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October 2023 Comic Book Sales to Comics Shops

Comics and Graphic Novels Reordered by North American Comics Shops
Based on Reports from Diamond Comic Distributors

Of the three major distributors for comic books to comics shops — Diamond Comic Distributors, Penguin Random House, and Lunar DIstribution, the only sales reports currently released by any of those distributors are reorder charts from Diamond. They are seen below and added as they're released each week. Follow @Comichron on Facebook, Twitter, and Post.News to get the alert when new charts are added.

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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.



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Advance reorders placed between August 28-September 3, 2023

• Top advance-reordered comic book:
G.O.D.S. #1 (Marvel)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Garfield Full Course TPB Vol. 1 (Boom)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Monica HC (Publisher)

Marvel's G.O.D.S. #1 was the top new series launch, with Daniel Clowes' new graphic novel the top item overall.

Note that Diamond only represents a portion of the comic book orders for Marvel, Image, IDW, and Dark Horse, and does not offer DC comics.

Item and Diamond Catalog LinkPricePublisherShipsSee more at
1Monica HC$30.00Fantagraphics10/04/23
2 G.O.D.S. #1$9.99Marvel10/04/23
3Sensational She-Hulk #1 Adam Hughes Foil Var (Net)$.00Marvel10/18/23
4Star Wars High Republic Shadows of Starlight #1$5.99Marvel10/04/23
5Conan Barbarian #3 Cvr A Braithwaite$3.99Titan09/27/23
6Immortal Thor #1 2nd Ptg Martin Coccolo Var$6.99Marvel10/04/23
7Conan Barbarian #2 2nd Ptg Torre$3.99Titan09/27/23
8Gods #1 Skottie Young Var$9.99Marvel10/04/23
9Garfield Full Course TPB Vol. 1$16.99Boom 11/29/23
10Gods #1 Ejikure Aiko Var$9.99Marvel10/04/23
11Plot Holes #2 Cvr A Murphy$3.99Massive10/04/23
12Strange Academy Amazing Spider-Man #1$4.99Marvel10/04/23
13Gods #1 Peach Momoko Var$9.99Marvel10/04/23
14TMNT Saturday Morning Adv Halloween Special #1 Cvr F Dia$6.99IDW 10/11/23
15Conan Barbarian #3 Foc Braithwaite B&W Ink Virgin$3.99Titan09/27/23
16Alice Never After #3 Cvr E Foc Reveal Var Sienkiewicz$4.99Boom 09/27/23
17Alien Annual #1$5.99Marvel10/04/23
18Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #111 3rd Ptg Raggazoni (C: 1-0-$4.99Boom 09/27/23
19Alice Never After #3 Cvr A Panosian$4.99Boom 09/27/23
20Sensational She-Hulk #1 Skottie Young Var$4.99Marvel10/18/23
21Four Gathered On Christmas Eve HC$24.99Dark Horse12/20/23
22Darkwing Duck #9 Cvr A Leirix$3.99Dynamite09/27/23
23Trigun Dlx Ed HC$49.99Dark Horse12/20/23
24Disney Villains Maleficent #5 Cvr O Foc Campbell Original$3.99Dynamite09/27/23
25Sensational She-Hulk #1$4.99Marvel10/18/23



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Advance reorders placed between September 4-10, 2023

• Top advance-reordered comic book:
Gone #1 Cvr F Momoko (Dstlry)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Black Panther by Priest Omnibus Vol. 2 Sharp (Marvel)

A variant of Gone #1 from Jock and Dstlry Media was the top advance reordered item.

Note that Diamond only represents a portion of the comic book orders for Marvel, Image, IDW, and Dark Horse, and does not offer DC comics.

Item and Diamond Catalog LinkPricePublisherShipsSee more at
1Gone #1 Cvr F Momoko$8.99Dstlry10/25/23
2Amazing Spider-Man #35 Claudio Sciarrone Disney100 Var$4.99Marvel10/11/23
3American Psycho #1 Cvr A Staples$4.99Massive10/11/23
4American Psycho #1 Cvr J Film Still Var$4.99Massive10/11/23
5Transformers #1 Cvr A Johnson$4.99Image10/04/23
6Amazing Spider-Man #35$4.99Marvel10/11/23
7Superior Spider-Man Returns #1 (One-Shot)$6.99Marvel10/11/23
8Ranger Academy #1 Cvr A Mercado$3.99Boom 10/04/23
9Conan Barbarian #1 Sdcc Foil Artgerm Var$20.00Titan10/04/23
10Gone #1 Cvr A Jock$8.99Dstlry10/25/23
11Ranger Academy #1 Cvr H Lcsd Foil Ejikure$9.99Boom 11/22/23
12Transformers #1 Cvr I Blank Sketch Cvr$4.99Image10/04/23
13Vampirella Dead Flowers #1 Cvr V Foc Frazetta Foil Virgin$20.00Dynamite10/04/23
14Alice Cooper #1 Cvr A Sayger$4.99Dynamite10/04/23
15House of Slaughter #18 Cvr A Rodriguez$3.99Boom 10/11/23
16Black Panther by Priest Omnibus HC Vol. 2 Sharp$125.00Marvel02/21/24
17Vampirella Dead Flowers #1 Cvr U Foc Parrillo Foil Virgin$20.00Dynamite10/04/23
18Wolverine #38$4.99Marvel10/11/23
19American Psycho #1 Cvr B Walter$4.99Massive10/11/23
20Vampirella Dead Flowers #1 Cvr G Parrillo Foil$5.99Dynamite10/04/23
21Gone #1 Cvr B Jock$8.99Dstlry10/25/23
22Venom #26$3.99Marvel10/11/23
23Vampirella Dead Flowers #1 Cvr A Parrillo$3.99Dynamite10/04/23
24American Psycho #1 Cvr I 2000 Ltd Sketch Cover$8.99Massive10/11/23
25Captain Marvel #1 John Tyler Christopher Negative Space Var$4.99Marvel10/25/23



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Advance reorders placed between September 11-17, 2023

• Top advance-reordered comic book:
Spider-Boy #1 (Marvel)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Seasons Have Teeth (Boom)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Hip Hop Family Tree Omnibus HC (Publisher)

Spider-Boy #1 took four of the top five spots.

Note that Diamond only represents a portion of the comic book orders for Marvel, Image, IDW, and Dark Horse, and does not offer DC comics.

Item and Diamond Catalog LinkPricePublisherShipsSee more at
1Spider-Boy #1$5.99Marvel11/01/23
2Brzrkr Pen & Ink #1 Cvr A Garney$6.99Boom 10/18/23
3Spider-Boy #1 Kaare Andrews Foil Var (Net)$.00Marvel11/01/23
4Spider-Boy #1 Skottie Young Var$5.99Marvel11/01/23
5Spider-Boy #1 John Tyler Christopher Negative Space Var$5.99Marvel11/01/23
6Hip Hop Family Tree Omnibus HC$75.00Fantagraphics10/18/23
7Brzrkr Pen & Ink #1 Cvr B Spot Uv Var Garney$6.99Boom 10/18/23
8Ultimate Comics Spider-Man Death of Spider-Man Omnibus HC$100.00Marvel02/28/24
9Its Jeff #1 3rd Ptg Gurihiru Var$5.99Marvel10/18/23
10Wolverine #36 2nd Ptg Tyler Kirkham Var$3.99Marvel10/18/23
11Cimmerian Box Set Vol. 1 (Volumes 1-4)$90.00Ablaze 12/20/23
12Aod Forever #1 Cvr A Mattina$3.99Dynamite10/11/23
13Daredevil #2$4.99Marvel10/18/23
14Spider-Boy #1 Chris Campana Var$5.99Marvel11/01/23
15Spider-Boy #1 Luciano Vecchio Homage Var$5.99Marvel11/01/23
16Aod Forever #1 Cvr O Foc Movie Poster Art Virgin Foil$20.00Dynamite10/11/23
17Spine-Tingling Spider-Man #1 Skottie Young Var$4.99Marvel10/18/23
18Grim #14 Cvr A Flaviano$3.99Boom 10/18/23
19Ultimate Comics Spider-Man Death of Spider-Man Omnibus Dm HC$100.00Marvel02/28/24
20Silver Surfer Rebirth Legacy #1 2nd Ptg Jtc Var$3.99Marvel10/18/23
21Hunt For The Skinwalker #2 Cvr A Simmonds$4.99Boom 10/11/23
22Incredible Hulk #5$4.99Marvel10/18/23
23Seasons Have Teeth TPB$17.99Boom 12/13/23
24Crypt of Shadows #1$4.99Marvel10/18/23
25Bad Omens Concrete Jungle #2 Cvr A Fiorelli$4.99Massive10/18/23



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Advance reorders placed between September 18-24, 2023

• Top advance-reordered comic book:
Harriet Tubman Demon Slayer #2 Cvr A Flops (Massive)
• Top advance-reordered new series debut:
Marvel Zombies Black White Blood #1 (Marvel)

No graphic novels made the list.

Note that Diamond only represents a portion of the comic book orders for Marvel, Image, IDW, and Dark Horse, and does not offer DC comics.

Item and Diamond Catalog LinkPricePublisherShipsSee more at
1Harriet Tubman Demon Slayer #2 Cvr A Flops$4.99Massive10/25/23
2LCSD 2023 Spider-Boy #1 Chris Campana Var$5.99Marvel11/01/23
3Predator Vs Wolverine #2$5.99Marvel10/25/23
4Marvel Zombies Black White Blood #1$5.99Marvel10/25/23
5Amazing Spider-Man #36$4.99Marvel10/25/23
6Gargoyles Halloween Sp #1 Cvr A Lolli$4.99Dynamite10/18/23
7Daredevil #1 2nd Ptg John Romita Jr Var$6.99Marvel10/25/23
8Predator Vs Wolverine #2 Gary Frank Var$5.99Marvel10/25/23
9Red Sonja 2023 #4 Cvr P Foc Frison Virgin Foil$20.00Dynamite10/18/23
10Wolverine #37 2nd Ptg Juan Jose Ryp Var$4.99Marvel10/25/23
11Red Sonja 2023 #4 Cvr F Frison Modern Icon Foil$5.99Dynamite10/18/23
12Immortal Thor #3$4.99Marvel10/25/23
13Rare Flavours #1 2nd Ptg Andrade$4.99Boom 10/18/23
14Fear The Funhouse Pres Toybox of Terror Cvr A Ryan Caskey$3.99Archie10/18/23
15Red Sonja 2023 #4 Cvr O Foc Parrillo Virgin Foil$20.00Dynamite10/18/23
16Marvel Zombies Black White Blood #1 Bjorn Barends Var$5.99Marvel10/25/23
17Marvel Zombies Black White Blood #1 Leinel Yu Var$5.99Marvel10/25/23
18Plot Holes #3 Cvr A Murphy$3.99Massive10/25/23
19Hallows Eve The Big Night #1$4.99Marvel10/25/23
20Uncanny Spider-Man #2$3.99Marvel10/25/23
21Amazing Spider-Man #36 John Romita Jr John Romita Sr Var$4.99Marvel10/25/23
22Red Sonja 2023 #4 Cvr A Parrillo$3.99Dynamite10/18/23
23Once Upon A Time At End of World #10 Cvr A Wada$4.99Boom 10/25/23
24The Man From Maybe #1 Cvr A Kane$6.99Oni10/18/23
25X-Men #129 Facsimile Edition$3.99Marvel10/25/23


Advance reorder charts will be released weekly during the month. Stay tuned!

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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.