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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
No hardcovers made the list. Note that Diamond only represents between 35-40% of the comic-book orders for Marvel and IDW, and it does not carry DC comics.
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 represents around 35-40% of the comic book orders for Marvel and IDW, and does not offer DC comics.
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.
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.
