May 2021 Comics Sales by Diamond
This data refers to sales by Diamond. Click to see those from DC's distributor and the Overall market.
Diamond has not yet released its full rankings for this month.
Our estimates will appear when it does.
May 2021 has four New Comic Book Days at Diamond, and four for DC's distributor, Lunar. May 2020 was during the period when Diamond was shut down due to the Coronavirus pandemic; it only had two shipping weeks.
Among May-scheduled launches was Marvel's War of the Bounty Hunters #1 by Charles Soule. (The Things from Another World exclusive variant, limited to 2,500 copies,appears at right.)
The estimated comics sales for the month will become available whenever Diamond releases the information. Follow @Comichron on Twitter to get the alert when the report becomes available.
In the meantime, you can get a sense of what sales might be like from noting what products were most reordered by retailers.
Several weeks ago, retailers began placing advance reorders for items whose initial order deadlines had passed, but which had not yet released at the time the reorders were placed. These reorders, placed further out than regular reorders, tend to be more speculative in nature, as there is less certainty that stock will still be available. But they do give us the farthest-into-the-future look at potential sales. To see potential sales for this month, you generally want to look at the advance reorders placed from the month before.
Note that the listings mix hardcovers, softcovers, and comics together, and that they also rank items by dollars rather than units. Note, too, that advance reorder charts are ranked by retail dollars, so retailers' discounts have not yet been applied.
There is no guarantee that these advance reorders will be filled. It's also likely that a lot of books in these lists won't synch up exactly with this month; reorders are placed all the time and reported weekly, while comics sales are reported monthly.
Advance reorders placed between April 5-11, 2021
• Top advance-reordered May-shipping comic book:
BRZRKR #1 4th Printing Foil Grampa (Boom)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Moon Knight Epic Collection Bad Moon Rising (Marvel)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus Vol. 5 Kane DM Var (Marvel)
Yet another BRZRKR #1 reprint led the new comics being offered, with a Spidy hardcover leading advance reorders overall.
Advance reorders placed between April 12-18, 2021
• Top advance-reordered May-shipping comic book:
TMNT: The Last Ronin #3 (IDW)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Mighty Marvel Masterworks Amazing Spider-Man: Great Power Original GN DM cover (Marvel)
Fantagraphics had its first highly ranked item appear on the advance reorder chart in years in Red Room #1, by Ed Piskor, creator of the X-Men Grand Design series. The third issue of the hit TMNT: The Last Ronin led the chart overall.
Advance reorders placed between April 19-26, 2021
• Top advance-reordered May-shipping comic book:
BRZRKR #2 2nd Ptg Mora (Boom)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Thor by Donny Cates Vol. 2 Prey (Marvel)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Jessica Jones Alias Omnibus HC First Issue DM Var (Marvel)
While presses for BRZRKR and Star Wars: High Republic continued to roll, the top advance reordered comic book that wasn't a reprint was Immortal Hulk: Time of Monsters #1. Behemoth made its first advance reorder chart appearance with You Promised Me Darkness #1's reprint.
Advance reorders placed between April 26-May 2, 2021
• Top advance-reordered May-shipping comic book:
Something is Killing the Children #16 Cvr A Dell Edera (Boom)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
King in Black TPB (Marvel)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Amazing Spider-Man Omnibus HC Vol. 3 Kane DM Var (Marvel)
Two versions of Something is Killing the Children #16 made the top three in the final week of April's advance reorders.
Advance reorder charts will be posted here as soon as they are released. Stay tuned!
Click to skip down to the Reorders placed for issues shipping this month.
Reorders, by contrast, are orders for items that had already been released at the time of the order. In other words, these are the comics customers have been asking for, generally speaking; while deep discounts may also put titles on these lists, the charts are ranked by invoiced dollars, which is what retailers actually paid.
Reorders placed between May 3-9, 2021
• Top reordered comic book:
Magic the Gathering #1 Cvr B Planeswalker Replacement (Boom)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Invincible Compendium Vol. 1 (Image)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Thunderbolts Omnibus HC Vol. 1 Bagley First Issue Cover (Marvel)
For the fifth week in a row, the TV-show empowered Invincible took the top slot — and this time took the next two of the next three slots, as well.
Reorders placed between May 10-16, 2021
• Top reordered comic book:
Magic the Gathering #1 Cvr B Planeswalker Replacement (Boom)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Invincible Compendium Vol. 1 (Image)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
All-New Wolverine by Tom Taylor Omnibus HC Kubert DM Var (Marvel)
For the sixth week in a row, the TV-show empowered Invincible took the top slot — and once again took the next two slots, as well.
Reorders placed between May 17-23, 2021
• Top reordered May-shipping comic book:
Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow #2 (Marvel)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Invincible Compendium Vol. 1 (Image)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Invincible HC Vol. 1 Ultimate Collection (Image)
Invincible continued to run away with the reorder charts for the seventh week in a row, now joined by the hardcover in fourth place.
Reorders placed between May 24-30, 2021
• Top reordered May-shipping comic book:
Red Room #1 (Fantagraphics)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Invincible Compendium Vol. 2 (Image)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
World of Black Hammer Library Ed. HC Vol. 2 (Publisher)
Invincible collected editions continued to rule the charts, taking eight of the top eleven slots and leading the reorder tables for the eighth week in a row.
Reorder charts will be released weekly during the month. Stay tuned!
The true top sellers for the month will replace this page once they are released by Diamond.
