Exclusive: 2019's Top 100 Best-Selling Comics

DC Comics' celebrated the 80th-anniversary of Batman's debut in 1939's Detective Comics #27 with the over-sized Detective Comics #1000, an all-star anniversary celebration that was the best-selling comic book of 2019.

DC Comics had two titles in the top ten, including Tom Taylor, Trevor Hairsine, James Harren, and Stefano Gaudiano's DCeased #1 at #5.

Todd McFarlane's milestone Spawn #300, featuring an impressive line-up of writers and artists including Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, and J. Scott Campbell, was Image Comics' best-selling comic of the year at #2.

Marvel Comics had seven titles in the top ten, led by Jonathan Hickman, Leinil Francis Yu, and Gerry Alanguilan's X-Men #1 at #3. Also in the top ten, Jed MacKay, Nao Fuji, and Travel Foreman's Black Cat #1 ranked #4; Donny Cates and Ryan Stegman's Absolute Carnage #1 ranked #6; Marvel Comics #1000, celebrating the 80 year history of Marvel Comics since 1939's Marvel Comics #1, ranked #7; Hickman and Pepe Larraz's House of X #1 ranked #8; and Hickman and R.B. Silva's Powers of X #1 ranked #9.

Among the premier publishers, Christopher Priest and Ergun Gunduz's Vampirella #1 from Dynamite Entertainment was the publisher's top comic for the year at #220; IDW Publishing's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reached a milestone in Tom Waltz, Kevin Eastman, and Dave Wachter's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #100 at #256; two beloved teams collide in BOOM! Studios' Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1 at #493; and Dark Horse Comics' Black Hammer/Justice League #1, a crossover with DC Comics by Jeff Lemire and Michael Walsh, was Dark Horse's top book for the year at #724.

TOP 100 COMIC BOOKS
Based on Total Unit Sales of Products Invoiced in Calendar Year 2019

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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.