August 2022 Comics Sales Early Look
Comics and Graphic Novels Reordered by North American Comics Shops
Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors
August 2022 has five New Comic Book Days at Diamond and Penguin Random House, and five for DC's distributor, Lunar. August 2021 had four Diamond and five for 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 June 27-July 3, 2022
• Top advance-reordered August-shipping comic book:
Ghost Rider Vengeance Forever #1 PX DCD 40th Larraz Variant (Marvel)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Avatar: The Last Airbender TPB Box Set (Dark Horse)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Die HC (Image)
A Diamond-only variant, Ghost Rider Vengeance Forever #1's Larraz cover was limited to 4,000 copies.
Note that Diamond only represents around 35-40% of the comic book orders for Marvel and IDW, and does not offer DC comics.
Advance reorders placed between July 4-10, 2022
• Top advance-reordered August-shipping comic book:
Amazing Fantasy #1000 DCD 40th Momoko Virgin Var (Marvel)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
NIght of LIving Cat GN Vol. 1 (Seven Seas)
Once again, a Diamond 40th anniversary exclusive variant led the list; this one is limited to 5,000 copies. No hardcover graphic novels made the list.
Note that Diamond only represents around 35-40% of the comic book orders for Marvel and IDW, and does not offer DC comics in North America.
Advance reorders placed between July 11-17, 2022
• Top advance-reordered August-shipping comic book:
Eight Billion Genies #2 2nd Printing (Image)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Best of EC Artisan Edition SC (IDW)
Reprints of Eight Billion Genies took four slots in the Top 10.
Note that Diamond only represents around 35-40% of the comic book orders for Marvel and IDW, and does not offer DC comics.
Advance reorders placed between July 18-24, 2022
• Top advance-reordered August-shipping comic book:
Grim #4 Cvr F Reveal Beem (Boom)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Newburn TPB Vol. 1 (Image)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Boys Dear Becky HC (Dynamite)
Several copies of Grim made the Top 10.
Note that Diamond only represents around 35-40% of the comic book orders for Marvel and IDW, and does not offer DC comics.
Advance reorders placed between July 25-31, 2022
• Top advance-reordered August-shipping comic book:
Star Wars: Mandalorian #1 2nd Ptg Photo Variant (Marvel)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Regarding the Matter of Oswald's Body TPB (Boom)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Star Wars: Tales from the Rancor's Pit HC (Dark Horse)
Dark Horse returned a Star Wars title to the top of a category after a multi-year hiatus without the license.
Note that Diamond only represents a portion 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.
Reorders placed between August 1-7, 2022
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Paper Girls Complete Story (Image)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Boys Oversized Omnibus HC Vol. 3 (Dynamite)
After weeks with The Boys Oversized Omnibuseditions in first place, other titles finally pushed through to the top. But one still took top hardcover.
No comic books made the 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.
Reorders placed between August 8-14, 2022
• Top reordered comic book:
Amazing Spider-Man #6 (Marvel)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Bone One Volume Edition SC New Printing (Cartoon Books)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Marvel Comics Library HC Vol. 2 Avengers (Taschen)
Amazing Spider-Man #6, which Marvel called the 900th issue of the often-restarted series, was the top 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.
Reorders placed between August 15-21, 2022
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Chainsaw Man GN Vol. 1 (Viz)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Ice Cream Man Sundae Ed. HC Vol. 1 (Image)
No comic books made the list, which was led by Image's Ice Cream Man collection.
Note that Diamond only handles a portion of Marvel and IDW's comic book orders, and does not carry DC products in North America.
Reorders placed between Aug. 22-28, 2022
• Top reordered August-shipping comic book:
Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 Facsimile Edition (Marvel)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Chainsaw Man Vol. 1 (Viz)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus Vol. 1 (Abrams)
A Marvel facsimile of an annual was the top reordered 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.
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.
