January 2025 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 November 26-December 2, 2024
• Top advance-reordered comic book:
Ultimate Wolverine #1 (Marvel)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Young Avengers Epic Collection Modern Era (Marvel)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Paul Smith's Uncanny X-Men Artists Edition HC (IDW)
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 December 3-9, 2024
• Top advance-reordered comic book:
Mark Spears Monsters #2 2nd Ptg Cvr A Beheaded (Keenspot)
• Top advance-reordered new series debut:
Zootopia #1 Cvr A Forstner (Dynamite)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Spectregraph HC (Dstlry)
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 December 10-16, 2024
• Top advance-reordered comic book:
Ultimate Universe One Year In #1 2nd Ptg Cappuccio Var (Marvel)
• Top advance-reordered new series debut:
Jim Henson Presents #1 Cvr A Mercado (Boom)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Crow Dead Time TPB Vol. 1 (Sumerian)
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 December 17-23, 2024
• Top advance-reordered comic book:
Book of Cutter #1 (Boom)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Minor Arcana Vol. 1 DM Excl Var (Boom)
A Boom-centric list, either due to holiday order scheduling or the end of Diamond's time as Boom's exclusive distributor.
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 December 24-30, 2024
• Top advance-reordered comic book:
Hello Darkness #7 Cvr B Frison (Boom)
• Top advance-reordered new series debut:
Street Fighter Prime #0 Cvr A Chamba (Udon)
• Top advance-reordered softcover graphic novel:
Hello Darkness TPB Vol. 1 (Boom)
• Top advance-reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Animal Pound HC (Boom)
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 December 31, 2024-January 6, 2025
• Top reordered comic book:
Deadpool Wolverine #1 (Marvel)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Chainsaw Man Vol. 17 (Viz)
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 January 7-13, 2025
• Top reordered comic book:
Ultimate Wolverine #1 (Marvel)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Spy X Family Vol. 13 (Viz)
This chart was the first one released after Diamond filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Jan. 14, 2025. The chart again lists comics shipping the week of the chart's release, even though the reorder charts are supposed to be for comics that have already been on sale.
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 January 14-20, 2025
• Top reordered comic book:
Ultiimate Wolverine #1 (Marvel)
• Top reordered softcover graphic novel:
Traveling to Mars TPB (Ablaze)
• Top reordered hardcover graphic novel:
Vagabond Definitive Edition HC Vol. 1 (Viz)
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.
