#1 Comic Books by Month

Estimated Sales to North American Comics Shops
of the top-selling comic book from each month
as Reported by Diamond Comic Distributors

The figures below are the top-sellers for each month based on reports from Diamond Comic Distributors and information from Heroes World Distribution (in 1996-97). They are estimated preorders from 1996-2002, and do not reflect reorders and so are not the complete direct market circulations for each title.

The sales on first-place books vary wildly, as they're often either first issues or books tied in with a major event or promotion. The number of shipping weeks each month is noted because a fifth week will generally boost the sales levels seen at every location on the chart; there are more titles released, and also more time for individual issues to sell. Four-week-months are best compared with four-week months, and likewise for five-week months.

† Items marked with a dagger include between 200-400,000 copies sold by the repackager Loot Crate.
* Items with asterisks were returnable issues whose final orders may be higher or lower.
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You can also find here a list of the top issues by year.