039 DARK HORSE COMICS
25 GOTG BY ABNETT AND LANNING COMPLETE COLL TP VOL 01 $34.99 APR140786 MARVEL COMICS
26 MONSTRESS TP VOL 01 (MR) $9.99 APR160803 IMAGE COMICS
27 LADY MECHANIKA TP VOL 04 CLOCKWORK ASSASSIN $9.99 APR181371 BENITEZ PRODUCTIONS
28 GREEN LANTERNS TP VOL 06 A WORLD OF OUR OWN REBIRTH $16.99 MAR180346 DC ENTERTAINMENT
29 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN WORLDWIDE TP VOL 08 $15.99 MAR180995 MARVEL COMICS
30 BOMBSHELLS UNITED TP VOL 01 $16.99 MAR180340 DC ENTERTAINMENT
31 GOTG BY ABNETT AND LANNING COMPLETE COLL TP VOL 02 $34.99 AUG140918 MARVEL COMICS
32 BATMAN REBIRTH DLX COLL HC BOOK 02 $34.99 MAR180335 DC ENTERTAINMENT
33 DISNEY PIXAR INCREDIBLES 2 HEROES AT HOME HC $7.99 APR180034 DARK HORSE COMICS
34 DAREDEVIL YELLOW TP $19.99 APR110721 MARVEL COMICS
35 UNBEATABLE SQUIRREL GIRL TP VOL 08 MY BEST FRIENDS SQUIRREL $15.99 MAR180998 MARVEL COMICS
36 SAGA TP VOL 01 (MR) $9.99 AUG120491 IMAGE COMICS
37 SAGA TP VOL 08 (MR) $14.99 OCT170715 IMAGE COMICS
38 GOTHAM CITY GARAGE TP VOL 01 $16.99 MAR180344 DC ENTERTAINMENT
39 DEADPOOL CLASSIC TP VOL 08 $24.99 DEC120759 MARVEL COMICS
40 IT WILL ALL HURT TP $18.99 MAR180607 IMAGE COMICS
41 MYSTIK U TP $16.99 MAR180351 DC ENTERTAINMENT
42 SNOTGIRL TP VOL 01 GREEN HAIR DONT CARE $9.99 DEC160774 IMAGE COMICS
42 TRINITY TP VOL 02 DEAD SPACE REBIRTH $14.99 MAR180357 DC ENTERTAINMENT
44 DEFENDERS TP VOL 02 KINGPINS OF NEW YORK $15.99 MAR180992 MARVEL COMICS
45 TALES OF SUSPENSE HAWKEYE AND WINTER SOLDIER TP $15.99 MAR180990 MARVEL COMICS
46 AVENGERS NO SURRENDER HC $50.00 APR180846 MARVEL COMICS
47 WONDER WOMAN CONAN HC $24.99 MAR180358 DC ENTERTAINMENT
48 DEADPOOL TP VOL 02 DARK REIGN $14.99 OCT090622 MARVEL COMICS
49 QUICK & EASY GUIDE TO THEY THEM PRONOUNS GN $7.99 FEB181690 ONI PRESS INC.
50 DEADPOOL TP VOL 07 SPACE ODDITY $15.99 SEP110663 MARVEL COMICS
51 DAREDEVIL GUARDIAN DEVIL TP $19.99 JAN100682 MARVEL COMICS
52 MOEBIUS LIBRARY INSIDE MOBIUS HC VOL 02 $39.99 FEB180045 DARK HORSE COMICS
53 MMW INVINCIBLE IRON MAN HC VOL 01 $49.99 APR140752 MARVEL COMICS
54 ELSEWORLDS BATMAN TP VOL 03 $34.99 MAR180341 DC ENTERTAINMENT
55 SLOTS TP VOL 01 (MR) $16.99 APR180557 IMAGE COMICS
56 TOKYO GHOUL RE GN VOL 05 $12.99 APR181936 VIZ MEDIA LLC
57 INVINCIBLE IRON MAN IRONHEART TP VOL 02 CHOICES $19.99 MAR181001 MARVEL COMICS
58 WEAPON X TP VOL 03 MODERN WARFARE $15.99 MAR180996 MARVEL COMICS
59 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY BUSINESS TP $19.99 APR180863 MARVEL COMICS
60 MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR TP VOL 05 FANTASTIC THREE $17.99 APR180872 MARVEL COMICS
61 RUMBLE TP VOL 04 SOUL WITHOUT PITY (MR) $16.99 APR180627 IMAGE COMICS
62 BEAUTY TP VOL 04 (MR) $16.99 MAR180636 IMAGE COMICS
62 STAR WARS ADVENTURES TP VOL 03 ENDANGERED $9.99 MAR180511 IDW PUBLISHING
64 RICANSTRUCTION REMINISCING & REBUILDING PUERTO RICO TP $19.99 JAN189143 SOMOS ARTE, LLC
65 MMW AVENGERS HC VOL 01 $49.99 APR140751 MARVEL COMICS
66 MMW X-MEN HC VOL 01 $49.99 APR140754 MARVEL COMICS
67 MULTIPLE WARHEADS TP VOL 02 GHOST TOWN (MR) $17.99 APR180610 IMAGE COMICS
68 ANT-MAN AND WASP ADVENTURES DIGEST TP $9.99 MAR180989 MARVEL COMICS
68 JENNY FINN HC (MR) $17.99 JAN180108 DARK HORSE COMICS
70 BLACK BOLT TP VOL 02 HOME FREE $17.99 MAR180999 MARVEL COMICS
71 DARK DAYS THE ROAD TO METAL HC $29.99 DEC170376 DC ENTERTAINMENT
72 WATCHMEN TP $19.99 FEB140265-M DC ENTERTAINMENT
73 INFINITE CRISIS OMNIBUS HC NEW ED $150.00 JAN180406 DC ENTERTAINMENT
74 USAGI YOJIMBO TP VOL 32 $17.99 FEB180059 DARK HORSE COMICS
75 NEW SUPER MAN TP VOL 03 EQUILIBRIUM REBIRTH $16.99 MAR180352 DC ENTERTAINMENT
76 ELFQUEST FINAL QUEST TP VOL 04 $17.99 FEB180084 DARK HORSE COMICS
76 SPACE RIDERS TP VOL 02 GALAXY OF BRUTALITY (MR) $16.99 FEB181173 BLACK MASK COMICS
78 FANTASTIC FOUR EPIC COLLECTION TP NEW FANTASTIC FOUR $39.99 APR180877 MARVEL COMICS
79 MILES MORALES ULTIMATE SPIDER-MAN OMNIBUS HC $125.00 DEC170940 MARVEL COMICS
80 MY HERO ACADEMIA GN VOL 01 $9.99 JUN151643 VIZ MEDIA LLC
81 MARVEL SH SECRET WARS ACTIVITY BOOK FACSIMILE COLL TP $24.99 JAN150891 MARVEL COMICS
82 BABYTEETH TP VOL 02 $14.99 APR181225 AFTERSHOCK COMICS
83 DEVIL DINOSAUR BY JACK KIRBY TP COMPLETE COLLECTION $24.99 MAR140782 MARVEL COMICS
84 SAGA TP VOL 02 (MR) $14.99 APR130443 IMAGE COMICS
85 MIGHTY THOR PREM HC VOL 05 DEATH OF MIGHTY THOR $34.99 MAR180980 MARVEL COMICS
85 WONDER WOMAN BY GEORGE PEREZ OMNIBUS HC VOL 03 $99.99 DEC170399 DC ENTERTAINMENT
87 MARVELS ANT-MAN AND WASP PRELUDE TP $14.99 FEB180923 MARVEL COMICS
88 INVINCIBLE HC VOL 12 ULTIMATE COLL $39.99 MAR180692 IMAGE COMICS
89 DESCENDER TP VOL 01 TIN STARS (MR) $9.99 JUL150554 IMAGE COMICS
90 MMW ANT-MAN GIANT-MAN HC VOL 03 $75.00 DEC170946-M MARVEL COMICS
91 WICKED & DIVINE TP VOL 01 THE FAUST ACT (MR) $9.99 SEP140684 IMAGE COMICS
92 NO 1 WITH A BULLET TP $17.99 MAR180610 IMAGE COMICS
93 MMW INCREDIBLE HULK HC VOL 01 $49.99 APR140746 MARVEL COMICS
94 THOR EPIC COLLECTION TP WORLDENGINE $39.99 MAR181007 MARVEL COMICS
95 MY SOLO EXCHANGE DIARY GN (MR) $14.99 MAR181889 SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT LLC
96 PAPER GIRLS TP VOL 01 $9.99 JAN160645 IMAGE COMICS
97 GREEN LANTERN GREEN ARROW HARD TRAVELING HEROES DLX HC $49.99 MAR180345 DC ENTERTAINMENT
98 WALKING DEAD TP VOL 01 DAYS GONE BYE $14.99 NOV128157 IMAGE COMICS
99 EMPOWERED & SOLDIER OF LOVE TP $17.99 FEB180067 DARK HORSE COMICS
100 SNOTGIRL TP VOL 02 CALIFORNIA SCREAMING $15.99 MAR180757 IMAGE COMICS

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For retailers, Diamond offers the Top 500 Comics and Top 500 Graphic Novels sales charts on the Diamond Tools page of the Diamond Retailer Services website to provide more information about the industry's top selling publications.

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.

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