April 2022 Comics Sales Early Look
Comics and Graphic Novels Reordered by North American Comics Shops
Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors
April 2022 has four New Comic Book Days at Diamond and Penguin Random House, and four for DC's distributor, Lunar. April 2021 had four for both Diamond and Lunar.
The estimated comics sales for the month are expected to become available sometime after the month. 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 Feb. 28-Mar. 6, 2022
• Top advance-reordered April-shipping comic book:
TMNT #127 Cvr B Eastman (IDW)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Grendel Omnibus Vol. 1 Hunter Rose (Dark Horse)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Echolands HC Vol. 1 (Image)
The top item was the Something is Killing the Children Slaughter Pack #3 (depicted) which is several older comic books packaged with a new piece of art.
Advance reorders placed between March 7-13, 2022
• Top advance-reordered April-shipping comic book:
Alice Ever After #1 Cover E FOC Reveal Var. Campbell (IDW)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Demon Days Treasury Edition TPB
(Marvel)
Several versions of Alice Ever After, the new series from Boom, made the advance reorder charts, taking four of the top five places.
No hardcover graphic novels made the list.
Advance reorders placed between March 14-20, 2022
• Top advance-reordered April-shipping comic book:
TMNT The Last Ronin #5 Cvr A Eastman (IDW)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
House of Slaughter TPB Vol. 1 Discover Now Ed. (Boom)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Razorblades Omnibus HC Book 1 (Image)
The final issue of the TMNT: The Last Ronin comics series vaulted into the top spot in this week's advance reorders.
Advance reorders placed between March 21-27, 2022
• Top advance-reordered April-shipping comic book:
We Have Demons #2 Cvr D Igle (Dark Horse)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Sailor Moon Eternal Ed. Codename Sailor V Vol. 1 (Kodansha)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Critical Role Mighty Nein Origins HC Yasha Nydoorin (Dark Horse)
Versions of We Have Demons #2 took four of the top ten slots in the advance reorder chart for the last full week of March. Moon Knight: Black White and Blood #1 from May also charted in advance of the Disney Plus series.
Advance reorders placed between March 28-April 3, 2022
• Top advance-reordered April-shipping comic book:
Gunslinger Spawn #7 Cover C Keane (Image)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Star Wars Rebels (Dark Horse)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Seven to Eternity (Image)
Marvel's top advance-reordered comic book was Miles Morales Spider-Man #38, which is also the top advance-reordered May comic.
Advance reorder charts will be released weekly during the month. 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 December also put titles on these lists, the charts are ranked by invoiced dollars, which is what retailers actually paid.
Reorders placed between Apr. 4-10, 2022
• Top reordered comic book:
Amazing Spider-Man #93 (Marvel)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Demon Slayer Complete Box Set (Viz)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Joho's Bizarre Adventures Part 5 Golden Wind HC Vol. 1 (Viz)
Another chart where reorders were dominated by manga, but a couple of Marvel comics did make the list.
Reorders placed between April 11-17, 2022
• Top reordered April-shipping comic book:
X-Men Red #1 (Publisher)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Demon Slayer Complete Box Set (Viz)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Tomie Complete Deluxe Ed. HC Junji Ito (Viz)
Another manga-heavy list. The top reordered comic book from March was TMNT #127's Kevin Eastman cover.
Reorders placed between April 18-24, 2022
• Top reordered comic book:
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 Official Movie Pre Quill Cvr A Thomas (IDW)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Spawn Compendium TPB Vol. 1 (New Edition) (Image)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Shiver HC Junji Ito (Viz)
The Sonic the Hedghog 2 movie released on April 8, and the official comic book prequel came out the week before.
Reorders placed between April 25-May 1, 2022
• Top reordered April-shipping comic book:
Hulk #6 (Marvel)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
My Hero Academia GN Vol. 1 (Publisher)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Shiver HC Junji Ito (Viz)
Yet another manga-heavy list, with the top comic book on the charts placing 11th. A common occurrence in the wake of Marvel's departure to Random House for distribution.
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.
