July 2022 Comics Sales Early Look
Comics and Graphic Novels Reordered by North American Comics Shops
Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors
July 2022 has four New Comic Book Days at Diamond and Penguin Random House, and four for DC's distributor, Lunar. July 2021 had four for both Diamond and Lunar.
Diamond has not yet released its sales charts for this month. It is the fourth break in data releases from the distributor since the pandemic began, but the reports did resume three previous times. 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 May 16-22, 2022
• Top advance-reordered July-shipping comic book:
Star Wars: The Mandalorian #1 (Marvel)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
What's the Furthest Place From Here Vol. 1 (Image)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Dissolving Classroom Collected Edition HC (Vertical)
The first comics series supporting the Disney streaming series The Mandalorian saw its debut land in first place.
Items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below have preorder links from Things from Another World; this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
Advance reorders placed between May 23-29, 2022
• Top advance-reordered comic book:
Spawn #1 30th Anniversary Blank Sketch Cover (Image)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
That Time I Got Reincarnated as Slime Box Set Season 2 (Kodansha)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Fantastic Four Full Circle Alex Ross PX Slipcase Ed. (Abrams)
The top new comic book shipping in July was the Crossover #1 3-D Special.
Items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below have preorder links from Things from Another World; this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
Advance reorders placed between May 30-June 5, 2022
• Top advance-reordered July-shipping comic book:
X-Men Hellfire Gala #1 Artgerm Var (Marvel)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Spawn Aftermath TPB (Image)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Fantastic Four Full Circle Alex Ross Slipcase Ed. (Marvel)
IDW's TMNT: Armageddon Game Opening Moves #1 placed 22nd; note that starting in June, IDW was distributed by Penguin Random House, with Diamond acting as a wholesaler, just as in Marvel's case.
Items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below have preorder links from Things from Another World; this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
Advance reorders placed between June 6-12, 2022
• Top advance-reordered July-shipping comic book:
Closet #2 Cover A Fullerton (Image)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Stray Dogs Dog Days TPB (Image)
The third printing of Death Dealer #1 also landed in third place.
Note that Diamond only handles a portion of Marvel and IDW's comic book orders, and does not carry DC products in North America.
Items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below have preorder links from Things from Another World; this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
Advance reorders placed between June 13-19, 2022
• Top advance-reordered July-shipping comic book:
Something Is Killing the Children #25 Cvr H Unlock 25 Copy (Boom)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Spawn Compendium TPB Vol. 3 (Image)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Boys Oversized Omnibus HC Vol. 3 (Dynamite)
Boom had seven of the the top ten items during the week,
Note that Diamond only handles a portion of Marvel and IDW's comic book orders, and does not carry DC products in North America.
Items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below have preorder links from Things from Another World; this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
Advance reorders placed between June 20-26, 2022
• Top advance-reordered July-shipping comic book:
Grim #1 4th Printing Flaviano (Boom)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Critical Role Vox Machina Origins TPB Vol. 3 (Dark Horse)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Animal Castle HC Vol. 1 (Ablaze)
Reprints for Grim #1 continues to do well. Cradle of Filth #1 from Opus was the top new comic book.
Note that Diamond only handles a portion of Marvel and IDW's comic book orders, and does not carry DC products in North America.
Items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below have preorder links from Things from Another World; this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
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 also put titles on these lists, the charts are ranked by invoiced dollars, which is what retailers actually paid.
Reorders placed between June 27-July 3, 2022
• Top reordered comic book:
Fortnite X Marvel Zero War #1 (Marvel)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1 (Boom)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Boys Oversized Omnibus HC Vol. 1 (Dynamite)
Boys Oversized Omnibus editions took the top three slots.
Note that Diamond only handles a portion of Marvel and IDW's comic book orders, and does not carry DC products in North America.
Items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below that were available at posting time from Things from Another World have links to that site; this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
All other items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below have links to eBay. As an eBay Partner, this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
Reorders placed between July 4-10, 2022
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Chainsaw Man GN Vol. 1 (Viz)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Boys Oversized Omnibus HC Vol. 1 (Dynamite)
No comic books made the reorder list.
Note that Diamond only handles a portion of Marvel and IDW's comic book orders, and does not carry DC products in North America.
Items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below that were available at posting time from Things from Another World have links to that site; this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
All other items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below have links to eBay. As an eBay Partner, this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
Reorders placed between July 11-17, 2022
• Top reordered July-shipping comic book:
Fortnite X Marvel Zero War #2 (Marvel)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Chainsaw Man GN Vol. 1 (Viz)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Boys Oversized Omnibus HC Vol. 1 (Dynamite)
The Boys Oversized Omnibus repeated as top reordered hardcover.
Note that Diamond only handles a portion of Marvel and IDW's comic book orders, and does not carry DC products in North America.
Items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below that were available at posting time from Things from Another World have links to that site; this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
All other items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below have links to eBay. As an eBay Partner, this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
Reorders placed between July 18-24, 2022
• Top reordered July-shipping comic book:
Fortnite X Marvel Zero War #2 (Marvel)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Paper Girls Complete Story (Image)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Boys Oversized Omnibus HC Vol. 3 (Dynamite)
For a third week in a row, a Boys Oversized Omnibus was top reordered hardcover.
Note that Diamond only handles a portion of Marvel and IDW's comic book orders, and does not carry DC products in North America.
Items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below that were available at posting time from Things from Another World have links to that site; this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
All other items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below have links to eBay. As an eBay Partner, this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
Reorders placed between July 25-31, 2022
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Paper Girls Complete Story (Image)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Boys Oversized Omnibus HC Vol. 1 (Dynamite)
For a fourth week in a row, a Boys Oversized Omnibus was top reordered hardcover. No comic books made the list for the final week of July. Paper Girls repeated as top softcover.
Note that Diamond only handles a portion of Marvel and IDW's comic book orders.
Items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below that were available at posting time from Things from Another World have links to that site; this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
All other items mentioned and depicted above and in the table below have links to eBay. As an eBay Partner, this site may be compensated if you make a purchase.
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.