November 2024 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 and Twitter to get the alert when new charts are added.
Several weeks ago, retailers began placing advance reorders for items whose final order cutoff 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 September 29-October 6, 2024
• Top advance-reordered comic book:
Aliens Vs. Avengers #2 (Marvel)
• Top advance-reordered new series debut:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles X Naruto #1 (IDW)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Space Ghost Vol. 1 Ghosts Comfort Us (Dynamite)
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.
Advance reorders placed between October 7-13, 2024
• Top advance-reordered comic book:
Ducktales #1 Cvr A Bigarella (Dynamite)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Savage Sword of Conan Vol. 1 DM Ed (Titan)
• Top advance-reordered box set:
Sailor Moon Naoko Takeuchi Collected Box Set Vol. 1 (Kodansha)
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.
Advance reorders placed between October 14-20, 2024
• Top advance-reordered comic book:
Terminator #2 Cvr A Shalvey (Publisher)
• Top advance-reordered new series debut:
G.I. Joe #1 Cvr Q Frison Foil (Image)
• Top advance-reordered box set:
Tank Girl Trilogy DM Ed Boxed Set (Titan)
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.
Advance reorders placed between October 21-28, 2024
• Top advance-reordered comic book:
Warm Fusion #1 Cvr A Ponticelli & Loughridge (Dstlry)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Ain't No Grave TPB Cvr A Corona (Image)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
King Conan Original Comics Omnibus HC Vol. 2 DM Ed. (Titan)
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.
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 October 29-November 4, 2024
• Top reordered comic book:
New Mutants #98 Pan Dimensional 3D Ed. (Pan-Universal)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Klaus The Life and Times of Santa Claus (Boom)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Brian Bolland Batman Killing Joke and Other Stories Gallery Ed. (Graphitti)
Note that Diamond only handles a portion of Marvel, Image, IDW, and Dark Horse'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 November 5-11, 2024
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Klaus: The Life and Times of Santa Claus (Boom)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Brian Bolland Batman The Killing Joke and Other Stories Gallery Edition (Graphitti)
• Top reordered box set:
My Hero Academia Box Set Vols. 1-20 (Viz)
No comic books made the chart.
Note that Diamond only handles a portion of Marvel, Image, IDW, and Dark Horse'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 November 12-18, 2024
• Top reordered comic book:
Space Ghost #7 Cvr A Mattina (Dynamite)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Conan the Barbarian TPB Vol. 3 Regular Ed. (Titan)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Brzrkr Dlx Ed. HC Slipcase Signed (Boom)
• Top reordered box set:
Tank Girl Trilogy Reg Ed. Boxed Set (Titan)
An unusually high number of comic books in the charts this week.
Note that Diamond only handles a portion of Marvel, Image, IDW, and Dark Horse'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 November 19-25, 2024
• Top reordered comic book:
Thundercats #10 Cvr A Nakayama (Dynamite)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Savage Sword of Conan Original Omnibus Direct Market HC Vol. 9 (Titan)
Diamond's reorder report seemed no longer to be functioning normally with this report, laden with titles that had not come out yet by the period in which reorders were being reported. By Diamond's own definition, this report should only contain books that were in shops during the reporting period. The list was also heavily laden with comic books, though that could be a consequence of the holidays.
Note that Diamond only handles a portion of Marvel, Image, IDW, and Dark Horse'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.
Reorder charts will be released weekly during the month. Stay tuned!
The true top sellers for the month will replace this page should they be released by Diamond.
